Chapter 268
Chapter 268: I Am Just Informing You
Mr. Xiong had gone to great lengths to get invited to this wedding feast, so he was naturally unwilling to leave just like that.
But if they did not leave now, they might not get another chance to leave later. In the end, he could only give Madam Kou a fierce glare.
Madam Kou trembled all over and almost lost the strength in her legs.
Seeing her like this made Mr. Xiong even angrier. He could not hold back his temper and cursed: “Useless thing, hurry up and go help your mom!”
Kou Hua Qing suddenly realized what was happening. His face went pale, and he drifted over to Madam Kou like a lost soul, yanking her up and shrinking back as he followed behind Mr. Xiong and his wife, slipping away in shame.
The group was driven out through a side gate of the Du family estate in a sorry state. As they watched the door open and then close behind them, Mr. Xiong finally could not hold back the anger in his heart any longer. He turned and slapped Kou Hua Qing across the face.
He used all his strength in that slap, knocking Kou Hua Qing’s face to one side. In no time, it was swollen.
Seeing her most beloved son get hit, Madam Kou screamed on the spot: “Hua Qing, Hua Qing, are you okay? How can you just hit people like that?”
“Why can I not hit him? Right now I wish I could kill him.” Mr. Xiong’s face was dark with rage, his features twisted. “You should be glad I do not hit women, or you would already be dead.”
After venting his anger, Mr. Xiong calmed down a little. Looking at the closed side gate, he knew this matter could no longer be fixed. He gave the mother and son a cold look and said in a tone that allowed no refusal: “Go back and get a divorce.”
“Divorce? Why should they get divorced when everything was fine? They cannot get divorced!” Madam Kou shrieked. Kou Hua Qing ignored the pain in his face and hurried forward to grab his wife’s hand.
“Dad, I know everything that happened today was my fault. I should not have brought my mom, and I should not have let her run around and talk nonsense. I know I was wrong. Please give me another chance. Please do not let Wan Wan divorce me.”
“Now you know you were wrong, but it is too late.” Mr. Xiong did not soften at all. He grabbed his daughter by the arm. “We are leaving.”
“Dad, Dad…” Kou Hua Qing dropped to his knees with a thud. “Even if you are this angry, please forgive me this once for the sake of the two children. They are still young. They cannot live without their papa!”
“Children… right, I almost forgot about them.” Mr. Xiong paused his steps and then said something that broke the last bit of hope in the hearts of the Kou mother and son.
“Both children will go with their mama. For the sake of your years of marriage, we will not take back the apartment you are living in now. From now on, you are on your own.”
“What? No way!” Before Kou Hua Qing could say anything, Madam Kou shouted first: “Why should both children go with their mama? Even if there has to be a divorce, each side should at least get one child. The older one should come with us, and the younger one can go with you.”
Kou Hua Qing and his wife had two children together, the older a boy and the younger a girl.
Mr. Xiong saw through Madam Kou’s little scheme at a glance. He laughed in anger and said: “You seem to be mistaken about one thing. I am informing you. I am not discussing it with you.”
“You are being way too overbearing…”
“Mom, stop talking!”
“I am overbearing?” Mr. Xiong laughed harshly. “I have not just become overbearing today. Hua Qing, it is not that your dad is heartless. Your mother has offended Elder Du, and I cannot protect you. Rather than let the children wander with you in the future, never having enough to eat or wear, it is better to let them stay as children of our Xiong family. At least they will have enough food and will not have to become beggars.”
After tossing out these words, Mr. Xiong could not be bothered to deal with these two idiots anymore. He took his daughter and walked off without looking back.
Madam Kou wanted to chase after them, but her son yanked her back.
“What are you doing? Did you not hear him say he is taking both children away? That is your son. Why…”
“Why? Because they do not have a stupid mother dragging them down.” Blood rushed to Kou Hua Qing’s head. Thinking of how he had worked so hard for so many years, endured his wife’s temper, and bowed and scraped in front of his father-in-law, only for it all to end up in vain, he finally could not hold back. He grabbed Madam Kou by the neck.
“Why did you have to say those things in someone else’s home? Why did you have to run your mouth? A tongue that long should be cut out. How about I help you cut it off right now? Why did I bring an idiot like you here today? It is over. Everything is over. Why did you do this? You ruined me. You ruined everything I had!”
Madam Kou’s eyes rolled back from being choked. She clawed wildly at Kou Hua Qing’s fingers and pounded on his arms.
Luckily, Kou Hua Qing still had a bit of reason left and let go before he actually strangled her to death.
Looking coldly at Madam Kou, who had collapsed on the ground and was coughing nonstop, Kou Hua Qing numbly took out his phone and made a call.
“Third Brother, Mom did something stupid. Just wait to go be a beggar with me.”
After that, he ignored the furious curses coming through the phone and hung up directly. Covering his face, he let out a low laugh. But as he laughed, he could not help starting to cry.
Du An Rao did not know exactly what happened between the Kou mother and son and the Xiong father and daughter after they left the Du family estate, but she could guess the general outcome.
Mr. Xiong’s expression of extreme anger before he left, and the flash of rage and unwillingness on Kou Hua Qing’s face, had already decided her ending.
The children who truly loved her and were willing to be filial to her had been driven away by her one by one. Instead, she treated the two poisonous snakes who might bite her to death at any time as treasures. Ending up like this was exactly what she deserved.
Once this eyesore was gone, the mood improved a lot at once.
Du De Sheng had already planned to introduce Du An Rao to these people so she could get familiar with them. As soon as he sent those troublesome people away, he immediately waved to Du An Rao and called her to his side.
“This is the little granddaughter of my cousin in law that I mentioned to you before, An An. An An, this is your Uncle Xu, Uncle Yang, Uncle Wu, and Uncle Hu.”
Du An Rao had already heard Du Miao explain who they were. Now, hearing Du De Sheng introduce her to them, she quickly followed his words and obediently greeted them: “Uncle Xu, Uncle Yang, Uncle Wu, Uncle Hu.”
The middle aged man who had spoken before, Uncle Xu, smiled and said: “I already heard your grandfather talk about you before. Today I finally get to meet you in person.”
Then he turned to the others to introduce her: “You all heard about the gold mine that was recently found under that wasteland in the northern suburbs, right? That land was bought by this little one.”
“So it was you. That wasteland in the northern suburbs has failed to sell for so many years, and no one ever took it. As soon as you bought it, they dug up a gold mine. Elder Du, your granddaughter is really something.”
“That is right, that is right. Elder Du, your granddaughter’s philtrum is clearly that of dragon and phoenix. You can just wait to enjoy your blessings.”
Although she knew these people were deliberately praising her for Du De Sheng’s sake, Du An Rao was still a little embarrassed by the compliments: “It was all just luck.”
“No need to be modest. Luck is also a kind of ability. Some people scheme all their lives and still stay poor. Some people casually touch something and it turns into gold. It is not unreasonable to say that fate and luck matter.”
Meeting Uncle Xu’s gentle gaze, Du An Rao felt her heart move. She pressed her lips together and stayed silent for a moment, then suddenly asked: “This might be a bit rude, so please forgive my lack of manners, but may I talk with you all alone for a moment?”