However, Zhang Qing felt complicated when faced with her mother's sobbing. Knowing that her mother still cared about her warmed her heart, but after that warmth came bitterness. What good were all the clothes she bought? In the end, she didn't wear any of them. During the time she looked forward to the most, they still abandoned her.
That day, her mother came to her courtyard as usual, but not long after she arrived, a servant came and called her to the ancestral hall, saying that her father wanted her to go there.
Zhang Qing knew this day had finally come, but she hadn't expected her father to do it so calmly.
She refused her mother's company and went to the ancestral hall with the servant. However, as she entered the hall, she caught a glimpse of her mother lagging far behind. She was probably worried, after all, this conversation would determine her future fate.
However, Zhang Qing was at peace, even relieved. She had already decided to repay Zhang Hui's kindness in giving her life with her own.
The ancestral tablets were placed in the ancestral hall. Zhang Hui knelt on a prayer mat. He had only been ill for a few days, but his back had become much thinner, revealing a sense of sorrow and desolation.
"Let's offer incense to your grandfather."
Zhang Hui sensed someone entering, but without turning around, he simply said...
Zhang Qing didn't know why he was so calm. She thought she would be met with a barrage of insults or a cold shoulder, but his voice was as calm as a still lake.
Zhang Qing did as she was told to offer incense, but her heart was already ice-cold. She knew her father was cruel to her, but she never imagined he was this cruel. He was so calm; he must have already made up his mind to abandon her completely.
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