"How could she be gone? She's only been gone for a short while—"
He Zhangcheng suddenly slammed his hand on the table, his gaze serious, his eyes piercing as he stared directly at Liu He. "Mom, I told you she's just a child. Xiaoting is my daughter, and you're my biological mother. Even if I can't be extremely fond of her, you shouldn't act like this."
The room was silent. Liu He opened her mouth, wanting to say that she had just seen this brat raise an eyebrow at her.
He Zhangcheng exhaled, clenched his fist, and looked at her. "Mom, I don't want to argue in front of Xiaoting."
He only has one daughter, whom he has barely seen since she was a child. Ye Man raised her herself, and he couldn't bear to dote on her. As a result, his own mother didn't like his daughter.
"Yes, yes, don't scare Xiaoting, Auntie will serve you some rice."
Ma Mingyue dared not pretend to be dead at this moment. Her cousin had been so angry just now that she was afraid that she and her aunt would be kicked out of the house. She quickly stood up despite the pain in her thighs and picked up a porcelain bowl to serve them soup.
Xiaoting kept her head down, clutching the tablecloth. It had nothing to do with her grandmother disliking her; it was her grandmother's problem. There were plenty of people who liked her. However, she had always thought that her father was on her grandmother's side and would also dislike her. This was the first time she had been defended by him in front of her grandmother. She remained clutching the tablecloth for a long time without moving.
"...Is it because I'm not a boy?"
Liu He looked at her son with eyes full of disappointment. He actually slammed his fist on the table with his own mother over a little girl. Suddenly, she heard the brat say something with a sob in her voice and rolled her eyes.
"You're just a little girl, you'll belong to someone else's family eventually. It's because of you that your mother refuses to have another child. Our He family—"
"Smack!"
He Zhangcheng couldn't help but sweep all the food off the table with a wave of his hand.
"Am I wrong? A little girl, married into this family for so many years and only has this one child! I told you long ago to take her back so you could have another boy, but you refused. What more do you want from me? Haven't I given you enough money already?"
She had already reluctantly accepted the boy who would later emerge from Ye Man's belly.
"You good-for-nothing! You're lucky enough already. Look at how many girls are drowning in chamber pots outside! You don't know how good you have it, and your mother spoils you so much that you don't know the immensity of the world!"
"Enough! She's my daughter, Mom. Don't you even respect me as your son?"
Ye Man stared coldly at Liu He, then stood up and hugged Xiaoting tightly. "I only have one daughter, Xiaoting, in my life. If your He family wants a grandson, find someone to have one yourself!"
She usually seemed indifferent, but that was just because she felt it was unnecessary. "But I have to remind you, unless you file for divorce now, I'll sue you first. The policy from above says that having a boy or a girl is the same. You're a soldier, and you don't even abide by this. You should quit. We might as well go back to our hometown together!"
After saying that, he carried Xiaoting back into the house and slammed the door shut.
He Zhangcheng reached out and pressed his brow. "I only have one daughter, Xiaoting, in my life. Mom, if you don't like her, there's nothing I can do. We'll just live our own lives."
Liu He was just about to stand up when Ye Man said that. What did she mean by that? Threatening her? What a joke! She was afraid of being threatened. If it weren't for the fact that the Ye family had taken her daughter-in-law's place, she would have replaced her with someone else long ago. And she even said that she only had one daughter in her life.
Pooh!
If you don't want to have children, find someone else to have them.
Now, stunned by her son's words, she stood up and looked at him in disbelief. "What do you mean? You only gave birth to a little girl. How can you face the ancestors of the He family? Son, don't talk nonsense to your mother."
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