Seeing that Hong Ling had not finished washing the clothes, Qian Lili went back to the room to discuss it with Qian Jinshu.
Hong Ling looked at Qian Lili's back and sneered, "Tsk, isn't she just a widow?
How dare you show off in front of me."
In the past few years, I worked like a slave in the Qian family and tried to please everyone in Qian Jinshu's family.
Qian Lili ordered her to work hard and she worked hard, but in the end, she was kicked out of the house by her family and left with nothing.
If they hadn't agreed to help get custody of Kaikai, how could I have come back to take care of the paralyzed Qian Jinshu?
Now, knowing that Qian Jinshu is always plotting against her, Hong Ling doesn't intend to indulge them anymore.
Qian Lili came out again, standing in front of Hong Ling with her hands on her hips, "I have something to tell you, hurry up!
Don't dawdle and delay me from picking up Nana from study."
Hong Ling poured out the water in the basin, and Qian Lili jumped away.
"You bitch, you dare to splash water on my shoes. I think you don't want to live anymore."
Hong Ling rolled her eyes, wrung out the clothes without saying a word, hung them on the rope in the yard, wiped her hands and went into the house.
Qian Lili followed her into the house angrily, "Hong Ling, if you still want to live with my eldest brother, then you should behave yourself. Don't be such a disgrace to others outside, and not only will you bring yourself to suffer from serious illnesses."
"Pa pa" Hong Ling raised her hand and slapped Qian Lili twice.
"You are the one who has a dirty disease!" Hong Ling yelled at Qian Lili.
After a brief moment of confusion, Qian Lili immediately pounced on Hong Ling and started fighting with her.
"You bitch, how dare you hit me!" Qian Lili also slapped Hong Ling twice.
The two people grabbed each other's hair and refused to let go. Qian Jinshu, who came to his senses, hurried to stop the fight.
"Let go! Stop hitting me!"
No one listened to Qian Jinshu. It was the older sister who had just returned home and lived on the fourth floor who heard the noise and came over to help pull the two of them apart.
Qian Lili was about to start cursing when Qian Jinshu stopped her, "Lili, don't talk nonsense."
After the elder sister who came to mediate left, Hong Ling ran back to her room and locked the door. No matter how harshly Qian Lili cursed at her while standing at the door, Hong Ling did not open the door.
Qian Lili glanced at Qian Jinshu and said, "Brother, I'm going to pick up Nana from study.
I'll come back and settle the score with her."
Qian Jinshu sighed, "Then go pick up Nana!"
Qian Lili left cursing.
Qian Jinshu stared at the tightly closed door and fell into deep thought. This was the first time he saw Hong Ling hitting someone.
For Qian Jinshu, such a scene was simply unbelievable.
Hong Ling has always been a gentle and taciturn woman, and has never shown such intense behavior.
But at this moment, the tightly closed door in front of him seemed like an insurmountable barrier, causing Qian Jinshu to feel an uneasy premonition.
Something had changed about this woman after she hadn't returned home the previous night.
Before Qian Jinshu could figure it out, Ding Kai came back.
Hong Ling opened the door, pulled her son into the room and then locked the door.
Qian Lili picked up Nana and asked her daughter to go upstairs to wash up and go to bed by herself. She was going to settle the score with Hong Ling again.
However, Hong Ling still refused to open the door or respond, so Qian Lili scolded her and had to go back.
At night, Qian Jinshu tossed and turned on the sofa, unable to sleep.
He always felt that something was wrong with Hong Ling, but he couldn't put his finger on it.
The next morning, Hong Ling prepared breakfast and sent Ding Kai to school as usual.
Before leaving, Hong Ling told Qian Jinshu, "Today is Kaikai's grandmother's birthday. His grandmother will go to school to pick him up."
Qian Jinshu nodded.
Neither Hong Ling nor her son came back that night.
Seeing Qian Jinshu remained silent, Qian Lili said, "Brother, it's obvious that Hong Ling doesn't want to continue.
Why don't you just let her go?"
Qian Jinshu sighed deeply, "When she comes back tomorrow, I'll ask her. If she really doesn't want to continue living like this, then let her go."
On the third night, when Qian Lili came home from get off work, she saw her elder brother sitting blankly in a wheelchair.
"Brother, is Hong Ling back?"
Qian Jinshu's face showed an expression that was uglier than crying. "At noon, while I was away, Hong Ling came back and took away her and Kaikai's luggage."
Unexpectedly, things changed and one day Qian Jinshu became the one who was abandoned.
Qian Lili smiled and comforted him, "If she's gone, then she's gone. No man would really want to marry such a fickle woman.
From now on, I will cook for you and wash your clothes."
Qian Jinshu nodded, "Okay."
Hong Ling was worried that Qian Lili would take out her anger on Kaikai, so she simply took Ding Kai and moved back to Ding Zhaolong's place. At least Ding Zhaolong's parents would not abuse their grandson.
When I find a suitable man, I will take my son and leave the Ding family.
Her colleague, Sister Wu, said to her kindly, "Hong Ling, you've gone back to Ding Zhaolong again. If things get worse, Ding Zhaolong will definitely beat you up again. What are you going to do then?"
Hong Ling sighed, "I'll move out when I find the right man.
Now Ding Zhaolong is eager for me to go back and help him take his youngest son with him.
He won’t attack me for the time being.”
Sister Wu thought for a moment and said, "Hong Ling, let me tell you, finding a good man nowadays is harder than climbing to the sky.
It’s better to rely on yourself than on men.”
Hong Ling nodded and said, "That's true, but the problem is that I don't have the ability to work well and take care of the children at the same time.
This monthly salary is not enough for my daily expenses.
Otherwise, I wouldn't want to ask anyone for help.
Why would I bother to serve a paralyzed old man, and I certainly wouldn't jump back into the fire pit of Ding Zhaolong's family.
Sister Wu pursed her lips and said, "I have a fellow villager working in the south, and he earns a high salary every month.
She planned to work there for a few years, and when she had saved enough money, she would return to her hometown to buy a house and send her children to school in the city.
She told me they were hiring, and I was planning to go there in a couple of days to work and earn some money."
Hong Ling's eyes lit up, "Sister Wu, then take me with you. I want to go and make money too."
Sister Wu glanced at her and asked, "What about your child? Do you want to bring him along too?"
Hong Ling shook her head, "Anyway, that woman has already run away, and there is no stepmother to torture my son anymore.
Just let Kaikai live with his grandparents.
Besides, he's in school and it's impossible to carry him around."
Sister Wu asked her again, "Is there anyone else from your hometown?"
Hong Ling smiled and said, "After my parents died, I stopped having any contact with that family."
Sister Wu patted Hong Ling's back with sympathy, and then agreed without hesitation, "Okay, this is what I want to do. I need to go back to my hometown on the way and take back the things I bought for my family.
My hometown is in the mountains. Do you want to come with me or go your own way and meet me in the south?"
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