Seeing Old Lady Huo's undisguised guilty look, Liu Guilan felt as if all the doubts she had held for so many years had suddenly been resolved, and she felt enlightened.
"You really think what you did back then was so perfectly legitimate that no one knew? You old hag, nothing stays hidden forever. If you don't want people to know, then don't do it in the first place! We've known all along!"
Without a second thought, Old Mrs. Huo immediately retorted, "Impossible! How could you possibly know! Back then..."
At this point, Old Mrs. Huo suddenly stopped talking, realizing she had been tricked.
Her face was ashen as she glared at Liu Guilan and Old Man Huo, and she roared through gritted teeth, "Stop talking nonsense! The second son is my own flesh and blood, he crawled out of my belly. Don't think that just because you say this, you don't have to fulfill your filial duties. I am his mother, and he has to support me!"
This is completely unreasonable; they're prepared to throw a tantrum and act shamelessly to the very end.
Unfortunately, Liu Guilan wouldn't have let her have her way before, and she's even less likely to let her act recklessly now.
Especially now that she's certain her husband isn't Old Lady Huo's biological son, she's even less likely to let that old hag do whatever she wants under the guise of filial piety.
"Keep dreaming! Raising a poisonous woman like you? Never in this lifetime! Let's not even talk about the fact that you're not my man's biological mother. Even if you were, the letter of severance from kinship back then clearly stated that from the moment he came to our Liu family as a live-in son-in-law, he had no further connection with your family!"
"You're talking nonsense! I am the second son's biological mother!" Old Mrs. Huo's eyes widened and reddened, her emotions becoming stubborn and frantic, her voice sharp and piercing: "I am his biological mother! He wasn't someone I traded for, no! He is my own son! He wasn't someone I traded for! No!"
Old Mrs. Huo's sons, daughters-in-law, and grandsons are all numb.
Huo Yuanqi stepped forward and grabbed Old Madam Huo's arm, his face dark as he forced out a few words through gritted teeth: "Mother, what nonsense are you talking about! Second Brother is your own flesh and blood, he wasn't exchanged!"
Huo Yuanfeng's brows furrowed so deeply they looked like they could trap a fly. As the eldest son, he knew a lot about the family affairs. Now that he thought about it, it was really possible that the second son wasn't his mother's biological child.
When did Mother's attitude towards the second son begin to change?
When the second child was first born, his mother still loved and kissed him very much.
I remember once when I was little, he felt that his mother loved his second child too much and didn't care about him anymore, so he secretly put bugs in his second child's blanket. His mother scolded him severely and wouldn't let him eat for a day.
After that incident, he disliked his second brother even more, feeling that his mother only cared about his younger brother and not him.
Oh, right!
Ever since my mother took my younger brother to my maternal grandmother's house that time, she hasn't liked the second child very much.
Even when he secretly pinched his second brother's arm, his mother just glanced at him and didn't scold him, nor did she punish him by not allowing him to eat.
Huo De froze on the spot, stunned for a long time before he came to his senses. He looked at Old Madam Huo with complicated eyes and said, "No wonder, no wonder you've never liked me since I was a child. It turns out, I'm not your biological child at all!"
After he said this, there was no disappointment; on the contrary, it made people feel much more relaxed, as if some shackles had been torn off.
"Second son, our mother is old and senile. How could you not be her biological son?"
Huo Yuanfeng forced himself to smooth things over.
He never expected that things would develop in such a way that it would be completely beyond his control. However, now he has no choice but to stick to his guns and deny it, hoping to gain some benefit. He can't just make a wasted trip and go back empty-handed.
"Second son, you don't know, our mother's health has been deteriorating year by year. All the money you left behind has been spent on her medical treatment and medicine. Now that she's like this, the family really can't afford to pay for her treatment anymore. We had no other choice but to come to you. No matter what, you are still my son, and I still care about you."
"Yes, Second Brother, you mustn't forget your roots. If you don't even take care of your own mother, your reputation will be ruined."
These two brothers have completely lost all sense of shame; they're practically ready to rob someone outright from their own home.
Ye Weiwei sneered, "Actually, it's very simple to determine if someone is your biological father. Just a blood test at the hospital will reveal the truth. Why don't we go to the hospital now? After all, my father-in-law doesn't look like any of your family members. After the blood test, we can go to the police station to file a report so that the police can help my father-in-law find his real family. The hospital and the police station aren't far apart, just a few steps away. I know the way very well..."
"No! We're not going to the police station! Boss, Third Brother, Fourth Brother, I'm not feeling well, let's go back!"
As soon as Old Mrs. Huo regained her senses, she heard Ye Weiwei say that she had gone to the hospital for a blood test and then to the police station to report the case. She was so frightened that her legs went weak and she hurriedly told her family to go home.
She knew in her heart that she wouldn't be able to gain any advantage from the second son and his wife this time; on the contrary...
We'd better get out of here as soon as possible!
Liu Guilan was not about to let them leave so easily!
Moreover, this matter is related to her husband's background. They won't feel at ease even if they go to Kyoto until they find out the truth.
"You think you can just come and go as you please? Do you think it's that easy? What do you take our family for? Are you trying to bully us because we're so powerful? Eldest brother, second brother, stop these people!"
"yes!"
Huo Hai and Huo Jiang immediately rushed forward.
Zhao Dabao and Wu Dayou raised their arms and shouted, "What are you all standing there for? Come and help! You think you can just walk away after bullying the people of Daqingshan Village? Do you think we're dead?!"
Immediately, the surrounding people swarmed forward and surrounded the Huo family members, preventing them from leaving.
The men from the Huo family originally wanted to make a move, but they were frightened back by the glare of a group of strong young men, and they all became as docile as quails.
These guys are only good at bullying their own kind.
Only Old Lady Huo, relying on her advanced age and the fact that half of her body was buried in the ground, arrogantly barged into the crowd. If anyone bumped into her, she would yell loudly and try to extort money from them, making everyone afraid to get close.
Liu Guilan rushed forward, grabbed Old Lady Huo, and then slapped her hard across the face.
Old Mrs. Huo screamed and was about to start cursing when she saw Liu Guilan raise her hand again to slap her, her eyes as terrifying as knives.
Old Mrs. Huo swallowed the blood in her mouth and became obedient.
Liu Guilan had her eldest daughter-in-law, Su Xuemei, take a straw rope and tie Old Lady Huo up tightly. She then pushed her into the group of Huo family members, clapped her hands, and coldly swept her gaze over the restless women of the Huo family. "You all better behave yourselves, or don't blame me for being impolite!"
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