"Do you know what you're saying?" Wang Youyi was furious, as if her purpose had been exposed.
Tang Ling hugged her tightly, saying, "I'm going to be a music teacher at a school in Pingkang Town."
Wang Youyi angrily pushed her away, "Do you know what you're saying? I trained you to be proficient in music, chess, calligraphy, and painting, not so that you could earn a few thousand yuan a month to be a maid for dozens of children."
Wang Youyi grasped Tang Ling's arm, "Both Mom and Dad are teachers. You've seen the life we lead. What's so good about this kind of life?"
Wang Youyi took a deep breath, trying to calm herself down. "You must listen to me and not go. If you become a teacher at Qiao Xia's school, you'll only ever be like me. You'll never be as good as Qiao Xia."
Tang Ling looked at Wang Youyi seriously and said, "I don't think there's anything wrong with being like my mother, and I don't want to compare myself to Qiao Xia."
"What did you say?" Wang Youyi looked at her in disbelief. "I've spent my whole life trying to make your life better, and now you're telling me there's nothing wrong with being like me? How could I have such a worthless child like you?"
Tang Ling was not swayed by her words in the slightest. "Doesn't living a good life mean doing things according to your own wishes? Mom has always wanted me to become someone like Qiao Xia, but Qiao Xia has always done things according to her own ideas, hasn't she?"
Wang Youyi's chest heaved. "You've really lost your mind. You're actually talking back to me for her sake. What's so great about her? Did she raise you from infancy?"
Tang Ling calmly said, "Mom, have you noticed that what you said sounds just like Grandma's?"
Wang Youyi was stunned, and Tang Ling took the opportunity to pull her suitcase away from her.
Wang Youyi realized what was happening and immediately chased after him, but how could high heels possibly catch up with flat shoes?
"Come back!" she cried helplessly, but all she saw was Tang Ling's back as she walked out the door without turning her head.
Wang Youyi returned to her room and collapsed weakly to the floor. Back then, she was just an ordinary country girl. When Tang Ling's father went to the countryside, she fell in love with that handsome man at first sight.
She pursued him passionately, helping him with chores and cooking every day. She learned about the completely unfamiliar world from him, and she was no longer willing to stay in that small village.
So when the policy was announced, Wang Youyi disregarded her family's objections and resolutely followed Tang Ling's father to the city to get married.
The Tang family members were very polite to her, but Wang Youyi couldn't ignore the embarrassment and sympathy that occasionally showed on their faces because of their politeness.
In order to keep up with her husband, Wang Youyi entered university to audit classes right after she finished her postpartum confinement, thanks to the connections of Grandpa Tang.
Her father originally sang old male roles, and she was exposed to Peking Opera from a young age and became very skilled at it. However, in order to cater to the elegance of high society and to be able to study abroad with her husband, she switched to popular music.
After she left, her hometown sent her several letters, but she didn't reply to any of them. She just sent some money back home every month.
Later, when her mother found out she had given birth, she wanted to come to City A to take care of her, but she refused outright. She could almost imagine the old lady being ridiculed by others for speaking with a strong local accent.
Wang Youyi couldn't accept that her mother had to endure such ridicule, nor could she face such a scene, but her mother still came.
The mother took two trains to reach City A, but after calling her, she immediately went to the station, bought a return train ticket, and sent her back.
Throughout Tang Ling's upbringing, she was determined to never let her be looked down upon by others. She wanted to raise her daughter into a true socialite praised by high society, so she never mentioned the existence of her maternal grandmother in the countryside to her.
But just now, she actually said that she saw her grandmother's shadow in her. Sure enough, the one she gave birth to knows best how to hurt her.
Wang Youyi, who was fixated on a single point, completely forgot that Tang Ling had previously admitted that she resembled her and accepted it readily. However, she could not accept that she had even the slightest resemblance to her mother, yet she had unknowingly become like her.
Pingkang Town
Li Yu combed her loose hair over her shoulders into a high ponytail, making her look extremely aggressive.
Qiao Xia crossed her arms. "You should know that the reporter you brought has already caused her a lot of trouble. She's not going to give you any more money."
Li Yu's eyes were still a little red and swollen, obviously she had cried a lot these days. "I know, that's why I came to you. You are her boss. If you want her to continue making money for you, you can't let her image be damaged in the slightest."
“I don’t want much, just 50,000. In exchange, I can go to the media to help her clarify things.” Li Yu’s reasoning was clear, and her request was indeed not excessive, but Qiao Xia did not intend to grant it.
She asked, puzzled, "If it weren't for Chenxi, you wouldn't have been able to find your son so quickly. She has done you a great favor. Is this how you repay her?"
Li Yu laughed out loud, "Miss Qiao doesn't have children, does she? If you had children, you wouldn't say such things."
Qiao Xia shook her head in confusion, "What does this have to do with whether or not you have a child? The trafficker who kidnapped your child is in prison, and the Niu family who bought the child is in the mountains. For the past four years, they have been desperately squeezing your son dry from their own daughter. You shouldn't hate her."
“But I have been separated from my son for four years, and my family has been destroyed for four years. Someone has to give me an explanation.” Li Yu’s tone was very calm, but it was precisely because of this calmness that he seemed crazy.
Qiao Xia pulled up the news on her phone, pointed to the photo, and said, "The police have given you the confession you wanted: ten years in prison."
Qiao Xia calmly said, "I don't object to you wanting compensation, but the recipient shouldn't be Chen Xi, and I can't make the decision for her to give you the money."
Li Yu laughed, "Are all you rich people this cold-blooded? Fifty thousand is probably only enough for one meal for you. Why don't you just treat me like a beggar and get rid of me? Why won't you grant my request?"
Qiao Xia frowned, thinking that Li Yu had gone mad. In fact, Li Yu had indeed gone mad. She picked up a fruit knife she had bought from the supermarket and was about to stab Qiao Xia.
Even after being restrained by Qiao Xia, she continued to cry and sob, "Just kill me, I don't want to live anymore, I don't want to live anymore..."
The noisy fighting sounds inside attracted the attention of others.
The group worked together to tie Li Yu up and take her to the police station. After Zhao Yuncheng questioned her, they learned that Li Yu had divorced her husband because she had lost her child.
And because of guilt, she transferred all her company shares to her husband, taking only half of the family's cash and searching the world for her child.
But Yaozong refused to acknowledge her, crying and making a scene at home every day, wanting to return to the Niu family. The police also uncovered a shocking truth from their interrogation of the human traffickers.
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