Chapter 185 Young Huo Mingcheng
Taotao washed up and hurried downstairs.
Tan Li was still banging on the door and crying loudly outside.
The yard was quiet.
Except for Feifei and Momo who were still sleeping soundly in the room upstairs, everyone else got up.
Song Zhi had told them not to come out.
So everyone stayed in the living room, listening to Tan Li's cursing outside, and everyone felt uneasy.
Howard's face was particularly gloomy.
——He never expected that his sister-in-law Tan Li, who appeared to be dignified and elegant on the surface, always had tears in her eyes and a sad face when talking to him, and looked like a virtuous woman who was worried about her children. It turns out that she really has this side of a shrewish woman?
so……
Howard realized that he might have really been deceived about Ming Cheng's matter.
He couldn't help but look at his nephew Huo Mingcheng.
Huo Mingcheng was so angry that his whole body became stiff. He clenched his teeth and even his eyes were red.
Tao Tao, however, was like nothing had happened, and greeted everyone with a smile, "Good morning, Third sister, brother-in-law! Good morning, Mingyong, Mingcheng! Good morning, little Mingchan, did you sleep well last night?"
The last question was asked to Xiao Mingchan.
Mingchan is nine years old this year. She has a gentle temper, is pretty and very cute.
"Good morning, Fourth Auntie. I had delicious noodle soup last night and slept very well! Thank you, Fourth Auntie!" The girl said generously, completely ignoring Tan Li's shouting and cursing outside.
Taotao has always liked Mingchan. "That's good. By the way, Fourth Auntie wants to ask you something... Is there any course available at the Children's Palace where you take your interest class? If there is anything suitable, can you introduce it to me? I want Feifei and Momo to go too."
Mingchan immediately said, "There is one last session! There are calligraphy classes, painting classes, composition classes, basketball classes, martial arts classes..."
Taotao nodded repeatedly.
Song Zhi came in with a big pot of noodle soup, "Come on, come on, it's time to eat noodles! Ming Yongming Cheng, go to the kitchen and get some bowls and chopsticks! Also bring the plate of fried eggs and the plate of meat sauce on the stove!"
The two young men quickly got up and went to the kitchen to move the bowls and dishes.
Song Zhi added noodles to everyone's plate and told them, "Eat more! Move quickly... It's easier to quarrel when you're full! Don't worry, she definitely hasn't eaten yet, and she won't have the energy to quarrel with you guys later!"
When these words were spoken, everyone laughed.
The originally tense nerves suddenly relaxed.
Even Ming Cheng laughed.
Howard couldn't help laughing, "Is this what you, a high-level intellectual, should say?"
"Senior intellectuals have to live their lives too, right? That woman today didn't bully my wife and children. If my wife and children were bullied... I would not be the logistics minister today!" Song Zhi said.
Ming Yong spoke quickly and asked, "Fourth Uncle, what would you do?"
Song Zhi, "What would I do? She's a shrew. I'm a senior intellectual, how can I be the same as her? Of course not! So I will definitely use a reasonable and civilized way, and let everyone judge... Especially let the leaders of her family's unit judge!"
Ming Cheng said in a low voice: "But my grandparents and uncle... haven't taken care of me much in these years."
Song Zhi, "Then we should talk it over properly!"
Howard, "Okay, okay, don't teach the kids bad things..."
Song Zhi, "Come on, everyone here is better at teaching children than you! You, eat more noodles and talk less!"
Howard was so upset by Song Zhi that he was speechless and could only shake his head and smile bitterly.
Mingyong and Mingcheng secretly exchanged glances and laughed.
Everyone finished their noodle soup as quickly as possible. Song Zhi asked Huo Huaen to take Mingchan upstairs while he went to wash the dishes.
Taotao and Lili looked at each other.
The two sisters were also ready.
Taotao picked up a long-tailed bamboo broom and angrily went over to open the gate.
Outside the courtyard——
Tan Li leaned all her weight against the gate, crying out at the top of her lungs, "My son! Mingcheng... Mommy misses you so much..."
Then the door opened—
Tan Li was not paying attention for a moment and fell backwards, hitting the ground with a bang!
Lili was startled and subconsciously wanted to help...
Taotao screamed, "Oh, there's a thief!"
Without saying a word, she swung the broom at Tan Li.
Tan Li was stunned.
