Chapter 1235: Chapter 1235: Unlucky!
After the Liang Family came, Ruan Xinyu consciously went upstairs to accompany the old lady and didn’t hear their conversation, but she kept an ear on the commotion below, fearing another fight.
Sure enough, before long, she heard the angry voice of Mr. Zhuang.
Ruan Xinyu was about to go down, and the old lady was also worried and followed her downstairs, only to see Mr. Zhuang hitting Zhuang Shaoyang with a feather duster, while Zhuang Shaoyang knelt on the floor without a sound.
"What are you doing? Why are you hitting the child for no reason?" The old lady hurriedly said as she came down.
Mr. Zhuang gave her a cold glance, "Ask your son about the good deeds he’s done!"
The old lady had learned about the photographs from Ruan Xinyu and thought Mr. Zhuang was referring to that, so she hurried to say, "Haven’t you always hoped Shao Yang would be responsible? Although he brought disgrace to the Zhuang Family this time, his intentions were good."
"Do you think I fear losing face? If he had even a little sense back then, he wouldn’t have been toyed with by a woman, losing his wife and daughter." Mr. Zhuang said irritably. Of course, he knew his wife was involved as well, but considering her poor health, he refrained from reprimanding her.
Of course, he also blamed himself for not knowing about these affairs back then, or his son might not have made such a grave mistake.
He looked at his son and said, "Hurry up and tell your mother the truth."
The old lady’s heart sank—was there something she didn’t know?
Zhuang Shaoyang looked at the old lady, his voice hoarse, "Mom, there’s something I’ve been hiding from you."
"What is it?"
Ruan Xinyu also gazed at Zhuang Shaoyang, her eyes probing.
Zhuang Shaoyang said again, "Jiaojiao is not my daughter."
The old lady’s expression changed slightly, and she looked at her son in shock, "This can’t be nonsense."
She knew her son didn’t like Liang Rong, and she didn’t either, but the child was innocent.
Zhuang Shaoyang explained, "Mom, I’m not speaking nonsense. Do you remember Chu Xing? Jiaojiao is Chu Xing’s child. Back then, Chu Xing died saving me, so when I found out Liang Rong was pregnant with his child, I took care of the mother and daughter."
The old lady felt a roaring in her head, unable to accept this matter for a time.
Suddenly she felt dizzy, but thankfully, Ruan Xinyu helped her sit down.
She steadied herself, looked at her son, and asked again, "Is what you’re saying true?"
"Absolutely true. Liang Rong and I were never in that kind of relationship. Even after Ah Ning left, we’ve kept our distance all these years." Zhuang Shaoyang smiled bitterly, "I never thought she could be so greedy and malicious. I’ve wronged Ah Ning."
The old lady looked at her son, filled with frustrated love, "Why didn’t you tell us sooner? How could you dare to hide such a big matter from us?"
"Jiaojiao was mocked by her classmates for not having a father, and I felt guilty and wanted to treat her as my own daughter."
The old lady suddenly didn’t know what to say, for she herself had supported her son’s divorce from Ah Ning back then.
Not only was her son confused, but she also was confused, believing slander about her daughter-in-law being unfaithful, and thinking the daughter-in-law was better than her son, causing him to lose face in front of others, thereby slowly eroding the mother-daughter relationship and viewing her daughter-in-law as a thorn in her side.
The old lady suddenly started to laugh, "So, time and again, we harm our own child for the sake of two outsiders?"
As she laughed, tears kept falling, and she was filled with regret.
Zhuang Shaoyang said in a low voice, "Mom, it’s all my fault."
Ruan Xinyu frowned slightly and couldn’t help but say, "Since you know the truth, why did you still allow Jiaojiao to hurt Nuannuan?"
"Jiaojiao lacks a father because of me; I..."
Ruan Xinyu didn’t care about what her father-in-law and mother-in-law thought and coldly said, "Then just be Jiaojiao’s only father. If I had a daughter, I wouldn’t let her suffer because of two outsiders in any case. I can differentiate between close and distant relations, especially since all of this is your fault. Why should your daughter be wronged? Having a father like you, she’s truly unfortunate."
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