"That little brat is so arrogant, only you can put up with her." After walking out the door, Zhang Yuefang didn't forget to curse and spit on her. "In my family, Yu Ting would have been beaten eight hundred times over."
“How can I compare to your good fortune, sister? Besides, our family situations are different; her parents left her a lot more.”
Zhang Yuefang said matter-of-factly, "Since she married Xiaoyuan, she's now part of the Xie family's property. She only gave birth to a little girl; what can she possibly cause?"
Meanwhile, Song Xia turned on the surveillance camera in front of Yu Ting, and the two sisters returned to their rented apartment to continue complaining.
"We still haven't heard from Yu Ting."
"What a load of rubbish! All that money I spent is wasted on a hen that won't lay eggs."
Upon hearing this, Yu Ting's face turned pale.
"Don't be too anxious, you'll have one eventually. After all, she's a graduate student, so her children will be smart."
"If it weren't for her high level of education, would I have spent so much money to buy her? But no matter how well-educated she is, if she can't have children, it's all for naught."
Yu Ting pursed her lips. Anyone would feel bad if their mother-in-law said they were bought. Did she want to be sold? But at that time, she really had no choice. On the other hand, there was her own mother. What could she do?
She's been working hard to earn money, and in the past few years she's earned enough to pay off most of the debts. Doesn't her mother-in-law see that?
Besides, it's not like she's never been pregnant before. It's just that she was too tired from doing housework and was then violently treated by Chi Jie, which is why she lost the child. How can the responsibility be placed on her?
"So, you're just going to let Song Xiasheng have only one daughter and that's it? How can things work without a son?"
“My dear grandson has one.” Zhang Yuefen said meaningfully, but she hadn’t told her sister about it. She often talked about Song Xia in front of relatives, but she was cautious about her son having an illegitimate child. She only mentioned it openly when she was comparing with Zhang Juhua.
Zhang Yuefang naturally didn't realize what she meant: "It's good that you have a plan. Next time you get pregnant, you should get a check-up first, so you don't end up disappointed after the baby is born."
Zhang Yuefen changed the subject: "Haven't you thought about finding another way? How long can you keep relying on Yu Ting?"
"What's the meaning?"
"Let Xiao Jie find someone else outside," she said softly, as if she were talking about something trivial.
Zhang Yuefang hesitated: "Who knows if the women outside are clean, and what if the child they give birth to isn't smart?"
"If you can find someone as highly educated, smart, and innocent as Yu Ting, I don't believe you can't. Besides, children are naturally influenced by where they grow up. Just find them a good school later."
Zhang Yuefang's eyes lit up: "That's right, why not let Yu Ting take care of her? She's a top student, she'd be perfect for taking care of the kids."
"Aren't you afraid she'll teach you bad things?"
"She wouldn't dare!" Zhang Yuefang sneered. "She eats and drinks at my house, how dare she disobey? Who told her she can't give birth to a son? It's already too good for her to have her son call her 'Mom'. Otherwise, I'll call her mother to teach her a lesson."
Yu Ting felt a chill run through her body as she listened, then laughed self-deprecatingly. It turned out that in her mother-in-law's heart, she wasn't even a person anymore, just a slave whom the Chi family could use at will.
"Your in-laws really listen to you so much that they don't even protect their own daughter?"
"She's not protecting her as much as she wants. All she cares about is that unlucky son. She doesn't care what happens to her daughter for her son's sake."
"If you don't care, why would you allow your daughter to pursue a master's degree?"
"That's because Yu Ting is hardworking. Her tuition was paid by her village and teachers back then. It didn't cost her any money, and it also gave her a prestigious education. Why not?"
Seeing Yu Ting's surprise, Song Xia asked in astonishment, "You don't know this, do you?"
Yu Ting shook her head, crying. She really didn't know. She had always known that her parents favored her younger brother, but her mother said that she was also born of her mother, so how could she not love her? It's just that she would have to live with her younger brother in the future, and she would get married sooner or later. If she loved him too much, it would be too much trouble.
She consoled herself, telling herself that no matter how badly her parents treated her, they still supported her through university and graduate school, and she should be grateful.
So later, whether her mother forced her to get married or made a scene at her company, she could endure it, because in the eyes of ordinary people, the Chi family was well-off and Chi Jie was a decent person, which was indeed quite good.
She never expected that the kindness she had always believed her parents had shown her was actually a lie!
"I really don't know, and no one has ever told me."
"That's because the people who sponsor you are kind-hearted; they don't want you to feel burdened."
"Yes, everyone else is trying to put no pressure on me, but my parents use this to exploit me all the time."
Yu Ting said with an embarrassed self-deprecating smile, "Do you think I'm useless? Do you think I'm stupid?"
“No, you’re just too kind and too trusting. I used to be the same way,” Song Xia comforted her. “It’s not our fault, it’s the fault of the Xie family, the Chi family, and the Zhang sisters that we encountered.”
"you……"
Song Xia said calmly, "You must have heard what they've been saying about me. They say I'm stupid, or that I'm throwing myself at them? None of that matters anymore. I was blind before, but now that I've realized it, I'm going to take back everything I've lost."
Aren't you afraid I'll tell on you?
"I'm not afraid. First, I trust you. Second, no one can control me now. Even if someone informs on me, it won't matter."
Looking at Song Xia's confidence and strength, Yu Ting felt a pang of envy. When could she be so brave?
"You can do it." Song Xia looked at her with a determined gaze. "You even got into A University's graduate program. Is it really that hard to get out of your current predicament? Don't you want to be more successful and give back to the village? Don't you want to shine brightly again and make your teachers proud?"
"I……"
"What's trapping you isn't the Chi family, but that lie-like favor. Now that you know the truth, what are you still hesitating about? The debt of gratitude you owe your parents doesn't have to be repaid by being controlled by them. You can spread your wings and fly high to earn more money to support them in their old age. They haven't even seen your brother get married and have children yet, so they can't bear to die."
Yu Ting's eyes welled up with tears: "Am I really useless? I'm still thinking about them at a time like this."
“Very few people can completely sever ties with their biological parents. If you continue to be mired in the same quagmire after I’ve reminded you, then I will really look down on you.”
"Thank you. You are the first person to be so kind to me. I knew about their criticisms and insults towards you a long time ago, but I never told you."
“You’re wrong again. The first person to be kind to you wasn’t me, but the villagers, your teachers, and maybe even your classmates and colleagues. It’s just that your inferiority complex makes you afraid to communicate with them, and thus you’ve overlooked them.”
Yu Ting choked up and couldn't speak. Looking back, she realized that she was indeed too useless. Just like Song Xia said, there were so many people who had helped her, but she didn't know how to deal with their kindness, so she chose to avoid them.
She's really let these people down by living like this!
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