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

Upon hearing Qin's words, Su Tao's eyes lit up, and she grabbed Qin's hand excitedly, saying:

"Mother, are you really telling the truth? I've known for a long time that Li Ayu is no good. Now look what's happened, she's left my father all alone and gone off to fool around with some random man. How is my father feeling right now?"

Madam Qin smiled.

"What can your father do? He's just a wilted eggplant after the frost. Now that she's run off with another man, he can't stop her even if he wants to. You don't know your father. He's all show and no substance. He cares about his image. The night Li Ayu ran away, your father didn't dare disturb anyone in the village, afraid that others would say he was a coward and incompetent, unable to even keep a woman."

Su Tao covered her mouth and chuckled upon hearing this.

"Hehe, my dad brought this on himself. It's good that he gets what he deserves now. That way, he'll be more willing to live with you after all this time. He'll realize that you're the best after all the ups and downs."

Hearing this, the girls in the dorm smiled helplessly and reached out to tidy up the stray hairs on Su Tao's forehead.

"After all these years, I've long since lost all respect for your father. I don't expect him to come back to me. Now, just thinking about what he did makes me feel disgusted. It's better this way. We don't interfere with each other and each live our own lives. That way, I'm more at ease."

Su Tao nodded helplessly after hearing Qin's words.

“I understand, Mother. I won’t get involved in these things. Do whatever you want. You’ve endured so many years of hardship on your own. If my father comes back to you now, I wouldn’t even acknowledge him.”

Madam Qin smiled.

"Let's not talk about that annoying person anymore. By the way, daughter, did that Liu family give you any attitude?"

Su Tao snorted coldly.

"Now she has no face to give me face. She doesn't even have a child in her belly. Don't worry, Mother, I won't interfere with her life. Besides, I'm pregnant now, so my mother-in-law will naturally speak on my side. You see, my mother-in-law doesn't let me do anything now. She gives all the housework to Liu Shi. Liu Shi may have complaints, but she can't say them out loud. Who told her to be a barren hen?"

As the two were talking, they heard the door being kicked open with a bang.

"Who are you calling a hen that doesn't lay eggs? Explain yourself clearly today! I treat you to the best food and drink every day, and this is how you talk about me behind my back!"

Upon seeing that the newcomer was none other than Madam Liu, Su Tao was terrified and immediately hid behind Madam Qin, shouting at the top of her lungs:

“I’m just telling the truth, why are you so angry? You’re just a barren hen, and now the Zhang family’s succession depends on me. Don’t talk back to me like that. If you’re so capable, you should get pregnant and let me take care of you.”

Upon hearing this, Liu was so angry that she put her hands on her hips, pointed at Su Tao, and cursed:

"Bullshit! What's so great about you being pregnant? I can get pregnant whenever I want, and I don't have to do anything about it. Who do you think you are, eating my food and daring to talk bad about me? I'll beat you to death today, you little slut."

As she spoke, Liu was about to step forward to pull Su Tao, who was hiding behind Qin, but Qin immediately stretched out her arm to stop Liu, and shouted outside:

"Aunt Zhang, Zhang Guang, come in quickly! Liu has gone mad and is going to hit Su Tao!"

Qin glared at Liu and shouted:

"Who do you think you are, daring to lecture my daughter in front of me? My daughter only came to the Zhang family a few years later than you. What good is it that you came earlier? You're still the same as my daughter said, a barren hen. Now that you see my daughter is pregnant, you're unhappy, aren't you? Jealous, aren't you? So you're trying to harm the child in my daughter's belly. Let me tell you, she's carrying the Zhang family's child. If you abort this child, you won't be able to stay in the Zhang family anymore!"

Upon hearing Qin's words, Liu's anger intensified, and she pointed at Qin's nose and shouted:

"You're talking nonsense! You're truly a case of the upper beam being crooked and the lower beam being crooked too. You, as a mother, are so clueless that you gave birth to a stupid daughter. Having idiots like you to carry on Old Zhang's lineage is just bad luck for the Zhang family!"

As she spoke, Liu spat on the ground.

"Don't think I'm afraid of her just because you're her mother. I serve her good food and drink every day, do chores for her, and help her with housework, but in the end, I don't get anything in return. Instead, I'm the barren hen she talks about. Whether I can lay eggs or not is none of her business as my sister-in-law. Who does she think she is? She's just relying on being younger than me to compare. Can I have children? What right does she have to yell at me? Since I married into the Zhang family, I've been the one who takes care of everything inside and outside the house. Not to mention anything else, even her marriage to Zhang Guangcheng was all arranged by me, her sister-in-law!"

Liu glared at Su Tao, who was hiding behind Qin.

"Su Tao, with your heartless and ungrateful nature, the child you give birth to will be no good either!"

At this moment, Aunt Zhang and Zhang Guang rushed out of the kitchen. Aunt Zhang had already prepared the food, and she had intended to have Liu call the mother and daughter out to eat. However, as soon as Liu entered the room, she started arguing with them. So Aunt Zhang hurriedly rushed in and shouted:

"Oh dear, what's going on? My old bones can't take a scare like this! Why are you two arguing like this? Quick, quick, Zhang Guang, find your older brother and have him take your sister-in-law back to the house. Don't embarrass me like this!"

Liu was already angry, and when she heard Aunt Zhang say that she was shameful, she became even angrier.

“Mother-in-law, can you please stop taking sides all day long? You say I'm a disgrace, but why don't you ask how Su Tao belittled me in front of her mother? She called me a barren hen, and I can't even yell back at her? I must have had the worst luck in eight lifetimes to marry into your family! You mother-in-law have no manners whatsoever, and you sisters-in-law have no manners whatsoever—a whole family of idiots!”

Hearing Liu's words, Aunt Zhang also became angry. In the past, Aunt Zhang would just let Liu's words, whether serious or not, go in one ear and out the other, not taking them to heart. After all, Aunt Zhang was getting old now, and she couldn't do without Liu's help with things both inside and outside the house.

But today, in front of her mother-in-law, Liu didn't seem to care about saving face for her, the mother-in-law. Naturally, Aunt Zhang wouldn't let her off easily.

"What are you yelling about? Who are you calling an idiot? I think Su Tao is right, you're a barren hen, otherwise you wouldn't have married into our family and I haven't been able to hold a single grandson all these years!"