Pampered by the Toughest Man After Divorce
Chapter 1348 - 1170: Xiao’ai, Dabao, Xiaobei

Chapter 1348: Chapter 1170: Xiao’ai, Dabao, Xiaobei

Axiang completely disagreed and immediately retorted Widow Chen, "Mom, it’s good enough that Abao treats me as a good friend. I play with her when I see her and don’t when I don’t. It’s fine this way, so why bother always hanging around other people’s houses? I can’t do that!"

"You... Then how could you manage to sleep with Zhao Datu before? You were slept with and didn’t even let mom know, and now you come back to live off me, how can you manage that? Now it’s just about visiting their house, and you say you can’t do that..." Widow Chen’s insults grew nastier.

Already experienced in life, Axiang was starting to see some indications.

Although Xia Dabao was well-off in the village, their family always kept a low profile and never publicized their wealth. Widow Chen had always wanted to get close to their family, probably because...

"Mom, Abao’s parents are very kind. Just don’t meddle in their affairs, you can’t fit in!" Unable to hold back, Axiang warned Widow Chen.

Not knowing whether it was because her motives were seen through, or remembering the rebuff at Ye’s doorway, Widow Chen, infuriated, slapped Axiang across the face, "Nonsense, would I ever be that shameless? No matter what, it’s not your place, you little wench, to lecture me!"

The slap was hard and fierce; Axiang saw stars. Hearing the commotion, Axiang’s grandmother also came out to see, but the grandmother, getting older by the year and dependent on Widow Chen for food, merely sighed upon seeing Axiang hit and pretended to know nothing before turning back.

It took a while before Axiang recovered. Once she did, she tearfully looked at Widow Chen, with eyes full of extreme grievances. She opened her mouth to say something but couldn’t, and after a long while, she turned and walked outside.

At first, Widow Chen felt like stopping her, but then she thought, why bother? Other than this home, she could only go to Zhao Datu’s place. She had survived a jump into the well; people always say it’s hard to die a second time. Widow Chen simply ignored her.

It would be best if she went back to Zhao Datu’s home; it would be peaceful then.

...

Axiang left the house, walking outside in a daze.

After walking a bit, she began to feel cool rain sprinkling on her face and body.

It had started to rain without her realizing it.

Perhaps because of the rain, Axiang’s senses slowly returned. She began to ask herself, "What am I doing out here? Where am I going? Is there anywhere else to go?"

The village was so big, yet was there no place for her to belong? Everywhere she went, she was rejected!

She felt utterly disheartened, and for a moment, she even thought about jumping into a well again.

But just as that thought emerged, she vividly recalled the last time she had jumped into the well. She had thought she was going to die, but the water in the dry well only reached her neck, and below, it was pitch dark without a hint of light. The terrifying atmosphere engulfed her from all directions—a fate worse than death.

After being rescued, she actually felt fortunate it had been a dry well, thinking she would never seek death again in her life.

But where could she go now?

As she walked on in a trance, she realized she was on the way to Xia Dabao’s house and stopped.