Zhu Xiuqin stood at the door, her chest heaving violently.
"Your money?"
She walked in step by step, her voice low and deep, as if it came from the ground.
"What money are you saying is yours? Where did you get the money? Huh? Tell me!"
Liu Yuelan gasped in shock.
Without thinking, almost instinctively, she dodged and quickly hid behind Shen Zhiyu, only daring to peek out half an eye through the gap in his shoulder, nervously watching the direction of the door.
She remembered clearly that when her mother-in-law got angry, she was both fierce and ruthless.
She even dared to hit her own son, showing no mercy whatsoever.
That time, Shen Zhiyu only retorted with a single remark.
She grabbed a broom and chased him all the way to the gate, beating him until his face was bruised and swollen, and he wasn't allowed to fight back.
I've only been here a few days, and if I'm targeted with their anger, I'm afraid I won't even have anywhere to hide.
Zhu Xiuqin stepped in, her coarse cloth shoes slamming heavily on the threshold.
Her eyes were bloodshot and her cheeks were flushed purple.
"Give me my money back!"
"Wh...what money?"
Liu Yuelan stammered, her voice trembling, her face drained of color.
"I...I don't understand...that money...I didn't touch it..."
As she spoke, she seemed to be overwhelmed by her mother-in-law's imposing manner.
My legs started trembling uncontrollably, and my knees felt weak.
She tugged desperately at Shen Zhiyu's sleeve, her fingernails almost digging into his shirt, and cried out urgently.
"Say something! Say something now! If you don't, she's going to hit me!"
"mom!"
Shen Zhiyu was pulled by her, and he stumbled.
Ignoring the pain, he hurriedly crawled forward half a step, grabbed Zhu Xiuqin's mud-covered trouser leg, and held it tightly with both hands, afraid that she would pull away.
"Mom! Stop it! Please! Stop pressuring Yuelan..."
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