Chapter 86: She doesn’t want you anymore, and she doesn’t want me anymore
Song Xiao pursed her lips and said nothing.
He just had tears falling down.
After a while, he said with red eyes: "But Dad, my hand hurts so much, it really hurts. Wasn't she afraid that my hand would break?"
It obviously wasn't like this before.
It was obvious that Su Tan gave him whatever he wanted in the past.
Every time he shed a tear, she felt heartbroken.
Why did it become like this?
Song Tingchen looked at his son quietly and reached out to wipe away his tears.
"Then why did you hit your mother when you knew that someone might fall on the stone lion?"
Song Xiao met his father's gaze and lowered his head in a panic.
"Because you just want her to get hurt, right?"
Song Xiao said nothing, just kept crying.
That's true.
He just wanted Su Tan to get hurt. Why should everyone else get hurt while she can be fine?
He just wanted to see her cry in pain.
Otherwise, why are they the only ones who suffer?
Song Tingchen sighed. He reached out and touched Song Xiao's head. He didn't ask if Song Xiao knew he was wrong. He just asked, "Do you remember how much it hurt?"
Song Xiao stammered and nodded, "I'll remember."
Song Tingchen wiped the tears from Song Xiao's face again.
"Just remember this, remember how painful it was to hit someone this time, and you won't do it again next time."
"Xiaoxiao, you must remember what I told you. Only when a mother loves you will she rather get hurt than let you get hurt."
Song Xiao's face turned pale.
He stared at Song Tingchen blankly, tears falling one by one again, crying breathlessly, "So she doesn't want me anymore, right?"
Song Tingchen looked at Song Xiao quietly for a long time.
In the end, he couldn't continue to deceive himself, so he nodded heavily and said with a wry smile: "Yes."
"She doesn't want you anymore."
"You don't want me anymore."
From now on, Song Xiao really has no mother.
He no longer has a wife.
Song Xiao's face froze instantly, and he stared at Song Tingchen with a dull gaze. Suddenly, he felt an unprecedented panic. He kept grabbing Song Tingchen's clothes, "Wuwuwu, Dad, I want to see the bad woman!"
"I want to see her!"
"You lied to me, I don't believe it!"
Books say that a mother can give everything for her children. How could a bad woman give up on him so easily?
He doesn't believe it!
Song Tingchen's brows were covered with frost and snow, and he suddenly laughed at himself, "Xiaoxiao, why are you so sure that as long as you go to her, she will be willing to lie to you?"
If Song Tingchen had previously thought that Su Tan would give up some things for Song Xiao, and even remember that she still had to bear the responsibility of being a mother, then now he clearly understood that Su Tan would never look back after practicing the ruthless way.
Whether it is her husband or her children, as long as it affects her spiritual heart, she will abandon them without hesitation.
"Xiaoxiao, stop lying to yourself. Remember, from today on, you no longer have a mother."
Song Tingchen looked at Song Xiao. Although what he said was cruel, he had to tell Song Xiao.
Song Xiao felt cold all over and stared at Song Tingchen blankly.
He didn't understand. He didn't understand why his mother was clearly still alive, but his father said that from today on, he no longer had a mother.
Song Tingchen sighed, "Let's go, let's go back, it's too cold outside."
The snow this year was also particularly heavy.
…
When Song Tingchen returned to the Song family, he heard from the servants that Old Madam Song had woken up.
When he went to visit his mother, he was shocked for a moment by the current condition of Old Madam Song.
In just three days, Old Madam Song lost a lot of weight. There were dark circles under her eyelids, and her skin was almost dry and limp, sticking to her face without any life. She looked like she was about to die.
Song Tingchen held Madam Song's hand tightly.
Madam Song looked behind him, her cloudy, empty eyes suddenly widening, "Where's Su Tan?!"
"Why didn't that woman Su Tan come back with you?!"
How dare Su Tan not come back?
Since he himself has been haunted by the evil spirit, in order to show his loyalty to her, shouldn't Su Tan come back immediately to please her and get rid of the annoying evil spirit?
Song Tingchen looked at his mother quietly and asked, "Mother, where is the wood carving that Su Tan made for you? That wood carving can ward off evil spirits in the house. Where did you put it?"
Madam Song's face froze for a moment, and she murmured in disbelief, "That shabby wood carving she made can actually ward off evil spirits and protect the house? This..."
