"What's wrong with children these days? Don't they recognize their own parents anymore?"
"Miss, you better not meddle in other people's family affairs. Some kids need to be spanked."
"Exactly, exactly! When we were kids, who didn't get hit with a stick by their parents? Trees that aren't pruned won't grow straight."
...
Onlookers chimed in one after another.
Seeing that so many people were speaking up for her, Shu Liqin's heart filled with joy, and she started to cry out even louder, feigning pain.
She knew that these young people were all thin-skinned and believed that faced with a crowd siding with her, they would be afraid and in a panic.
What she didn't realize was that Jiang Ning truly didn't care about the gaze of others.
"Don't be scared," Jiang Ning said, turning to the girl hiding behind her. She wrapped her arms around the girl's shoulders and brought her out from behind, her eyes piercing as she addressed Shu Liqin, "You say she's your daughter? Are you sure?"
