The dragon-headed cane was raised to strike Ye Xia, who shrank back in fright.
In her early years, she suffered a lot at the hands of the old lady. She was only nineteen years old at the time, and because the old lady was Mu Jingsheng's mother, she was always afraid of her. This fear of the other person was ingrained in her bones. Even when she became mentally impaired and insane, her first reaction when facing the old lady was the same as a mouse seeing a cat.
Mu Jingsheng grabbed the dragon-headed cane.
Seeing the old lady glaring at him, he didn't hold back and snatched the cane from her hand, throwing it aside.
With a thud, the cane fell to the ground.
Mu Jingsheng held Ye Xia tenderly in his arms, protecting her, and stood tall to confront the old lady.
The sound of the cane hitting the ground startled Ye Xia. She knew she was wrong, but didn't know how to express it clearly. She could only clutch at Mu Jingsheng's clothes, frantically and incoherently saying, "I'm sorry, I was wrong, I shouldn't have, I'm sorry..."
"It's not your fault." Mu Jingsheng felt sorry for her and hugged her tighter.
He knew Ye Xia's personality well, and he also knew his own mother's character. This was clearly his mother causing trouble.
Tears welled up in Ye Xia's eyes as she grabbed Mu Jingsheng's hand, shaking her head repeatedly. Her eyes red-rimmed, she said, "I feel unwell, I'm panicking. I miss...I miss my daughter..."
Mu Jingsheng felt waves of pain in his heart.
Seeing his wife's tears streaming down her face, he felt incredibly sad. Coupled with his wife's words about missing home and their daughter, his longing grew even stronger, and the painful emotions made him suffer even more.
But his mother called him back, citing illness, making it impossible for him to leave.
It would be unfilial of him to leave.
In this world, filial piety is of paramount importance.
Mu Jingsheng's eyes also reddened, and he grabbed Ye Xia's hand, trying to walk out.
"Where are you all going!" Upon seeing this, Old Lady Mu immediately raised her voice in anger.
Mu Jingsheng turned to look at her, his slightly reddened eyes filled with obvious disappointment and a hint of anger: "Mother, I have listened to you and come back. My daughter is pregnant, and Xiaoxia and I are not by her side to accompany her, but have come back to accompany you. Can't you be nicer to Xiaoxia!"
We won't be staying at home tonight, so please get some rest!
After saying that, he put his arm around Ye Xia and was about to leave.
Upon seeing this, Old Lady Mu stood up instantly, pointed at his back, and said, "So, for a woman from out of town, you're abandoning your mother? I've really wasted my time raising you!"
"If you dare to leave this house, never come back!"
Mu Jingsheng froze.
The cold wind howled into the living room as soon as the door was opened, plunging his heart into an icy abyss.
He also got angry, turned his head, and looked at the old lady with dissatisfaction: "Mom, it's just a cup, why are you so angry?"
"A cup?"
Old Mrs. Mu gave a cold laugh.
She was determined to make things difficult for Ye Xia today and wouldn't listen to Mu Jingsheng at all.
She couldn't wait to find something wrong with Ye Xia and kick her out. Even if she didn't kick Ye Xia out, she wanted Mu Jingsheng to argue with Ye Xia. In any case, if she was having a hard time, Ye Xia wouldn't have a good time either.
The caregiver supporting the old lady had an unfriendly expression, but pretended to be in a difficult position, and earnestly advised, "Mr. Mu, please don't be angry with the old lady. You know that the old lady has a heart condition!"
Mu Jingsheng glanced at her and said, "Aunt Li, you'd better not interfere in our family matters."
Don't think he didn't know; Aunt Li, relying on the fact that she had been by his mother's side for many years, always secretly gave his wife a hard time.
Unfortunately, his mother always favored Aunt Li, and because of this, he couldn't get rid of her. But under his watchful eye, no one could do anything to bully him.
Aunt Li was disappointed and looked helplessly at Old Lady Mu.
Grandma Mu clutched her chest, looking terrified, and said with heartache, "Jingsheng, I'm your mother. I'm old and can't take a fright. She deliberately broke a cup behind me to scare me to death so she could become the mistress of our house! Don't you feel sorry for me at all? I've really wasted my life giving birth to you!"
"Mother! Why are you saying that again? These are two different things!"
Mu Jingsheng became anxious upon hearing this.
The old lady snorted and continued unwillingly, "Back then, when you were sent to the countryside, I tried everything to get you back. I almost squandered all our family's savings, and I almost ruined my own life..."
Mu Jingsheng's anger, which had just begun to rise, subsided.
When his family had their troubles, his father ran away to a foreign country without a second thought, leaving his son, who was still in school, behind. He didn't have time to escape and was forced to go to the countryside while still at school.
After he was sent to the countryside, it was an old woman who had already divorced his father who went to great lengths to save him.
The old lady was still charming in her youth and came from a good family. A big shot took a liking to her and offered to marry her on the condition that he save him.
It was supposed to be a good deal, and the other party was also a good catch. But the problem was that he was a bad person. He had three wives who died, and people said he beat them to death. They were all very beautiful. People said that he liked to marry beautiful wives, bring them home, and slowly torture them to death. Who would dare to marry someone like that?
But that important figure had his eye on his mother.
Because of his situation, his mother had a lot of entanglements with that perverted freak, and almost ruined her life.
Later, no one knows what happened, but his mother managed to dump that important person, almost giving away all her savings, and managed to get him out of the countryside by her own efforts.
Therefore, he always felt guilty towards the old lady because of this incident.
The old lady always says: If I hadn't gone through all that trouble to pull you out of that remote mountain village, you wouldn't be where you are today, and you, Zhang Jie, wouldn't be here here contradicting me!
He always felt something was off when he heard those words.
But he couldn't refute it.
Seeing that Mu Jingsheng remained silent, the old lady knew he was feeling guilty. Supported by the nanny, she clutched her chest and pressed her advantage, saying, "Jingsheng, if I hadn't pulled you out of that ravine, you wouldn't be where you are today..."
"Who cares if you try to fish for them?"
Suddenly, a clear, cold voice blew into the living room on the cold wind, which shocked everyone.
Mu Jingsheng and Ye Xia were both taken aback.
Mu Jingsheng turned his head to look behind him and saw a car in the darkness outside the door.
In this place, cars are neither rare nor uncommon, after all, the surrounding residents are all equally wealthy and powerful.
But in the light of the car headlights, the one carrying a swaddled baby walking towards them with the backlight on was his daughter!
"Xiao...Xiao Yun?"
"My daughter?!" Ye Xia's eyes widened, and she slapped herself across the face.
The slap was crisp and clear. Ye Xia slapped herself until her cheek trembled. The burning pain made her realize that this time she wasn't hallucinating. She screamed excitedly and ran quickly towards Ye Yun—
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