Meng Zihan was speechless for a long time before finally figuring out how to explain.
"I...I...I just mentioned it casually because these materials were so good and useful, I didn't expect Aunt to take it seriously." She looked at Ye Linchen, "If my sister doesn't want to..."
Meng Xueyun couldn't bear to see Meng Zihan being targeted, so she immediately came to her rescue.
"Even if Xiaohan sees them and wants them, what's wrong with that? Xiaochen doesn't need these things at all, so it's perfect for Xiaohan to use them."
Aunt, aren't you just setting me up for crime?
Meng Zihan nearly fainted.
But given the current situation, it's impossible to discern the truth.
She lowered her head and wiped away her tears, looking aggrieved, and stopped talking.
Hearing this, the neighbors understood immediately, and their friendly attitude towards Meng Xueyun vanished.
“Xiao Meng, you have to treat all the children equally. Xiao Ye is also your daughter. You have to trust her.”
Meng Xueyun waved her hands repeatedly: "Sigh, you don't understand her. This child is used to lying and is very good at turning black into white. She didn't do well in school in the countryside, how could she possibly get into the top class? What else could it be but cheating? I didn't call her to save face for her. If things really got out of hand, it wouldn't look good for anyone."
Ye Linchen wouldn't let go of the fact that Meng Zihan had lied, and looked sadly at Meng Xueyun.
"Mom, why don't you care when Xiaohan lies, but instead pin the blame on me? Why are you unhappy when I do well on my test, and keep trying to smear me?"
"Why? Tell me, what have you done since you came back? You haven't done any housework, and you just wander around outside until mealtime every day. You're lazy, a habitual liar, and your character is flawed! What's the use of someone like you getting into university? You'll only harm more people! Your dad came back from school with you and turned around and left without saying a word. That's because you angered him!"
Meng Xueyun is still angry because Ye Zhenghua just walked away without taking her side to criticize Ye Linchen.
Now I think it's good that he left, so the blame can be pinned on Ye Linchen.
The neighbors had no idea about the family situation, nor did they know how selfish and heartless Ye Linchen was.
Ye Linchen portrayed her as a vicious and biased mother. If people believed Ye Linchen's words, they would have opinions about her. She needs to clarify things.
“Dad clearly went to work!” Ye Linchen immediately retorted. “I’ve only been back for less than two days. Yesterday I went to the school and studied in the garden for a while to prepare for the entrance exam. All of this was with my dad’s permission. I didn’t cheat or do anything wrong.”
"There's no room for me at home, so I'm finding a place to study and prepare for my transfer exams. Is that wrong?"
Many neighbors also saw Ye Linchen studying yesterday and spoke up for him.
"Yes, Xiao Meng, everyone saw it yesterday, she was studying very hard."
She felt even more contempt for Meng Xueyun and even more sorry for Ye Linchen.
Such a studious child was criticized for not helping with housework and not doing his job properly.
If their own children were like that, they would be incredibly grateful, wishing they could hand them the rice bowl and not let them do anything.
The Ye family is too harsh on Ye Linchen.
They treat Meng Zihan, who has poor grades, like a treasure, spending a lot of money to hire tutors to help her study.
I have no idea what's wrong with them!
Seeing everyone discussing it, Meng Xueyun quickly retorted.
"She's not going to study at all; she's just putting on an act to fool people. She's done this trick too many times; I saw through her a long time ago!"
Ye Linchen interrupted her sharply, his face full of hurt.
"mom!"
"Why? Why am I so worthless in your eyes? No matter what I say or do, it's all wrong? What mother would hate her daughter so much?"
"Am I really your daughter?"
"Did you pick me up off the street? Isn't Meng Zihan your real daughter?"
This question voiced the question in everyone's mind, but for Meng Xueyun, it felt like a slap across the face!
Isn't this implying that she has improper conduct?
Meng Xueyun shouted sternly, "Look at what she's saying! Xiaohan is my brother's only child in this world. He personally entrusted Xiaohan to me, and I promised to take care of her. What's wrong with what I did?"
"It's your business if you want to support her, why can't I go to school and should be the one to support her?"
"Our family's financial situation is like this; we can't afford to send so many children to school. Xiaohan has no parents. What's wrong with you making a sacrifice? You lie to me every day, are you trying to drive me to my death?"
"Which of my statements was a lie...?"
Meng Zihan, wiping away tears, timidly interrupted her.
"Sister, go back. We're family, we can talk things out. I... I won't take the college entrance exam, you can take it. Don't hurt Auntie's feelings too much, she's still your elder."
Meng Xueyun cursed angrily, "Does she treat me like an elder? She treats me like an enemy! I don't have such a heartless daughter! If she doesn't acknowledge me, I won't acknowledge her either!"
Everyone was startled and quickly tried to dissuade them, saying, "Don't do this, let's talk this out!"
Ye Linchen took two steps back, injured, and cried out, "Since you don't acknowledge me and there's no place for me in this house, I'll just leave!"
After saying that, Ye Linchen turned around and ran downstairs.
She ran very fast, turned a corner in an instant, and disappeared from sight.
All I could hear was the sound of footsteps going downstairs.
Xu Yuru quickly called to Feng Linlin, "Go and look for her, don't let her get lost."
Then they turned around and criticized Meng Xueyun.
“Xiao Meng, that’s not right of you. How can you wrong a child for no reason? The world is not peaceful now. What if Xiao Ye runs away and something happens to her? When she comes back, talk to her properly. If you scold her all the time, it will only make the child more rebellious.”
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