After being hit several times, she finally reacted and shouted: "Stop! Stop..."
Tao Tao cursed, "You thief with unknown origins! You came to my house early in the morning to spy on me! Now you dare to break into my house... Do you want to steal something? Or rob something? Tell me! Otherwise, I will call the police to arrest you!"
Tan Li, "Oh, I'm Huo Mingcheng's mother!"
Tao Tao sneered, "Just brag! Huo Mingcheng is my... nephew! How can an aunt like me not know about my nephew's affairs? Look at you, covered in dirt and like a mad dog! How could Mingcheng have a mother like you?"
Tan Li, "I..."
Tao Tao, "The Huo family are all respectable people! If you dare to pretend to be a member of the Huo family again, I will... teach you a lesson on behalf of the Huo family! Get out! Get out of my house! Look, how many people outside saw you breaking into my house! I don't know you!"
Tan Li looked at the door and saw that there were already quite a few people blocking the way, looking around and watching.
In just a few strokes, she was severely beaten by Taotao!
Plus, Taotao kept emphasizing that she didn't know her...
Tan Li had nothing to say.
She indeed had never met Bai Lili's sister.
And Bai Lili’s sister… I heard she’s also a scholar, how come she’s so strong in combat?
The other party beat her so badly that she had no strength to fight back. Tan Li had no choice but to crawl out of the yard crying and in a very embarrassed state.
This scene was seen by Ming Yong and Ming Cheng who were hiding in the living room.
Mingyong glanced at Mingcheng.
He was actually a little worried that Ming Cheng would feel uncomfortable seeing Fourth Aunt beating Ming Cheng's mother like that.
Unexpectedly, Ming Cheng's mouth curled up slightly, looking very happy?
Mingyong sighed and thought: It seems that Mingcheng has absolutely no feelings for his biological mother.
At this time, Tan Li had already crawled out of the yard.
Taotao's attack was not as fierce.
Tan Li took a breath and decided to follow the original plan, "Bai Lili! Give me back my son! Give me back my son... Why is my life so miserable? I worked so hard to carry my son for ten months..."
Tao Tao shouted, "Sister Xiao! Someone came to my house to cause trouble. Please help me call the police and get them to come!"
When Sister Xiao, who was watching the fun outside, heard this, she immediately winked at Taotao: Do you want to scare this woman? Are you serious about this?
Taotao answered Sister Xiao with her eyes: I’m serious! Call the police quickly!
Sister Xiao answered loudly: "Okay! Then I'll go to the police station right away!"
Sister Xiao left happily.
Tan Li: ...
——No, why doesn’t Bai Taotao play by the rules? She came here to make trouble, not to alert the police. After all, the Huo family is a well-known family. All we need to do is to hit Bai Lili hard so that she will never dare to support Ming Cheng again.
Tan Li stared at Tao Tao blankly. After a long while, she stuttered, "You, you...why did you call the police?"
Tao Tao looked at Tan Li and sneered, "Because you are too rude. You just cursed and banged the door as soon as you came. You didn't want to talk to me properly, so I don't want to reason with you! Then I asked the police to come and investigate. Is there any problem? I don't even know you, but you and I have such a big hatred and grudge. How can I let you go? What if you seek revenge on me?"
Tan Li said anxiously: "What grudge can I have against you? I'm here to find my son!"
"Who is your son? Who are you?" Taotao asked.
Tan Li, "I, I... my son is Huo Mingcheng! He was kidnapped by your sister Bai Lili!"
"From what you said, the matter is indeed very serious! It actually involves child trafficking! So let's wait for the police to arrive!" Taotao said.
Tan Li: ...
——No, we can’t let the police come!
Tan Li was anxious and yelled at Tao Tao, "Let Bai Lili come out! I saw her just now!"
Tao Tao scolded, "Who do you think you are? You rushed into someone else's house and yelled, and I have to serve a stranger like you? Do you want to see the Jade Emperor, and I have to invite you out?"
The onlookers burst into laughter.
Tan Li was anxious and angry, "I, I'm here to find my son! My son Huo Mingcheng was kidnapped by your sister Bai Lili!"
Tao Tao asked, "Oh? Is there such a thing? Why would my sister kidnap your son? Doesn't she have a child of her own?"
Tan Li, "Because she couldn't give birth to a son! Even though she gave birth to a daughter...but what's the point of having a daughter!"
