Translator: Lonelytree
“Lulu!”
Xiao Lingyun’s eyes almost popped out of their sockets as she shouted. A strong sense of uneasiness and panic welled up in her heart.
Her mind was blank, and she quickly moved to smack the spoon away from her eldest daughter’s hand.
However, before Xiao Lingyun could do anything, the spoon in Cheng Lulu’s hand fell to the ground. Xiao Lingyun was too frightened to notice.
When Xiao Lingyun saw the spoon fall to the ground, she instantly became exhausted and felt a chill on her back.
She didn’t have time to verify whether this bowl of chicken soup was poisoned or not, but she immediately said in a very serious tone, “Lulu, have you forgotten what mom said? You can’t eat the food here randomly. You can only eat them after mom has tasted them. What if this soup is poisoned?”
Cheng Lulu was already six years old, but she was thin and small. People who saw her thought she was only four years old. Cheng Lulu pouted sadly.
She looked at Xiao Lingyun and said timidly, “But mom, I want to drink the fragrant chicken soup!”
‘When Xiao Lingyum heard this, her heart ached, and a wave of bitterness welled up in her heart.
With the background of the Cheng Family, they could afford sea cucumbers and abalones, much less chicken soup. However, they treated their granddaughters like they were slaves.
It was not that the Cheng Family valued daughters over sons either because Xiao Lingyun’s sister-in-law, Cheng Liren, was the pearl of the family.
The Cheng Family looked down on Xiao Lingyun and thus her two daughters too.
Cheng Liren was thirty-five years old. She was divorced, and the child was given to the man. She had been living in the Cheng family ever since.
She had been picking on Xiao Lingyun. She treated her like a slave.
After Xiao Lingyun gave birth to her first child, she still needed to cook and wash her sister-in-law’s clothes and underwear. She was not allowed to wash them with warm water. Apparently, it was because the Cheng Family didn’t want her to use the family’s gas and electricity. In the middle of the night,
Xiao Lingyun had just recovered from her pregnancy, but she needed to wash her in-law’s clothes until her hands were red and swollen, She had to suffer the frost.
At the time, Xiao Lingyun’s parents already asked her to demand a divorce.
However, Xiao Lingyun was lost in Cheng Feiping’s sweet words of comfort.
He said, “Yun ‘Er, I’m sorry. I’ve wronged you. It’s just that my family has been hoping that you could have a son. But after they found out that it was a daughter, they were very unhappy. Bear with it. When their anger subsides, they won’t treat you like this anymore.”
“Yun ‘Er, I’ve wronged you again today. Don’t worry. I’m saving money now. When I’ve saved enough money, we’ll move out, and I will not let you suffer anymore.”
“Yun ‘Er, I’m sorry. I can’t persuade my parents and sister, so I can only let you suffer a little more. Bear with it. We’ll move out very soon.”
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Cheng Feiping had been giving Xiao Lingyun hope. Therefore, she held on. After they moved out, she would have her freedom. At the time, she really loved Cheng Feiging and believed in his words.
She kept waiting. When she and Cheng Feiging moved out with their child, they would be really happy. So no matter what her parents said, Xiao Lingyun didn’t listen to them.
Xiao Lingyun endured everything until she had the second child.
‘When she was six months pregnant with the second child, the Cheng Family used connections to find out the gender of the child. When they found out the child was another daughter, they wanted Xiao Lingyun to have an abortion. Naturally, Xiao Lingyun wouldn’t do it.
She didn’t care how much the Cheng family opposed it and insisted on keeping the child.
The Cheng Family said that if she wanted to keep the child, they would divorce her, and she could take her girls away.
However, at the time, Cheng Feiping still had some feelings for Xiao Lingyun.
He didn’t want a divorce.
Just like that, it drew on. The child was born around the seventh month. Despite the premature birth, the child was very healthy.
This made Cheng Feiping suspect that Xiao Lingyun had cheated on him. She became pregnant with another man. However, the child looked just like Cheng Feiping. Others could see that clearly. However, the Cheng Family refused to see that. They drew the child’s brow and compared it with Cheng
Feiping’s DNA. The child was indeed his.
