Chapter 199 Perverted Excitement
Grandpa Chen pulled Grandma Xi behind him and said, “We have never said that she is not your daughter, nor have we asked her to disown you.”
“We just hope you can think about your child. She is at a critical age right now. Don’t let your selfishness as parents affect her for the rest of her life.”
Shen Jiaying's attitude was firm: "Dad, I'm just informing you that I want to keep Xiaowei, not asking for your opinion."
"There's no room for discussion on this. You have to agree, whether you like it or not."
Grandpa Chen was so angry by his words that his face turned ashen.
Chen Fangqiu was already feeling very unhappy, and when she saw Grandma Xi and Grandpa Chen being humiliated one after another, she punched Shen Jiaying.
"What the hell do you mean by talking to Mom and Dad like that? You think I'm being too nice to you?"
As Shen Jiaying fell to the ground, Chen Fangmin's scream escaped her throat.
"Ah! What are you doing? Let him go!"
The noise was so loud that the neighbors quickly heard it, and someone shouted, "..."
"Amin, what happened at home?"
Seeing Shen Jiaying lying on the ground, unable to get up after taking two more punches from Chen Fangqiu, Shen Xuewei shouted in support of Chen Fangmin:
"It's nothing. My dad just caught a cockroach and scared my mom. She got frightened."
The neighbor joked, "I didn't expect your parents to be so loving even though they're both so old."
Chen Fangqiu's fourth punch was blocked by Chen Fangmin, who was heavily pregnant.
"Ah Qiu, stop hitting him! No matter what, he's still your brother-in-law!"
Chen Fangqiu stared at her and said, word by word, "You're just despicable; you'll protect any kind of scumbag."
Chen Fangmin scoffed, "You talk as if you're so great. No matter how bad he is, he still brought me out of the mountains back then, so I didn't have to just marry any old mountain man."
The atmosphere was tense; both sides held their breath, stubbornly refusing to speak.
Shen Jiaying was so confused by the beating that he felt dizzy and the world was spinning, with countless stars swirling in his mind.
Everyone present reacted as if they'd been shot, completely ignoring his presence.
Shen Xuewei saw him struggling to stand up on the ground, but he couldn't get up no matter what he did.
She kindly stepped forward and helped Shen Jiaying up.
"Grandpa and Grandma, if you have anything you want to say to my mom, just say it. I'll help my dad back to his room."
Grandma Xi gave a reluctant reply and then helped Shen Jiaying back to her room.
After putting Shen Jiaying on the bed, Shen Xuewei urged Grandma Xi to leave.
Seeing her walk towards the living room, Shen Xuewei closed the door, pulled up a stool in front of the dressing table, and sat down on the edge of Shen Jiaying's bed.
Shen Jiaying slowly lowered his hand from his head, looked at Shen Xuewei by the bedside, stared into her almond-shaped eyes, and a barely perceptible look of disgust flashed in his eyes.
"Xiaowei, no matter what, you are still a member of the Shen family. We are the real family."
"After all these years over there, don't you miss your mom and dad at all?"
Looking at Shen Jiaying's face full of deep affection, Shen Xuewei smiled brightly, but uttered two cold words.
"hypocritical!"
Shen Jiaying froze, unable to believe what he had just heard.
But Shen Xuewei continued, "Actually, you don't like me. Maybe it's because you prefer boys to girls, or maybe it's for other reasons."
"Dad, has anyone ever told you that you're being incredibly hypocritical?"
Shen Xuewei stared into his eyes and met his gaze.
At this moment, Shen Jiaying could hardly hide his disgust.
He gritted his teeth and said, "Don't stare at me like that."
These eyes, which were becoming more and more like that person's, reminded him of many unpleasant things from his childhood.
Shen Xuewei continued to stare at him. "Dad, this mutual torment is really pointless. Even if I really come back, guess what I'll do?"
“You used to tell me often that we shouldn’t air our dirty laundry in public, and that we shouldn’t tell outsiders about our family matters. But if I come back, it seems like I can’t do that.”
"I might tell others a lot of things, like how you've never sent a single penny to my grandparents for living expenses all these years, and you've never visited me. I've heard that I'm the one you love the most..."
She tilted her head and smiled, "So many people came to the banquet yesterday, I collected their numbers. What do you think, how about I call them one by one and cry my heart out?"
People always have something they care about.
What her parents cared about most was their reputation.
What kind of image do they project to the outside world? ...A loving couple, a harmonious family, generous people, and not sexist.
Even knowing it's fake, they still want to maintain the image they desire.
In today's society, there are many places where sons are favored over daughters.
Some people will openly admit that they are sexist and want a son; while others openly show sexism but say they treat everyone equally; and still others clearly dislike daughters but insist on saying they love them the most.
And her father was just that kind of person.
He favored sons over daughters, yet he always tried to show that he loved his daughter the most.
He was a womanizer and promiscuous, yet he insisted on making it seem like he only loved his wife.
When Chen Fangmin met him, she was just an ordinary country girl.
At that time, she was vain and selfish, but she had not had much contact with the outside world. Compared with Shen Jiaying, who had been immersed in society for more than ten years, she was almost a blank slate.
Shen Jiaying was seven years older than Chen Fangmin. He started working at the age of thirteen or fourteen and had experienced almost everything.
He was used to speaking to people in a way that suited them, and with his good looks, he could easily fool Chen Fangmin.
He brought Chen Fangmin out of the mountains, but at the same time he belittled and suppressed her.
Mind control is the most terrifying.
A girl who has never seen much of the world is suddenly in a strange place and can only rely on the one person she knows.
Chen Fangmin increasingly lost herself, gradually becoming dependent on him, sinking deeper and deeper until she could no longer break free.
She had gotten used to being with Shen Jiaying. She would complain and feel dissatisfied, but she would also subconsciously rely on him and fulfill his requests.
On many occasions, when it came to dealing with Shen Xuewei's problems, it was Chen Fangmin who took the lead, while Shen Jiaying was the one who devised the plans behind the scenes.
However, discussing this issue is pointless now.
For Shen Xuewei, they were both people she wanted to avoid from afar and never contact again.
Perhaps, it was destined that she and they were not meant to be.
Shen Xuewei continued counting the phone numbers she had collected, "My eldest uncle's, my second aunt's, my third uncle's... and many more. What do you think, should I call them one by one?"
"Oh right, it's not just them. I told them everything wherever I went. Hmm, I'm only twelve now, so the village should take care of it, right? Or maybe the police or the women's federation or something?"
Her tone gradually took on a perverse excitement.
"Dad, maybe I can go on TV and promote you, so that Mom and I can become famous nationwide. Then you can become stars!"
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