She won't clear her name; she'll throw away all the scum.

"What, did I hit a nerve? You're a spineless man."

“You’re just like the men in Grandpa Ma’s family in our compound, cowards who get beaten by women.”

"You dare hit me? You dare hit me? I'll fight you to the death today!"

The commotion inside was too loud. Chen Xiangbei, who was originally going out to play with his friends, immediately pushed open the door when he heard the noise. He was really afraid that his dad would hit his mom. His dad, a grown man, was actually arguing with his mom. That was so unmanly.

What he saw was his mother straddling his father, attacking him from both sides, while his father dodged everywhere. If he accidentally touched his mother, it would provoke her to hit him even more violently.

"I didn't hit you, I didn't hit you." Old Chen was so afraid of being hit that he didn't dare to open his eyes, fearing that the old woman would hit his eyes and he would really go blind. So he didn't see Chen Xiangbei standing at the door, dumbfounded.

Old Mrs. Xia: "You haven't hit me yet? Then what do you mean by pushing me? Huh, tell me! What exactly do you mean? I've worked so hard to take care of you at home all these years, and I've done something wrong? You actually pushed me! You pushed me!"

Chen Xiangbei came to his senses, but he didn't know what to do. His mother was like a furious dinosaur; anyone who went over would get beaten up.

But he couldn't bear to watch his father be beaten until he begged for mercy, so he closed his eyes and shouted, "Mom, don't hit my face, Dad has to go to work tomorrow."

Grandma Xia regained a little of her senses and stopped hitting his face, instead starting to hit other parts of his body.

When Old Chen heard Chen Xiangbei's voice, he was too weak to resist. He would never have any authority at home again. He lay limply on the ground, letting Old Lady Xia beat him however she wanted.

He seemed to be alive, yet he also seemed to be dead.

He forgot that he had already been beaten in front of his eldest son and father-in-law at their house. By that logic, he had lost all his prestige and face among his family.

He stopped resisting, so Old Lady Xia stopped hitting him. In a fight, you have to strike first. Old Chen had just pushed him, so she had to subdue him immediately. If she hadn't made the first move, who knew if Old Chen would slap her across the face next?

Today, Grandma Xia is doing very well.

"What are you doing standing here so late at night? Did you take a shower?" Grandma Xia looked her youngest son up and down. "You're dressed so neatly, are you going out to play with your friends again?"

Chen Xiangbei was most unhappy about Grandma Xia talking about his friends. What's wrong with his friends? They're such good friends. They take him with them no matter what they do, and they share their food with him. They're truly loyal brothers who share both good times and bad.

He wanted to argue and express his dissatisfaction, but seeing his father lying on the ground like a puddle of mud, even if he was brainless, he didn't dare to say anything. Otherwise, tonight, not only his father would be lying on the ground like a puddle of mud, but he would be too.

"No, I'm not going out, hehe." Under Grandma Xia's watchful gaze, he returned to his room dejectedly, planning to sneak out later.

In the middle of the night, Chen Xiangnan said he was tired and had already fallen asleep. Chen Lingling and Chen Xianghong slept together, afraid that she would hear something unpleasant and be traumatized. But Dong Chunmiao tossed and turned, because she had just heard Chen Xiangnan tell her that they were getting a divorce.

To be honest, she didn't want a divorce, especially since she had just come to realize that her family, whom she thought had been so good to her, wasn't actually that kind. If she divorced, not only would she not find a better man than Chen Xiangnan, but her family might also marry her off to a terrible man in exchange for a high dowry.

She felt very uneasy, and not only did she resent her family, but she also resented Chen Lingling.

If it weren't for Chen Lingling, that useless woman who couldn't even do simple chores properly, she wouldn't have gone over to scold her, slipped, and ended up losing her son.