It was past nine in the evening when Feng Chuxiao and the other two finally arrived in the provincial capital and returned to the Feng family home.
"Why are you back so late?" Ma Cuixiang complained.
"The road is so long, how could we get back any faster?" Feng Peng frowned. "Stop the nonsense and go prepare the bathwater."
He was already annoyed enough on the journey, and he didn't want to see his wife's impatient face. He threw the empty bag onto the table and then slumped heavily onto the sofa.
The fan whirred, but it couldn't blow away the irritation in his heart.
Ma Cuixiang didn't leave immediately. Instead, she cast her gaze at Feng Chuxiao, looking at her daughter who resembled a beggar. A trace of contempt and disgust flashed in her eyes.
"Don't you even have a pair of clean shoes? What if you dirty the house?"
Before Feng Chuxiao could speak, Feng Likai said in a deep voice, "Mom, you knew that Sister was coming back today, didn't you even go out to buy her some things?"
"I..." Looking at her son's expression, which was as dark as water, Ma Cuixiang found herself unable to speak.
Looking at this clean and high-end home, Feng Chuxiao felt no sense of inferiority. Since this so-called biological mother disliked her so much, she would only make her dislike her even more.
So, as she walked into the living room, she deliberately rubbed the soles of her shoes hard on the floor a few times, transferring all the dirt from the bottom of her shoes onto the clean floor.
Just as Ma Cuixiang was about to speak, Feng Chuxiao quickly walked past them to the sofa and then plopped down on it.
"You're so dirty, how can you just sit down like that?" Feng Liya, who had been hiding by her room's doorway, finally couldn't help but rush out.
Feng Chuxiao looked at the exquisitely dressed girl and said teasingly, "Oh, who is this? Feng Daping's own daughter, someone who usurped a nest. Now she dislikes his own flesh and blood. What great upbringing!"
"You..." Feng Liya's eyes immediately turned red. She threw herself into Ma Cuixiang's arms. "Mom, look how she can talk to me like that. She's just really dirty! I didn't say anything wrong."
"Shut up!" Feng Likai roared, his anger no longer containable. "Feng Liya, recognize your own identity! Mom and Dad can't protect you forever!"
Ma Cuixiang pointed at Feng Chuxiao and said angrily, "Likai, what's wrong with you? Ya is the sister who has lived with you for so many years. What's so good about that brat that you're siding with her so much?"
"Mom, if you're going to bully Chuxiao because of Feng Liya, then I'll make the fact that you abandoned your biological daughter known to everyone, and I'll even publish it in the newspaper!" Feng Likai threatened.
Feng Chuxiao clapped her hands in approval. This brother was truly qualified. Good, she was willing to acknowledge him.
"I'm tired and sleepy. Do you have a room prepared for me? If not, I'll sleep in Feng Liya's room."
Ma Cuixiang hadn't expected that her daughter, who grew up in a poor region, would not only have no sense of inferiority but would also be so arrogant.
She looked Feng Chuxiao up and down again. Who gave her the confidence? Or was it ignorance and lack of upbringing that made her so lawless, thinking she could live a good life by returning to this home?
Feng Peng saw Ma Cuixiang standing there in a daze and said with a cold face, "What are you standing there daydreaming for? We've been traveling all day and are exhausted. Arrange what needs to be arranged!"
His continuous outbursts also angered Ma Cuixiang. She retorted, "Arrange what? Who told you to go pick up this broom star without permission? Look at her, isn't bringing her back embarrassing?"
Feng Chuxiao poured herself a glass of water and drank it. Then she stood up, walked to Ma Cuixiang, and slapped her twice across the face, saying calmly, "You call me a broom star? I think you're the broom star. Otherwise, how could you have given birth to a broom star daughter like me?"
"How shameless! You don't want your own child but insist on raising someone else's daughter. Aren't you despicable? If you didn't want to give birth, why did you get into bed with Feng Peng in the first place!"
After Feng Chuxiao finished speaking, the entire living room fell into dead silence. No one expected her to utter such harsh words. This was practically tearing off the faces of Feng Peng and his wife and stomping on them!
Ma Cuixiang let out a loud "Ah!" and, coming back to her senses, lunged at Feng Chuxiao. "I'm going to beat you to death, you broom star! You little slut!"
She chased, and Feng Chuxiao ran. Feng Chuxiao thought that this was just the interest for the two slaps she'd just delivered.
They circled the living room a few times. Feng Chuxiao didn't feel anything, but Ma Cuixiang was already panting.
Feng Likai watched this farce and sighed. He got up and pulled Ma Cuixiang back. "Mom, do you want to make things ugly for everyone?"
"But didn't you see her hit me? You unfilial son, watching her hit me and not fighting back, what's the use of me raising you all these years? Fight back!" Ma Cuixiang was trembling with anger. In all these years, who had dared to hit her!
Feng Chuxiao clenched her slender fists and waved them in front of Ma Cuixiang. "Say one more word, and I'll hit you again."
"Get out! Get out of this house! I never want to see you again!"
Ma Cuixiang truly didn't want to see Feng Chuxiao again. She was so angry!
"Then ask your man if he's willing?"
Although Feng Peng wouldn't drive Feng Chuxiao away, he also wouldn't allow a young girl to be so presumptuous. He reprimanded, "Feng Chuxiao, you've gone too far! How can you be so rebellious? Apologize to your mother!"
"How can your skin be so thick? You haven't raised me for a single day, yet you want me to call you 'Mom' and apologize to someone who spews filth? Does she deserve it? Aren't you afraid of divine retribution!" Feng Chuxiao mocked.
Feng Peng was speechless. This was the first time he had encountered someone so impervious to reason.
Feng Likai frowned. "Chuxiao, you can't talk like that. It's too rude. Be more careful in the future."
"Okay, I know. I can be elegant too, and I know a few idioms. People like those two are hypocritical. They're willing to abandon their own children for their own benefit. They have no conscience!"
"Feng Chuxiao, I've said it before, it was a mistake in the adoption." Feng Peng emphasized. No matter what, he would never admit that it was intentional, lest he give anyone leverage.
Feng Chuxiao waved her hand, acting as if everyone understood. "Less nonsense, where am I sleeping?"
Feng Peng looked at Ma Cuixiang. He naturally wouldn't handle such matters, but he also didn't want to see this infuriating rebellious daughter right now.
Ma Cuixiang was still angry. She didn't care. Sleep wherever she wanted, or get out on the street.
Seeing this, Feng Chuxiao directly walked into Feng Liya's room and quickly closed the door from the inside.
Feng Liya, who had just realized what was happening, quickly went to bang on the door. "Come out, you get out! You're not allowed in my room!"
But no matter how much she banged, there was no sound from inside.
Feng Liya was furious. She also started to speak without restraint. "You country bumpkin! Stinking beggar! Get out of my room, you're not allowed to touch my things!"
She was the most pampered child in this family, even her two older brothers were secondary. So, even if she usually pretended to be well-behaved, she couldn't maintain the act at this moment.
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