Chapter 325: Eating insincerely
Li Xiangru looked at her father and mother, who were about the same age as her husband, and a sad sneer appeared at the corner of her mouth.
"Hehe...hehe...after all, sons are closer than daughters!"
"You used to say all these wonderful things... but it turns out all your praise and compliments were for a purpose... They weren't genuine! They weren't true..."
"I've spent my entire life obedient to you, caring deeply for you... I even neglected myself, constantly sending countless rare and precious tonics to the Li family, and this is how you 'grate' and 'repay' me?!"
Her gaze suddenly became sharp, piercing directly at her brother who was racking his brains, thinking of how to distance himself from her:
"But over the past few decades, what has your precious son accomplished besides using you to suck my blood?"
"He is a complete waste!!!" Li Xiangru raised her finger and pointed at her only brother Li Heng, gritting her teeth and speaking each word clearly.
Then he glared fiercely at Father Li, whose face had turned pale, and said with a piercing tone, "I finally understand why you favor your 'good son' so much..."
"He's exactly like you! His whole life he's been overambitious, achieving nothing... He's just a wimp with lofty ambitions, a fragile life, and a face thicker than a city wall!"
"You...you rebellious girl!" Father Li, who was nearly eighty years old, felt his sore spot touched. He suddenly covered his chest with his hands. In a fit of rage, he staggered and dragged his wife beside him, and fell heavily to the ground together.
Seeing Li Heng raising his foot to support her, Li Xiangru grabbed his wrist without giving a second thought before she finished speaking.
The two looked at each other. Li Xiangru's eyes were red as she spoke with a sneer: "You don't know yet, do you? I heard that He Rui was kicked out of the He family yesterday, and the next moment, his leg was broken by the debt collectors. Now I don't know where he is hiding in a gutter, waiting to die!"
"Li Heng, he's your biological son... a useless piece of crap. You three generations are cut from the same cloth! Each one more useless than the other!"
Li Xiangru's brother-in-law was shocked when he heard this. He rushed forward and grabbed her shoulders tightly.
She trembled uncontrollably, her voice shrill: "What do you mean by three generations of grandparents and grandchildren?! What do you mean by that?! Explain clearly!"
"Hmph!" Li Xiangru fiercely shook off her sister-in-law's hand, turned around and knelt heavily in front of Mr. Shen with a thud.
She raised her head, her voice hoarse but clear: "Husband, I admit...Xinrou's child was indeed replaced by me!"
Inside the house, Shen Ying'er, who was looking out through the gap in the window paper, suddenly widened her eyes and held her breath unconsciously.
Li Xiangru's face was ashen, and she looked lifeless, kneeling on the ground:
"The Li family prides itself on being a family of scholars, but since my father's generation, they have repeatedly failed in the imperial examinations and have never been able to enter the officialdom..."
"They don't reflect, they don't have an open mind, they don't make progress, but they always think that the reason the Li family has been unable to pass the imperial examination for generations is not because of lack of talent, but... huh, but because of bad luck!?"
"whispering sound......"
"Later, just as Xinrou was about to give birth, Li Heng's concubine gave birth to a son..."
"Li Heng then began to think of changing his fortunes... He was so obsessed that he asked me to switch Xinrou's child with the illegitimate child of my mistress when she gave birth..."
What? ? ! ! !
When the Shen family heard this, their fists were already clenched. In order to know more, they glared at the increasingly guilty Li family members, and patiently listened to Li Xiangru continue.
"Xinrou is my biological daughter..."
"At first, I absolutely refused to agree... But my biased parents actually knelt down and begged me... My mother cried every day and became ill for a long time..."
"I was so anxious and started to hesitate... Coincidentally, at that time, Xinrou's pregnancy failed her and she gave birth to a girl!"
"I was thinking, Xinrou is strong-willed and proud, all she thinks about is making money... I'm worried that she won't be willing or have the time to have more children in the future..."
"I, I was confused at the time. I wanted to fulfill my parents' wish. Secondly, I thought that if Xinrou had a son, he would definitely be able to gain a firm foothold in the He family... So... I swapped the two children..."
The secret that had been hidden for decades was finally revealed. Li Xiangru was afraid, but she felt a lot more relieved at the same time.
When Mr. Shen heard this, he was so angry that he trembled all over, his vision went dark, and he almost fell backwards.
Li Xiangru hurriedly knelt two steps forward and argued urgently, "Xinrou's child is my granddaughter after all!"
"How could I bear to let her live with the reputation of being a daughter born out of wedlock, in the hands of that mistress?"
"I, you believe me, I didn't hand her over to that mistress, but secretly gave her to a steward in the Shen Mansion!"
"I also gave them a large sum of money and told them to treat the child well and raise her well..."
"Husband! I really... really didn't treat her badly! Please forgive me! I, I will sever ties with the Li family right now, and devote myself to the Shen family from now on. I will never betray my family again, okay..."
Li Xiangru burst into tears, and looked like she was really scared...
Inside the house, Shen Ying'er heard these words, tears rolled down her face, and a sweet and fishy taste gradually filled her mouth... She pushed the door open with a "bang".
"No mistreatment?"
She lowered her eyes to glance at the woman below the stone steps, clenching her fists as she spoke with tears streaming down her face. "Do you know that the child you swapped has been living like an animal in that family?"
"She slept in the cowshed and the woodshed... She never had a full meal, a sip of hot water, or a new piece of clothing..."
"Oh, she's been serving that family like a slave since she was little. Not only did they beat and scold her at every turn, but when she was very young, they even wanted to sell her to an old widower!"
"You call this not unfair treatment?! Don't you feel guilty about saying that?"
If her master hadn't been kind enough to save her and teach her medical skills... she would have died long ago!
"If you, Li Xiangru, had secretly visited that child, she wouldn't have lived such a miserable life!"
"How dare you say such shameless words?"
"......" Li Xiangru was speechless after being scolded. She looked up at the young woman in front of her who looked somewhat similar to her daughter. "You are...you can't be..."
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