"Tell me more specifically! Why did she kidnap your son?" Taotao asked.
Tan Li: ...
She looked Taotao up and down and understood, "You deliberately stopped me from seeing Mingcheng, didn't you?"
Tao Tao was just teasing her for fun, actually waiting for the police to arrive, "Then why should I stop you from seeing Ming Cheng?"
Tan Li took a deep breath and came back to her senses.
Last night, Howard came back. She cried and sang and acted in front of him, and finally got his approval. Then she hurried to warn Ming Cheng, "Even your second uncle said that he doesn't agree with you repeating the grade! Just give up the idea of repeating the grade and study law and philosophy peacefully!"
In the end, Ming Cheng didn't say a word...
Tan Li could see the stubbornness in Ming Cheng's eyes and knew that the boy had not given up yet. She was furious and picked up a pair of tongs and hit the child.
The child remained silent and let her beat and scold him like crazy without saying a word.
Finally she burst into tears and locked him in the room... It was not until Minglun came to tell on her that she found out that Mingcheng had escaped through the window!
Tan Li was furious.
She knew that Ming Cheng must have gone to find Bai Lili.
It's like this every time! She tried her best to persuade Ming Cheng to take the liberal arts exam, she cried and made a fuss and even knelt down in front of Ming Cheng... Ming Cheng agreed reluctantly, but as long as he was with Bai Lili, this kid would definitely change his mind again!
Tan Li simply hated Bai Lili!
What? Bai Lili thinks that just because she has been temporarily acting as a mother for several years, she can take someone else's son away?
What a joke!
Huo Mingcheng is her, Tan Li’s son! It's her Tan Li's bloodline! It has nothing to do with Bai Lili! Bai Lili wants to bypass her and interfere with Ming Cheng's future?
She, Tan Li, would never agree to it!
Tan Li stared at Tao Tao and said word by word: "Okay, since Bai Lili doesn't dare to show up and wants to hide... I have no problem with that, as long as I can solve the problem! So I will... talk to you!"
Taotao didn't comment.
Tan Li said: "Bai Taotao, let me ask you... Is Ming Cheng my biological son?"
Taotao smiled, "If you ask me that, then I have to tell you... I really doubt whether you are Mingcheng's biological mother. Let me ask you a few questions... The first question is, when is Mingcheng's birthday?"
Tan Li, "Are you sick? I don't know the birthday of my child. It's August 7th!"
Her face suddenly changed.
——Today is August 8th, so...yesterday was August 7th, Mingcheng’s birthday? !
But these days, she has been making a lot of trouble in order to force Ming Cheng to change to liberal arts. I didn’t even remember that yesterday was Ming Cheng’s birthday!
Tan Li's face suddenly turned blue and red.
Ming Yong, who was hiding in the living room, looked at Ming Cheng and said guiltily: "...I'm sorry, even I forgot that yesterday was your birthday."
Ming Cheng's eyes were red. "It's okay. Didn't Fourth Uncle cook noodles for me last night? It's good enough to have a bowl of noodle soup."
Mingyong patted his shoulder and said, "I'll make it up to you today!"
Ming Cheng smiled and said nothing.
Tao Tao looked at Tan Li and sneered, "So? On Ming Cheng's birthday... you didn't even smile at him, nor did you say a word to him in a friendly manner! You even locked him in a small dark room and beat him up! Are you really his biological mother?"
When the onlookers heard this, they immediately started talking about it.
"Oh my god, this woman is too bad, isn't she?"
"If you don't want to raise a child, then don't give birth to it! You give birth to a child and then abuse it! Why do you have to do that?"
"Oh, some people give birth to children just for the sake of rewards, but they themselves are not willing to pay even a little bit for the children!"
"This kind of person is selfish!"
"She doesn't deserve to be a mother!"
Tan Li was stunned.
This is not the result she wanted!
Tan Li was about to speak and turn the tide...
Tao Tao asked a question before her, "The second question is, what is Mingcheng's favorite color, what is his favorite food, who is his most admired person, where do he like to go the most, what is his favorite book to read, who does he like the most... As long as you answer one of the questions correctly, you win!"
Tan Li opened her mouth wide.
She didn't even know any of these questions!
Tan Li's eyes rolled, "...he likes white pears the best!"
Humph, he obeys everything that woman says!
Tao Tao said: "You can answer a few more questions, what if you guessed right?"
