"Get out?" Li Xiumei's eyes widened like saucers. "Qin Tian, you want me to get out? Fine, very well! You'd even abandon your wife and son for this jinx! You've got some nerve! You just wait, I'm leaving! But this isn't over! I'm telling you, it's not over!"
She made a harsh statement, then stopped crying and making a scene. She grabbed Xiao Feng, who was still sobbing, from the ground, and glared fiercely at Su Wantang. The venom in her eyes seemed to want to devour her alive.
Then, without looking back, she rushed into the room and slammed the door shut.
Soon, the sounds of rummaging through drawers and cabinets could be heard from inside.
The room finally quieted down, with only Qin Tian's heavy breathing remaining.
He stared at the closed door, his face filled with exhaustion and disappointment. For so many years, he had always thought Li Xiumei was just a little mercenary and calculating, but he never imagined that her heart could be so vicious.
“Uncle,” Su Wantang said softly, breaking the silence, “Please don’t be angry. It’s not worth ruining your health.”
Qin Tian turned his head and looked at Su Wantang's calm face, feeling even more guilty: "Wantang, it's my fault for making you suffer."
“I’m not wronged.” Su Wantang shook her head, a faint smile even on her lips. “Uncle, actually this is quite good. Some abscesses are better popped sooner rather than later, so they don’t fester.”
Her words were pointed. Li Xiumei, that boil, has finally been burst today.
Lu Linchuan squeezed her hand and said softly, "Let's move out."
He didn't want his wife and children to stay in such an environment any longer. Even though Qin Tian was his maternal uncle, as long as Li Xiumei was alive, there would be no peace here.
Su Wantang shook her head, looking at Lu Linchuan with a firm gaze: "No, we can't leave."
"Why?" Lu Linchuan asked, puzzled.
Su Wantang did not answer immediately. She turned to Qin Tian and said seriously, "Uncle, there is something I don't know if I should say."
"You said, Wan Tang, there are no outsiders here." Qin Tian now trusted his niece completely.
Su Wantang hesitated for a moment, organizing her thoughts: "Uncle, have you ever thought about why Aunt is targeting me like this? Is it just because you're good to me and gave me money? I don't think so."
Qin Tian was stunned.
Su Wantang continued, "From the moment I came to this family, her hostility towards me has been extraordinary. Today, she instructed Xiaofeng to put on this show; her methods were skillful and her intentions malicious—this is not something an ordinary housewife would come up with. And before, she spread rumors outside, every word of which was meant to destroy us. Uncle, you are a researcher, your status is special, everyone around you should be honest and upright. Do you really... understand Aunt?"
Su Wantang's words were like a pebble thrown into Qin Tian's heart, stirring up a thousand waves.
Do you know Li Xiumei?
He asked himself the same question.
He didn't understand her.
He married Li Xiumei because she saved him, and because he had lain with her while drunk, he did so out of a sense of responsibility.
But he had no memory of that night.
As a man, he had to shoulder that responsibility.
After marriage, he remained busy with work, and they rarely saw each other. His understanding of her seemed to be limited to her loving money, taking advantage of others, and gossiping with the neighbors.
As for her past, her family, her relationships... he seemed to know nothing about them.
A terrifying thought flashed through his mind, too fast to grasp, yet it sent a chill down his spine.
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