Tao Ying's hair was disheveled, her clothes were covered in dirt that had just rolled on the ground, her eyes were red and swollen from rubbing them so hard, and there was ginger juice on her sleeves.

This doesn't look like they're here to present a banner; it looks more like they're here to extort money.

Tao Ying didn't even bother to glance at Wang Baoshan. She took a deep breath and stumbled towards the police station.

"Auntie, what are you doing here?" A police officer in his thirties stopped Tao Ying.

"Officer, I've come to present you with a banner. My poor daughter and granddaughter were rescued by the police yesterday and are out of danger," Tao Ying said, crying.

The bitterness of being called "auntie" by your peers is something only those who have experienced it know.

Glancing again at Wang Baoshan, who stood to the side with a sullen, gourd-like mouth, she felt a surge of sorrow. 'I really don't want to be this stepmother.'

"Auntie, what brings you here?" The two police officers who were in charge of arresting Li Aijun yesterday came over and helped Tao Ying up when they saw this.

They will never forget the heroic act of this woman yesterday.

"Auntie, are you the auntie who slaughtered a pig to catch her husband cheating yesterday?" A young police officer in his early twenties looked at Tao Ying with shining eyes.

This woman doesn't look like someone who could slaughter a pig with her bare hands.

Tao Ying “…”

"It was all out of necessity. I just happened to have a heartless son-in-law." Tao Ying cried and covered her face.

“Auntie, this is what we should do. Please come in and have a seat.” Xiao Jiang, the police officer from yesterday, helped Tao Ying inside.

The older woman is coming to present a banner; I'll be the one getting praised then.

"Thank you, police officer," Tao Ying said repeatedly.

"Auntie, you're too kind. Just call me Xiao Jiang," Xiao Jiang said with a smile.

"Comrade Xiao Jiang, thank you for your righteous act yesterday, which saved my daughter from dire straits." Tao Ying stood up, held up the banner with both hands, bowed ninety degrees, and handed it to Xiao Jiang.

"Auntie, this is what we should do, please don't do this." Xiao Jiang hurriedly took the banner and helped Tao Ying up.

"Comrade Xiao Jiang, I also want to ask, what will be the verdict for my son-in-law? Can the organization grant him a divorce from my daughter? I'm afraid that if he gets out again, my poor daughter and granddaughter will have no way to survive." Tao Ying cried again as she spoke.

“Auntie, none of the three of them admit it, and we are currently gathering evidence.” Xiao Jiang said, somewhat embarrassed.

Given the current situation, it's unlikely he'll be sentenced to target practice; at most, he'll be sent to a labor camp.

"Comrade Xiao Jiang, can I go see my son-in-law? I beg him to divorce my daughter," Tao Ying pleaded, crying.

"Auntie, don't cry. I'll arrange for a family member to visit you." Xiao Jiang couldn't bear this overwhelming maternal love.

"Thank you, Comrade Xiao Jiang, thank you, Comrade Xiao Jiang," Tao Ying quickly said.

The three people who were locked up and interrogated refused to confess. None of them were stupid; if they confessed now, they would have no way out. Since they weren't cornered in bed, they refused to confess no matter what, and there was nothing anyone could do.

Tao Ying was taken to a small room. She looked up but didn't see any surveillance cameras. There was a window on the door, but the windows on all sides were too high for anyone to see.

Li Aijun was still guessing who had come to see him, maybe one of his aunts, or Zhang Yue's younger brother, but he never expected to see Wang Chunni, that damned mother.

"What are you doing here?" Li Aijun wanted to kill Tao Ying, but he managed to control himself since they were at the police station. He thought that if he got out, he would definitely beat Wang Chunni to death.

"Son-in-law, Chunni and Daya are both sick." Tao Ying cried out as soon as she saw Li Aijun, rushed to his side and sat down on the ground.

"Aijun, Zhang Yue's father and brother are insisting on your relationship with Zhang Yue and are trying to take over your house. Zhang Yue's brother is even planning to sell Chunni and Daya." Tao Ying said in a low voice.

"What did you say?" Li Aijun glared angrily at Tao Ying.

"Aijun, please, just divorce Chunni. We'll take Daya away and she won't get in your way." Tao Ying grabbed Li Aijun's arm and dug her fingernails into him.

"Damn you old hag..." Li Aijun angrily pushed Tao Ying away and was about to kick her twice.

Tao Ying hurriedly dodged the kick, and the police outside rushed in and pinned Li Aijun down like a dead dog.

"Auntie, are you alright?" Xiao Jiang asked with concern as he helped Tao Ying up.

"It's alright, the police officers arrived just in time," Tao Ying quickly thanked them.

"Mom, how are you? You scared me to death." Wang Baoshan squeezed in and looked at Tao Ying with concern.

"Officers, I'm sorry to have troubled you. I need to go back and take care of my daughter now," Tao Ying said to Xiao Jiang with a forlorn expression.

Seeing Tao Ying like this, Xiao Jiang felt very sad. They were both children, and would have the opportunity to become parents in the future. He really couldn't bear this.

"Don't worry, Auntie, I will definitely interrogate Li Aijun and the others thoroughly and make sure they don't get away with it," Xiao Jiang assured her firmly.

"It's a blessing for us ordinary people to have police officers like you," Tao Ying said, wiping away her tears and her eyes red.

Finally, the mother and son were escorted away by the police.

Wang Baoshan helped Tao Ying up, feeling very uncomfortable. He felt that he was too useless, unable to support his sister, and that his mother had to go through all this trouble at her age.

I thought that when I went back, I must study hard and take good care of my mother in the future.

After turning two corners, the police station was completely out of sight. Tao Ying shook off Wang Baoshan's support and strode confidently in the opposite direction from the hospital.

"Mom, Mom, what are you doing?" Wang Baoshan was still in a daze and was completely bewildered by Tao Ying's actions. Had his mother been driven mad by Li Aijun?

"Where are we going? Of course, we're going to buy clothes. Didn't you see me wearing this bloodstained dress for two days? I smell terrible." Tao Ying really wanted to hit Wang Baoshan with the sole of her shoe.

"Didn't you say you were going back to take care of my sister? You lied to the police?" Wang Baoshan stared at Tao Ying in disbelief.

"Why don't you raise your voice a little higher, or just run back to the police station and complain to the officers, even turning your own family against your mother?" Tao Ying said, her face dark as she looked at Wang Baoshan.

"Mom," Wang Baoshan said, scratching his head and looking at Tao Ying sheepishly.

"If you don't want to come with me, then go back to the hospital by yourself." Tao Ying genuinely disliked Wang Baoshan.

“Mom, I’m going to stay with you. We don’t know anyone here. You’re just an old lady with little education. Don’t let us get lost.” Wang Baoshan squeezed in with a big smile on his face.

Tao Ying "..."

“I’m only forty-five, how can I be an old lady? Who…” Tao Ying originally wanted to say who was uneducated, but then she suddenly realized that Aunt Tao really wasn’t very educated. After all, she was born in 1935, and the little she knew was all taught by her parents.

I only know the simplest titration and weighing techniques at work; I don't know anything more precise.

"Mom, why are you so concerned about your age? You're not thinking of remarrying, are you?" Wang Baoshan stared blankly at Tao Ying, his eyes reddening.