Mr. Li, my wife doesn’t want to remarry and secretly gives birth to a baby.

Li Qinghe was about to leave with Li Xixi in her arms when Ning Jianan said "bastard child," which Li Qinghe overheard.

She stopped and let Li Xixi leave first.

Li Qinghe stared at Ning Jian'an, completely enraged.

"What did you say?!"

"Who are you calling an unwanted bastard?!"

"Can you say that again?!"

Ning Jian patted her belly and said condescendingly, "You insisted on giving birth to this fatherless bastard, and now you won't let others say anything about it."

"Say it to me again!" Li Qinghe already had some dissatisfaction with Ning Jian'an.

Ning Jian'an was already at her limit when she gave her own mother a cold shoulder. Now that she was talking about Xixi, Li Qinghe couldn't take it anymore and rushed over to grab Ning Jian'an's hair.

While protecting the baby in her belly, Ning Jian'an also grabbed Li Qinghe's collar.

Lu Chunlian had just finished cleaning up the floor when she rushed over to mediate, "Qinghe, your sister-in-law is pregnant with your brother's child, don't hold it against her."

"To fuss over?" Ning Jian'an didn't want to hear that.

He told Lu Chunlian, "It's because I didn't argue with her! She has no respect for me at all!"

Li Qinghe said, "Pah! Do you even act like a sister-in-law? You don't respect me, you don't respect my mother, and you look down on my daughter, so why should I respect you? I don't even know if the child in your belly is my brother's!"

"Are you crazy?!" Ning Jian'an was so angry at being slandered like this that her face turned red. "Apologize to me right now!"

"Why should I? Did you apologize to me? You said Xixi is a bastard, then what kind of bastard are you carrying?"

"Qinghe!"

"Snapped!"

Lu Chunlian's angry rebuke and Ning Jian'an's slap landed almost simultaneously.

"Ning Jian'an, how dare you hit me?!" Li Qinghe, not to be outdone, slapped Ning Jian'an hard across the face.

Li Dongzan saw this scene when he returned.

Li Wenhong was following behind him.

Li Dongzan stepped forward to protect Ning Jian'an, "Li Qinghe, are you crazy?! Don't you know your sister-in-law is pregnant?"

Li Qinghe's eyes instantly reddened, and she felt wronged. "She insulted me first. She called Xixi a bastard first!"

"Qinghe, you should apologize to your sister-in-law right away,"

Li Wenhong walked over and said helplessly, "No matter what, you can't hit your sister-in-law. She's pregnant. What if something happens to her? Do you want your brother to have no descendants?"

Tears welled in Li Qinghe's eyes. "Why is it that Ning Jian'an is carrying a precious grandson, but what about me? Isn't Xixi our family's child?! Just because I don't know who Xixi's father is, you all look down on me like this?! It's one thing for others to mock me, but you are all my family, and you treat me like this! Why?!

Li Qinghe ran out crying.

"Qinghe." Lu Chunlian wanted to chase after her, but it aggravated her wound. Li Wenhong came over and asked her if she was alright.

Lu Chunlian pushed him impatiently, "You're such a smooth talker, can't you even shut up?"

Li Wenhong didn't think he had said anything wrong. After all, their family was finally going to have a grandson, and they couldn't afford any mistakes.

"From now on, Li Qinghe and I will be sworn enemies." Ning Jian'an got angry and turned to go back to her room to rest, with Li Dongzan keeping her company.

Li Wenhong helped Lu Chunlian sit on the sofa.

"Don't touch me." Lu Chunlian was in great pain. Why had her family turned out like this?

What terrible things did she do in her past life?!

Li Wenhong said, "It's because Qinghe is a childish girl; she never grows up."

Lu Chunlian said painfully, "It's because we didn't teach her well that she gave birth to Xixi despite the real consequences. Qinghe has already suffered a lot these years, so how can we blame her? We should also be understanding."

Why are her two children, Dongzan and Qinghe, having such a hard life?

Seeing that Lu Chunlian didn't like him, Li Wenhong got up and went back to his room as if nothing had happened.

As soon as Lu Chunlian turned her head, she saw Li Xixi hiding to the side, secretly wiping away her tears.

Lu Chunlian quickly called Li Xixi over.

Li Xixi cried and said, "Grandma...am I...a burden? Waaah!"

Lu Chunlian wiped away Li Xixi's tears, "No, how could Xixi be a burden? My dear grandson."

"Grandma, but... did Mom leave? Mom... doesn't want me anymore."

“No, Xixi, your mother went out to buy something and will be back soon. Grandma will call her later and she’ll be back.” Lu Chunlian hugged Li Xixi and coaxed her.

Li Xixi kept wiping away tears.

.........

Li Qinghe came back after she had cried enough.

She had no choice but to come back; she had to take Xixi with her. She couldn't leave Xixi alone in this miserable situation.

Fortunately, she still has a house, so at least she and her daughter have a place to stay and are not in such a sorry state.

"Xixi, let's go," Li Qinghe said to Li Xixi. This place was no longer a safe haven for her.

Li Xixi held Lu Chunlian's hand and said, "Mom, it was Grandma who kept comforting me."

Li Qinghe sniffed and said to Lu Chunlian, "Mom, come with me too, come stay at my place."

Li Wenhong walked over, about to speak, but Lu Chunlian thought for a moment and then said something.

"Okay, let's go!"

Li Wenhong said, "What's the rush? Let's leave tomorrow! Chunlian, what if Qinghe can't take good care of you?"

Neither Lu Chunlian nor Li Qinghe paid any attention to him.

Li Qinghe remembered that when she was little, Li Wenhong treated her and Li Dongzan equally well. When she took Li Wenhong's arm and called him "Dad," he would buy her anything.

But she now realizes that in his heart, his son and grandson are still more important.

Why were we so carefree as children? Because we couldn't see the cruelty of reality and the true nature of people.

Li Qinghe hailed a taxi and left with Li Xixi and Lu Chunlian.

Ning Jian'an didn't leave the room once throughout the entire process.

On the way, Lu Chunlian advised Li Qinghe that her sister-in-law was just like that, so why bother arguing with her?

"So she's right to say Xixi is a bastard? Does that mean I'm easy to bully?"

"That's not what Mom meant, Qinghe. Your sister-in-law has a sharp tongue, and sometimes Mom gets angry too. But how could you say that the child in her belly is a bastard? If you get into a conflict with her and push her to the ground, causing her to miscarry, how are you going to clean up the mess? Bloodshed in the family, does that make things better?"

Li Qinghe lowered her head, her shoulders trembling.

"Alright, Mom knows you've been wronged. From now on, try to have less contact with your sister-in-law and don't argue with her anymore."

Li Qinghe cried on Lu Chunlian's shoulder, her tears soaking her clothes.

What upset her even more was the attitude of Li Wenhong and Li Dongzan. The people who used to cherish her like a treasure now...

Li Dongzan didn't even come out to look at her.

Li Xixi handed over a tissue. "Mom. Wipe yourself."