Chapter 8 Catharsis

After Zheng Sanqiao and Fat Auntie left, Zhao Yulan tenderly helped Chuxia to her feet, but she was pushed away, stumbling as Chuxia's cold gaze painfully pricked her heart!

As soon as the slap was delivered, she knew her daughter would hate her, the relationship they had barely managed to foster might become distant again, but she had no choice, if she didn't do it, Zheng Sanqiao would not relent, for her daughter's reputation, she had to harden her heart.

"Chuxia, don't be mad at Mom ..." Zhao Yulan reached out again to help her daughter up, "Let go of me!" Chuxia's tone was cold as ice.

That slap, Lin Chuxia truly couldn't accept! It clearly wasn't her fault, why did she have to be hit? If hitting was necessary, why on the face? If it had been her previous parents, they would never have done this!

Chuxia struggled to get up from the ground, lying on the kang with her back turned to Zhao Yulan, her shoulders trembling, making Zhao Yulan's heart ache even more.

"Chuxia …" Zhao Yulan sat behind Chuxia, gently caressing her, "Mom knows you're angry, knows you will hate her, but Mom had no choice, otherwise, how could you ever get married?"

"Marriage, marriage, marriage …" Lin Chuxia suddenly sat up, her eyes filled with anger, "All you think about is marriage. Just because a woman needs to marry into a good husband's family, does that mean she should endure being humiliated like this?

They always bully us, it's because you and Dad indulge them, tolerating it again and again, yielding over and over, but do they appreciate it? Instead, they just intensify their bullying, what good does that do?

You always say, our family has only one daughter, we are at fault, we have to yield to them. I just don't understand, where is the fault? We don't rely on them for support, what loss is there?"

Toward the end, Lin Chuxia's speech became slang-ridden, her little face pale with rage, making the faint handprint even more visible.

At this moment, Lin Baohe entered the room, examining his daughter with a slight trace of heartache barely noticeable in his eyes: "Xia, don't blame your mom, she did it for your good."

This remark was like stirring up a hornet's nest!

"So hitting my face is for my good? Humph! Sure, it's really for my good! Once this gets out, I'll really 'save face', great, everyone already finds me ugly, now I can end up completely hideous …" Lin Chuxia grew angrier as she spoke, her words becoming somewhat incoherent.

"Wu …" Zhao Yulan, who had been silently sobbing, suddenly knelt on the floor, slapping her own face, "Xia, Mom was wrong, she shouldn't have hit you, it's because Dad and Mom are incompetent, always making you suffer, unable to provide, and yet you still had to endure Mom's beating, Mom is inhuman ..."

"Mom!" Chuxia hugged her in shock, her voice choked as if strangled, unable to utter another word. The situation was too overwhelming for her, she suddenly realized, with different times, how could parenting be the same? She was utterly inhumane! How could she drive her closest kin to this point?

She understood why Zhao Yulan did what she did.

Originally, Chuxia had not been close to her parents, and after her arrival, she became even more distant. Recently, they had just started to get closer when it all might be undone by a slap, Zhao Yulan was truly frightened and anxious!

"Sigh!" Lin Baohe heaved a deep sigh, squatting on the floor with his head in his hands, tearing at his hair as veins bulged.

"Mom, sorry, Dad, sorry, it's my fault." Chuxia, having calmed down a bit, solemnly apologized to her parents, "From now on, I won't do this again, I promise."

"Xia …" Chuxia's mother held her daughter, crying a torrent of snot and tears, "It's Mom's fault, Mom has no skills but still hit you, it's all Mom's fault …" she repeated it over and over, just those few words.

"Dad, get up." Chuxia let go of Zhao Yulan, got off the bed, and pulled up Lin Baohe, paused for a moment, and suddenly yanked the door open!

"Where could it have been placed? Why is it missing?"

"Yes, I also remember it was right in this room, why is it gone now?..."

Standing there, sticking their heads out were Zheng Sanqiao and Liu Meiqing, who awkwardly coughed twice and pretended to look for something while walking around the main room. At the door of the east room, Eldest Uncle Lin Baojiang and cousin Lin Chudong, who was holding Shuanshuan, also had embarrassed faces. Soon, Lin Baojiang put a forced smile on his face, "Baohe, Yulan, today it's Sanqiao and Meiching who aren't right. Don't blame the kids, haha..."

Lin Baohe nodded, a grunt came from his throat with a sound of "Hmm," as he thought about closing the door, Lin Chuxia blocked him, "Dad, there's no rush, I have something to say."

"Chuxia..." Zhao Yulan had already gotten down from the bed, hurriedly calling out to her daughter with eyes full of plea, "Chuxia, Mom will make you something delicious tonight."

"Mom, I understand." Chuxia held Zhao Yulan's arm and shook it, then looked again at the Eldest Uncle's family, "Eldest Uncle, Eldest Uncle's Wife, Big Brother, Big Sister-in-Law, I know, you've always wanted to drive our family out of this house.

The reason you do this is solely because you think that someday I will get married and my parents won't be able to leave a root for the Lin family, thus owing the Lin Family, that's your thought, right?"

Lin Baojiang quickly waved his hands in denial, "No, no, Chuxia, you're overthinking." Zheng Sanqiao stared blankly at Chuxia without saying anything, Liu Meiqing pursed her lips, their expressions indirectly confirmed their thoughts, only Lin Chudong had a helpless look, his mouth opened and closed, but in the end, he said nothing.

After scanning everyone, Lin Chuxia's lips curled up with a cold smile, "No need to deny, that's exactly what you think, but you're all wrong. My dad and my mom will definitely have a grandson..."

"Pfft!" Liu Meiqing immediately burst out, sarcasm evident in the corners of her eyes and brows, Lin Baohe and Zhao Yulan's faces turned red with embarrassment, "Chuxia, let's go back to our room."

"I haven't finished yet..." Chuxia knew everyone misunderstood, she quickly clarified, "Dad, Mom, you always say, bearing and tolerating is for me to find a good husband's family, what a good husband's family is I don't know, but they must agree that the first child will carry the surname Lin, belonging to Lin Baohe's family! So, you will definitely have a grandson or granddaughter!"

"Pfft!" Liu Meiqing burst out again.

"Pfft!" Zheng Sanqiao also burst out.

"Haha..." Lin Baojiang laughed painfully.

"Chuxia, stop talking nonsense..." Zhao Yulan was frantic as she dragged Chuxia towards the room. "I'm not talking nonsense!" Chuxia held onto the door frame firmly and didn't go inside, "I still haven't finished."

"Auntie, just let her finish..." Liu Meiqing wore a face eager for drama, "Chuxia is so filial, you can't stop her, hahaha..."

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