Chapter 161: Chapter 163: Such a Mother

She remembered a couple living next door to the place she was renting. The wife had gone mad after losing their child, and the husband, who was always at her side, seemed to have aged more than a decade overnight.

She really couldn’t imagine, what would happen to Tang Zhinian if Yuxin was lost?

Tang Zhinian only has this one daughter. If he were to lose the child, wouldn’t that be taking the life of an adult?

“Sister-in-law, how did our Yuxin end up like this?” Tang Zhijun was ready to kill. Yuxin had been perfectly fine when she left. When she returned, she was covered in injuries.

As soon as this was mentioned, there was a gnashing of teeth in Lin Yang’s voice, “How did this happen? What else could have happened? The child said her mother beat her.”

“Is this still a mother? She’s so ruthless to her own daughter. Zhinian, what were you thinking?” Although Lin Yang hadn’t had a child yet, she was a woman, and she couldn’t bear to hit even someone else’s child, let alone her own future child.

She really couldn’t understand, “You said, Sang Zhilan abandoned Yuxin while she was still breastfeeding. Yuxin has not been taken care of all these years. How can you entrust your child to such a mother?”

Her voice was loud and irate. At that moment, a woman who had just come in was caught off guard by her words. Her mind went blank, and her scalp began to tingle.

Lin Yang saw this and snorted, if you’ve done something disgusting, then don’t let others take the blame for it.

Tang Yuxin was awakened by the noise. She was very sleepy and wanted to sleep, but the moment the noise from outside grew louder, she woke up. With her eyes swollen and barely able to open, most of the villagers had arrived, making the Tang family house nearly impenetrable.

Also, she saw Huang Aimei standing at the door. Huang Aimei probably wanted to sneak away, but now the outside was packed with people. She couldn’t escape, and she couldn’t retreat either.

All she could do was brace herself and stand there, whereas the barrage of people’s insults felt like they were continuously slapping her in the face.

Not to mention anyone else, at this moment, she wanted to slap her own face.

She should never have agreed to help Sang Zhilan. Furthermore, Sang Zhilan gave her some good quality fabric that moved her at the time. It was true that Sang Zhilan didn’t know many people in the village, so she was the only one Sang Zhilan could turn to.

But who knew that Sang Zhilan would be so shameless as to beat the child like this, and had her younger brother and sister-in-law bring her back? Even now, if she had the words, she couldn’t explain herself adequately. No matter how hard she tried, she couldn’t clear her name.

It was as if she had pushed someone’s child into a pit of fire. From now on, whenever people in the village see her, they might scold her.

In her heart, she was continuously cursing Sang Zhilan, who deserved a horrible death. It’s one thing if you’re abusive to your child, but why drag her into it? She didn’t even know how to clean up this mess. How was she supposed to face her father-in-law and mother-in-law, and her husband when she got home?

If this matter was not handled well, then others might really wish harm on her entire family.

“Xinxin, Xinxin, how are you feeling?”

At this point, Tang Zhinian’s voice anxiously called out.

Huang Aimei was all ears.

Perhaps it was because of Yuxin’s mischievous nature, that she got herself injured like this, and it had nothing to do with Sang Zhilan. Or perhaps it was Sang Zhilan’s man who beat the child, which still had nothing to do with Sang Zhilan.

No matter what, as long as it wasn’t Sang Zhilan, the child’s biological mother, who beat her.

However, she seemed to have forgotten.

Such a small child wouldn’t lie. Yuxin had said her mother beat her, so it must be that Sang Zhilan did.

“Daddy…” When Tang Yuxin saw Tang Zhinian, all the grievances and bitterness that she had been holding back for a lifetime burst out. Such humiliation, such suffocation, such suppressed anger, and hatred.

“Daddy, I don’t want to go to mom’s place anymore.”

She grabbed Tang Zhinian’s clothes, “Daddy, I beg you, don’t let me go to mom’s place again.”

Saying this, she began to sob like a child. Not just Tang Zhinian and Tang Zhijun, but the other villagers were also saddened by her crying.

“Daddy, why do I have to wash the clothes and my little sister at mom’s house doesn’t? Why does my little sister have a room to sleep in and I can only sleep in the corner where the dog is kept? Why can they all eat meat while I can only eat white rice? Why do I have to cook and my little sister doesn’t have to do anything? Why can my little sister learn piano and my mother said I’m too old to learn? Why when my little sister falls ill, does mom hit me? I’ve been trying hard to take care of my little sister and doing housework. Why does she hit me, why?”

She grabbed Tang Zhinian’s hand and cried hoarsely.

“Daddy, what did I do wrong, why does mom hit me? Why did she chase me out? Daddy, I don’t want to go to mom’s place. I’m never going back to mom’s place.”

Yes, these were the questions she most wanted to ask in her previous life. What did she do wrong? What had she done wrong? Why was her biological mother treating her this way, looking at her as if she were not human?

She was her own flesh and blood, right? Was it because her surname was Tang? Was it because her life was cheap?

Sang Zhilan was truly inhuman. Lin Yang wiped her own tears, and in her rage, wanted to roll up her sleeves and fight Sang Zhilan. Even though Tang Yuxin didn’t say much, everyone who heard could infer that Sang Zhilan took the child home to beat her and make the youngster serve their family.

She was just a child. In their village, children her age were still ignorant, playing with mud outside the village all day and teasing cats and dogs. How could they expect a child of her age to cook, clean, and take care of other children?

Even if you adopt a dog, you still have to feed the dog.

This wasn’t about wanting a child at all; it was about hiring a servant.

Tang Zhinian wiped his face, then placed his large hand on his daughter’s head.

“Xinxin, don’t be afraid. We aren’t going back there anymore. Even if daddy becomes poorer, we won’t go back.”

Yes, they weren’t going back, even if it killed him.

He thought that he had done the right thing and had given his daughter motherly love. In reality, this kind of motherly love was destructive.

Even though his daughter was born in the countryside, he had never neglected her since she was a child. But once she was with Sang Zhilan, his daughter had become trash. Did it mean that the man’s daughter was a treasure?