Reborn in the 80s: Everyone Falls For Me
Chapter 506 - 505: Touching the Scales (Three more - s)

Chapter 506: Chapter 505: Touching the Scales (Three more Chapters)

Xu Sanya’s hand hurt from the force of her own strikes.

The Xu Family siblings all had a scale that must not be touched, not their own children, but their old mother.

The family used to laugh and joke around, no matter how fiendishly or wildly the old lady acted, her three children would just take it with a smile.

It wasn’t because the old lady was too fierce—after all, they weren’t afraid of her. She was their birth mother; she couldn’t really hurt them.

Their fear was out of filial piety.

No one knew better than the Xu siblings how their old mother struggled to bring them up when they thought their father had died.

Back in those days, it was even more brutal than now.

Carrying the reputation of a widow and having to support three children, their mother endured bullying from countless people, both openly and in secret.

At that time, her relatives were all advising her to abandon the three siblings and remarry into a good family, to find a man to provide for her.

But their mother did not comply; she suffered so much to raise the three of them.

The most memorable time was when they almost starved, and their mother had no choice but to steal some grain from a neighboring village.

After obtaining the grain, she hurried to prepare food for them while she herself ate tree bark.

Caught in the act, she nearly got beaten to death. She was fierce in daily life, but when she had done something wrong herself, she had to let others punish her.

Fearing that her children would be hit, their mother protected the three of them in her arms as she got beaten until her flesh split and bled, nearly passing away from the ordeal.

She had a high fever for an entire day, and when she woke up, the first thing she did was to push her battered body to go out and look for food.

Muttering that she couldn’t let her husband’s lineage die off, or else she’d have no face to see him in the afterlife.

The Xu siblings etched these hardships into their hearts, and nobody dared to forget.

From then on, the Xu Family siblings swore never to let anyone hurt their mother.

When Xu Sanya heard Du Zhiwen insult her mother, she couldn’t hold back anymore, and she exploded instantly.

Her eyes red with anger, she said, "Du Zhiwen, are you even human? She’s my mother. What did you say to me when you wanted to marry me?"

Feeling one slap wasn’t enough, Xu Sanya, with trembling hands, gave him another that made Du Zhiwen’s ears ring.

It was at this moment that he remembered the few occasions he had been scolded and hit by Xu Sanya for being dissatisfied with the old lady.

This wasn’t the first time Du Zhiwen had been hit by Xu Sanya. Counting this one, it was the third.

All three times were because of the old lady.

But never had she hit with such force before.

For a moment, Du Zhiwen swallowed his fear and didn’t dare to lash out again.

Even Zhao Shuihua and Zhao Zhenzhen were frightened by Xu Sanya’s ferocity.

People tend to bully the weak and fear the strong, and upon meeting someone as tough as Xu Sanya, even Zhao Shuihua and Zhao Zhenzhen felt fear.

Especially after seeing such a big man as Du Zhiwen get hit and not even daring to talk back, they felt even more intimidated.

Xu Sanya was still fuming when Weiwei, hiding in the room and listening to the commotion outside, ran out to see what was happening.

Seeing her father being hit made her heart ache, but she was also afraid of her mother’s temper when it flared.

Despite his fear, Du Zhiwen looked at Xu Sanya. Although he was afraid, the anger in his heart persisted.

He couldn’t hold back and said, "How many times is this you’ve hit me for an outsider? Xu Sanya, I can’t stand this anymore, let’s get a divorce."

"Outsider?" Xu Sanya was almost amused by her anger and, pointing to her own nose, she said, "Du Zhiwen, you better see clearly. Who the hell am I? What’s my name?"

She stepped onto the sofa, closing in on Du Zhiwen, and said menacingly, "My surname is Xu and my name is Sanya. The ’outsider’ you’re talking about is the woman who gave birth to me and raised me. Without her, there would be no me. And now you’re telling me she’s an outsider?"

Xu Sanya cared about Du Zhiwen, but his words had chilled her heart.

So in his heart, he had always considered her family as outsiders.

She shouted until her voice was hoarse, yet she did not let tears fall — as her mother would say, that was a sign of the spineless.

She laughed in her fury, "Alright, you want a divorce? Let’s divorce. Whoever doesn’t follow through is a coward, and I’ll take your damn surname."

Pointing at Zhao Shuihua and her mother, she said, "Du Zhiwen, listen carefully. It’s not [that] you want to leave, it’s me who wants to leave, and it must be done. You didn’t want to go to my nephew’s and niece’s wedding because you were too busy, yet for these distant cousins, these broken relatives whom you have nothing to do with, you are so eager to bring them into our home. Just go and live with her."

All of a sudden named by Xu Sanya, Zhao Shuihua immediately panicked, not only fearing Xu Sanya might turn around and hit her but also fearing Du Zhiwen might not let them stay at home because of her words.

Zhao Shuihua had come here after divorcing. Her previous husband was a lazy layabout who knew nothing but eating and drinking every day.

After getting drunk, he would beat her and her daughter, but by chance, she met her childhood playmate Du Zhiwen and confided her troubles to him. Unexpectedly, Du Zhiwen actually helped her and she managed to get a divorce.

Now, Zhao Shuihua was truly penniless and had nothing. If she left this place, she would have to sleep on the streets.

She suddenly panicked and with tearful eyes exclaimed, "Brother Zhiwen..."