Chapter 394: This marriage must end
When his father died, Si Boyi was still a young boy, only aware that his mother had fainted from crying, and the adults had brought him and Xiaohui to the village head’s house.
Only later, when they were in mourning, did he realise his father had passed away. As for how he died, Si Boyi didn’t know. He was afraid to ask when he was young, and as he grew up, he didn’t want to upset his mother, so he never asked. In his understanding, he had always thought his father had died from an illness.
Because before his father’s death, all Si Boyi could remember was his father lying in bed all day long, needing help with eating, drinking, and relieving himself, giving off the impression of being seriously ill.
Not until this moment, did Si Boyi realize that his father had actually committed suicide. He simply could not understand why his father would have fallen from the second floor of the hospital. Why would a robust man choose suicide?
Why did his mother and his uncle look terrified, lost for words the moment these matters were brought up? His intuition told him that there was more to these issues that he was unaware of.
"Second Brother, did she brainwash you? You believe everything she says?" Si Xiaohui glared fiercely at Tong Yao. "She is clearly spouting nonsense. Our father was paralyzed because he saved Tong Yaohui. The story about the fall from the second floor of the hospital is all lies concocted by her. Our father died because of the injuries he sustained from the fall and the subsequent illness. Even if it was truly suicide, it was because he could not endure being bedridden for his entire life. Either way, it was her family’s fault for our father’s death! She’s just trying to shrug off responsibility with these far-fetched stories."
Si Xiaohui had always believed that their father had died saving Tong Yaohui. Even if Tong Yao was challenging this belief and her mother and uncle could not provide a response, Si Xiaohui still clung strongly to her belief.
The family lived a blissful and comfortable life back then, filled with joy and three children in the house. Only a lunatic would jump from the second floor of the hospital.