"I didn't steal any money. The money I have is what I earned in the countryside!" Ye Linchen said, tears streaming down her face. "You abandoned me in the countryside when I was just one year old and never cared about me. I could only see you once or twice a year. I wore clothes that my younger siblings didn't want. When I got into high school, you didn't want to support me and cut off my living expenses and tuition. I wanted to study, so I could only collect recyclables during holidays to sell. My classmates and I collected recyclables day and night to save up three hundred yuan for tuition."
"I didn't steal any money!" Ye Linchen said, his eyes red and his voice choked with emotion. "The money I have on me is what I earned through hard work in the countryside!"
She sniffed and continued, "I was abandoned by you at my grandma's house in the countryside when I was just one year old. You never cared about me at all! I only saw you once or twice a year. The clothes I wore were all hand-me-downs from my younger siblings, all tattered and worn..."
Ye Linchen tugged at his thin, faded cotton-padded coat, and unable to hold back any longer, tears streamed down his face.
"After I got into high school, you didn't want to support my studies and cut off my living expenses and tuition. I wanted to study, so I could only use my holidays to collect and sell recyclables day and night with my classmates. It was a struggle to save up three hundred yuan for tuition..."
She pointed at Meng Xueyun and accused her: "On the first day I came home, you hit me, went through my bag, and demanded money from me. When I didn't get it, you kicked me out of the bedroom, saying it belonged to my cousin and I had to sleep in the living room. The next day, you wouldn't let me go to school. If I had given you the money, where would I have been able to stay today? How could I have continued my studies?"
"I have evidence that I earned the money myself. Do you have evidence that I stole the money?"
"You say I let others slander you, but what about you? Why are you smearing me like this when I haven't done anything?"
These questions, choked with tears, left Ye Zhenghua speechless.
He opened his mouth, but for a moment he didn't know how to answer Ye Linchen.
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