I'm dressed up as the timid eldest daughter, and the whole family has to listen to me!

Seeing that Su Banxia had left, Qin Shi anxiously got up and grabbed Liu Pozi's arm, saying:

“Mother, didn’t you say that Aunt Cai was reliable? How did she end up in this mess? I’m really worried right now.”

As she spoke, Madam Qin sighed.

"Do you think Su Tao will be alright? I don't know if she'll be able to go home for her wedding tomorrow."

Granny Liu flung Qin's hand away and glared at her.

"Can't you hope Su Tao gets something out of her?"

Having said that, she went into the house without looking back. At this moment, Granny Liu was already feeling annoyed and had no mind to pay attention to what Qin had said.

As soon as she entered the house, she lay down on the kang (a heated brick bed), her mind racing, trying to figure out how to talk to Aunt Cai about this matter and how to get justice for her daughter.

The next day,

Knowing Su Yunhe's situation, Granny Liu tossed and turned all night, unable to sleep. Just as dawn was breaking, she heard a commotion outside the courtyard.

"Mom, Mom, I'm back! Come out and help me with my things!"

Knowing that Aunt Cai was unreliable, Qin didn't sleep well last night and got up early this morning to tidy up the house.

Although she didn't know if Su Tao would be able to come back today, she still had to clean the house thoroughly and wait for her daughter to return.

Hearing Su Tao's voice, Qin Shi finally felt relieved.

Regardless of anything else, at least his daughter can come home once in a while, which means she's definitely living a better life than Su Yunhe.

Thinking this, Qin hurriedly put down the rag in her hand and ran out.

"Good girl, why are you here so early? You usually can't get up at this time. Oh, why are you carrying so many things?"

As she spoke, Madam Qin hurriedly took the things from Su Tao's hands and led Su Tao into the house.

"By the way, where's Zhang Guang? Why didn't he come with you?"

Speaking of Zhang Guang, Su Tao was filled with anger. She went straight into the house, sat on the kang (a heated brick bed), and took Qin Shi's hand, saying:

“Mother, I said I wouldn’t marry Zhang Guang, but you and Father forced me to marry him. Now look what happened. I only saw him once on the day I got married, and he went to the city to work.”

With that, Su Tao grabbed the teacup on the table and drank it all in one gulp.

"Mother, what did Aunt Cai say to us back then? She kept guaranteeing that once we got married, we could go to live in the city with Zhang Guang."

Su Tao abruptly slammed the teacup she was holding onto the table.

"But now, that's not the case! We've all been fooled by the Zhang family!"

Upon hearing this, Qin quickly grabbed Su Tao's hand and scolded her with heartache:

"That Aunt Cai is truly a wicked woman. I wonder how many girls she's ruined. You have no idea, your aunt..."

Upon hearing this, Su Tao's eyes immediately widened.

"What happened to my aunt? Wasn't she married well? Didn't they say she went to live a life of luxury with the Sun family?"

Qin shook her head.

"You have no idea, that Sun Da is a scoundrel. He teamed up with Aunt Cai to deceive your aunt. That black-hearted woman kept the fact that Sun Da's wife died and that he has three children a secret."

Su Tao already felt wronged enough, but after hearing her mother talk about Su Yunhe, she realized she wasn't so unlucky after all.

"Mother, how could Aunt Cai dare to keep such a big thing from us?"

Madam Qin sighed.

"If Su Banxia hadn't run into Sun Da bullying your aunt in town yesterday, we wouldn't have known about this!"

Su Tao's eyes widened.

"Sun Da seems to be very fond of my aunt, so how could he bear to bully her?"

Qin patted Su Tao's leg and whispered:

"I heard they even beat her up, beat her so badly she was unrecognizable."

Su Tao stared wide-eyed, mouth agape, stunned for a long while before slowly speaking:

"If that's the case, then the Zhang family has treated me quite well. Although I haven't seen Zhang Guang, they haven't laid a hand on me yet."

As she spoke, Su Tao sighed.

"Sigh, but my sister-in-law is a heartless person. She takes advantage of the fact that she married into the family a few years earlier than me and keeps bullying me."

Su Tao pulled Qin's hand.

“Mother, do you remember the day we went to the Zhang family? Zhang Guang’s mother seemed so listless, but she completely changed her attitude after I walked in.”

Upon hearing this, Madam Qin frowned and tightened her grip on Su Tao's hand.

"My dear daughter, you've only just entered the family, and your mother-in-law and the others are already ganging up on you. Right now, you don't have a husband by your side to support you. Just thinking about it makes me worry about you!"

Su Tao's nose tingled, and her eyes reddened as she said:

“Mother, they all bully me. I’m having a very hard time at the Zhang family. I had to get up before dawn to serve my mother-in-law before I could leave. I even bought this food myself with the dowry money you gave me.”

As she spoke, Su Tao began to wipe away her tears.

Upon hearing this, Qin felt a pang of pain in her heart. She recalled how she had been mistreated by her in-laws when she first married into the family, and how Su Ye had shown no compassion for her. She, the only woman, had gone to great lengths to raise Su Tao.

I thought I'd finally made it through the tough times, found a good husband for my daughter, and she wouldn't have to follow the same path I did.

But now, seeing her daughter being mistreated after marriage, all the sadness and heartache she felt back then welled up in her heart.

Qin Shi hugged Su Tao and started crying.

Granny Liu couldn't sleep at all. Thinking that Su Tao was returning home today, she knew she had to go and see what was going on. So she dressed and went to Qin Shi's room.

Upon entering the house, he saw Qin Shi and Su Tao weeping together, their heads clasped in each other's arms. His heart ached, and thinking of his own daughter, Su Yunhe, suffering in the Sun family, tears streamed down his face uncontrollably.

"Don't cry, your crying makes me feel bad too. Why make such a fuss on such a nice day for your bride's return?"

As she spoke, Granny Liu sat down directly on the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed).

"Hey, where's my grandson-in-law? Why didn't he come back with you today?"

Su Tao sniffed and said:

“I came here today with the village’s oxcart. Zhang Guang won’t be here until noon.”

Granny Liu sighed.

"Okay, as long as he can come, that's fine."

Hearing what Granny Liu said, Qin felt inexplicably sad.

"Mother, I didn't have a chance to talk to you yesterday. What are we going to do about Yunhe?"

Upon hearing this, Granny Liu, who had just managed to hold back her tears, burst into tears again.

“I didn’t sleep at all last night. I was thinking that Su Tao’s homecoming today shouldn’t cause too much of a fuss. Besides, we still need Aunt Cai’s help, so we can’t let things get too tense.”

As she spoke, Granny Liu wiped her nose with her sleeve.

"I was thinking of calling my eldest brother, third brother, and second brother tomorrow. We'll go to Sunjia Village together. I want to see how the Sun family treats my daughter."