"Everyone, please be the judge. Over the years, Qin Zhenwu has given all his salary to his mother, and I haven't received a single penny of the compensation. You could say that I've been supporting this family all these years, and they still say that I haven't treated Qin Jiawei well, that I took money back to my parents' home without permission. Honestly, I only earn 4,500 yuan a month, and this month Qin Jiawei alone took 2,000 yuan from me. My sister-in-law also took a lot of fruit and vegetables from my house. After paying for water, electricity, and living expenses, I only have a few yuan left. Where am I going to get money back to my parents' home? My own daughter, I haven't bought her a single piece of clothing in the past two years, and they still say I'm wrong. Aren't all of Qin Jiawei's clothes brand-name?"
Song Xia cried so hard she almost fainted. Looking at the people standing outside the door, Sun Xiurong and Qin Yuping also felt dizzy. Now everyone would know about their family's affairs.
After hearing this, someone immediately remarked, "Huh? I've always heard Sun Xiurong express a lot of dissatisfaction with this daughter-in-law. So that's what happened."
"I noticed it a long time ago. Do you see Song Xia wearing any nice clothes?"
"Isn't it just because Song Xia is honest and doesn't like to talk? If Song Xia really treated Qin Jiawei badly, Sun Xiurong would have kicked her out long ago."
"I knew it! Qin Jiawei's own mother was the one who drove her away back then. No wonder she's tolerated Song Meizi for so many years. It turns out she's been making sacrifices all along!"
“They didn’t even care about their own daughter, and poured all their heart and soul into Qin Jiawei, their stepson. How could Sun Xiurong have the nerve to mistreat him?”
"Even if it's to take money back to one's parents' home, that's only right. Does that mean they can't even raise their own daughter?"
"Qin Yuping, this sister-in-law, is also unreasonable. Her brother is gone, and instead of helping her family, she has the nerve to eat and take from them."
"If you ask me, Sun Xiurong is the most despicable. She has Qin Zhenwu's salary and compensation in her hands, but she doesn't give a single penny to Song Xia."
Aunt Zhou listened with a look of satisfaction from the back of the crowd, and whispered what she knew to the people around her. The smile in her eyes concealed her gratitude and pride. It was good that Song's daughter had taken their words to heart. It was only right to make a fuss like this, otherwise Sun Xiurong and the others would not know what gratitude and respect were.
"Shut up! Shut up! Who told you to talk nonsense?" Sun Xiurong was so angry that her face turned blue.
Qin Yuping immediately understood and helped her mother up: "Mom, are you alright? Mom, please don't let this upset you and cause you any harm, otherwise you'll just be doing someone's bidding."
Hearing what she said, and seeing that Sun Xiurong's face was indeed not good, everyone was too embarrassed to continue the discussion, and some people also began to have some doubts about what Song Xia had just said.
Song Xia knew that Sun Xiurong was in good health, and immediately smiled bitterly while weeping: "Mom, are you going to use this trick to fool me again? I can call an ambulance for you, but I really don't have the money to pay for your examination and hospitalization fees. Why can't you and my sister-in-law be more understanding of me? Haven't I been good enough to Jiawei? This time, I only asked him why a little kid like him needs a thousand yuan a week for living expenses, and he got angry and skipped school to ask you to come back and stand up for him. And you just blamed and insulted me without even knowing the facts? And you even brought my sister-in-law back to support you? I'm really tired."
Upon hearing these words again, the scales tipped in Song Xia's favor once more.
"Wow, a thousand yuan? Qin Jiawei needs that much pocket money a week? My family only gets ten yuan a week."
"He's already spent two thousand this month. How can a junior high school student spend so much money?"
"We can't even ask, or he'll skip school and tell on us. This Qin Jiawei, tsk tsk..."
"Being a stepmother is tough, isn't it all because of Sun Xiurong's spoiling?"
“Sun Xiurong still has the nerve to faint? With her physique, she could take on three people at once when she was young. She can’t even fake it.”
"No wonder my grandson said Qin Jiawei is so influential at school, it turns out he's being supported by Song Meizi's money! Song Xia, that stepmother, is hard to manage, and Sun Xiurong, his biological grandmother, doesn't care either?"
"Why should we care? They might actually be secretly pleased, feeling like they got a good deal!"
"She's really ruthless. She doesn't contribute a single penny of Qin Zhenwu's money. The whole family lives off Song Xia's money, leaving them unable to afford even new clothes and unable to support their own daughter."
"If I were Song Xia, I would have broken ties with this family long ago. Qin Jiawei isn't without a biological mother, or at the very least, a grandmother and an aunt. Why should a stepmother like her contribute money and effort?"
"Still too naive."
"What a terrible thing!"
Sun Xiurong was so angry that she trembled again, and Qin Yuping was also losing face and wished she could find a crack in the ground to crawl into.
"What are you babbling about? It's none of your business what I do!" Sun Xiurong ran to close the door. "Go away, all of you, get out of here. You actually believe what a crazy woman says?"
The door slammed shut, and people outside were still saying, "Sun Xiurong is really faking her illness, and then she's slandering him as crazy."
"He's just pretending to be sick to try and control people. I bet he's used this trick more than once."
"Are you satisfied now?" Qin Yuping continued to berate Song Xia after everyone had left. "Are you determined to make this family in such a state of unrest? Song Xia, I knew you had ulterior motives for marrying my brother. You're only after the Qin family's money."
"The Qin family's money? I've seen a single penny of the Qin family's money?" Song Xia stared at her with a sneer. "You're deliberately saying this to me because you're after the money in your mother's hands, aren't you? Otherwise, why would you bring your mother to live with you?"
Qin Yuping's eyes flickered: "Of course I'm being filial to my mother."
"Then swear a solemn oath that if you never thought about the money Qin Zhenwu left in your mother's hands, you will make sure your son never gets into university and that your mother is left destitute in her old age."
Why should I swear a solemn oath to you?
"Oh, you're feeling guilty." Song Xia provoked Qin Jiawei. "Look, this is your good aunt. She doesn't even dare to swear a solemn oath. She just wants to swindle your father's death compensation money."
Qin Jiawei is now in junior high school and understands the importance of money very well. He doesn't care what Song Xia is thinking. He only believes that the money in his grandmother's hands will be his in the future, and no one can have their eyes on that money, not even his aunt.
"Grandma, did you give Auntie any money? That's all my money!"
"No, no, Grandma has saved them all for you," Sun Xiurong quickly coaxed. "Don't listen to this wicked woman's nonsense."
Song Xia, without warning, started smashing things: "You think I'm a bad woman? Fine, I'll show you how bad I can be from now on. Don't even think about me serving you anymore, and Qin Jiawei won't get a single penny from me."
She acted recklessly, smashing almost anything she saw, as if she wanted to vent all the anger she had suffered over the years.
Qin Yuping screamed, "Song Xia, are you crazy!"
Song Xia smashed a vase at her feet: "I'm crazy, you've driven me crazy."
Sun Xiurong's face darkened: "Song Xia, what exactly are you trying to do?"
"What do you want? I want the wages Qin Zhenwu has kept with you all these years. That's our joint property, as well as his death compensation, which, according to the law, should be my share. In addition, all the money I've spent on you and Qin Jiawei over the years, you have to return to me!"
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