Mu Lian looked at her daughter in disbelief. Even Fang Guoqiang didn't expect that his timid little daughter would react like this.

In my memory, Fang Mingyue was lively and cheerful when she was a child. I don’t know when she started to become more and more silent in this family, but she was always obedient. If Mu Lian asked her to go east, she would never dare to go west.

But today-

"Fang Mingyue, are you courting death? You ungrateful, money-losing bastard, how dare you disobey me? Who gave you the guts to speak to me like that?"

Mu Lian, who always had a firm grip on her daughter, could not accept her resistance at all. This was even more painful to her than Fang Guoqiang beating her.

She suddenly got up from the ground and slapped her daughter hard in the face without thinking.

But this time, Fang Mingyue did not endure it silently.

She suddenly raised her thin arm and grabbed her mother's wrist.

In the past, she was as humble as dust in this family.

The mother only has eyes for her son. If she is not satisfied with anything, she will either beat or scold him.

Although her father did not favor boys over girls and loved her, he was too busy to take care of the family.

Even if she mustered the courage to cry to her father, her mother would always brush the matter off lightly as long as she shed a few tears. But once her father left, the torture that awaited her was even more severe.

The hopeless future made her learn to obey early on.

She thought this was how her life would be.

Like my eldest cousin from my grandmother's family, who one day married a terrible man for her brother's future; or like my second cousin, who went to the countryside for her brother when she just turned sixteen, and lived a life with a predictable end.

But today, at this moment - she seemed to see hope.

Because her second brother and sister Nuonuo saved her again.

"You, you dare to fight back?!" Mu Lian opened her eyes wide and looked at her daughter in shock.

"Why don't I dare!"

Fang Mingyue knew that this was her only chance.

For the sake of her own future, she must ask her father to kick this woman out today, and she must also ask that so-called brother to get out of the house together.

It's time to say out all the words that have been buried in my heart for many years.

"In your heart, I have never been your daughter. I'm just a punching bag for you to beat and scold, someone you can sacrifice everything for your precious son at any time!"

"I've never understood why, if you hated daughters so much, you didn't just strangle me to death when you gave birth to me. That would have saved a lot of food and money."

"And...how did you have the nerve to say those words to Father just now? Have you forgotten everything you did?"

"You tried every possible means to kick my eldest and second brothers out of this family, just to monopolize Grandpa, Grandma, and Dad's wages. You even wanted to take the dowry left by Aunt Zhou An for yourself!"

"It was Fang Li who hit me, but you forced me to say it was my second brother. Fang Li tore up Grandpa's calligraphy and paintings, but you insisted that it was Sister Nuonuo who did it."

"Because you know that these things will only make Dad more disappointed in the eldest and second brothers, but they won't spread to the Zhou and Bai families. No matter how much Grandpa likes a piece of calligraphy and painting, he won't blame Sister Nuonuo, so these things will definitely not be exposed, but Dad will feel uncomfortable because he knows that it is Grandpa's favorite.

As long as Dad has a falling out with his eldest and second brothers, grandparents as parents will naturally favor their own sons, and your goal will be achieved.

Unfortunately... you underestimated how important your eldest and second brothers were to Grandpa and Grandma. The end result was that our family of four was shut out by Grandpa and Grandma. In the following years, Grandpa and Grandma refused to relent. Now they only agree to let Dad visit occasionally, but we can no longer go to Grandpa and Grandma's house."

"After that incident, you realized that these things were useless, and you hated grandpa and grandma even more for not allowing us siblings to go there. You couldn't find another opportunity to break up the relationship between them, so you set your sights on Sister Nuonuo.

I just happened to see Sister Nuonuo playing in the central lake, and she forced me to push her, even though it was winter!

But you don't care at all, you just want your eldest brother and second brother to completely fall out with the family! Because you know very well that they care about the Bai brothers and sisters the most! "

"I was so scared at the time that I refused to go, but your precious son rushed over and pushed me into the water! My eldest and second brothers came to our house, and you turned around and blamed it all on me, saying that I accidentally pushed Sister Nuonuo in because I was trying to grab her skirt!"

"I was too timid to tell the truth, so Fang Li and I were hung up and beaten by the eldest and second brothers. I was a coward, and I deserved it. I never hate them, I only hate you!"

"Do you remember what you did? You ran away that very day and told everyone in the compound that Big Brother and Second Brother beat Fang Li and me to death in order to steal my things. You wanted to ruin their reputations here and even wanted to ruin their futures.

After that, you only felt sorry for Fang Li when you came home, applying medicine to him and coaxing him to eat, but you left me on the cold ground without caring about me, just so that Dad would come back and see me injured and sick, so that he could go and cause trouble for my eldest and second brothers, and make the conflict between them worse!"

"That night Fang Li had a fever, and you rushed him to the hospital, completely forgetting about me, who was also injured, also had a fever, and hadn't eaten or drunk anything for a whole day and night..."

"Do you know who saved me?"

"It was my second brother and sister Nuonuo. My second brother had just been scolded by my father the day before, and the next day he wanted to come and destroy this house...but he found me in the small compartment on the first floor."

"He and Sister Nuonuo applied medicine to me and cooked me a bowl of hot porridge. If it weren't for them...waiting for you to come back slowly the next day, I might have died long ago!"

Fang Mingyue chuckled and slowly looked at her father. "Dad, you're a senior military officer, and your monthly salary is several times that of an ordinary worker. You wouldn't believe it, but your daughter can't even afford a bowl of thick multi-grain porridge when you're not home. I always eat the leftover soup from Fang Li and Mu Lian."

"Mu Lian said in front of you that 'girls have small appetites', but I do all the housework, including changing clothes when you come back. I'm exhausted every day, so how could I have a small appetite?

Only when you come home for dinner can I eat a whole steamed bun, drink a bowl of porridge with rice grains visible, and eat a piece of meat that you personally pick up for me."

“I lived to the age of twelve, and as far as I can remember, the only place where I could get enough food was at my grandparents’ house.

The only candy I have ever eaten was given to me by my eldest brother when he came back to visit my grandparents when I was young.

The only biscuits I have ever eaten were the ones my second brother gave me when he brought my sister Nuonuo home and saw me at the door of my grandfather's house.

The only glass of milk I ever drank was at Grandpa's house. My eldest brother made milk for Sister Nuonuo and gave me an extra glass.

After saying this, Fang Mingyue looked at Mu Lian, whose face was pale, again, with a faint smile on her lips, but her eyes were full of frost.

"Mom, do you remember? When I was little, you always asked me to sneak into Grandpa's house to beg for money, and if I didn't get any, you would beat me when I came back."

"Do you know why I can't get it every time? It's not because my grandparents don't love me and won't give it to me."

"It's because I've never brought this up before, and because I, Fang Mingyue, still have a clear conscience."

"But even if I get beaten and scolded every time I come back from my grandfather's house, I'm still willing to go."

"Because only there can I sit or lie down peacefully for a while without worrying about a younger brother suddenly rushing out to punch and kick me, or worrying about being despised and cursed by my own mother for not working."

"Sometimes I even think, if only I could have the courage to leave home like my older brothers... But unfortunately, I don't have that kind of luck. I don't have a grandparent family willing to support and protect me, and I don't dare to wander around on my own."

"Because... I still want to live."

[If I can't make up for it today, I'll postpone the payment for yesterday for one day. I'll try to make it up tomorrow, hehe.]

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