Chapter 232: Chapter 213: Conditions 2

"Don’t say another word!" Tang Yaxuan cut her off abruptly. Her heart was pounding. She glanced around nervously and said, "I’ll give you fifteen yuan, and not a cent more!"

"Fine, fine! Fifteen yuan it is! Xuanxuan, what day of the month does that mother of yours send money?"

"She mails it on the fifteenth. It takes a few days to arrive, so come get it from the school on the twentieth."

"Yes, good! What a good girl!" Liu Fengying grinned so wide her eyes disappeared. "My amazing daughter is so capable, bringing home fifteen yuan a month. It’s just like earning a worker’s salary... If it were just a few yuan more, that would be even better. We could pay off our debt and send a little to your father. It would make his time in jail a little easier!"

"Maybe later. Once I’m back in the city, I’ll send you money."

Liu Fengying grew even more delighted. But Tang Yaxuan changed the subject. "I have a condition for giving you this money."

"Oh? What condition?"

"After the scene you all caused at school today, if I don’t go ’home’ on Sundays, my teachers and classmates will definitely think I’m a bad person. They’ll dislike me and exclude me. It’ll be impossible for me to survive here. So, I have to leave school on Sundays like everyone else, but I can’t go back to the Mo family’s house!"

"Why not? Your father and I gave birth to you. You’re supposed to live with the Mo family for these next few years."

Looking at Liu Fengying’s sallow face and dull eyes, the image of Grandma Tang’s cold smile and sharp gaze flashed through Tang Yaxuan’s mind. She couldn’t help but shiver, seething with resentment. ’Why do I have such stupid parents? They’re so sloppy and incompetent. They let Mo Xiaoman get away and left me in this mess!’

"My grandma from Beijing is here. She’s staying at Mo Xiaoman’s house these past few days. You know that, right?"

"I know." Liu Fengying’s face fell. That grandma from the city looked even younger than her. She was always walking around the village with Grandma, Fifth Aunt, and the Han Family. Liu Fengying didn’t even dare to go outside, hiding behind her door to peek, terrified she’d get dragged out and beaten.

"You’ve seen her. My grandma is a very proud woman who looks down her nose at everyone. She can’t stand your family. She’s furious right now, but she raised me for over a decade. How could she really just abandon me? She’ll definitely take me back to the Tang family eventually. So, even if it’s just to keep up appearances, I can’t be seen living with you. If my grandma finds out I’m close with you people, she’ll cut off the money!"

"But... isn’t the money from that mother of yours?"

"Even though there are only a few of us in my family, our monthly expenses are huge. We have a nanny, social obligations to maintain, and everything we eat and wear is top-quality. How could my mother’s small monthly salary possibly be enough? My grandma has to give us thousands, even tens of thousands of yuan every year, and that’s not even counting all the clothes and other things!"

"Thou-thousands... tens of thousands of yuan?" Liu Fengying’s jaw dropped, but her eyes were sparkling with greed. "Oh, child, if you could just..."

"As long as I get back to the Tang family, within half a year to a year, the money I give you will solve all your problems!"

"Good, good! Then tell Mom what you need me to do!"

"See if you have any relatives who are better off and can spare a room for me. Just send me there. Anywhere is fine, as long as I don’t have to go back to your Mo family house!"

"Done!" Liu Fengying nodded readily. "Mom will send you to your maternal grandmother’s house. It’s just in the next village. I’ll give your grandma a few yuan to clear out a room for you. From now on, you can stay at your grandma’s place on Sundays and holidays!"

"Mm, that’s settled then."

The negotiation between mother and daughter was a resounding success, but a desolate, piercing wail suddenly erupted beside them. Tang Yaxuan was so scared she nearly jumped out of her skin. Liu Fengying leaped up, spun around, grabbed Mo Xiaofeng, and started beating her relentlessly.

"I’ll beat you to death, you little brat! What are you wailing for, like someone died? I’m not dead yet!"

But Mo Xiaofeng only wailed louder. "Everyone, come look! Tang Yaxuan wants to be a city person, so she’s teaching our parents to do all sorts of evil things..."

Tang Yaxuan’s face went deathly pale. Liu Fengying clamped a hand over Mo Xiaofeng’s mouth while viciously smacking her on the head with the other. "Shut up! Shut up! If you don’t listen, I’ll kill you, you hear me?"

Mo Xiao Zhi and Mo Xiaohua had been listening and watching from the side. Seeing their mother treat Xiao Feng this way, Xiao Zhi remained numb, but Xiaohua burst into tears.

Before Tang Yaxuan appeared, Mo Xiaofeng had been, without a doubt, the most favored and doted-on daughter among the six children. This was because she looked a lot like Liu Fengying and was sharp and snobbish—traits Liu Fengying saw as signs of intelligence. Even after she went blind, Liu Fengying had still adored her. But recently, when Liu Fengying hit the children, she no longer played favorites. She beat whoever was closest, holding nothing back. After a few painful beatings, Mo Xiaofeng had a sensitive realization: ’Mom doesn’t love me anymore!’

At this moment, the feeling of being despised by her mother became terrifyingly real. Utterly devastated, Mo Xiaofeng shoved Liu Fengying’s hand away, scrambled to her feet, and ran, screaming through her tears, "Let me die! I’m going to die! Xuanxuan is your only real daughter! Go on and dote on her! Help her become a city person, help her go kill Mo Xiaoman and blow up the house..."

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