Chapter 274: No Way to Morally Blackmail Me

Chapter 274: Chapter 274: No Way to Morally Blackmail Me

"You keep saying I live a cushy life at home—what kind of cushy life am I living? Rice doesn’t jump into the pot and cook itself, vegetables don’t wash themselves and turn into dishes! Clothes don’t magically become clean on their own, melon seeds don’t shell themselves! I’m the one doing all of this, and you? You’re never satisfied, always complaining this is no good, that is no good!"

"I thought once I had Xiao Ye you’d get better. Instead, after I had him, you got even worse. Xiao Ye is my child, flesh that fell from my body, not yours! What right do you have to snatch my son away from me, to stop him from being with me? Every time he’s with me for a while, you find some excuse to carry him off. Every day you badmouth me in front of my son, run me down like I’m worth nothing, stomp me under your feet—does that make you look impressive?"

"Why do you think I want to divorce your son? Isn’t it all because of you? I want to divorce your son, did you hear that? It’s your son who doesn’t agree—he’d rather move out with me and Xiao Ye than divorce me. So stop saying I’m clinging to your son! Since you think he’s so great, take him back, keep him by your side and treasure him! Let me and Xiao Ye go! You hold your son, I hold my child! From now on, the bridge is the bridge, the road is the road—we go our separate ways!"

Liu Lili poured out everything in her heart in one breath. Mrs. Qin was already so furious she couldn’t speak, her face flushed red.

It was like Liu Lili had ripped off her mask in front of everyone, exposing all her little schemes.

"I’m your mother! How can you talk to me like this!" Mrs. Qin roared.

"Now you say you’re my mother again. Weren’t you the one who said you’re not my mother? You’re Qin Lang’s mother, you’re Qin Shuang’s mother—only thing you’re not is my mother!" Liu Lili sneered. "If it weren’t for Qin Lang, who do you think you are to me? I wouldn’t even spare you a glance. The only reason we have any relationship at all is because you’re Qin Lang’s mother. Once Qin Lang and I split, you don’t even count as my relative, understand?"

Liu Lili’s words choked Mrs. Qin silent.

Fu Xiaoxiao almost wanted to applaud Liu Lili.

This was a head-on, straight-up confrontation! All the grievances she’d swallowed over the years, she was finally venting them out.

"Everyone come look! This daughter-in-law is rebelling... She doesn’t put her mother-in-law in her eyes at all, she’s even forcing my son to move out with her. You tell me how this house is supposed to go on..."

Mrs. Qin yelled for everyone to come see Liu Lili’s true colors, hoping they’d criticize Liu Lili.

"Our compound is full of educated, reasonable, civilized people. Sister-in-law, I think if there’s something, you can go home, close the door, and talk it out properly, but there’s no need to put this in front of outsiders and ask everyone to take sides for you!"

A woman wearing glasses couldn’t help stepping forward. She’d been listening from the side for a long time, and all she’d heard was Mrs. Qin’s complaints and dissatisfaction with Liu Lili.

Now seeing her try to use public opinion to force her daughter-in-law to submit, she really couldn’t stand it anymore.

"That’s right! You’re tearing your daughter-in-law down like this in front of everyone—isn’t that bad for her? She’s still the woman your son likes, after all. You keep saying she’s useless, but she’s the one your son likes! Aren’t you basically cursing your own son along with her?"

Fu Xiaoxiao looked at Mrs. Qin and spoke seriously.

"And when a couple gets married, it’s the two of them living their life. You meddling this much in your son’s affairs, treating her with so little respect—it’s really over the line."

Many people nodded in agreement with Fu Xiaoxiao.

"Exactly! Every family lives like this, what’s so impossible about it? Your daughter-in-law is already good enough to you, but you’re still not satisfied, always trying to keep her under your thumb."

"We’ve all been mothers-in-law—you think we can’t see what you’re up to? You want your daughter-in-law to obey your every word. She’s a person, not a cat or a dog! How can you talk to her like that?"

"Yeah! I’m a daughter-in-law too. If my mother-in-law despised me like this, I’d rather divorce as well. I honestly don’t know how she managed to put up with you for so long!"

"Buying you clothes, pounding your back? That’s a wonderful daughter-in-law! I’d kill for a daughter-in-law like that, and you still look down on her like this, even point at her and curse her in the street. Have you ever respected her?"

The public opinion was completely one-sided. Seeing how aggressive Mrs. Qin had been just now, then seeing the daughter-in-law willing to divorce rather than stay in that home, it was obvious how much she’d suffered.

Anyone with eyes could see this daughter-in-law had been pushed to the brink.

"Why won’t you help me? It’s clearly all her fault—why are you all blaming me..." What Mrs. Qin couldn’t accept most was that everyone was standing with Liu Lili, opposing her.

"We side with reason, not relatives. And besides, we’re not related to you." someone said coolly.

"Still putting on your ’mother-in-law’ airs in front of your daughter-in-law? The Qing Dynasty’s been gone for a long time, and you’re still playing the mother-in-law card. Wake up already!"

Fu Xiaoxiao watched more and more people speak up, then stepped forward and patted the pale-faced Liu Lili. Liu Lili was gasping for breath.

She’d already burned through all her courage just now. After speaking all her true feelings, her chest felt much lighter.

"Mom! What are you doing!" Someone had gone to tell Qin Lang, and the moment he heard Mrs. Qin had appeared at the school gate and even tried to lay hands on Liu Lili in public, he dropped everything and rushed over.

"Son, you came just in time. I want you to divorce Liu Lili and bring Xiao Ye home. We can’t keep this woman in our family—she’s a jinx, she’s turned our house upside down and there’s no peace." Mrs. Qin grabbed onto him like he was a lifeline, quickly accusing Liu Lili in front of Qin Lang.

"I won’t divorce Liu Lili. Not in this lifetime." Hearing Mrs. Qin’s words, a cold light flashed in Qin Lang’s eyes. "No matter how many times you kick up a fuss, I’m not moving back home again. Lili isn’t the one making the house restless—you are."

"What nonsense are you spouting! When have I ever made the house restless?" Mrs. Qin looked at Qin Lang with a wounded expression.

"The suffering you talk about, we’re the ones who caused it, what’s it got to do with Lili? If you want to blame someone, blame Dad, blame me, blame Shuangshuang—just don’t you dare blame Lili. She married me and has always respected you and loved you. And you? Do you even realize everything you’ve done to her? I used to think, because you’re my mother, she should give in to you, not argue with you. That just let you push further and further, bullying Lili more and more." Qin Lang had figured it all out over this period of time. After moving out, he felt an ease he’d never felt before.

Only then did he realize how much wrong he’d made Liu Lili suffer, that suffocating feeling.

"You can call me an unfilial son all you want, but you’re not calling Liu Lili unfilial. From now on I’ll live outside with them, and you don’t need to call me home, because I’m not going back!" Qin Lang stepped forward and pulled Liu Lili into his arms, shielding her behind him so Mrs. Qin couldn’t bully her anymore.

Liu Lili stared at the man standing in front of her. She hadn’t shed a tear even when she’d just been cursed out like that, but now she couldn’t stop crying. All those years of grievance—she’d waited for this back, this stance, for so many years.

"Qin Lang! I’m your mother! And you’re taking her side instead of mine! After all the hardship I went through raising you..."