Tan Li snorted.
Tao Tao said slowly, "Ming Cheng likes the color blue, so many of his clothes and pants are dark blue and light blue. He likes sweets, and he likes anything sweet! The person he admires most is Yu Gong, the Yu Gong who moved the mountain... He likes to go to Yunling Mountain to play the most, and he ran to Yunling Mountain last time... Didn't you call the police that my sister kidnapped Ming Cheng? Why, you only care about hitting my sister, but don't really care where your son went and whether he was in danger?"
"Ming Cheng likes the book 'French Construction' the most. He has been reading it since he was a child and he never gets tired of it! He has read several copies of this book and has asked us many times to buy him a new one... You also got the answer to the last question wrong. Ming Cheng's favorite person... is his sister, Xiao Mingchan."
Tan Li opened her mouth stupidly.
Tao Tao looked at Tan Li, "...I am Mingcheng's aunt. I am often away on business and I only see Mingcheng a few times a year. But I at least know Mingcheng's basic situation! You are his biological mother, even if you have been living abroad before...but you have been back for more than four months. Have you ever thought about getting to know your son better? Have you made up for the lack of maternal love he has had for so many years?"
Ming Cheng, who was hiding in the living room, couldn't hold back any longer after hearing Taotao's words. He squatted on the ground and burst into tears.
Look, this is his biological mother, and she doesn’t understand him as well as his aunt!
What’s funny is that his aunt is also a relative he brought along!
However, the boy only cried once, then he stubbornly swallowed all the tears, gritting his teeth and enduring the pain until he could no longer bear it... then he whimpered softly a few times.
Mingyong sighed and patted Mingcheng on the shoulder.
Outside the courtyard——
Tan Li bit her lower lip and argued hastily, "I, I'm not..."
Taotao interrupted her, "One last question—"
"I know that you and your lover have been abroad for many years, but you have also had the opportunity to write back. Mingcheng even wrote to you twice a month at the request of my sister Bai Lili... So, please tell me three things you said in your reply to Mingcheng, or tell me three things Mingcheng wrote to you in his letter."
Taotao asked.
Tan Li opened her mouth stupidly again.
Tao Tao looked at Tan Li in surprise, "Why, you never read the letters Ming Cheng wrote to you? You never wrote back to him?"
Tan Li was speechless.
She didn't know how to explain.
explain……
She said that when she and Howard were abroad, their biggest troubles and disputes came from poverty - yes, the country did pay all of Howard's medical expenses and basic living expenses. But Tan Li doesn't have a regular job, so Huo Huachu's living expenses have to be saved for both of them. Later she gave birth to Minglun, and her financial situation became even worse!
The three of them relied on Huo Huachu to write letters back home and ask his mother, Old Mrs. Huo, for money for their livelihood in Russia.
Huo Huachu's injured leg had been healed long ago, and he wanted to return to China, but Tan Li was unwilling to do so, always feeling that living conditions in China were not as good as those in Russia. Whenever he mentioned coming back, she would fight him to the death...
Until this year, Russia no longer agreed to let Huo Huachu stay in the hospital. China could not receive the bill, so they sent a letter to inquire. Huo Huachu then insisted on returning despite Tan Li's opposition.
During these fifteen years, Tan Li focused all her energy on enjoying life and forcing Huo Huachu to write a letter to ask Old Mrs. Huo for money.
She had never written a letter to Old Mrs. Huo or to Ming Cheng. All the letters were written by Huo Huachu. Although she had read the letters from Ming Cheng, she did not take them to heart.
Now Taotao talks about...
Tan Li racked her brains for a long time, but found that she couldn't remember anything!
Tao Tao looked at Tan Li, her smile devoid of any warmth, "...So, how can you make me believe that you are really Ming Cheng's mother?"
Tan Li was speechless.
After a while, she said sternly, "So what? I'm his biological mother..."
Taotao interrupted her, "… Mingcheng got hepatitis when he was eight years old, and he passed it on to Mingyong. At that time, my sister's biological daughter Mingchan was only eight months old and had not yet been weaned… In order to take care of Mingcheng and Mingyong, she sent Mingchan to me and asked me to breastfeed her daughter. She took Mingcheng and Mingyong to the hospital and took care of them for three months…"
"I want to ask you, as a mother, when Bai Lili was doing all this for your son, where were you? What were you doing? Hum, you were eating steak, drinking red wine, and watching opera in Russia!" Taotao said
Tan Li's face was gloomy.
