C22

He hit her

I wanted to say a lot, but it was all stuck in my throat.

"As long as you serve your mother-in-law and your husband, you should behave well. If you can't get rid of him, he's a good son-in-law." My mom said, "You have no money, your son-in-law has money, let Ruo Luo prepare a million yuan for you, otherwise your dad will die, we will work hard to raise you, and when you were young, you went out in the middle of the night to pick up trash, but you couldn't even bear to eat a mouthful of meat, so you were counting on you to be filial when you grew up. Now that you have money, you hate your parents?" My mother babbled, even wiping the tears from the corners of her eyes.

"This unfilial daughter!" My father scolded me from behind.

"I raised her for nothing, she's just an ingrate." My mother echoed.

It was strange that I had been holding back so many disappointing words, but the last few made me cry, and the tears ran down my face silently, and I could not stop them.

I felt that I was filial enough. I felt that I had done what I could as a daughter, why didn't they love me, why didn't they even look at me?

I know that my parents' property is my parents', I shouldn't be thinking about it, but the money in my family is all taken by me while I'm kneeling down to take it from Cheng Ruojun.

My brother and I were both children of my parents, but because I was a girl, I didn't qualify to own any property. This was too unfair, why did Jiang Yekun have so much money just because he didn't do anything, then have his parents' love?

They always said that their married daughter poured water on me, but they were short of money to find me at home, and even if it was an accident, they still wanted to find me, but they never thought about my situation in the Cheng family.

Since you won't give me anything, on what basis should I be filial?

In my mind, I recalled what Xia Ze had said to me. Maybe he was right, even though I had given so much for my family, they still didn't love me.

Deep down, I even hated myself for trying so hard to ask for their love, and for not being able to do it.

As I walked outside, tears continuously flowed down my face. In the end, I couldn't help but burst into tears. How could I accept that my parents didn't even love me?

It was obvious that so many people had said that their parents loved me, but they weren't very good at expressing themselves. However, it was only now that I realized that if my parents were not good at expressing themselves, I would definitely feel them if they really loved me.

They just don't love me.

I sat in the car, stuffing chocolate into my mouth like a madman. The sweet taste eased the bitterness in my heart.

I leaned on the steering wheel. Recently it had been the darkest moment of my life, when my beloved husband had found a woman and brought her home, and I had seen the other side of him by accident. I had thought that my loving parents didn't really love me at all, but only thought of me as a cash machine, while my mother-in-law and the woman she had found could beat me without restraint.

When would the long night finally pass?

I don't want to be my parents' ATM anymore, and I don't want to be Cheng Ruojun's plaything again.

If the matter of Cheng Ruojun looking for a woman was forgivable, then he toyed with me in the office. I definitely do not want to forgive him, I feel afraid just thinking about it.

I closed my eyes to calm myself down, then drove back home. When I got home, it was already past dinner time, but Cheng Ruojun and Ye Hanqiu were still eating in the dining hall, and when I walked into the dining hall, I just happened to see Ye Hanqiu put a handful of vegetables into Cheng Ruojun's plate. Ye Hanqiu was startled when she saw me, then laughed.

I looked at them and turned away without a word.

"Halt." Cheng Ruojun's cold voice came from his back.

I stopped, took a deep breath, and turned back to face them. My hands were clenched tightly, and my fear of Cheng Ruojun seemed to have turned into instinct.

"Come and sit down." Cheng Ruojun's eyes swept past him.

I looked at his face and pursed my lips. I was scared, my heart was beating faster, and I was beginning to wonder if I could say I was going to divorce him.

I obediently walked over and sat down with my hands on my knees and my head lowered.

Cheng Ruojun looked at me and smiled, then he extended his hand and lifted my chin, turning me to face him. His rough fingertips grazed my swollen cheek, slightly hurting, but tolerable.

"My mom said she hit you." Cheng Ruojun said, "Because you didn't return at night."

I don't know why he brought up this matter again. Could it be that he planned to punish me? My body trembled even more violently, and I wanted to escape, but Cheng Ruojun grabbed onto me even more forcefully.

As Ye Hanqiu sat opposite me, I saw her casually eating a piece of tofu, the corners of her mouth full of smiles. When Sister Guo stood behind Cheng Ruojun, she was also smiling, but her eyes were filled with schadenfreude.

"I hate people who talk too much." Cheng Ruojun said, "Seems like I was too merciful before, making you think that you can freely tell others about my family's matters." His tone was flat, but I could hear the chill in his voice.

Cheng Ruojun reached out his hand to stroke the wound on my face. It was extremely gentle, but I was even more scared.

"Don't be afraid." Cheng Ruojun said as he placed his fingertips on my neck, as if he was testing my pulse. I even started to think that he might be grabbing onto my throat, and my legs were already starting to tremble.

"Sister Guo, is that you?" Cheng Ruojun said as he tilted his head to look at her. His eyes were as cold as ice.

Sister Guo was scared stiff. She stood still for a long time before she waved her hand, saying, "It's not me, it's her!"

Cheng Ruojun lightly snorted as he looked at Ye Hanqiu, who was still smiling, and flirtatiously said, "Ruo, I can't bear to see her stay overnight, so I don't even know who she's messing around with."

She had put on makeup, even though it was light. She wore low-cut clothes without any underwear. She lifted her hair as if she was trying to make herself look very coquettish.

Cheng Ruojun let go of me, and I fell onto the chair. I stuck my back closely to the chair, because this kind of Cheng Ruojun made me afraid.

Cheng Ruojun stood in front of Ye Hanqiu and pulled his hair, causing Ye Hanqiu to fall to the ground. Ye Hanqiu laid on the ground with one hand covering her stomach, the smile on her face was frozen, she did not expect Cheng Ruojun to hit her.