"Right, right! What's wrong?"
Zhou Aifeng seemed to not even see her daughter's shock, her response full of self-righteous confidence and matter-of-factness.
Jiang Xue couldn't understand, "Why? The house isn't yours, you can't eat it, you can't drink it, what will you do with it?"
"Has your brain stopped working, and your ears too? I just said it, I'm preventing any accidents by seizing the initiative, maybe by then I could make Xiao surname leave without a penny. This is for your own good!"
"I only decided to divorce last night, how could you have known beforehand?"
"I don't need to know. You must divorce, whether you want to or not!
I didn't raise you to be throwing away, and now it's time for you to repay this family."
Jiang Xue felt the world spinning before her eyes, and she had to support herself on the suitcase to keep from falling. She was interwoven with regret, guilt, sadness, and grievance, an amalgamation of feelings.
Even though she had known since childhood that her mother favored boys over girls, it was only some preferential treatment and she hadn't suffered too much.
So, with her gentle and tolerant nature, she had never held any resentment, and had always been doing her utmost to fulfill her family's demands and repay them for raising her.
But what she couldn't have expected was that for her mother, her sacrifices were not only taken for granted but were also far from enough.
Her pursuits, her happiness, including herself as a person, were all unimportant.
As long as she couldn't bring sufficient benefits to the family, her life had to be unconditionally subject to manipulation.
In contrast, her husband had been so misunderstood and hurt last night yet didn't speak a harsh word, even sacrificing his own comfort to ensure her safety.
Thinking of this, Jiang Xue's tears spilled uncontrollably, pouring out like a flood.
Indeed, I am so foolish, all the pain is self-inflicted, I deserve it!
"Crying, crying, crying, is that all you know how to do? Why didn't you cry when I was stopping you from marrying him at the beginning?
Stop dazing around, hurry up and tidy the room, then go buy a bed, and get some extra groceries too, your brother Lei will be coming home for lunch."
Zhou Aifeng walked off, grumbling and swearing.
Jiang Xue took a deep breath, wiped away her tears, and chased after her to the master bedroom, asking, "Where's the house deed?"
Zhou Aifeng, puzzled, pointed to the bedside drawer unconsciously, "It's in there."
Jiang Xue, without another word, went and took it before leaving.
"What are you doing?" Zhou Aifeng grabbed her, "Even if you're going to divorce now, there's no need to take that. What if Xiao Ming snatches it away?"
Jiang Xue shook off her mother and said in a firm voice, "Mom, I won't divorce Xiao Ming. I will never divorce him for the rest of my life, even in death, I want to be buried with him!"
"What did you say?"
Zhou Aifeng first thought she had heard wrong, then flared up in anger, slapping her daughter hard across the face.
"Jiang Xue, are you out of your mind? What's so good about that Xiao scum that you want to anger your mother to death?"
After receiving a slap, Jiang Xue felt as though something had disappeared from her shoulders, and she felt much lighter.
Holding her head high, she said, "Xiao Ming is my husband, the father of my child, I love him, and he loves me. Just these alone are enough to prove that he is the best man in the world!"
After speaking, she turned and walked away, her steps brisk and strong.
Zhou Aifeng was shocked, "What? You have a child? You… you stop right there! I warn you, get rid of that evil seed immediately, otherwise, don't ever think about stepping foot in my house again..."
Jiang Xue closed the door behind her with a bang, shutting her mother's curses outside. She bent her head down to touch her abdomen and said softly, "Sorry, Mommy was out of her mind, almost making a huge mistake.
It won't happen again, I promise you!"
In the room, Zhou Aifeng grew more and more furious, taking out her phone to call her son, "Lei, don't you have a lot of good brothers? Get them to find Xiao Ming!
We can't rely on your sister, we have to take matters into our own hands if we want the house."
Early in the morning, Xiao Ming brought breakfast home, but unfortunately, Jiang Xue was already gone, and he was left to eat alone, feeling helpless.
He had barely started eating when Shen Siyi's call came through.
"Uh... Ming, am I disturbing your rest? Actually, I didn't want to, but there's been a small problem, and I think I need to let you know immediately.
But you have to believe me, I really didn't know anything about it beforehand!"
Xiao Ming's face was full of question marks, "Stop muttering and straighten out your tongue before you speak, what exactly happened?"
"Uh, we... we might have accidentally... kidnapped your sister-in-law."
"What?"
Xiao Ming jumped up, "Shen Siyi, you dared to touch my wife, are you looking for death?"
"Not the elder sister-in-law, the younger one. Ming, don't get excited, let me explain..."
"Wait a minute. Elder sister-in-law, younger sister-in-law, I only have one wife."
"Understood, understood." Shen Siyi snickered jeeringly, "We're all men, I get it."
Xiao Ming was more confused than ever, "Speak clearly, what's happened? Who did you catch?"
"Oh oh, it's like this," Shen Siyi explained, "Last night, thanks to your reminder, Ming, you saved my life.
I was angry, so I had people check the boss of that Mengmeng's company. I thought she had run away, but this morning, someone brought her over.
She said it had nothing to do with her, and of course, I didn't believe her, but fortunately, I asked a few more questions, only to find out that it was a total mix-up, she was your woman.
Sorry, bro, I had no idea, please don't be mad."
Xiao Ming was gobsmacked.
What a mess, I've never married another wife in my past life, so how come there's another woman in this life?