She rushed forward in a hurry and pushed Cheng Tianyuan's hand away.
"What is this?!"
Cheng Tianyuan was in the way of his wife, so he just glared at Cheng Tianfang and stopped dragging her.
"I didn't beat her, but she refused to come back. I had to let her come back and let her give an explanation to her parents."
Cheng Tianfang's hair was messy, her body was dirty, and she looked extremely haggard.
Xue Ling held her hand in surprise and asked: "Afang, what's wrong with you?"
Cheng Tianfang threw herself into her arms with a cry of "Wow!" and cried.
At this time, the old people who heard the noise in the house rushed out one after another.
"What's going on?"
"Why are you crying?! It's so late at night! You're scaring ghosts!"
"A Yuan, what's going on? You didn't come back for dinner, so you went to see A Fang?"
Cheng Tianyuan sighed and nodded: "Let's talk in the room first."
Xue Ling also reassured: "Afang, this is outside, please go home and talk properly."
Then, she helped Cheng Tianfang enter the house.
Cheng Muhai and Liu Yinglen had sullen faces, looking as if the storm was about to come and the building was filled with anger.
Xue's father and mother looked at each other and chose a seat near the back to sit down.
Cheng Tianyuan closed the door and explained: "I didn't have dinner, so I went to find her. I really can't tell her about her. Dad, Mom, let her speak for herself."
Cheng Muhai stood up and said in a deep voice: "Tell me first, why you didn't contact your family or go home all day."
"I...I..." Cheng Tianfang shrank his head timidly and whispered: "I'm working with someone on business and I don't have time to come back."
Liu Ying screamed: "Doing business?! What kind of business do you do without even returning home?! What kind of money do you earn?! Your father and I are old, we rely on your brother and your sister-in-law, not you. If
Thanks to you, we would have starved to death a long time ago. You may not think about us old people, but have you ever thought about Xiaohan!? She is only more than three years old! She is sick and crying to find her mother, but you are a dead girl.
I call you, but no one answers the phone! Do you even know how to come back? I thought you were dead outside! You haven’t talked to your daughter for more than half a month, are you still not a human being? How can you be a mother?! You are a human being
Heartless!"
"Mom, don't get excited." Xue Ling advised: "Let A Fang talk properly first."
Cheng Tianfang sobbed and wiped her tears and nose with a tissue on the table.
"I...my mobile phone was...stolen, so my family called me and I didn't even know."
"Stealed?!" Cheng Muhai asked doubtfully: "Did you call the police? Where was it stolen? Why didn't you buy a new mobile phone? Are you short of money? You are a woman living outside, have you ever thought that you have to go home?
Come and take a look at my daughter? Huh?"
Cheng Tianfang swallowed, burying his head and not daring to speak.
Xue Ling on the side knew that she would never dare to tell the truth, and said: "You haven't eaten dinner yet? A Yuan, you haven't eaten either, right? I just woke up and I'm hungry too. A Fang, have you eaten?"
"
Cheng Tianfang shook his head: "I... didn't eat lunch or dinner."
Liu Ying and Cheng Muhai looked at each other, feeling a little incredible.
"What did you do? Why didn't you eat?"
Cheng Tianfang sobbed softly. She didn't know whether she didn't dare to answer or couldn't answer, so she didn't speak.
The atmosphere in the room was a bit solemn. Mother Xue coughed uncomfortably and whispered: "I say, Sister Ying, don't blame A Fang anxiously. No matter how big a mistake she makes, she must be fed first.
It’s not good to be starving if you haven’t eaten for two meals.”
After Liu Ying and Cheng Muhai heard this, they walked around to the other end of the coffee table and sat down angrily.
"How old are you? You still expect your parents to provide you with three meals a day?! When one person is fed, the whole family has no worries. You are out here alone, and you still have to starve?!"
Cheng Tianfang was about to speak but stopped, and buried his head in frustration.
Xue Ling said lightly: "Let's have dinner first, and then we can talk properly. Dad, Mom, don't be anxious and scold her when she comes back. Let her eat first. A Yuan and I are also hungry."
Cheng Tianyuan turned to the kitchen, opened the steamer, spooned a bowl of millet porridge and handed it to Xue Ling, then turned around and spooned a bowl for himself.
Xue Ling was a little embarrassed and had to hand the bowl of millet to Cheng Tianfang.
Cheng Tianfang took it and whispered: "Thank you, sister-in-law."
Afterwards, she started eating in big mouthfuls, almost gobbling it down, finishing the bowl of millet porridge in just a few times.
She quickly got up and went to the kitchen to serve porridge.
When everyone else saw this, they secretly felt strange and incredible, except Cheng Tianyuan.
Xue Ling opened the cupboard and took out the remaining fried chicken wings from tonight, as well as a plate of side dishes.
When Cheng Tianfang saw the chicken wings, she picked them up and gnawed them as if she had never eaten meat in her previous life.
Xue Ling stared in surprise and couldn't help but remind: "Slow down. Ah Fang, why are you so hungry?"
Cheng Tianfang paused slightly and whispered: "I...I haven't eaten much in the past few days, and I feel very confused."
Xue Ling's eyes fell on her neck, which was relatively close. He immediately noticed that it was a mark of strangulation, and he became even more suspicious.
"Afang, did someone hit you? There are marks on your neck."
Cheng Tianfang swallowed, wondering what he thought of, and quickly shook his head.
She lowered her voice, almost pleading.
"Sister-in-law, I...can I not tell you? You and your eldest brother should know about me and that man, right? Please don't tell it. I beg you."
Xue Ling's eyes flashed slightly and asked: "What happened to you? It's no longer a question of whether we can tell - you are in danger now, right? Did the man named Liu Dao hit you? Isn't that right?"
Cheng Tianfang was timid and trembling, and whispered: "Sister-in-law, don't ask. I beg you don't ask... This is between me and him. If father and mother find out, they will break my legs."
Xue Ling calmed down and whispered: "Afang, paper can't cover the fire. Parents will know sooner or later, even if they don't know now, they will know soon. Afang, answer my question first -
How did you get to this point? Why are you so embarrassed?"
"I..." Cheng Tianfang secretly glanced at Cheng Tianyuan and said, "Sister-in-law, I don't want to say it."
Xue Ling was secretly angry, but still calmly said: "Why? Do you have something to hide? Is it that Liu Dao refuses to let you say it? Is he threatening you?"
"No..." Cheng Tianfang started crying and whispered: "Sister-in-law, please stop asking, okay? I beg you, please stop asking."
Xue Ling said solemnly: "Afang, your brother and I are asking you because we care about you. You are his biological sister and my sister-in-law, so we have to care about you. Even if you don't consider our feelings, you still have to.
How do your parents feel? You wanted to get a divorce, but you didn’t even tell your family. After the divorce, you didn’t even come back home and disappeared for more than half a month. If something happened at home, your brother would call you, and you would never
I answered it. Uncle San passed away and wanted to tell you that there was nothing he could do to ask you to come back and bow to him. Xiaohan was ill and you didn’t answer several calls in a row. Have you considered Xiaohan? She is
Your biological daughter, the flesh that fell from your body."
Cheng Tianfang swallowed even more: "Sister-in-law... I... I'll explain it to you later, okay? I regret it already! I haven't had my phone with me these days, and I don't know at all. How is Xiaohan? She's fine
Have you? My brother didn’t even tell me just now.”