Liu Qi didn’t fight back, and a red, swollen handprint appeared on his left cheek instantly.
But the look in his eyes when he turned to Jiu Wentang was terrifyingly cold.
Liu Ru covered her mouth, watching the scene in disbelief.
She hadn’t expected Jiu Wentang to hit Liu Qi.
All her life, she had never seen Jiu Wentang raise a hand against Liu Qi.
In delivering that slap, Jiu Wentang regretted it herself, "Son, Xiaoqi, I’m sorry! Mom didn’t mean it! I just really want to go back! I didn’t mean to leave your father."
Her son was born after ten months of pregnancy; how could she not feel pain for him?
She was just too anxious.
Liu Qi didn’t want to help her, she couldn’t return to Taiwan Island, and only Taiwan Island could give her a sense of safety.
"Xiaoqi, can you forgive Mom, please?" Jiu Wentang hugged Liu Qi, tears streaming down her face.
Liu Qi’s face showed no emotion, "You just got back from the detention center, go upstairs and take a bath, then get a good night’s sleep."
He didn’t blame Jiu Wentang for slapping him, but he couldn’t forgive her actions.
But Jiu Wentang was his biological mother.
He didn’t know what to do.
It seemed whatever he did was wrong.
Every choice seemed to be a mistake...
Jiu Wentang nodded, "Okay."
Liu Ru silently followed Jiu Wentang upstairs.
After a hot shower, Jiu Wentang’s condition had improved a lot.
Meanwhile, in Jinghua Village.
The affairs of Zhao Shuyue had stirred up a storm — after so many years, everyone had just learned that Zhao Shuyue’s real name wasn’t Liu Zhao; she had her own name.
Everyone fiercely criticized Liu Qinian and Jiu Wentang for being inhumane.
Such a person was both pitiable and detestable.
Old Lady Zheng nodded, "I see, I didn’t expect Liu Qinian to have such resolve."
Ni Cuihua frowned slightly, "I always feel like I’ve seen Jiu Wentang somewhere before. Yangyang, do you know where she’s from?"
It was the first time Ni Cuihua had mentioned this, so Ni Yang quickly put down the newspaper, "About that, I once indirectly asked Liu Qi; he said Jiu Wentang is from Xiaomu Village in Haicheng City."
"Xiaomu Village?" Ni Cuihua was startled since she had grown up in Xiaomu Village.
Ni Yang nodded.
Ni Cuihua frowned again, "Xiaomu Village only has around twenty households. If she really is from Xiaomu Village, there’s no way I wouldn’t have heard about her, plus we don’t have the Jii surname in Xiaomu Village."
Most in the Xiaomu Village were surnamed Zhu and Ni.
Ni Yang added, "I also think it’s strange. If Jiu Wentang really was from Xiaomu Village, she couldn’t possibly be unaware of Dam Village, but when Liu Qi asked her if she knew about Dam Village, she claimed she didn’t remember."
Xiaomu Village and Dam Village are adjacent; if Jiu Wentang truly came from Xiaomu Village, she couldn’t possibly be unaware of Dam Village.
But if Jiu Wentang wasn’t from Xiaomu Village, then how did she know about it? And why did Ni Cuihua find her so familiar?
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