Commander He slapped He Yan hard on the back of the head: "What are you looking at? Isn't your mother-in-law right? Your mind isn't on your wife and children. You deserve it if your own daughter doesn't recognize you."
He Yan touched the back of his head, completely bewildered. The child in front of him was both unfamiliar and familiar. Unfamiliar because he had never seen him before, but familiar because the face looked exactly like a copy of his own.
He Yan followed Commander He into the house. He urgently needed to know everything, so he asked Mao Dani, "Where is Ye Xiaohua?"
Mao Dani addressed her son-in-law by her daughter's full name, which sounded a bit uncomfortable and gave the impression that the couple wasn't very close.
"Slap!" Commander He slapped He Yan on the head again: "You haven't called me 'Mother' since you came in?"
He turned to Mao Dani and said, "My dear in-law, please don't be offended. We've spoiled this child."
Mao Dani wasn't a narrow-minded person, and said nonchalantly, "It doesn't matter whether you call me or not."
Commander He smiled apologetically, "My dear in-laws, as for Xiaohua, to be honest, it's my fault as her father-in-law. I've been so busy with work these past few years that I haven't paid much attention to Xiaohua and the child. We're so grateful to you two for taking care of them. This time, He Yan and I came to take them back with us so they can live with me in the army."
After listening to Commander He's rambling explanation, Mao Dani frowned and asked in confusion, "In-law, are you perhaps drunk in broad daylight, talking nonsense? Xiaohua and her daughter have always lived in the He family, they only just returned a few days ago. How could we have taken care of them? On the contrary, I should thank you, in-laws. You are all very kind people, treating our Xiaohua so well. You don't mind that our Xiaohua is illiterate, and you even hired a teacher to teach her to read and write, so she can now take the exam."
Commander He and He Yan exchanged a glance and immediately understood what was going on. It seemed that Xiao Hua was afraid her parents would worry, so she had been traveling with the child in other places for the past few years without returning to her hometown.
Commander He pointed at his son and, in a fit of anger, slapped him hard across the face. He Yan looked at his father in disbelief. His father liked to hit his children, but he almost never hit their faces. This was the first time his father had ever slapped him.
"Hey, in-law, what's wrong with you? Why are you hitting the child for no reason?"
Mao Dani was completely dumbfounded. What was going on? Just then, Ye Dazhuang came over with his son and daughter-in-law from working in the fields.
Commander He pointed at Mao Dani and Ye Dazhuang and said to He Yan, "Kneel down before them!"
He Yan stubbornly refused to kneel, so Commander He kicked his son in the leg: "Kneel down!"
Ye Dazhuang pulled Commander He aside: "Father-in-law, what exactly did He Yan do wrong? Why are you making the child kneel down before us two elders?"
"Is this brother-in-law having an affair?" the second son's wife, Li Hong, said, making wild guesses without knowing the truth.
"If you don't speak, no one will think you're mute!" Ye Shengxi, the second son, yelled at his wife. Li Hong quickly shut up and dared not say anything more.
Mao Dani thought to herself, "Could it be that he really has another woman outside? So, is this the father bringing his son to apologize?"
"Eldest son, go to town and see if Xiaohua and Lao San have returned yet. If they have, tell her to come home as soon as possible," Ye Dazhuang instructed his eldest son.
Before knowing the truth, the Ye family all assumed that He Yan must have a mistress outside.
Despite being under Commander He's imposing presence, He Yan still knelt before Xiao Hua's parents. Although Xiao Hua's parents forbade him to kneel, He Yan could not get up unless Commander He gave the order.
Commander He bowed to Xiaohua's parents, apologized, and told them the truth.
Mao Dani was so angry and heartbroken that tears streamed down her face. Ye Dazhuang pointed to the door and said, "Get out! All of you get out! You've gone too far!"
Ye Shengxi, Xiaohua's second brother, also said with heartache, "I was wondering why my sister was so thin. It turns out she didn't lose weight on purpose, but worked herself to the bone. Your He family is really going too far."
Before the eldest son of the Ye family even reached the village entrance, he saw Xiao Hua and the third son returning, chatting and laughing, carrying large and small bags.
The eldest brother quickly said, "Let's go home right away, something terrible has happened at home."
Xiao Hua wondered if something had happened to the child, and quickly asked, "Did Kang An fall down? Where did he fall and is he badly hurt?"
The eldest brother shook his head: "No, no, it's He Yan and his father who have arrived."
Xiao Hua stood frozen in place, completely petrified. The third brother, Ye Shengnan, thought it was nothing serious, so he just let it happen.
I guess they're picking up Xiaohua and her daughter to take them home.
The road from the village entrance to her home wasn't far, but Xiaohua wished it were longer; she really didn't know how to face all of this.
My parents will be furious.
When Xiaohua returned, she saw a man kneeling on the ground. After taking a closer look, she realized that it was He Yan! This was the first time she had seen He Yan since she transmigrated, and it was in this way.
Commander He's impression of Xiao Hua was from when she married He Yan a few years ago; she was as fat as a big stone block, nothing like how slim and slender she is now.
Judging from the looks of it, the mother and daughter have suffered a lot these past few years, relying on each other for survival, and have become quite thin from the stress.
He Yan almost didn't recognize that this was the chubby girl Ye Xiaohua.
Mao Dani threw herself onto Xiaohua and wailed in anguish, "My poor girl! These past few years you've been suffering all by yourself, raising the child alone. You've become so thin from exhaustion that you look like that starving dog at the village entrance. The He family is so cruel to us! They don't treat my daughter and granddaughter like human beings at all!"
Mao Dani cried, sang, and slapped her thigh. You can imagine the scene. Xiaohua felt that she was not abandoned by the He family, but murdered by them, which was why her mother was crying like this.
And why compare her to a skinny dog that's starving? My goodness, I'm your own daughter! You can't describe someone like that.
"Mother, calm down, calm down. I'm perfectly fine, aren't I? I'm doing just fine without the He family."
Xiao Hua quickly tried to calm Mao Dani down.
“Xiaohua, it’s my fault as your father-in-law. I haven’t asked about your affairs since you married into the He family. I thought you and He Yan were living a good life together, but I never expected it to be like this. I’m sorry for failing to raise my son properly.”
Commander He bowed to Xiao Hua to apologize, but Xiao Hua couldn't bear the apology from a dignified commander, so she quickly went to help him up.
"Commander He, this is between He Yan and me, it has nothing to do with you, you don't need to apologize to me!"
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