However, despite all the evidence, Cheng Feiping insisted that Xiao Lingyun had cheated on him.
After the child was born, his love for his wife disappeared fully. He treated his family like they were his enemies.
When Xiao Lingyun was recovering from birth, rumors spread that Cheng Feiping was seen with another woman.
Once, he was even caught by Xiao Lingyun’s mother.
At that time, for the sake of reputation and face, Cheng Feiping swore to the Xiao family that it was a misunderstanding. For the sake of Xiao Lingyun’s marriage, the Xiao family temporarily believed him.
However, three months later, the affair was exposed.
Xiao Lingyun insisted on a divorce, but the Cheng family refused to let her take her girls. This was not because the Cheng Family liked the girls but because they didn’t want to satisfy Xiao Lingyun.
Xiao Lingyun believed Cheng Feiping’s sweet words in the past, but now she was clear-minded. She loved her two children, and she would never let the Cheng family dictate the fate of her two children.
Xiao Lingyun wanted a divorce, but she wanted to take the two children away.
The Cheng family agreed with the divorce, but they wouldn’t give her the two children. They wanted Xiao Lingyun to have nothing.
In that case, Xiao Lingyun would not get a divorce. No matter how bad the Cheng Family treated her, she would bear it for her daughters.
This continued for four to five years.
During this period, Cheng Feiping had several girlfriends.
But none of those girlfriends were pregnant until he met Ge Chuchu.
Cheng Feiping knew Ge Chuchu’s identity, so he began to pursue Ge Chuchu intensely.
Ge Chuchu soon fell in love with the handsome and humorous Cheng Feiping. She knew Cheng Feiping was a married man, but she didn’t mind. She knew that Cheng Feiping no longer loved his family.
Therefore, the two of them started their affair. The affair had to be brought to the surface when Ge Chuchu became pregnant with a son.
Xiao Lingyu naturally knew about the affair. She knew that Ge Chuchu was pregnant with a son. She no longer had any expectations and feelings for Cheng Feiping. She only wanted a divorce and her girls.
However, Xiao Lingyun was also a meticulous person. She was very familiar with the government’s one-child policy.
The existence of her two daughters might affect Cheng Feiping’s son. So, she became more vigilant.
It was why she was so suspicious when she saw the chicken soup.
‘There must be something wrong with this chicken soup.
As for what the problem was, Xiao Lingyun was not sure.
However, she never expected that the chicken soup would be filled with lethal pesticides.
When Xiao Lingyun saw how sad her eldest daughter was, she felt ashamed. She hugged her daughter. She cried and said, “I’m sorry, Lulu. I shouldn’t have scolded you.”It’s my fault for being useless. I can’t even let you have a good meal. But, can you bear a little longer? Soon, we’ll have a better life, and
you can all the chicken soup you want.”
Cheng Lulu cried and asked sharply, “But, Mom, how long do we have to bear this? Why do Dad, Grandpa, and Grandma dislike my sister and me so much?”
Xiao Lingyun didn’t know how to answer her.
At that moment, the door of Cheng Dawei and his wife’s room suddenly opened with a loud bang.
Ma Meixin looked at Xiao Lingyun and her daughters. She said loudly, “Xiao Lingyun, let me tell you. You are going to finish this chicken soup no matter what!”
Xiao Lingyun’s expression changed drastically, and she asked sharply, “So, something is really wrong with this soup?!”
Ma Meixin turned her head and didn’t answer her. But she thought of something and said, “Xiao Lingyun, as long as you drink the chicken soup obediently, you can take these two bastards away. How about it?”
“What is inside the soup?” Xiao Lingyun didn’t fall for the trick. Her eyes were sharp and vigilant as she stared at Ma Meixin and said coldly, “Ma Meixin, I don’t believe that you would suddenly become so kind-hearted! I’m telling you, I won’t drink the soup!”
Ma Meixin sneered and said firmly, “Hehe. Who said you have a choice… You are going to drink it no matter what!”
