"Mom, has Chang Jing lost his mind after the fall? Look at him, he's all dazed."
Chang Ling is three years younger than Chang Jing and will be entering junior high school after the summer vacation. However, Chang Ling is more difficult to deal with than Chang Jing, and she is not afraid of any scolding from elders. Whoever provokes her, she will chase them away. She is known as a feisty child among relatives and friends.
Chang Ling thought her older brother was too honest and foolish. As the eldest grandson of the Chang family, he was still bullied by that brat Chang Decheng. He was also stupid enough to blindly follow his father and grandmother's words.
She always called Chang Jing by his name; she simply couldn't bring herself to call him "brother" because he was so stupid.
"Jing, is your wound hurting? When we get home, Mom will cook you some ribs. Tomorrow, Mom won't be setting up her stall; she'll buy you a chicken to make soup to help you recover."
Chang's mother's eyes were full of heartache and self-blame; she had been so busy making money that she had neglected her child.
"Mom, I'm fine. I was injured when Chang Decheng pushed me and I bumped into him. He stole money from our house and I found out. When I tried to take it back, I was careless and he pushed me and I bumped into him."
"What? Chang Decheng dared to steal money from our house? And he even dared to hurt people. He's courting death. Chang Jing, don't worry, I'll give him a good beating tomorrow."
Chang Ling's eyes sparkled. She hated it most when Chang Decheng came to her house like he was strolling through a market, coming and going as he pleased. It was all her father's fault for giving the house key to the grandmother across the street.
"Mom, I hate Grandma and her family. They treat our house like their own warehouse, taking whatever they want. Even my cousins come to our house to steal money and things."
Chang's mother and Chang Ling looked at Chang Jing in great surprise. Had he hurt his head and become so stubborn? He had never said anything like that before.
"Chang Jing, you've learned your lesson this time. I told you long ago to stay away from Grandma and your uncle's family and not to let them brainwash you. Now you've finally woken up."
Chang Ling is precocious and shrewd from a young age. She knows exactly who treats her well and who doesn't, which is why her grandmother and her family can't get any favors from her.
“After I hit my head and felt dizzy, I had a dream. In the dream, my father blamed us for going to my uncle’s family to demand justice. In the end, he threatened my mother that if she went to my uncle’s family to cause trouble again, he would divorce her.”
Chang Jing was talking about things that happened in his past life. Back then, Chang Jing begged his mother not to get a divorce because he didn't want to be a child from a single-parent family. However, in this life, he will persuade his mother to get a divorce sooner, and he and his sister will start a new life with their mother.
"Mom, Dad has always made us take care of Grandma and Uncle's family. He spends most of his earnings on that family. Have you thought about getting a divorce?"
Chang Jing tested his mother, but little did he know that his words would once again refresh their understanding of him. This was still their son (brother).
"I dreamt that our lives were so miserable and painful. My mother and father divorced the day after I finished my college entrance exam."
I went to another city with my father and my sister with my mother and never came back. However, my father said that my mother took away the family's money and that he didn't let me go to university. He told me to start working early and that my grandmother took my wages.
Much later, I learned that my mother hadn't taken the money; she had even sent someone to give me money for college, but my father had secretly given it to Chang Decheng to study.
When I went back to confront my father, he beat me and locked me up. After starving me for three days and three nights, Chang Decheng tricked me into going abroad and selling me out of the country. Later, I was murdered and my organs were sold.
Chang Jing briefly told her mother about her past life, "Mom, I was wrong in my past life. I shouldn't have refused to go with you, and I shouldn't have blamed you for the divorce. Mom, please don't abandon me."
As if recalling the desolation of that life, Chang Jing broke down in tears. Chang Ling looked at him with an expression that seemed to say, "Has my brother really gone mad?"
Chang Jing just wanted to tell his mother that he knew he was wrong, that he regretted it, and that he would never be so weak again.
"Jing, don't cry. Mom will never abandon you. It's all a dream, it's all fake. Don't cry, or Changling will laugh at you."
Chang's mother never expected that Chang Jing would have such a dream after his injury. She quickly comforted her son, but in her heart she was thinking about how to settle accounts with the old woman's grandson later.
“That’s right, Chang Jing, stop crying. Even if Mom and Dad really get divorced, I will take you with me and we will go together.”
Chang Ling scratched her head, feeling a bit overwhelmed. Chang Jing, no matter how weak she was before, would never cry, but this time she was wailing loudly, which was really unsightly.
"Nonsense! When did I say I wanted to divorce your father? Chang Jing's dreams are just dreams, they're all fake. Don't talk nonsense."
Chang's mother quickly assured her that although she had wanted a divorce countless times over the years, she never wanted her child to grow up without a family.
She knew Chang Jing lacked a sense of security, so no matter what, she would endure it and give her children a complete family.
If Chang Jing could hear what his mother was thinking at this moment, he would probably vomit blood. He was determined to return to this life if his scumbag father was still a scumbag and did not change his ways. He would find a way to make his parents divorce and then make his mother and sister rich.
"Mom, get a divorce!" Chang Jing wanted to say this from the bottom of her heart, but seeing that her mother and sister didn't believe her "dream," she held back in the end.
The father hasn't been provoked to the point of domestic violence yet, but he's not optimistic about it, since his previous father showed no signs of loving him at all.
Chang Jing said, "Mom, you'll take us to your uncle's family to demand justice, and then Dad will come back and blame us. So, Mom, are you still going?"
Chang Ling asked a question that made Chang's mother think deeply. If she went, her husband would probably blame her when he came back. If she didn't go, how could she not seek justice for the injustice her child had suffered?
“Go on, even if your dad comes back and blames me, I’ll still give Chang Decheng a good scolding.”
After thinking it over, Chang's mother decided she had to stand up for her child, otherwise the other party would become even more reckless and continue to bully Chang Jing.
"Mom, take the hospital bill. We'll make my uncle pay for my medical and nutritional expenses later. Otherwise, we'll report him to the police for burglary and assault."
Chang Jing didn't want to just make a scene and be done with it; he wanted the other party to pay him back. As for his scumbag father, he also wanted to see if the other party could possibly redeem his blind filial piety.
"Okay, I'll do as A-Jing says. I'll make them pay until their hearts ache."
Seeing that her son could say such strong words, Chang's mother felt she had to meet Chang Jing's demands and make sure her uncle's family apologized to her later.
"Mom, if Dad really blames us and wants to hit us, then you should get a divorce! I don't want you to have a hard time, and you've always been the one earning money to support us."
Chang Jing couldn't help but suggest that his mother get a divorce. His mother had also divorced in his previous life, so he was just getting it done a little earlier, which wasn't a big deal.
“Sure, Mom, Chang Jing is right. My dad has always favored Chang Decheng and his sister more than us. He gives all the money he earns to them, not to us. I have absolutely no objection to the divorce.”
Chang Ling is a perceptive girl. She doesn't feel her father's love, so she doesn't force it. The most important thing is why her grandmother has to take a portion of the money her mother earns.
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