Tao Tao continued, "...Mingcheng is a stubborn child. When he was young, he loved liberal arts. He was good at Chinese but poor at math... In order to help him with math, Bai Lili read all the fun math books for elementary school students on the market... Later, when Mingcheng grew up, he liked math but not Chinese, so Bai Lili took great pains to hire a top-notch teacher to help him with Chinese..."
"I want to ask you, as a mother, when Bai Lili was doing all this for your son, where were you? What were you doing? Haha, you were still in Russia eating steak, drinking red wine, and watching opera!"
Tao Tao sneered, "Of course, all of this is done voluntarily by Bai Lili. She doesn't ask for anything in return from Ming Cheng. She treats Ming Cheng well only because she is a kind woman and she likes Ming Cheng!"
"She is not what you said...she wants to take your son away! Doesn't she have children of her own? Isn't Mingyong her son? Isn't Mingchan her daughter? She has a job and a salary. She will have to rely on herself when she gets old. She may not even be willing to rely on her own children, so how could she rely on your son?"
"You are just angry and humiliated because Mingcheng doesn't want to listen to you... and you push all the faults onto Bai Lili! Tan Li, am I wrong?" Taotao asked.
Tan Li screamed, "You are talking nonsense! Nonsense! I am Huo Mingcheng's mother, and this will never change!"
Tao Tao asked again, "Have you ever thought about why Ming Cheng is unwilling to listen to you?"
"It's still Bai Lili..."
Tao Tao, "Because studying engineering and becoming a bridge engineer is Mingcheng's dream!!!"
After a pause, Tao Tao continued, "Let me ask you again, why do you insist on forcing Ming Cheng to study liberal arts?"
"I am the one who has the final say..."
Tao Tao said loudly: "Because you want him to study liberal arts, go into politics, become a high-ranking official... to realize your dream!"
In the living room——
Mingyong sighed, "Fourth Aunt is so powerful in fighting! She is a man of both letters and martial arts! She is much more powerful than my mother!"
Bai Lili, who was standing at the side, was both amused and confused, "...How about you join another sect now?"
Ming Yong stuck out his tongue and quickly flattered her, "But my mother is more gentle and considerate than Fourth Aunt, and her cooking is the best in the world!"
Bai Lili gave Mingyong a sidelong glance.
Howard came down from upstairs carrying Mingchan on his back. Seeing the interaction between his son and his wife, he was very pleased, but also a little guilty.
Ming Cheng whispered, "Second Aunt, it doesn't matter if you are not as good as Fourth Aunt in fighting ability. I will protect you in the future."
Bai Lili was stunned.
She walked to Ming Cheng, stood on tiptoe and touched the back of Ming Cheng's head, and said with a smile: "...Be good."
Mingchan slid down from behind her father and ran towards Mingcheng, "Brother Mingcheng! Did our fourth aunt win?"
Ming Cheng hugged his sister and smiled with tears in his eyes, "Yes! Our fourth aunt is about to win!"
Tan Li on the other side was so scolded by Taotao that she couldn't say a word. She couldn't help feeling ashamed and angry, and started crying.
Just at this moment, Sister Xiao came with two policemen from the police station.
"Police comrade! This is the woman who came to our neighbor's house to cause trouble!" Sister Xiao pointed at Tan Li and said.
Tan Li was a little flustered, "No! No no no... I'm not causing any trouble! Don't do this, Bai Taotao and I are relatives!"
Bai Taotao ignored her and said to the police, "Comrade police, the situation is like this... This woman is called Tan Li, and her husband is called Huo Huachu. Sounds familiar, right? Yes, it's just what you think. Huo Huachu's brother is Minister Huo Huaen... My sister Bai Lili is the wife of Minister Huo."
Tan Li was stunned.
She didn't believe that Bai Taotao would really call the police, and thought it was just to scare her.
I didn’t expect Bai Taotao to actually call the police?
Now that the police have really arrived, Tan Li feels that Bai Taotao would never reveal the Huo family's affairs... maybe they just want to scare her.
Unexpectedly...
Tan Li screamed, "Bai Taotao, are you crazy?"
——How could you tell these things in public... to your neighbors and even to the police? Do you really want to report it to the police? Do you really want to make a big deal out of this?
