Aunt Zhang just heard Meng Huaizhou's gentle voice.
It has been a long time since I heard Meng Huaizhou speak like this. These days, every time he talks to his wife, they basically start quarreling after just three sentences, and his temper is particularly bad.
She had forgotten how long it had been since she last heard such a gentle voice.
Thinking of this, Aunt Zhang felt extremely surprised.
Could it be that the wife and husband have reconciled?
Their relationship is now extremely dull and uneventful. They have been holding on and things are finally getting better.
Aunt Zhang raised her lips in great joy, and walked out of the yard with a mop in hand, bowing her head cheerfully and greeting them respectfully: "You are back, sir, ma'am..."
Before she could finish her words, she looked up and saw another unfamiliar face.
The words that Zhang Ma was about to blurt out were instantly bitten back, with a look of surprise on her face.
She looked at the strange woman's face, frowned and thought for a moment, searching her memory, and soon she thought of someone.
Jiang Hongyan.
She had heard of this person before. She was Jiang Xiachu's mother, and her wife had mentioned her before.
Last time the young lady almost had a car accident, it was this person named Jiang Hongyan who suddenly appeared and saved the young lady.
At that time, her daughter seemed to be with the young lady, but she chose to save the young lady without hesitation.
Aunt Zhang looked at the two of them in surprise, especially when she saw how close they were. She was even more shocked.
What is going on here?
How is Jiang Hongyan related to Mr. again?
Aunt Zhang was just standing there in a daze, when she suddenly received a warning glare from Meng Huaizhou. She immediately understood and quickly shut up.
"Sir, I'm going to do the laundry first. Call me if you need anything."
Aunt Zhang took a deep breath, didn't dare to stay here any longer, and found an excuse to leave quickly.
As a worker for others, there is no reason for her to care so much.
But it's obvious that the relationship between the two is not simple, especially when you see how gentle Meng Huaizhou was just now. No one would believe that there is nothing between them.
Thinking of this, Aunt Zhang sighed secretly in her heart and felt extremely depressed.
The wife is obviously a very good person, but she met a husband who does not know how to cherish her at all, and now he is openly bringing another woman into the house.
Aunt Zhang couldn't help but tighten her grip on the mop, feeling particularly sorry for Su Jieyu.
Such an excellent woman married the scumbag Meng Huaizhou.
As she was lost in thought, Aunt Zhang subconsciously looked over and immediately saw Jiang Hongyan's pitiful expression.
Aunt Zhang was so frightened that her whole body trembled and she got goose bumps all over.
Why is a person who is half buried in the ground still pretending to be pitiful?
That expression was so artificial that even she couldn't stand it. The gentleman actually felt sorry for her. He was really blind.
It's horrible, this world must be crazy.
Aunt Zhang silently shook off the goose bumps on her body and walked aside.
There was a stone table in the yard. Meng Huaizhou sat on a chair beside it, asked Jiang Hongyan to sit down, poured her a cup of hot tea and handed it to her.
"Xiaoyan, have some tea."
Jiang Hongyan took the cup, drank the water in one gulp, her eyes turned red, and she took a deep breath.
Meng Huaizhou felt uncomfortable seeing her like this, and asked softly, "How have you been doing these years?"
As soon as she finished speaking, Jiang Hongyan's body began to tremble uncontrollably. She covered her face with her hands and cried bitterly.
"Do you know how I've been living these years? If I tell you, I'm afraid you'll laugh at me." Jiang Hongyan sobbed, her voice hoarse and broken, "At the beginning of Xia's life, his father passed away, and I had no one to rely on, and I had a child to take care of."
"In order to survive, I was willing to do any dirty and strenuous work. When I went to the dock to carry heavy bags, the weight of the sacks made it difficult for me to straighten my back, and the skin on my shoulders was worn away layer by layer."
"I've been to factories before, working day and night. My fingers were pinched by machines and bled more than once, but I didn't dare to stop. If I stopped, I would have no money to eat..."
At this point, Jiang Hongyan burst into tears. After a long while, she tremblingly rolled up her sleeves and exposed her arms.
There were some bruises on it, some purple and some blue.
"Later, I couldn't hold on any longer, so I got married through an introduction. I thought I could finally live a stable life with my daughter, but I didn't expect that the man was not a good guy either." Jiang Hongyan's eyes were full of despair.
"He loves drinking. Once he drinks, he gets mad and keeps beating me. No matter how much I beg for mercy, he won't stop. Over the years, he has beaten me a lot. I used to resist, but later I found that the more I resisted, the harder he beat me. So I didn't dare to resist anymore..."
Meng Huaizhou stood aside, looking at the wound on Jiang Hongyan's arm and listening to her tearful complaints. His heart ached and his eyes instantly turned red with heartache.
Meng Huaizhou felt heartbroken.
Ever since he married Su Jieyu, he cut off all contact with Jiang Hongyan and never tried to find out about her later life.
He originally thought that she would not be living too badly.
But I didn't expect that when I saw her again, she had been tortured into such a pitiful state.
The young and innocent girl at the beginning was forced to become what she is now.
He couldn't help but stand up and was about to get closer to Jiang Hongyan, but suddenly, as if he realized something, his body froze again.
He sighed and said with full of guilt: "Xiaoyan, you have suffered, I...I didn't know anything about these things."
If it was back then...
Meng Huaizhou sat down again and recalled the past years with Su Jieyu.
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