Chapter 878: One Must Pay the Price for One's Own Mistakes

"Don't cry."

"Boo-hoo-hoo..."

"Stop talking, or do you want me to hit you?"

The more she forbade him from speaking, the louder he cried.

Yafang rushed over in a panic to cover Sheng Zichen's mouth: "Stop crying, stop shouting."

But she didn't guard against Xiao Fei running out; he stood outside the door and shouted loudly: "Help! Someone help!"

"Oh my little ancestor, aren't you ruining me?" Yafei let go of Zichen and went to grab Sheng Aifei, but just as she stepped out the door, Sheng Zichen shouted from inside: "Help! Yafang is hurting people!"

"Don't talk nonsense."

She hadn't caught Xiao Fei, and the shouting started again inside.

Anxious, she ran back again, while Sheng Aifei continued: "Come quickly, save Zichen..."

She wanted to cover both of them, but couldn't cover either; the two children were crying and shouting so loudly that they quickly attracted other staff members, who took her and the two children away.

Yafang stood before Shi Youxuan, still quibbling: "Madam, you cannot listen to the nonsense of children; they are lying."

Sheng Zichen retorted: "I'm not lying, I heard it with my own ears. Mother is a bad person; just now she almost smothered me to death and threatened me not to tell anyone, otherwise she would poison my food and kill me."

"Boo-hoo-hoo, Mother, I don't want to die, I'm scared!"

Yafei felt a chill all over; she hadn't expected Sheng Zichen to have learned all these words.

Where was he scared?

Not a single word was off.

This child looked silly, but he was actually very shrewd; she had underestimated him.

But she still had a glimmer of hope, hoping that Sheng Aifei would be biased toward her; they both came from the same place and were even relatives, so he wouldn't turn his back on his own kin, would he?

So she looked at Sheng Aifei.

As long as Aifei said the same thing as her, she would have a chance to prove that Sheng Zichen was lying.

But soon, this glimmer of hope was also extinguished.

Sheng Aifei did not lie; he pointed at Yafang and said: "Auntie Fang is lying, everything Zichen said is true."

"Auntie Fang told me not to call you Mother; she said you don't have good intentions, and that you are only pretending to be good to me for Dad to see."

"But I know that's not true; even when Dad isn't home, Mother is very good to me."

"My real mother only smiles when she mentions Dad, and she often hits me, but Mother Xuanxuan has never hit me once."

"You heartless little thing, you ungrateful wretch, your mother hasn't been dead long and you're already calling another woman mother, you little bastard..." Yafang lunged over to hit him, but he didn't move an inch.

Back at the Fishing Village, being hit was a daily occurrence; one couldn't dodge, as dodging would only lead to a worse beating.

A child's heart is actually very simple; he didn't understand those twists and turns, he only knew that whoever was good to him, he would be good to them.

He stiffened his neck, prepared to take the blow, but the slap didn't land on him.

Yafang's arm was raised high, and just as the slap was about to fall, her wrist was grabbed.

Immediately after, a slap landed on her face—"Smack!"

Five bright red finger marks were printed on her cheek, burning with pain.

"You hit me?"

She was shocked.

Shi Youxuan: "Yes, I hit you, so what?"

"Xiao Fei is my son now; what kind of thing do you think you are? Dare to touch a finger of his and see what happens?"

"You aren't allowed to touch either of my two sons!"

Shi Youxuan rarely lost her temper and usually appeared approachable.

But when she became serious, the aura she radiated made people afraid to look directly at her, not a bit inferior to her husband, Sheng Hanyu.

But this wasn't over yet.

She ordered Yafang: "Pack your things immediately and get out of the Resort right now. I'll give you three days to leave Jiangzhou for the sake of your mother-in-law; if you haven't left within three days, don't blame me for being impolite."

"On what grounds..."

Before she could finish her sentence, she was dragged away.

On what grounds?

On the grounds of strength.

In this world, don't expect absolute fairness.

Fairness is a game set by the strong, but it is ridiculous that there are always weak people who think it is their right!

Just like people like Yafang, who think that because they are relatives they should be above everything; it is truly ridiculous.

The family returned from the Resort in silence, the atmosphere very solemn.

This was the first time such a thing had happened, but it would definitely not be the last; there is never a shortage of people in this world who look for trouble!

The way this matter was handled was directly related to how much trouble of this kind there would be in the future.

At first, Wang Yinghao felt that perhaps the handling of Yafang was a bit too harsh; she was still young, so a reprimand and education would have sufficed. Driving her out of Jiangzhou directly was too heartless; how would she face Fang Jie?

But after thinking it over on the way back, she still felt her daughter-in-law did the right thing.

After arriving home, Fang Jie packed her luggage, apologized to Shi Youxuan, and resigned: "I'm sorry, Madam, I didn't expect her to be so muddled; I resign."

"Why?"

The Madam stared into her eyes, as if she could see straight into her heart.

"Are you resenting me because I am driving your daughter-in-law away?"

"No, it's not like that."

Fang Jie hurriedly explained, "Madam, I am ashamed; I am ashamed that I did not raise her well and that my judgment of people was poor, to actually agree to let her enter our family."

Fang Jie also had unspeakable bitterness.

When Yafang was dating her son, she actually did not really approve.

This girl's way of thinking, ideas, and customs were all different from theirs.

She did not like it, but her son was willing, so she arranged for the two of them to get married.

After they married, they could not get along in anything, and she had trouble speaking of it.

Although Fang Jie did not like her daughter-in-law's style of doing things, since she had married into the family, they were one family; she felt she also had responsibility for the mistakes her daughter-in-law made, so she offered her resignation.

But it was not permitted.

Shi Youxuan: "Our whole family cannot do without you; you are you, and she is she. She has already been punished for the mistakes she made; what does it have to do with you?"

Fang Jie's face was already covered in tears.

……

L Country and Jiangzhou were to hold a transnational summer camp.

Both sides would each send ten students to the other country for a friendly visit, lasting one month.

Originally, on the Jiangzhou side, Shi Ran was to be one of the exchange students, but just before departure, she was replaced!

When Shi Ran learned she had been replaced, she was very unhappy; she went to the Principal's office to inquire, demanding a reasonable explanation.

The Principal's explanation was very reasonable—this was a decision by the Board of Directors; go back and ask the Chairman, and you will know.

After school.

Shi Youxuan was watering flowers in the courtyard, and the gardener stood by, trembling with fear.

"Madam, this type of flower likes it a bit dry; watering it too much won't do."

"Oh, then I'll prune the branches."

She was obedient, putting down the watering can and picking up the iron shears to start snipping!

"Madam, you really shouldn't do this kind of rough work; let me do it." The gardener felt uneasy.

"It's fine, I don't mind a little hard work occasionally."

"You won't..."

In his anxiety, the gardener blurted out the truth.

"If I don't know how, I can learn; pruning just means cutting it into a circle, right? I'll practice."

"Snip, snip, snip"—a few cuts later—it wasn't round at all!

She cut a few more times from the other side, but it still wasn't round.

A few more snips—it was bald!