What will be the consequences if things get out of hand?
Howard's reputation damaged?
That’s for sure! Now Huo Huaen is the only one in the Huo family who is engaged in politics... Even if she successfully forces Mingcheng to study liberal arts and go into politics in the future, Huo Huaen must pave the way for Mingcheng. If you offend Howard now, you will be dead!
Affect her relationship with Huo Huachu?
Over the years, the love between her and Huo Huachu has almost disappeared. If Huo Huayin is implicated in this matter...what if Huo Huachu wants to divorce her in anger?
The most important thing is that the only person in the family who can say a few words for her is her mother-in-law, Mrs. Huo.
If Howard's political future is really affected by this, I'm afraid even Mrs. Huo won't let her go!
And it was Tan Li who started this matter. If she hadn't caused trouble, Bai Taotao wouldn't have called the police...
Tan Li was shaking all over, and for a moment she didn't know whether she was angry or scared.
However, she deeply realized a very important issue:
——Although Bai Lili looks gentle and harmless, she has a powerful mother-in-law! She was already overwhelmed by Bai Lili's younger sister... If she had known this would happen, why would she have asked for trouble today?
Meanwhile, Taotao had already told the police about how Tan Li secretly changed her son's college entrance examination application, forcing him to jump off the building...
The policemen looked stunned, and the onlookers became excited and started chattering.
"This is the first time I've heard that being a mother is so easy!"
"That's right! She gave the child to someone else to raise right after it was born. Maybe she didn't even pay a penny, and then she went abroad to live a carefree life... Now that the child has grown up, she has a goal, but it didn't go as she wished, so she came back to make trouble!"
"Is her husband dead?"
"The child is pitiful. The college entrance examination is so difficult! I finally got into a university, but she changed my choice! If I were a child, I would feel desperate too... I got in with my own ability, why should I go to the one you designated? If you have the ability, why don't you take the exam yourself?"
"It seems that even high-ranking officials have a hard time settling family affairs!"
This time, Tan Li was really scared. "Don't say that to me... I, I am also doing this for the good of the child! How old is he, what does he know? I, I am also an experienced person, so what's wrong with me giving advice to my child? You, you don't know the situation, so don't say anything nonsense!"
Crowd: "Do you understand what your child is thinking? You don't even remember your child's birthday, and you still have the nerve to say you are doing this for his own good?"
Tan Li: ...
She was too lazy to pay attention to that person and quickly looked at Taotao, "Bai Taotao, this is a conflict among our people, we should solve it ourselves! You, you let the police go back first!"
"How can that be?" Tao Tao said sternly, "While the police are here, let's talk it out clearly, lest if I don't explain it clearly to you this time, you come here to cause trouble again next time!"
Tan Li said with a sad face: "I won't dare to do it again..."
Tao Tao ignored her and shouted, "Sister Xiao, I want to ask you something!"
"Taotao, you said——"
Tao Tao said, "Do you know anyone at the Land and Resources Bureau?"
Hearing this, Tan Li's eyes suddenly widened.
Sister Xiao said, "I know him, what's the matter?"
Tao Tao said, "Tan Li's sister-in-law works at the Land and Resources Bureau! Sister Xiao, please help me go to the Land and Resources Bureau and call Tan Li's sister-in-law over so we can have a good talk!"
Tan Li screamed, "Bai Taotao, what do you want to do!"
——But you must not let her sister-in-law come over! Otherwise, how would she have the face to visit her parents' home in the future?
Sister Xiao said to Tao Tao, "But I don't know which one of Tan Li's sisters-in-law is. Do you know her? What's her name? Which department is she from?"
Tao Tao said: "I don't recognize it either..."
Hearing this, Tan Li just breathed a sigh of relief when she heard Tao Tao say, "... Hey, Sister Xiao, when you arrived at the Land and Resources Bureau, you asked everyone you met, 'Excuse me, do you know Tan Li? That's Minister Huo's sister-in-law Tan Li. I'm here to look for her sister-in-law. She was arrested by the police at the retirement home'..."
Tan Li screamed again, "Bai Taotao, do you want to force me to death?"
Tao Tao sneered, "How did I force you to death? Did I ask you to come to my house and smash the door? Or did I ask you to force your own son to death? Don't you have a son? If you have the ability, you can train your little son to be a talent and let him enter Renmin University to study law and philosophy! When he becomes a high-ranking official in the future, won't you also be able to enjoy the good life with him?"