Why doesn't she believe it?
Could it be that her son was deceiving her?
Song Tingchen smiled bitterly, his eyes falling on Old Madam Song, "You threw it away, didn't you?"
Old Madam Song was a little displeased by Song Tingchen's look, "Why are you looking at me like that? I don't like what she made, can't I just burn it?"
"Let me ask you why you didn't bring her here. Even if you and her have already divorced, now that I'm sick, she should still come to show her filial piety!"
"If she doesn't come, you will ask the emperor for permission to punish her for being unfilial!"
According to the laws of this dynasty, a daughter-in-law should be filial to her parents-in-law.
But there is no law that says that you have to work like a slave for your ex-husband's family after divorce.
But Mrs. Song didn't care about that.
Deep down, she believed that Su Tan should give everything for her.
Song Tingchen's eyes were indifferent, and his mother sometimes really thought the same thing as him.
But sometimes Su Tan could know what they were thinking early on.
"I do dare to ask for your help, but mother, aren't you afraid that Su Tan will release one or two evil spirits to kill you?"
Old Madam Song was stunned. Thinking of the scene in her dream, she shuddered, but she gritted her teeth and remained stubborn.
"She dares?!"
Song Tingchen's eyebrows seemed to be covered with frost and snow. "Why would she be afraid? She has long since cultivated the ruthless way. She will find a way to abandon anyone who stands in her way."
Su Tan even dared to plot against Prince Yu.
Now Prince Yu's body is covered with horrific red sores and has a strong fishy odor. He looks like neither a human nor a ghost.
The Zhao family was also destroyed because of her words.
"Mother, if you don't want to die, you should stay away from her. Don't mention Su Tan in front of me anymore. You asked me to marry Qingyin, and I agreed. If I bring up Su Tan every time something happens, Qingyin will feel uncomfortable."
Madam Song said subconsciously: "Qingyin wouldn't do that."
Qingyin has a gentle personality, unlike Su Tan, who is like a stone in a cesspool, smelly and hard.
But when she thought about how she was almost strangled to death by Liu Qingyin's parents in her dream, Old Lady Song trembled with fear again.
"Tingchen, I had a nightmare these past three days..."
Old Madam Song recounted what she had dreamed in a halting manner.
Song Tingchen was silent for a moment, then said, "Qingyin has already been wronged by marrying me. I will find a way to raise the ten thousand taels of silver as a betrothal gift for her."
Madam Song became anxious when she heard this. "You're crazy! How can the General's Mansion have such spare money now?"
She would not touch her own coffin book.
That was her retirement money.
It cannot be taken out and used at will.
Song Tingchen knew what his mother was thinking, and said with a tired and helpless tone, "Don't worry, mother. I won't ask you to pay this money."
"I can always raise money by asking my colleagues for a loan."
"Since you asked me to marry Qingyin, you shouldn't let me treat her so unfairly."
Old Madam Song's heart ached, and she couldn't help but say, "How could she be wronged? She just..."
She's just a merchant's daughter.
Being able to marry your own son is already the best luck.
In the past, Su Tan was the daughter of a duke, but she also didn’t have any betrothal gifts, right?
Song Tingchen glanced at her and asked, "Mother, are you still complaining that there isn't enough gossip out there?"
Old Madam Song had no choice but to shut her mouth, feeling very aggrieved.
In the end, Song Tingchen lent money to Liu Qingyin, and even asked his colleagues who had a good relationship with him to recognize Liu Qingyin as his sister so that she would have a place to get married one day.
Because of the fear of unexpected complications, the date was chosen hastily and many things did not have time to be prepared in detail. Unfortunately, Old Lady Song was very concerned about her reputation and wanted to hold a grand ceremony, so even more money was spent.
She was so stingy that the Song family actually had to rely on Liu Qingyin's dowry to survive.
On the wedding day, many colleagues were present and congratulations were heard everywhere.
But she didn't know if it was Liu Qingyin's illusion, but she always felt that there was some joking emotion mixed in with these congratulations, as if she was just watching the fun.
She stayed in the bridal chamber, covered with a red veil, and waited for a long time, until the red candles were almost burned out, but Song Tingchen still did not show up.
It wasn't until a long time later that someone close to Song Tingchen came to report: "Madam, the general is drunk and will be staying in the study today."
Liu Qingyin's face suddenly turned extremely pale.
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