The subtle fragrance of cotton needles

"Yan'er, what are you doing?" Xia Liu knew Xia Yanxiang said this on purpose. She was very sharp-tongued in front of him. "It was clearly your father who was teaching you a lesson, but you didn't respect your elders and talked back to your father. That's why your father punished you to kneel in the ancestral hall. What? Now that it has come to this, are you trying to confuse right and wrong?"

Xia Yanxiang lowered her head and said no more.

Tu Song's anger reached its peak at this moment, and he went over and kicked Xia Liu: "Say it again!"

Tu quickly went over to hold Tu Song. She was still crying, but she couldn't bear to see Tu Song hitting Xia Liu: "Brother! Brother! Forget it!"

"Forget it?" Tu Song found it unbelievable. "He treated you and your daughter like this, and you're just going to let it go?!"

Shen also disagreed with ending the matter like this: "That's right, A Ling, look at his expression, he doesn't even take you and Yan Er seriously!"

Tu said nothing.

Xia Yanxiang had been staring at Tu. Of course she knew what Tu meant, but she really didn't want to let Xia Liu go so easily, so she didn't say anything.

Xia Liu lay on the ground with his teeth bared. He had been living a life of luxury over the years thanks to Tu Song's relationship, and his body had become plump and white. How could he withstand Tu Song's fierce kick? He could only lie on the ground and wailed.

Tu Song didn't want to care about Tu's attitude at all: "Don't you know how he treated you all these years?! Even now, you still want to protect him!"

Tu cried and shook her head. Since she couldn't divorce Xia Liu, she could only live a good life with Xia Liu. So no matter how excessive Xia Liu was this time, she could only endure it.

"Brother, stop talking."

Tu Song was so angry that his chest heaved violently. He turned around and was about to say something, but he saw Xia Yanxiang again, and his anger subsided at once.

Yes, Xia Liu is indeed not a good person. It would be easy to let A Ling divorce him, but if they divorced, Yan'er has not married yet and will inevitably be affected by this matter, and the marriage proposal will definitely be hindered.

That is to say, even if they want to divorce, they have to wait until Yan'er gets married.

Not only Tu Song thought of this, but Shen also thought of it, and they turned around and looked at Xia Yanxiang.

Originally, Xia Yanxiang also wanted to take this opportunity to let Xia Liu and Tu divorce, but thinking of this, Tu would definitely not agree to the divorce.

From Xia Yanxiang's own perspective, getting married or not is secondary. She would rather not get married, and she also wants Tu to leave Xia Liu and escape the fate of death from illness.

After struggling for a while, Xia Yanxiang finally said, "Uncle, listen to my mother! Forget it!"

"Yan'er!" Shen was unwilling and still wanted to settle the score.

Tu Xiao had always been a junior and had not participated in this matter, but at this point, he still felt sorry for Xia Yanxiang and couldn't help but say, "Sister Yanxiang..."

Xia Yanxiang grabbed Tu Xiao's arm and stopped him from saying the next words.

"Uncle, I am really sorry to trouble you and aunt this time. Yanxiang should accept the education of her father, although what her father did to her mother was a bit excessive..." Xia Yanxiang did not say the rest, believing that they understood even without her saying anything.

Shen wanted to say something but was stopped by Tu Song. Tu Song's face looked unhappy and his anger had not completely subsided, but he had to compromise.

But Tu Song really couldn't swallow this breath, and looked at Xia Liu again, gritting his teeth and said: "I really don't want to let you go this time! But since A Ling advised me not to do it, then fine, I won't hit you. If you treat Yan'er and A Ling like this again in the future, don't blame me."

Finally, Tu Song said something that was most fatal to Xia Liu: "I can make you fall the same way you climbed up here."

Tu Song ignored Xia Liu and said to Tu: "If there is anything, you must send someone to tell me. This will not happen again. If you defend him again, I will completely resolve this matter, no matter the cost."

Only then did Tu nod.

Shen was really unwilling to accept this, but was held back by Tu Xiao.

Tu Xiao didn't say anything, but shook his head.

"Yan'er, even if he is your father, if he is treated unfairly, just fight back. If he refuses to accept, or uses your mother to threaten you, just send someone to the Right Prime Minister's Mansion to find me. You don't have to feel guilty." Tu Song openly defended Xia Yanxiang and Tu's family, and also warned Xia Liu in person.

"Yes, uncle." Xia Yanxiang accepted it. She used to be like Tu, afraid of causing too much trouble to her uncle, but later her uncle's family was killed by her, and she regretted it.

If she had contacted her uncle more earlier, if she had discovered Xia Liu's conspiracy earlier, she could have made her mother and Xia Liu divorce, and the tragedy of the Tu family being wiped out could have been avoided.

Tu Song nodded, then turned his head and looked at Tu's red eyes. He seemed to want to say something but stopped himself, with a complicated look in his eyes. Finally, he sighed, but still said nothing.

"Madam, let's go!" Tu Song finally pulled the still angry Shen away.

Tu Xiao left last and patted Xia Yanxiang on the shoulder: "Remember to write to the Right Prime Minister's Mansion if you have anything to do. Don't think it's troublesome. We have always been a family."

"I understand, Brother Changyu." Xia Yanxiang agreed readily.

Tu Xiao finally felt relieved, nodded, and turned back to greet Tu: "Take care, aunt, nephew is leaving first."

Tu nodded.

After Tu Song's family had left, Xia Liu got up from the ground, her face full of dissatisfaction, but she didn't dare to say anything. She could only glare at Tu and Xia Yanxiang, dusted herself off, and left angrily.

"Mother..." Xia Yanxiang knew that Tu would be angry, so she lowered her voice, "Please blame me!"

Although Mrs. Tu was angry, she still sighed: "Yan'er, mother doesn't blame you, but your uncle has no obligation to clean up the mess for us mother and son."

"But mother, hasn't father always relied on uncle's relationship to rise to the top? Why does he treat you like this? Uncle is not obligated to help us. Father should treat you well. Besides, uncle is from your mother's family. You should be happy that he is standing up for you!" Xia Yanxiang did not understand Tu's thoughts in her previous life, but she didn't care. But now, she really wants to know why.

Tu shook her head and said, "Yan'er, you are still young and don't understand. In life, you must learn to grow up on your own and be independent. It's not okay to always rely on others."

Xia Yanxiang was silent.