Chen Jiayi's face was cold, and her tone bluntly exposed Chen Xiaowei's true colors.
"If you want money, just say so. What are you pretending for? You took three thousand yuan from me back then and didn't even look at me. Now you come here claiming kinship. Do you think everyone doesn't know what you're up to?"
At this time, people who could live in big houses were basically not fools.
How could a fool afford to live in a big house?
Seeing that Chen Jiayi kept making sarcastic remarks to him, Chen Xiaowei secretly reached out and pinched Zhao Lianwei.
Zhao Lianwei gasped in pain, and seeing Chen Xiaowei's threatening gaze, she slowly spoke.
“Jiayi, I am your adoptive mother. I had no idea you wanted to sever ties with your father back then. Even if you were taken back by the Chen family, there was no need for you to sever ties with us, was there?”
Seeing Zhao Lianwei speak up for Chen Xiaowei, Chen Jiayi realized once again that an ingrate is an ingrate and won't remember your kindness just because you helped her.
She takes your kindness to her as a small favor, and her kindness to you as charity.
Chen Jiayi said with a self-deprecating tone, "Zhao Lianwei, you've always favored your son since he was little. As soon as I was old enough to understand, I had to learn to wash dishes and cook. I was only 3 years old at the time. If I accidentally broke a dish while washing dishes, you would beat and scold me. I didn't know how to light a fire and cook, so you made me stand on a stool to cook. As a result, I fell hard and broke my leg."
She paused for a moment, "If it weren't for the fact that you raised me for three years and then ignored the fact that I wasted food for three years, my hand might have been crippled long ago!"
At that time, it was her eldest brother who insisted that her adoptive parents take her to see a doctor.
Otherwise, why would her adoptive parents give her money for medical treatment?
The people at the scene weren't fools; they figured out the situation after hearing just a few words.
They're just asking for money again.
Three thousand yuan is indeed not much for them, but if someone asks for money like this repeatedly, it's both disgusting and repulsive.
Everyone was eager to see how Chen Jiayi would handle this situation.
When Zhao Lianwei saw Chen Jiayi bringing up old grievances, she lowered her head guiltily and whispered.
"Jiayi, Mom is only trying to help you develop independence! Why are you still holding a grudge against Mom after all this time?"
Hearing Zhao Lianwei's words, Chen Xiaowei felt a sense of disappointment and frustration.
What kind of nonsense is this? Just get to the point!
Zhao Lianwei felt Chen Xiaowei's fierce gaze and shrank back in fear.
“Jiayi, it’s your parents’ fault. If you want to blame your parents, then blame your parents! Even though your father doesn’t live much longer, that’s why we wanted to see you one last time…”
Seeing Zhao Lianwei, a middle-aged woman, now hesitant to speak and shedding tears, and hearing that someone was about to die, many neighbors who were originally watching the play couldn't help but speak up to comfort Chen Jiayi.
"Young lady of the Chen family, your adoptive parents have had a tough time too. What's wrong with family members having disagreements? No matter what, they are still your adoptive parents!"
"Yes, let's talk it out! Your adoptive father is dying, and it's understandable that he wants to see his adopted daughter before he dies."
"..."
Upon hearing these two sentences, Chen Jiayi looked up and saw two elderly women standing in the crowd.
She knew these two old ladies; Aunt Wang said they were very gossipy, and when they were together, they could kill everyone in the compound with their crickets.
Upon hearing what the two old ladies said, Shen Jialiang couldn't help but frown and retort.
"These two old ladies are worldly people; don't they know that one shouldn't advise others to be kind if one doesn't understand their suffering?"
Chen Jiayi was surprised that Shen Jialiang would speak up for her, and she glanced at Shen Jialiang in astonishment.
Shen Jialiang nodded to her, then questioned her without any politeness.
"It's not like you can forgive anything once someone dies. If I killed your child and then I died, would you forgive me?"
The old lady was speechless after Shen Jialiang's question.
The two old ladies were so angry that their faces turned pale, and they didn't dare to argue with Shen Jialiang.
The younger generation may not know Shen Jialiang, but they do!
Chen Jiayi spoke calmly as she slowly recounted the past.
She used to rarely mention her past, but now she has to expose the scars to everyone.
"Chen Xiaowei, Zhao Lianwei, you say you're my adoptive parents no matter what? Then let me ask you, when I was five years old and starving, Master, you made me eat pig swill?"
“When I was 6 years old, in the dead of winter, you made me wash clothes by the river. I couldn’t pull the clothes up and they fell into the water. In the end, Wang Shulan pulled them out.”
Shen Jialiang looked at Chen Jiayi in surprise. When he saw Chen Jiayi calmly recount her childhood experiences, he felt a pang of pain in his heart.
Chen Jiayi continued:
"When I was 8, you beat me so badly that I couldn't get out of bed for three days because I took a toy from my younger brother. That was my first toy!"
"When I was nine, I went out to cut pig feed because I wanted to study. I eavesdropped on the teacher's lectures at the school gate. I came home a little late, and you beat me so badly that I couldn't get out of bed for several days."
"There are countless other things that I'm too lazy to talk about, and I don't want to talk about them. Don't say that you use corporal punishment because you love me; that's child abuse, not education."
“I grew up in an environment where I never had enough to eat. When I grew up and reached a certain age, you married me off for a dowry.”
When Shen Jialiang heard Chen Jiayi say that she was being married off in exchange for a dowry, his dark eyes widened in shock.
It turns out that Chen Jiayi was already married.
Chen Jiayi chuckled self-deprecatingly and pointed at Chen Xiaowei, whose face was flushed red.
"You said you got sick, but how did you get sick? Don't you know the answer? After you got the 3,000 yuan, you only saved 2,000 yuan for your family, and kept the remaining 1,000 yuan as your own private money. Then you went to find a prostitute."
Upon hearing Chen Jiayi's words, Chen Xiaowei's expression changed drastically, and his mind went blank.
How did Chen Jiayi find out about this?
Could it be that Chen Jiayi arranged for that young lady to stay?
While Chen Xiaowei was lost in thought, Zhao Lianwei was shocked by Chen Jiayi's words.
"Oh, so that's what you are! So you got the disease from visiting prostitutes! I thought it was because you weren't clean enough, and when the doctor said it was sexually transmitted, I didn't believe it. I never thought it really was because you were messing around outside!"
Enraged, Zhao Lianwei reached out and slapped Chen Xiaowei. After being slapped twice, Chen Xiaowei reacted in pain.
"Zhao Lianwei, have you gone mad?"
Is she stupid? How could she admit it in front of so many people?
Chen Xiaowei could not accept that his dignity had been trampled on by Zhao Lianwei in front of so many people.
So he shoved Zhao Lianwei hard.
Chen Jiayi looked at them with a cold expression.
She used to feel scared when she lived with her adoptive parents.
It wasn't until she returned to the Chen family that she realized she could do anything without being scolded, beaten, or having to be careful.
Chen Jiayi had already asked the security guards to call the police, and Zhao Lianwei and Chen Xiaowei were taken away by the police shortly after they started fighting.
After they left, Chen Jiayi bowed to the people around her.
"I'm sorry, this is disturbing the neighbors..."
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