Bai Qianmo walked in and said coldly, "You have no obligation to take care of my grandfather, and similarly, our Bai family has no obligation to take you in for a long time. You might as well pack your things and leave today."
Zhang Cuiyan and Bai Xinrou both looked at Bai Qianmo, their expressions extremely unpleasant.
"Bai Qianmo, you heartless bastard! I raised you to adulthood, and now that you're successful, you've completely forgotten your adoptive mother. Now you're even helping others to drive me away? Heh, I'll just wait and see the day you get your comeuppance."
"Mom, don't say that. It's as if we raised her with the expectation of something in return," Bai Xinrou said sarcastically.
Her gaze, however, kept drifting towards Gu Jueye.
If Lord Jue saw Bai Qianmo's true character, would he still like her?
Bai Qianmo said coldly, "If I had known from the beginning that I wasn't your daughter, I probably wouldn't have even been qualified to sleep in a demolished house for those thirteen years, right?"
Bai Xinrou said, "Bai Qianmo, you used to steal money from Mom all the time and refused to admit it. If you hadn't disappointed Mom time and time again, she wouldn't have treated you like this."
When the topic of investing money came up, Bai Qianmo gave a cold sneer.
"Who stole the money back then? Where did the money come from for the hair accessory you bought when you were seven? Where did the money come from for the new schoolbag you got when you were eight? Do you want me to count it out for you one by one?"
A hint of guilt flashed across Bai Xinrou's face.
"I don't know what you're talking about. Those are all my own savings."
"Hehe, given your family's circumstances, how much money could you save in a year? I once inquired at the market about the schoolbag you used to carry, and it cost 20 yuan. And the money that was stolen from the house that time was also 20 yuan. Bai Xinrou, back then, the adults in the family favored you, and they believed any lie you made up. But I remember every penny you stole clearly."
"Bai Qianmo, this is all old news, do you really have to bring it up in public?" Zhang Cuiyan began to defend her daughter.
Bai Qianmo sneered: "Didn't you say you raised me with great difficulty? Of course I want to settle all the messy debts from back then. What I owe you, I've paid back. And what I don't owe you, I won't keep carrying this unjust debt forever!"
"You're just stubborn and have a bad temper. If you had spoken a little softer back then, I wouldn't have treated you like that!"
“Zhang Cuiyan, you hate me just because I’m different from you in both appearance and personality. I can’t learn to steal, frame others, or be unreasonable. These are your strengths, but I’m ashamed of them!”
Bai Qianmo's words made Zhang Cuiyan feel utterly ashamed.
She was so angry that she gritted her teeth.
"You brat, I think you deserve a beating!"
Zhang Cuiyan took off her shoes and slapped Bai Qianmo on the face.
With a "bang," a teacup flew out at the same time, knocking the shoe to the ground. By sheer coincidence, the teacup shattered at Zhang Cuiyan's feet.
She jumped up in fright.
"Oh dear, that damned bastard did it, he's trying to murder me."
Zhang Cuiyan angrily looked in the direction where the teacup had been thrown, only to meet a pair of icy, penetrating eyes.
“It’s me!” Gu Jueye said coldly.
Zhang Cuiyan felt a sudden chill run down her spine. Although she didn't know who this man was, his eyes seemed like two knives, as if they could stab her if she met them.
"Qianmo has nothing to do with you anymore, what right do you have to touch her?"
Zhang Cuiyan mustered her courage and retorted, "Because I raised her to adulthood!"
"Shameless!" Gu Jueye sneered.
Those four simple words made Zhang Cuiyan tremble with anger.
Bai Xinrou tugged at Zhang Cuiyan's sleeve, signaling her to say less.
This person was not someone they could easily offend. Seeing the look her daughter gave her, Zhang Cuiyan was unwilling, but dared not say anything more in rebuttal.
With a turn of her body, Zhang Cuiyan faced Old Bai and began to cry out.
“Old Bai, look at your good granddaughter. Back then, my family was so poor that we couldn’t even afford to eat, and her father was a good-for-nothing. In those years, I was just a rural woman, and I had to raise three children with my own hands. Now, Qianmo hates me and takes every opportunity to badmouth me.”
Zhang Cuiyan sat down on the ground like a madwoman, slapping her thighs with both hands, displaying the behavior of a shrew.
Xu Hualan couldn't stand it anymore and gave Zhao's wife and Zhang's wife a wink.
"The ground is cold, why don't you quickly help Madam Zhang up?"
"Yes, Madam!"
Sister Zhao and Sister Zhang stepped forward together and lifted Zhang Cuiyan up from both sides.
Zhang Cuiyan cried with snot and tears streaming down her face, throwing a tantrum and kicking her legs hard against the ground.
"Waaah... I finally understand. The Bai family looks down on my mother and me. It's so hard to do good deeds these days. Xinrou, you've been so considerate in taking care of Grandpa Bai, but in the end, people still treat us like outsiders. I think we should leave."
Bai Xinrou's eyes reddened as she looked at Elder Bai.
“Grandpa Bai, my mother may not be very educated, but she is a reasonable person. If Bai Qianmo hadn’t kept bringing up the time when we lived in the woodshed, she wouldn’t be crying like this. If this family really doesn’t welcome us, we’ll leave right away.”
As she spoke, Bai Xinrou burst into tears.
Seeing the mother and daughter crying together, Bai Yitang felt like he had a splitting headache.
Since the mother and daughter moved in, there hasn't been a moment of peace in the house.
Even though she refuses to leave, she always acts as if staying in this house is a huge injustice.
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