Chapter 268: You’re the One I’m Hitting

Just then, Qin Wenshu egged her on from the side.

"Auntie, I think they’re not opening the door because they have a guilty conscience. She must have deliberately gotten rid of the child to get revenge on our Qin family. Let me kick this door down for you!"

At Qin Wenshu’s words, the color drained from the faces of the mother and daughter in the courtyard.

"No, I’ll get the door." Mother Lan couldn’t let them keep spouting nonsense outside.

If this went on, the Lan family’s reputation would be utterly ruined—they would be branded as people who deliberately abandoned a child.

As reluctant as Lan Qingman was, she knew the door had to be opened.

The mother and daughter went and opened the main gate.

They came face-to-face with a furious Mrs. Qin.

"Mrs. Qin—"

"Mom—"

The mother and daughter cried out at the same time.

The sight of the two of them made Mrs. Qin’s anger flare up, and she could no longer hold it back.

She rushed forward, grabbed Lan Qingman by the collar, and then—SLAP! SLAP! SLAP!—landed several hard blows across her face.

"You damn bitch, did you get rid of our Qiaoqiao on purpose?"

Lan Qingman’s face instantly swelled from the slaps.

The pain made her want to fight back.

But she knew she couldn’t.

She immediately burst into aggrieved tears.

"—Mom, no! I’m Qiaoqiao’s mother, how could I do something so monstrous?"

"That’s right, Mrs. Qin! Qiaoqiao is Lan Qingman’s own flesh and blood; she would never do such a thing! Besides, she’s suffering enough as a mother already, how could you hit her?"

Mother Lan said reproachfully.

Mrs. Qin spat. "Worse than an animal? That’s what you are! The child is so young, but when she had a stomachache, you just sent her to the bathroom by herself while you were stuffing your face in the restaurant. What, have you never eaten a proper meal in your life or something?"

"Lan Qingman, that child has always been healthy. She rarely gets stomachaches. How is it that you take her out for half a day and suddenly she has a stomachache? And isn’t it just too much of a coincidence that she disappeared right then?"

"Did you pay someone to take her away?"

Furious, Mrs. Qin grabbed Lan Qingman by the hair and demanded an answer.

"—Let go of me! I didn’t! You’re framing me—"

"Let go of my daughter! Even if you Qins hate her, you can’t just dump this shit on her!"

Mother Lan tried to pry Mrs. Qin’s hands away.

But in her furious rage, Mrs. Qin was exceptionally strong.

When she saw that old hag, Mother Lan, trying to pull at her, she kicked out and sent her flying.

Qin Wenshu, who had been on the verge of sneakily "helping" out, was completely stunned by the scene.

His jaw dropped.

’Heavens—is this really my usually gentle and graceful aunt?’

’That was brutal.’

’Still... nice kick!’

Mother Lan lay on the ground for a long time, unable to get up.

She howled in pain, "My back! My back is broken—"

"Mom—" Lan Qingman was stunned. "Mom, how could you kick my mother?"

"Who are you calling Mom? I am NOT your mom! Lan Qingman, you heartless wretch! You didn’t just get rid of your own daughter, you’re cowering here at home instead of looking for her. Let me tell you something. If I find out that you deliberately got rid of a child of our Old Qin Family, I will make you regret it."

After delivering her threat, she slapped Lan Qingman a few more times.

Mrs. Qin stormed off, leaving Lan Qingman dizzy and seeing stars from the blows.

Qin Wenshu hurriedly followed.

Lan Qingman was now absolutely livid.

’They had gone too far.’

’How could that old bitch hit me like that?’