The Stepmother’s Counterattack: Raising a Child in a Bygone Era

Yang Lizhen snatched the watch from her mother’s hand, her face flushing red with shame and anger, "Mom, what are you doing with someone else’s watch?"

Yang’s mother mumbled, "Yanyan insisted that your brother buy her a watch, or she won’t date him anymore. I thought this watch looked pretty, so I figured I’d take it for Yanyan to wear."

This reason was so ridiculous it almost made Shen Mingzhu laugh.

Yang Lizhen wanted a gold necklace, Qin Jinlian asked her for money, Yang Lizhen’s sister-in-law wanted a watch, and even Yang’s mother thought about scraping from her.

So she had become the Yang Family’s personal ATM?

No matter how proud and haughty Yang Lizhen was, she had no choice but to bow her head and apologize to Shen Mingzhu.

The watch was returned, and Shen Mingzhu was too lazy to pursue the matter further, as there was no point. She couldn’t exactly have Yang’s mother taken to the police station for a "chat."

If this family dispute was made public, Qin Jinlian and Yang Lizhen may just brush off their pants and return to the countryside, but she would become the laughingstock of the residential compound over their meals and tea.

After such an embarrassing incident caused by Yang’s mother, Yang Lizhen no longer had the face to stay. She immediately prepared to leave with the Yang family members, and Qin Jinlian followed suit, but was stopped by Shen Mingzhu.

"Mom, wait a minute."