"Slap!" A crisp slap rang out, causing everyone present to turn their heads.
"Mother! You actually hit me?" Bai Yusu covered her slightly reddened left cheek in disbelief, looking at Madam Tong with tears in her eyes.
Tong looked delicate and frail, with an extremely gentle and kind face. She was always kind and gentle to everyone.
Bai Yusu never expected that her mother, who was usually so quiet and docile, would actually hit her in front of outsiders!
Bai Yusheng was so angry that he wanted to hit Bai Yusu, but he was still considering it. He didn't expect that his usually gentle mother would strike first.
"Yes, I hit you." Tong's right hand, which had not yet fully retracted, trembled slightly as she spoke in a trembling voice, tears streaming down her face. "Do you know why I hit you?"
"Why!" Bai Yusu asked tearfully, feeling utterly wronged.
"Because your father is gone! Because the three of us, mother and children, no longer have anyone to rely on in this world! Because I, as a mother, want my children to live a safe and peaceful life!" Tong shouted these words almost hoarsely.
She spread her palms and pointed in the direction of Ji Fengyao and Shang Xiye, saying firmly and clearly, "The small favors you speak of are the life-saving grace for you and your brother! The small favors you speak of are the restoration of justice for our Bai family and the exoneration of your father! The small favors you speak of are the lifelong peace and tranquility for the three of us, mother and son, and the boundless future for you and your brother!"
The young lady and her husband are highly skilled and have many capable people around them. I believe they don't expect us to repay them in any way.
I am well aware that the three of us, mother and daughter, have limited abilities and cannot repay even a fraction of the kindness shown to Miss and Son-in-law.
But you! Bai Yusu! As a daughter of the Bai family, not only for yourself, but also for the Bai family and for your deceased father, I absolutely cannot let you become an ungrateful and treacherous person!
His words stirred the hearts of everyone present, leaving them deeply moved.
Ji Fengyao also recalled a sentence on a ball:
Women are inherently weak, but become strong when they become mothers.
She used to scoff at this statement, but today, when applied to Tong Shi, she felt it was absolutely fitting.
Bai Yusu naturally knew that what Madam Tong said was true, and she understood it in her heart.
She was simply resentful of Ji Fengyao's different treatment of her before and after, and resentful that Ji Fengyao had sent her away to suffer.
They were even more resentful that since they were all girls, why was Ji Fengyao so favored and had every advantage?
Even the Daoist partners he chooses are exceptionally handsome men, like immortals descended from heaven, rare in the world!
Seeing that Bai Yusu was still silent and had not responded, Bai Yusheng also said loudly, "Yusu, you have grown up and have been training outside for some time. You should know the rules of the mortal world."
The reason Miss rescued us from Bai Yubin and Zhou Zhixi that day was not because we were of any great use to her that she had to save us, but simply because Miss had a kind heart. That's all. I believe you understood this principle back then.
But because the young lady was so good, you took it all for granted later.
You feel that the lady's kindness to you is only natural.
I think you were born into the Bai family and deserve a life of luxury.
But you forgot, all of this was given to you by the young lady!
"Miss Bai is not related to us at all. She owes you, Bai Yusu, nothing to the Bai family. She has no obligation to do these things!"
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