Su Haijun glared at his wife. That stupid, idiotic woman—this time, it was over for them.
So many people had heard everything. Soon, the whole factory would be talking about their family, and everyone would know.
The factory management had already been planning to push him out to make way for his relatives. After this fiasco, there was no way he could keep his job.
If he lost his position, he would definitely give that stupid, idiotic woman a severe beating.
He wasn’t usually this dumb—what happened today? Did she get kicked in the head by a donkey on the way out?
In truth, no one knew that Su Muxue had secretly sprinkled a little “madness powder” on He Fengzhen.
When you’re punishing scum, you have to do it properly—you can’t give them a chance to turn the tables. She always remembered the saying: “Mercy toward others is cruelty to yourself.”
At this point, Li Guixiang stepped forward. “So Su girl isn’t really from your Lao Su family. No wonder you treated her like this.”
“You’re really beasts. Her mother entrusted her to you and even gave you money to take care of her, and this is how you repay her? Truly black-hearted!”
Everyone present now felt sorry for Su Muxue. Such a young girl, abused and beaten by people like this—no wonder they were so ruthless. It made sense that they weren’t her biological parents.
Su Muxue looked at the police officers timidly. “Officers, you heard what my so-called mother said. She admitted I’m not her daughter and even said that after you leave, she wants to kill me.”
“You are good officers of the people—you must help me.”
She added, “And she just called me the family’s maid and spread all sorts of feudal nonsense.”
“Spreading feudal superstition is a punishable offense, right? Look at how righteous and selfless I am—you should all learn from me.”
“People like this, who spread feudal superstition, should be punished. I don’t need rewards—I’m just doing a good deed.”
Captain Guan Jingxiu of the police almost rolled his eyes.
He could tell this little girl was deliberately setting these people up. But it was also their own stupidity that made them reveal everything in front of so many witnesses. In his years of service, he’d never seen anything so foolish.
The others thought: How did Su girl suddenly become so articulate? She’s completely different from before. If she had been like this earlier, she wouldn’t have been bullied by He Fengzhen’s family for so long.
They had even heard she was sent to the northeastern countryside, where it’s freezing in winter, weak people could easily freeze to death, and there’s barely any food—just wild vegetables, coarse grains, and daily farm work.
If a girl was even a little beautiful, she could be harassed by ruffians. If she resisted, they might try to ruin her reputation. Thinking about it, they all shivered in fear. Su girl is so beautiful—I really worry about her.
Alas, they felt helpless. Even their own children had no jobs; they might also be sent to the countryside.
Guan Jingxiu cleared his throat and said, “Comrade Su, we heard what Comrade He said. Don’t worry, we’ll take her back for proper guidance and education.”
He then quietly asked Su Muxue, “Do you need any other help? If it’s within my duties, I’ll do my best. If it’s serious, I might be limited in what I can do.”
Su Muxue glanced at Guan Jingxiu and immediately thought of severing ties with her family. Now was the perfect opportunity.
After all, He Fengzhen had already admitted in front of so many people that she wasn’t their biological daughter. Why stay in this house and let them disgust her?
She looked around at the people and the police and said, “I believe everyone just heard my so-called mother say that I’m not her biological daughter. My real mother entrusted me to her care back then.”
“What I want to say is: since I’m not their daughter, I must be separated from this family and cut ties.”
“Over these past ten-plus years, you all have seen how they treated me. The only reason they kept me alive was to wait until I turned 18, so they could take the money my mother left me and then marry me off to a wealthy family for a dowry.”
“Since they hate me so much, constantly beating and scolding me, and calling me a freeloading brat…”
“I don’t understand. Didn’t He Fengzhen say my mother gave her money? Then why do they keep saying I freeload?”
“Even if the money my mother gave was meant to compensate for raising me, I’ve been working all these years. Everything I earned went to buying groceries, cooking oil, and household necessities.”
“Everything—groceries, supplies—was bought by me. Even the little savings I managed to keep were taken by them. And they dare say I freeload? That’s blatant lying.”
“Many times, they wouldn’t even feed me. Even if I cooked, if they weren’t home and I ate, they’d beat me badly.”
“Recently, they’ve completely stopped me from eating. Where do they get the nerve to call me a freeload?”
“Now I know they aren’t my biological parents. No wonder they bullied me so shamelessly, abused me, and wished I’d die.”
“In front of so many people, they said they’d kill me. How could I stay in this house? If I did, they’d have to come collect my corpse.”
“I’m still young, and I must think about my own safety. I understand it wasn’t easy to raise me over the years…”
“But do they think it was easy for me? Being scolded and beaten every day—would anyone here tolerate that?”
“No one knows how much it hurts unless it’s their own body. No matter what anyone says today, I’ve decided: I’m cutting ties. Call me disobedient, call me inhuman—it doesn’t matter.”
“I don’t believe anyone could live calmly with such family members.”
“Did my mother really entrust me to He Fengzhen to be bullied and beaten every day?”
“She says I freeload and do nothing—but her own three children laze around and throw tantrums every day. Why doesn’t she beat them?”
“Am I supposed to be beaten to death just because I’m not their real child? Where’s the justice in that?”