"You sent them away?"
Liu's mother asked in surprise, "These two, grandmother and grandson, had come to our workplace to look for us before, but there were guards there, so they didn't dare to cause any trouble. That's why we came to the family compound."
She and Liu Zi's father both went out to chase them away, but the grandmother and granddaughter were as stubborn as leeches. If you raised your voice at them even slightly, they would pretend to cry. Even getting the security guards to come over didn't help.
The area outside the family compound is a public area. The grandmother and grandson didn't bother anyone, so no one could forcefully enforce the law.
I didn't expect my daughter to let them leave as soon as she got home. Did she write them a letter of forgiveness?
"Zizi, you wouldn't..." Liu's mother's face turned pale with anxiety. How could she just let that family off the hook?
"Mom, don't worry, I didn't write it." Seeing that her mother's expression was not right, Liu Zi immediately helped her sit down in a chair.
"That's good, that's good. These things are nothing. We must never forgive them." Liu's mother gasped for breath.
She has always been a person who doesn't compete with the world. When she was at her parents' home, her parents loved her and her two older brothers doted on her. After she got married, her husband protected her even more. They all protected her very well.
This really infuriated her. For the first time, she had the thought of taking this old woman Zhao down with her. No mother could bear to see her precious child being bullied like this.
She always knew that no one is perfect. If Liu Zi couldn't get along with them, they could return her to her. Why did they have to do something to hurt her like this?
Now that the matter has come to light, they show no remorse and continue to harass and harass their daughter, attempting to threaten her with their reputation. It's utterly despicable.
She has already told Liu Daqiang that if he is afraid of being implicated, then they should divorce and she should move out of the house.
It just so happened that her daughter needed someone to look after her child, so she took early retirement to help her.
Liu Zi looked up at her father, who was unusually quiet today, and wondered what was wrong.
Smelling the cooking fumes on her clothes, she decided to go back to her room to change before telling her parents what had just happened.
But as soon as she entered the room, she saw a blanket on the bedside table that didn't belong to her.
There are two bedrooms in the house. Her parents have always kept her bedroom open, and she only comes over to use the desk occasionally; otherwise, it's just sitting idle.
Liu Zi knew that her parents had a good relationship and would not easily sleep in separate beds, but what was going on with this quilt?
Only then did Liu's mother realize what was happening and hurriedly entered the room. Seeing Liu Zi looking at the blankets on the bed, she awkwardly explained, "I've been having trouble sleeping these past couple of days, and I was afraid of disturbing your father's rest, so I moved to this room to sleep."
Liu Zi sighed; her mother's excuse was terrible.
"Mom, are you angry with Dad?"
"No!"
Liu's mother denied it quickly, but the speed of her speech only made things worse.
"Why? Aren't you two getting along really well?" Liu Zi asked curiously.
After hesitating for a long time, Liu's mother finally gave in to her daughter's inquisitive gaze.
"If it weren't for him back then, you wouldn't have gone to give birth without any family members, and in the end, Granny Zhao would have taken Lingzi and sold her. And this time, why was Granny Zhao released? I had your dad ask her, and she said they followed the rules and there was no problem."
"I'm so angry!"
"You know, we've been married for almost thirty years, and all he cares about are rules and regulations, never about us, mother and daughter. I didn't ask him to kill or commit arson. That old woman Zhao was guilty to begin with, so why is she allowed to get away with it? He has so many comrades and relatives, can't he do anything about one old woman?"
"Let her ruin your reputation like this at the doorstep, ugh~"
Liu's mother, Xu Mei, burst into tears.
"I regret so much. How could I have married such a person? He's made you suffer from his strict discipline since you were little. Other people's daughters are pampered and cherished, but my Zizi is still so well-behaved at home. I know my precious daughter ran away from home because she was being suppressed too much. It's all my fault!"
Liu's mother's wailing was so heart-wrenching that it made Liu Zi's nose tingle.
Liu Zi tilted her head back, trying to hold back the tears welling up in her eyes.
Deep down, Liu's mother, Xu Mei, blamed herself the most.
Why didn't you speak up for your daughter when she felt wronged?
Why didn't she stop Liu Daqiang back then?
Why didn't she secretly go and check on Liu Zi?
...
Since learning about this, she has asked herself countless times, and deep down she feels endless regret.
She's not a good mother!
"Mom, it's all in the past now."
"No, Zizi, the wound in my heart will never heal," Liu's mother said, choking back tears.
"Mom, what happened back then has nothing to do with you. It was Zhao Qian and Su Yao who plotted against me. I was the one who misjudged people." Liu Zi took a towel from the bedside and wiped her mother's tears.
Liu's mother shook her head: "No, you were so young then. It wasn't your fault that you couldn't judge people. If your father and I had used a gentler tone to persuade you, you probably wouldn't have objected so strongly. It's our fault as parents for not being able to gain your complete trust."
Tears streamed down Liu's mother's face, one after another.
"Zizi, we are your parents, we are your support. We should stand behind you unconditionally, not abandon you just because you made a mistake or went down the wrong path."
Liu Zi closed her eyes, tears streaming down her face.
In her past life, she had also resented and hated.
Since they saw through Zhao Qian's character, why couldn't they patiently try to persuade her again?
She was only 20 years old at the time. Why did she have to suffer for a lifetime just because she made one wrong step?
Why is no one helping her out?
After her parents left her in such a tragic way, she lost all her remaining anger.
Although Liu Zi in her previous life was exceptionally talented in literature, and her books were full of profound truths, her heart was extremely empty.
Her husband only saw her as a cash cow, her son only showed affection to her when he needed money, her daughter had run away to another place and refused to come home, and she was like a piece of duckweed, not knowing where her home was.
It wasn't until she died once that she realized she wasn't without a home; it was just that she had destroyed it with her own hands.
"Mom just feels sorry for you!" Her beloved daughter, whom she had raised with such care, had suffered so much.
"Mom, you should be glad that I discovered Zhao Qian's true colors now and found Lingzi before he could react."
If, like in her previous life, she is already old and frail, and Lingzi has already grown up with great difficulty, then what use is it?
"Mom, all of that is in the past. I'm just glad Lingzi was found. We don't need to hurt your and Dad's relationship because of the Zhao family."
"Besides, Dad was right not to interfere in Granny Zhao's affairs. Zhao Gang is still legally my son. He's only 6 years old. If no one takes care of him, the security guards will definitely come to me and make me raise him." Liu Zi steered the conversation toward the Zhao family.
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