Chapter 134: Chapter 134

Ye Qian’s face changed, standing still without daring to move, and Bai Hehua’s face also turned pale. Seeing Ye Qian not moving, she too didn’t dare to move.

Bai Xue knew this matter couldn’t be avoided, "Ye Qian, go back to the room and sleep with your cousin. This has nothing to do with you both."

With such a big issue, how could it be nothing?

Ye Qian gritted her teeth, "Dad, this isn’t Mom’s fault."

With a ’bang’, Ye He Ping slapped the table in anger, "Are my words useless now? Do you only see your mom and not me, your father? If my words are useless, then just act as if you don’t have a dad."

From childhood to now, Ye Qian had never been scolded . Her eyes turned red, and she covered her face while crying and ran into the West Room, slamming the door hard.

Ye He Ping shouted angrily again, "Who are you slamming the door at? Who gave you this attitude? I think it’s because you’ve been spoiled."

Bai Xue opened her mouth to speak, but before she could rush to defend her daughter, her husband had already shouted another sentence. She could see that her husband was truly angry now; whoever spoke would only meet his fury.

Bai Hehua stood there, tears as big as beans continuously falling down.

Ye He Ping glanced at her, his tone softening slightly, "He Hua, go back to the room and sleep."

This time, Bai Hehua obeyed, quietly going back to the East Room.

In the living room, only the couple remained facing each other. Apart from the sound of Ye Qian’s crying coming from the West Room, it was so quiet that even a pin drop could be heard. Bai Xue let out a bitter laugh and looked up at her husband, "You’ve been glaring at me, I know you’re angry with me. Since bringing Ye Ling back, you’ve never liked the things I do, but..."

"There’s no need for you to say any more. What’s the use of saying those things? What did you say last time? And what did you do? I just want to know what caused this time," Ye He Ping interrupted his wife.

Bai Xue was left awkward, "You also saw the injury on He Hua’s head; it was she who dragged He Hua’s head and slammed it against the table corner. At that time, she almost killed He Hua, and it was only after Ye Qian and I couldn’t separate them that I had to hit her."

After entering the room, Ye He Ping naturally saw the white bandage wrapped around the head of his wife’s niece, and he remained silent, waiting for his wife to continue. Bai Xue paused, "During the day, Ye Qian and I weren’t home. Song Mei and Jiang Yan came and had a quarrel with Ye Ling. Ye Ling slapped Song Mei, and in the afternoon, Wang Danhong came to inquire about what had happened. Song Mei said she hadn’t said anything unpleasant, and Jiang Yan also testified. He Hua was also present at the time, and Ye Ling kept asking He Hua to testify. He Hua also didn’t say that Song Mei hadn’t said anything, and after the outsiders left, Ye Ling beat He Hua. I saw that it was going to be serious and couldn’t separate them, so I hit her, and then she ran out."

Bai Xue looked directly into her husband’s eyes, eyes she had looked into for half a lifetime. At this moment, what’s inside made her unable to understand. She hadn’t lied, but she also didn’t tell the details of what happened at the time. If her husband truly found out the truth later, he wouldn’t think she was lying.

As for the Song Family and the Jiang Family, she hoped that they wouldn’t foolishly tell outsiders about what happened during the day. Bai Xue could only hope that the girl wouldn’t tell her husband in such detail.

"That’s all?" Ye He Ping asked indifferently, "What did the girl from the Song Family say?"

Putting other things aside, after getting to know her for six months, Ye He Ping understood his eldest daughter, who was one to hate evil and wouldn’t easily provoke others. What his wife said was vague, and Ye He Ping could tell right away it was about highlighting the good and avoiding the bad.

"Said she brought a man home," Bai Xue avoided her husband’s gaze. "I heard that Zhao Guodong came to the house earlier and was seen by the girl from the Song Family. Kids tend to bicker and squabble. You should know that words like that don’t truly mean what they imply. At such a young age, what do they understand about seduction? They merely repeat what they’ve heard others say during fights."

"What did you say at the time?" At this moment, his wife was still speaking on behalf of outsiders, which Ye He Ping found suffocating.

In the past, he thought his wife’s constant consideration for others was kind and gentle. Now, even when their daughter was insulted by others, she wasn’t angry and was still defending the outsiders. Is this truly gentleness?

Bai Xue noticed her husband’s displeasure, "When I saw her slap the girl from the Song Family, swelling her face, I told her to go apologize to the girl from the Song Family. You know they were already at our doorstep, and regardless, her face was already swollen from the beating. If I protected her further, what would others think?"

Also knowing her husband’s face was grim, Bai Xue cried, "I only said a word to her, and she threatened me with death. You only know she’s run away now, but you don’t think about what I did? They were already at our door. What could I do? Everyone testified that the girl from the Song Family hadn’t said those words, yet she stubbornly wouldn’t let go. What could I do?"

"It seems you are blameless," Ye He Ping seemed to be babbling, yet Bai Xue could hear his voice.

Those words were like a hammer, heavily pounding on Bai Xue’s heart. Trembling, she looked at her husband, "Is that what you think of me?"

Ye He Ping looked at her indifferently, "It’s not about what I think of you, but about what you’ve done. Originally, I thought with school starting soon, and Lingzi said she wanted to come home, so I was okay with her coming back, hoping it might ease the relationship between you two. But now I see, I have underestimated the issue. You’ll never change. I should have realized this when you used your pregnancy as an excuse to leave Lingzi with Mom when she was one — it was clear you never liked Lingzi and even cruelly handed an infant to an elder for care."

Those words were like a dagger, cruelly stabbing into Bai Xue’s heart, her tears falling like rain, "Back then, when we had just moved with the military to a new place, that’s why I left her with Mom. Did you think I felt good about it? If the first child had been a boy, would I have cared so much for the child in my womb? You don’t know how people in the village pointed and whispered, secretly saying I was a hen that couldn’t lay eggs."

Bai Xue felt she was truly miserable, no one could understand her feelings. Now everyone was turning against her. How could anyone understand her years of hardships? To think her husband would think of her .

"Did you give birth to a son?" Ye He Ping, seeing she hadn’t realized her mistake, couldn’t help but retort.

At that moment, Bai Xue even forgot to cry, incredulously looking at her husband. In all these years, her husband had never mentioned such a thing. She always thought he didn’t care about it, but now listening to his words, it was apparent he did care. Inwardly, she bitterly smiled, realizing how foolish she had been to think that just because they were together, her husband wouldn’t care whether the baby was a boy or a girl. In reality, she had overestimated herself all along. (To be continued. If you work, feel free to visit qidian.com to cast your recommendation and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)