Chapter 93 Hope Dashed
As soon as Zhao Guihua heard what her husband said, she immediately turned on her daughter. She had several grandsons and granddaughters, and she wouldn't be able to hold her head up because of what their uncle had done. The old woman Ye listened and became angrier and angrier. Her son was merely tricked into bed by a vixen, but in the Li family's mouths, he became a disaster to be avoided.
"Bah, what's wrong with my son? Does he need to be slandered by your Li family like this? You don't even want your own daughter anymore. How many good things has your daughter taken from my son's family all these years, only to feed them to dogs?"
Zhao Guihua looked at the old woman, who still had the energy to argue with them, and smiled. Her smile was full of disdain.
"Old woman Ye, you still have the mood to be here? Don't you know your son is about to face the firing squad?"
"What? Talk your nonsense. My son is fine. If you talk nonsense again, I'll rip your mouth apart."
Zhao Guihua was not afraid of her. Behind her stood a group of Li family members, giving her plenty of confidence.
"Heh, it seems you really don't know. Your son was caught selling state property. Not only is his job gone, but he's about to face the firing squad. Go ask around if you don't believe me.
Also, we don't want this daughter of ours anymore, to avoid her bringing disaster to our family. You should quickly take your daughter-in-law and grandson and leave. We are severing all ties from now on. You can't even die at our doorstep."
The old woman Ye was so scared by Zhao Guihua's words that she collapsed to the ground, clinging to a sliver of hope. She crawled and grabbed Li Xiumei's sleeve.
"You tell me, is what your mother said true?"
The old woman Ye shook Li Xiumei desperately, but Li Xiumei seemed to have lost the will to live and showed no reaction.
The old woman Ye's last shred of hope vanished. She lay on the ground and wailed. She cried that she would be a lonely old woman in the future, and she cried that she would have no one to rely on in her old age.
However, looking at the three people beside her, the old woman Ye clutched them as if they were a lifeline. She hugged her eldest grandson and refused to let go.
Ye Tianlong was startled by the sudden embrace. He wasn't close to his grandmother, and she had never hugged him before. In his heart, his grandmother only doted on that bastard.
"Get away from me. Go hug that bastard, don't come near me."
Ye Tianlong, who was already twelve years old, could analyze the current situation. He would soon have no father and could only rely on his mother to live. But his grandmother was an old hag, and getting close to them would only be a burden.
"Mom, save me, Grandma is strangling me."
When Li Xiumei heard her son's cry, she immediately snapped back to her senses. She rushed over and pulled the old woman away. Since she had lost her husband and her own family, who would care about this nominal mother-in-law?
"Get lost. I'm going to divorce your son immediately. Go die as far away as possible. Don't hang around me, and I won't acknowledge you."
The old woman Ye had always been arrogant in front of her daughter-in-law. How could she tolerate her daughter-in-law speaking to her like this? She reached out as if to slap her.
Li Xiumei, who had been deeply hurt by her family, now had no one to care about her. From now on, her heart would be empty of others, and she would only live for herself.
Li Xiumei grabbed the old woman Ye's hand and forcefully pushed it aside.
"I don't even have parents anymore, so why would I care about you, you old hag? Don't try to act tough in front of me anymore. I acknowledge no one."
After speaking, Li Xiumei stood up from the ground, cast a fierce glance at the so-called relatives in front of her, and led her two sons away.