Being publicly berated by her sister-in-law in front of everyone, Qi Miao was both ashamed and angry. She retorted, "What a joke! The leaders have said that women have the right to marry and the right to divorce! It's all up to their personal will! I'm not afraid of losing face, and I'm not afraid of being laughed at! I'm getting a divorce today, no matter what!"
Qi Miao had barely finished speaking when the short, thin middle-aged woman suddenly rushed in front of her and raised her hand.
Then, with a sharp "slap," her right cheek was slapped hard, turning her head to the side.
The middle-aged woman grabbed Qi Miao's hair, cursing in a dialect that no one else could understand.
She speaks very quickly and in a fierce tone; her high eyebrows and prominent cheekbones make her look quite mean.
Qi Miao bent over in pain, twisting and struggling, but because her hair was being pulled by the woman, she couldn't break free for a while.
Fang Qiao rushed over to help, and the other caregivers at the nursery also stepped forward to mediate and separate the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.
Qi Miao had several strands of hair pulled out, and her face was scratched with the woman's fingernails, leaving several bloody marks.
She was in a terrible state, but even with tears streaming down her face, she insisted on keeping her back straight.
She wiped away her tears and said coldly, "Ungrateful wretch? Ungrateful? Forgotten what kindness? Ungrateful what loyalty? Don't act like you're some kind of savior. I married into your family, not sold myself into slavery! I've been more than kind to you these past two years! Even if you beat me to death right here today, I still want a divorce!"
Qi Miao's mother-in-law started yelling again.
Her sister-in-law also spoke up indignantly: "Qi Miao, you have no conscience! Two years ago, if we hadn't agreed to this marriage, you would still be being treated like a slave by your stepmother at your parents' home! How would you have had the chance to come to the capital and enjoy a life of luxury!"
"Enjoying a life of luxury?" Qi Miao sneered and said sarcastically, "You have the nerve to say that I came to the capital to enjoy a life of luxury? Even if I was treated like a slave by my stepmother at my parents' home, at least I had my own bed to sleep in. Do you have that at your house? I married a man, not a mother-in-law. It was fine before, but when my husband wasn't home, my mother-in-law said she was sick, so I slept in the same bed with her to make it easier to take care of her at night."
And now? My husband's home every day, yet he makes me sleep in the same bed with my mother-in-law every single day. We've been married for two years, and we've never slept in the same bed once. What kind of family does that? And you still have the nerve to criticize me for not being able to have children? I've never even slept with your son, how could I possibly have a child?!
Seeing that Qi Miao was about to spill all the family secrets, Qi Miao's aunts rushed towards him without prior arrangement!
"Shut up! Shut up!"
Qi Miao was prepared, but one fist can't fight four hands, and in the chaos, he still got slapped.
Fang Qiao and others quickly intervened, and the scene became quite chaotic until Jiang Ling arrived with several cadres from the Women's Federation, which finally separated the two sides.
"What's going on? Stop it! Everyone, stop!"
Jiang Ling had someone drag Qi Miao's great-aunt away, and Fang Qiao also pulled Qi Miao back to the nursery office.
Qi Miao's hair was pulled and disheveled, her face was swollen from the slap, and blood was seeping from the scratches on her skin.
Fang Qiao first took a comb, then found a hair tie and helped her tie her hair up. At this moment, Wang Yun brought over a basin of warm water and asked her to clean the wound.
Her mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were ruthless; when a conflict broke out, they smeared a layer of dirt on the wounds on her face.
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