Chapter 62 Now they find me in their way
The arena fell silent instantly; the earlier commotion seemed like an illusion.
The onlookers gradually dispersed in twos and threes.
When Lu Fuquan saw that everyone had left, he knew that his great-grandfather could no longer control Shen Cuifen.
She has become the center of attention, and no one dares to provoke her easily.
He was furious and turned to glare at Lu Zhongshun.
"Lu Zhongshun! You little brat, you're all talk and no action! Believe me or not, I'll give you a beating!"
It's all that kid's fault! Showing off and calling so many people over to join in the fun!
He was about to roll up his sleeves and rush up to beat someone, his eyes flashing with anger, wishing he could beat the person to the ground.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Lu Zhongshun quickly darted behind Shen Cuifen and hid.
Lu Fuquan was not satisfied and reached out to pull the person out from behind.
"What are you hiding for! Get out here!"
Upon seeing this, Shen Cuifen raised her eyebrows, glared, and slapped him across the face!
With a crisp, loud sound, the entire venue seemed to fall silent for a moment.
"Lu Fuquan! You're really something!"
She spoke coldly.
"I've doted on you for eighteen years, raising you from a baby to adulthood, feeding you and dressing you without lifting a finger, not even letting you wash your own shoes. I've raised you for nothing! And what do you do? You've grown up and now you're not only ungrateful, but you're also helping outsiders to hit me with sticks? Do you think you've done right by all the sweat I've shed and all the hardships I've endured?"
Before she finished speaking, she suddenly grabbed the wooden stick in her hand and, filled with anger and chills, lashed it all over Lu Fu's body.
Caught off guard, Lu Fuquan was hit on the shoulder by the stick, screaming in pain and tears welling up in his eyes.
He clutched his shoulder, no longer bothering to explain, and turned to flee in a disheveled manner toward the courtyard gate.
Just as she was about to escape through the gate, Lu Xiuwei rushed forward and slammed the gate shut with a loud bang.
"Lu Xiuwei! Do you believe I'll beat you up?!"
Lu Fuquan was blocked inside the door, and he was furious. He pushed her aside and reached for the bolt on the back of the door.
"Come on then! Who's afraid of who! You accomplice! That's your own mother! Your own biological mother! How could you treat her like this! What has she ever done to wrong you!"
Lu Xiuwei was so angry that her face turned pale, tears streamed down her face, and her voice trembled.
She desperately blocked the latch behind the door, her body positioned horizontally in front of the door, refusing to let it through.
Shen Cuifen always doted on the boys in the family the most, always giving them the best food and clothes first.
When she was a child, Lu Xiuwei had felt resentful in private and had secretly cried under the covers, feeling that she was not valued.
But now she only felt cold, her heart felt like it had been doused with ice water, and she was shivering with cold.
She felt wronged and indignant for Shen Cuifen—the son she had raised with such care had repaid kindness with enmity.
She had just witnessed Lu Fuquan handing the stick to Lu Qide, and her heart sank.
In that instant, she made up her mind—
From this day forward, Lu Xiuwei will no longer acknowledge this heartless and inhuman brother!
Seeing that he couldn't open the door, Lu Fuquan was both angry and anxious. He reached out and grabbed Lu Xiuwei's arm, trying to pull her away.
"You dare to touch your sister!"
Shen Cuifen reacted quickly, striking his outstretched hand with a stick.
My hand!
Lu Fuquan screamed, clutched his arms and jumped up and down, then turned and fled into the house.
After running only two steps, Lu Xiuye also rushed out from the corner of the house and took a few steps to the door.
Then, she and Shen Cuifen stood on either side of him, blocking him firmly between the house and the courtyard gate.
"Big sister! You're going against me too? We're twins! We're from the same mother, blood relatives! When you had a fever as a child, I stayed up all night watching over you! How can you side with them!"
They were twins, and from childhood to adulthood, he always felt that Lu Xiuye was the person who understood him best and protected him the most.
Lu Xiuye used to think that he was just bad-tempered, immature, and spoke rudely, but that he wasn't a bad person at heart.
Unexpectedly, he was so heartless as to hit his own mother with a stick today without even blinking.
If things continue like this, who knows when he might kill his own mother?
"I'd rather not be your twin! You're inhuman! You have no conscience at all!"
Lu Xiuye's voice trembled, and tears streamed down her face.
"Even a dog will protect its owner after being fed for a few days, it knows to wag its tail and be grateful! Your mother has loved you for eighteen years, worried herself sick over you, provided for your food and clothing, and wouldn't even buy herself a new piece of clothing! And what do you do? You turn around and hit her with a stick! Are you even human?!"
As Lu Xiuye spoke, she wiped away tears, her chest heaving as if she wanted to shout out all the disappointment that had accumulated over the years.
"Look at what kind of mother she is! She beats my dad all day long, pours feces into my grandma's mouth, curses her to die, and now she's beating me! She's not a normal mother at all! She deserves retribution!"
Lu Fuquan shouted until his voice was hoarse and his face was contorted.
Shen Cuifen stood in front of the house, looking at him coldly, and suddenly laughed.
"When your dad bullied me before, why didn't you stand up and say something? You didn't even do something like tell him to stop hitting me, did you?"
"What kind of son are you? You keep calling me 'Mom,' but where were you when I was being beaten and scolded? You didn't dare utter a sound! Are you afraid of offending them, or do you just treat me like I'm invisible?"
Lu Fuquan was panting heavily, his lips trembling.
"It's only natural for men to manage their wives and mothers-in-law to manage their daughters-in-law! These are the family rules, and there's no reason for a son to side with outsiders."
Shen Cuifen nodded, a cold smile still lingering on her lips.
"Okay, well said. It's only natural? Absolutely! It's perfectly natural! Husbands beating their wives, mothers-in-law scolding their daughters-in-law, it's all justified, nobody should interfere, nobody should stop it, right?"
"Since you think I'm not worthy to be your mother, then you shouldn't be my son either! From today onwards, we're completely cut off! We're severing all ties, and there's no longer any mother-son relationship between us!"
"But before you cut ties, you have to pay back what you owe me! All the blood I've shed, the suffering I've endured, the sleepless nights I've spent for you over the years, wasn't it all bought with my life? You ate my food, drank my water, used me to support your education, your marriage, and now you think I'm in your way?"
"This—is perfectly justified!"
After she finished speaking, she picked up a wooden stick leaning against the wall and walked step by step toward Lu Fuquan.
The three of them tacitly cornered him in the courtyard, leaving him with nowhere to retreat.
What do you want to do?
Lu Fuquan's voice trembled, his throat was dry, and he shrugged back in a flustered manner.
He suddenly noticed that Shen Cuifen's gaze towards him had changed.
Gone is the gentleness of the past, gone is the mother's love, gone is the familiar warmth.
All that remains is a cold indifference as sharp as a knife.
His heart began to pound, as if he sensed something terrible was about to happen.
"I carried you for ten months, and the pain during childbirth was so intense I almost died. Every movement you made felt like being cut with a knife. The midwives all said I risked my life!"
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