She was clearly implying something, but unwilling to be too direct. Every word she uttered was aimed at Shu Ying, as if she were the one who was guilty of the most heinous crime.
Huang Meiling's eyes widened, and she picked up the broom next to her and swung it rudely in front of her. Dust flew up in the yard, making people cough. Zhao Lijuan hurriedly took a few steps back, her eyes watering from the choking.
Huang Meiling sneered, "But it just shows that you have a mouth. With your teeth clasped together, you can say such trivial things. I have raised my own child for so many years. How could I not feel sorry for her? But she is a good-for-nothing. Even if she is pitiful in every way, is my own daughter not pitiful too?"
She pointed at Zhao Lijuan's nose, remembering that when she came back yesterday, it was this person who was gossiping outside and even muttering that Shuying's ingredients were problematic.
Yesterday I didn't want to cause trouble for my family, but now that things have gotten this big, there's nothing to be afraid of.
“My daughter would rather have been switched at birth, with a perfectly good urban household registration transferred to the mountains where she can’t get enough to eat or wear. Every day she has to do heavy labor and doesn’t even have the chance to go to school. After she gets married, she has to be subservient to everyone. You have children, you have a daughter, how can you say such things? Aren’t you afraid that all these things will come back to haunt you? A mother should be concerned about her child’s well-being!”
She became increasingly angry as she spoke, as if all of Xie Mingzhu's past misfortunes were replaying in her mind.
Just thinking about those tough days in the mountains makes her heart ache.
The wicked live a life of luxury, always on guard, and their children are even switched.
If it weren't for Shu Ying's unexpected encounter with Xie Mingzhu, the mother and daughter would never have been able to reunite.
There are too many partings in the world, and when mother and daughter are reunited, they cannot tolerate anyone saying a bad word about them.
Xie Wanying still wanted to fight for herself, but Shu Ying no longer gave her the chance.
"Xie Wanying, you should keep these lies to yourself. Back when Zhiyan was still in the hospital, you went there every few days to find out what was going on. When the doctor said he might not wake up, you probably forgot the smile on your face that you couldn't hide. Do you think we need to go to the hospital and confront the doctor? Or do you think everyone is a fool and you're the only smart one?"
At that time, she felt that Xie Wanying was exuding an indescribable feeling. At first, Shu Ying thought it was just a hallucination caused by her own exhaustion, but as she became more and more undisguised, her eagerness for Xie Zhiyan to die was obvious.
She can lie alone, but what about the doctors in the hospital and Xie Zhiyan's comrades who spend every day with her?
"You probably didn't expect that I would be able to bring my sister to the capital by some twist of fate. Actually, it's not your fault for being stupid. There are so many cities outside, and very few people can escape from those places. But you underestimated a person's desire to live, and you don't understand the connection of blood ties. You only live in your own imagination, but this is not your world."
She should have woken up long ago, but she just couldn't let go.
“Actually, when you first met my sister, I noticed that your attitude wasn’t quite right, but now it all makes sense, Xie Wanying. One can’t help but believe in fate.”
Xie Wanying knew how sharp Shu Ying's tongue was, so she didn't intend to confront her directly. Instead, she looked at Huang Meiling with extreme vulnerability. In this family, Huang Meiling was the most soft-hearted and the easiest to manipulate.
She moved her feet carefully, trying to reach out and hug Huang Meiling's arm. "Mom, I really never did those things. I don't know why things have turned out this way. We used to be a good family, didn't we? If my sister doesn't want to come with me, I can never come, but please, Dad, don't abandon me."
She cannot be homeless, otherwise she will have no place to stand in her husband's family.
The baby in her womb could no longer exist. If the Fang family really pursued the matter, without the Xie family's support, the two of them might really end up getting a divorce.
"I can give up everything and not care about anything. Please give me another chance because we've been together for so many years. Mom and Dad, you're all I have left. If my biological parents cared about me, they wouldn't have wanted to replace me in the first place."
She spoke through tears, as if she had already foreseen her life after returning to Dashan.
Huang Meiling turned her head away without saying a word, not wanting to have any further entanglement with her.
Seeing that the couple had lost all hope, Xie Wanying looked at Xie Mingzhu beside her with teary eyes, her voice almost pleading.
"Good sister, I really didn't know you were Mom and Dad's biological daughter, and I didn't know I was standing in your position. If I had known all this earlier, I would have given you everything I have now. Please, for the sake of both of us being victims, plead with Mom and Dad for me. At least I am truly innocent in this matter."
Huang Meiling's eyes showed some reluctance. "What do you mean by 'give'? These were originally stolen for you by your own parents. We have never treated you badly, but how have you treated us?"
Even if Xie Wanying was just pretending, she had no tears left. She could only sob awkwardly, "But I didn't want things to turn out like this. Mom, what do you want from me? Do you really want me to kneel down before my sister?"
She looked at the group of people around her, and after a few seconds, as if she had made up her mind, she knelt down on the ground with a "thump". She hugged Huang Meiling's trouser leg tightly. "Mom, I really have nowhere to turn. I don't know why you and Dad think I'm a hopeless child. But you used to say that you and Dad would give me the best in the world. I'm not your biological child, and that's not what I wanted."
She knelt on the ground and looked at Xie Mingzhu, then kowtowed twice on the ground without hesitation. "Sister, I beg you and Shu Ying to let me go. I really have nothing left. Please, both of you, have mercy and don't cause me any more trouble in the future. As long as you tell me to go east, I will never go west. Is that not enough?"
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