Chapter 216: Scapegoat
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Lady Lin’s heart was aching, unable to let go. Seeing Jinguan ask such a question, she hugged Jinguan tightly, "Jinguan, your mother really has no other choice! Look at the state of our family now; it will be hard even to have enough food in the future. What can a woman do all by herself? Jinguan, will you come with your mother, please? Wherever your mother has food, you will have food. You are the one your mother cherishes and can’t bear to part with. Without your mother, what will you do, Jinguan?" As she spoke, she started to weep inconsolably.
Jindou was so angry that his brow twitched, and he growled, "We are members of the Wang Family, and if we are to starve, we will die in the Wang Family! No one is stopping you from remarrying, but dreaming of taking Jinguan with you? Forget about it!"
All Lady Lin could do was hold onto Jinguan and cry, "Jinguan, please go with your mother..."
Jinguan struggled free from Lady Lin’s embrace and hid behind Jindou before speaking, "I don’t want to go with you, you don’t want us anymore! You are looking for a stepfather for us, and none of them are good. They will beat us! And you’re going to have children with him, and once you have the stepfather’s children, you won’t want me anymore! If the stepfather beats me, scolds me, and treats me like an animal in the future, I don’t want to go! I’ll stay right here at home. I will stay with my father and my brothers!"
Lady Lin tried to explain in desperation, "Jinguan, where did you hear such nonsense? Your mother loves you the most, how could she not want you? Who has been filling your head with this? Could it be your grandmother?"
Old Granny Zhang was sitting inside the house as if fortune had fallen from the sky.
Originally, as soon as Lady Lin entered the courtyard, Old Granny Zhang could barely restrain herself from rushing out to slap her twice and then scolding her profusely.
She was stopped by Wang Yongzhu, who pleaded with her not to do so.