Chapter 64: Forced to Attend a Comprehensive Educational Lecture

Xiang Yu wailed internally, taking a great deal of effort to calm her surging emotions.

She gazed coldly at her parents, speaking syllable by syllable, devoid of tears or blood, yet every single word seemed to drip with bleeding wounds.

"None of that was my fault. It was you, along with Ye Nuoxin and the Ye family, who pushed us aggressively, driving my sister and me into a dead end. You care only for profits and benefits, completely disregarding human decency and reason. Right and wrong reside in people's hearts. I am standing right here, asking the police uncles and aunts to deliver justice and see whose fault this truly is. I am not possessed by any evil entity; I merely want to protect myself, to act from my own perspective and stance, and to strive through my own efforts for a bright future!"

Everyone present was deeply moved.

Xiang Fuqiang and Li Meilan were naturally lectured in turn by several police officers, forced to undergo a thorough and profound lesson. They came to realize just how inappropriate their actions were, both legally and morally.

What Xiang Yu wanted was to knock some sense into her parents. Since she lacked the standing and the ability to persuade them herself, she simply brought in those who had the authority and the voice to do so.

Stepping out of the police station, Xiang Fuqiang and Li Meilan looked like wilted cabbages in a field, completely dejected.

They no longer scolded or glared at Xiang Yu. Even Li Meilan, who was usually capable of rattling on endlessly, kept her mouth tightly shut.

In the end, Xiang Fuqiang still awkwardly spoke a couple of words to Xiang Yu, "You should still come home for the holidays. We won't hit you anymore, and we won't take your two thousand yuan either. Still, let the shaman exorcise your bad luck; we've already paid a five-hundred-yuan deposit, so you just need to cooperate a bit."

With a heart as firm as a rock, Xiang Yu flatly refused, "There's no need. You can have the exorcism yourselves. I have no bad luck, unless someone forcefully shoves it onto me."

Having said that, she gave them a pointed look and walked away without looking back.

Although he had been rebuked, watching her retreating figure, Xiang Fuqiang felt a strange pang of heartache and regret for the very first time. It seemed they truly had gone too far with their daughter. They had never really treated her like a child.

Hearing their exchange, Li Meilan flared up again, shouting at Xiang Fuqiang, "Let's go! Why are you talking to that ungrateful wretch? Do you think she appreciates your kindness?"

Those words chasing after her made Xiang Yu's heart not only harden, but encase itself in a layer of bitter ice. Far from being the scorching midsummer where the months of the year were counted, it felt more like the depths of a freezing winter.

Xiang Fuqiang muttered a weak rebuttal, "Stop saying angry things. She's still young."

Li Meilan's eyes reddened. "Young? What do you mean young? I was already married to you at seventeen! She runs to the police station over the slightest thing, roasting us over an open fire. If I had ever dared to do something like that, my mother would have beaten me to death!"

Xiang Fuqiang did not dare to say anything more. He did not want to argue with Li Meilan, nor did he know what to argue about. What Li Meilan said wasn't entirely wrong; she had suffered far worse in her own maiden home than sisters Xiang Di and Xiang Yu ever had.

By the time Xiang Fuqiang and Li Meilan walked back to Kapok Village, it was already three-thirty in the afternoon. The June afternoon sun baked their faces into a flushed red, their bangs thoroughly soaked with sweat.

The villagers had finished their meals and rested enough, preparing to head out to the fields to work. Seeing the couple return looking exhausted and gloomy, everyone began to whisper and gossip again. They all assumed the couple was still searching for Xiang Di, believing she might either be lost or had eloped.

When Xiang Hao had returned home at mealtime and found no one there, he hadn't bothered to starve himself since he had money in his pocket. He had run straight to the small grocery store to buy a pile of snacks and ice cream, and after eating, he didn't even bother going home, instead running off again to play wildly.

Ye Fen had also returned from Liu Family Village earlier, quietly hiding the medicine she had brought back inside her own cabinet.

Ye Nuoxin had been keeping a close eye on her mother's movements. The moment Ye Fen and her husband went off to work at the chicken farm, she immediately went in search of that medicine.