"I tell you, Tan Li, if you force Ming Cheng to death today, so what even if you are his biological mother? You will still go to jail! You still want to be an official's wife? Then you can become a prisoner in a labor camp!" Taotao said loudly.
Tan Li burst into tears.
Seeing that it was almost time, Taotao winked at Sister Xiao, meaning: Don’t really go to the Land and Resources Bureau, I just wanted to scare this woman on purpose!
Sister Xiao understood, took two steps back, and continued to squeeze into the crowd to watch the fun.
Taotao turned around and called out again, "Song Zhi!"
Song Zhi hurried out of the yard holding Mo Mo.
Taotao pouted in the direction of the policeman, then took Momo from his arms.
Song Zhi understood what Taotao meant and went to negotiate with the police.
Taotao held Momo in her arms and went to greet the neighbors, asking them to go home, and said she would treat everyone to peanuts and sunflower seeds tonight...
Everybody understands.
——Taotao means that she will chat with everyone in the evening.
Alas, the emperor has several poor relatives! Whose family doesn’t have a few excellent distant relatives! It's just that Tan Li and Tao Tao's relationship is too distant...
Then, the crowd of onlookers gradually dispersed.
Song Zhi has already finished negotiating with the police...
The police also left.
Tan Li finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Seeing that there were no outsiders around, she looked at Taotao with a sharper look, "...No matter what, Mingcheng is my son, too. Let him out and I'll take him away!"
Taotao smiled and said loudly: "Mingcheng, come out for a moment."
Soon, Ming Cheng came out of the yard.
He had a blank expression on his face and didn't even want to look at Tan Li.
Tan Li instantly felt a surge of anger in her heart. She raised her hand and slapped Ming Cheng, cursing, "You just watched your mother being bullied outside? Huo Mingcheng, you are really... so filial!"
Huo Mingcheng was hit on the back by her and screamed a few times with a look of pain on his face.
Tao Tao was furious, "Old witch, stop it!"
She was holding Momo in her arms, so it was impossible for her to go forward to help Mingcheng.
Tan Li was irritated by Tao Tao's call of "old witch" and she became more and more angry and started to grab and hit Huo Mingcheng...
However, Tan Li felt a figure flash before her eyes!
Then with a "pa" sound, a crisp slapping sound was heard, and Tan Li suddenly heard Ming Cheng gasp and shouted "Second Uncle"?
Tan Li was stunned.
She stopped the attack, stared blankly at Howard in front of her, then lowered her head blankly to look at her red palms... When she raised her head again, she clearly saw the Five Finger Mountain on Howard's cheek gradually turning red? ? ?
Tan Li also gasped.
She hurriedly said to Howard, "Hua En, sister-in-law didn't mean it... Oh, you, you? By the way, why are you here?"
Suddenly realizing something, Tan Li screamed in her heart that something was wrong!
——Why is Howard here? He...has always been here? Did Howard hear everything she said when she was arguing with Bai Taotao?
Tan Li was stunned.
She was furious but there was nothing she could do.
In the end, all his anger was directed at his son Huo Mingcheng.
She was about to attack Ming Cheng, but she heard Bai Taotao say, "Ming Cheng, take off your shirt and let your fourth aunt and second uncle see the wound on your back."
As expected, Huo Mingcheng obediently took off his navy striped cotton short-sleeved top.
The young man's bony back was covered with messy, purple and blue marks. Some of the wounds were broken and bleeding but have now formed scabs; a few places were red and swollen... and there were a few fresh slap marks left, which were caused by the recent beatings.
Howard looked at the wound on his nephew's back and exclaimed, "What happened?"
Huo Mingcheng said tearfully, "Uncle, after you talked to my mother last night, she... hit me with a pair of tongs! I, it hurts..."
Tan Li was also shocked.
She said hurriedly, "No! No no no... I, I didn't mean it! If you hadn't been so stubborn, why would I have hit you?"
As she spoke, she rushed forward, wanting to take a closer look at the wound on her son's back.
However, Howard was so angry that when he saw Tan Li's crazy look, he subconsciously thought that she wanted to hit Ming Cheng again, so he raised his hand without hesitation and slapped her hard!
“Pah—”
A crisp slapping sound was heard, and Tan Li covered her painful face in shock.
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