She had already insulted her father and brother in the live stream, and everyone knew what kind of people they were. These two were so concerned about their reputation, how could they possibly come?
Moreover, Zhou Xiaoyu publicly stated online that she would sue the father and son to return her betrothal gifts. Given this, it was even less likely that they would come.
She only has a few family members; her father and brother can't come, so naturally, her mother will be the one to come.
Everyone has a mother, and Zhou Xiaoyu is no exception.
She looked at the thin, weathered woman, smiled slightly, and sat down: "Say what you want to say. After you're done, I need to go back and take a nap."
"Xiaoyu, how could you do this? Do you know how much your words online have embarrassed your father and brother in the village? That's how it is these days; the bride price is meant for the parents to keep. Why are you still not satisfied?"
Looking at her mother, Zhou Xiaoyu felt nothing, but the viewers in the live stream went wild.
They thought Zhou Xiaoyu's mother would comfort Zhou Xiaoyu for being so cruelly exploited by her husband, but to their surprise, she immediately questioned Zhou Xiaoyu about the bride price.
This middle-aged woman with a simple face has not yet learned to lie, which shows that what she is most concerned about now is that Zhou Xiaoyu has embarrassed her father and brother, and that they still do not want to return the bride price.
"Yes, I sued them. The court will give them a summons, and then we'll go to court. Didn't your son buy a house? He used my dowry for the down payment. If the court decides, that house might have to be sold, so you should prepare for that."
Zhou Xiaoyu's mother looked like she was having some difficulty breathing.
Her face turned ashen: "What are you talking about, girl? Who sues their own family over a dowry? You're not ashamed, but we are! Please don't do that. Quickly tell the judge that you're not going to sue. Do you still want to go back to your hometown? People will talk behind your back!"
"Have your father and I been bad to you? We've always been good to you! You were so grateful to us before, how come you changed your mind after going out to work?"
Her elderly mother was in tears, looking so distressed.
In contrast to her, Zhou Xiaoyu showed no signs of crying.
She simply looked at her mother and said calmly, "Actually, I really want to know, if you hadn't been thinking that raising a son was too expensive and you couldn't afford the bride price, so you planned to have another child to sell for the bride price, would I still exist?"
"How could you say that to us? We had you because we wanted a daughter, it had nothing to do with the bride price! We all love you, have you forgotten how your mother secretly stuffed vegetables into your food when you were little? You've forgotten all of that!"
Zhou Xiaoyu couldn't help but laugh again: "It's these little favors that have fooled me for so many years, making it impossible for me to forgive this world for the rest of my life."
"What you're saying is really funny. Back then, you secretly slipped me some food because Dad wouldn't even let me sit at the table. He made me eat in the kitchen, and I was so hungry I was pale as a ghost. That's when you finally gave me a bite of vegetables, since my brother ate all the meat. Why are you so good at making yourself look better?"
"How can you say that? I didn't get any either! The meat in the house should naturally go to the men. How have you become like this? I loved you so much, you've really changed. Give my good daughter back—"
Zhou Xiaoyu curled her lips into a self-deprecating smile: "In fact, before you stopped brainwashing me, I thought that at least you still had some affection for me. I am a girl, so I had to save money for my brother's wedding, so I had to lend you the money I earned every month. When did I realize that something was wrong? It was when my brother found his first wife."
"At that time, he found a divorced woman and spent a lot of money on her, which was either a dowry or living expenses, because you wanted her to have a son before she married into the family. Later, she finally got pregnant and lived in the house your son rented. You had to go and see her from time to time, bringing a lot of things every day."
Zhou Xiaoyu touched the corner of her eye and found that there were no tears at all.
She was satisfied; perhaps she had moved past the painful phase she had been in.
"Back then, I lived in the same city as your son. You would call me from time to time and ask me to take care of his girlfriend, which I did willingly. My friends couldn't stand it anymore and asked me—why is it that you and your brother live in the same city, but your parents would visit your brother from time to time, but never visit you even once? In fact, you always had to pay for your own trips home. Don't your parents even have the desire to visit you?"
"Her words were like a trigger, making me feel even more uncomfortable."
"When it turned out to be a girl, you forced her to have an abortion. After she stopped having any contact with you, you started pressuring me to get married quickly so you could get a dowry."
“Every action you take pulls me out of that illusory dream and makes me realize that your love is all fake. Love is where the money is, and sometimes that’s so accurate.”
Zhou Xiaoyu's mother was utterly shocked: "You've held onto such a small thing for so long?"
"Too many small things piled up can also have an extraordinary explosive force. I don't want to say any more to you. Can you leave here? If you don't leave, I will."
Zhou Xiaoyu no longer has the will to save her mother, because she knows that respecting the fate of others is the most important thing.
She escaped on her own, that's enough.
The tense atmosphere between the mother and daughter in front of them was finally eased by the meeting between Jiang Tian and her mother.
This chapter is not finished yet. Please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content!
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
