Mind reading saves the whole family; I'm firmly in the role of a charlatan.

Chapter 262 It all depends on what she has done.

Du Anrao was stunned for a moment, then turned around and shouted in the direction Madam Shen had left: "They are at the Women and Children's Hospital in the West District now."

Madam Shen paused, then after a moment she moved forward again, her pace quickening!

The woman in the yellow shirt watched her departing figure and said indignantly, "That kind of scoundrel should be dragged out and drowned in a pig cage!"

The eyes of everyone present suddenly focused on her, which startled her.

"Don't...don't look at me like that. I'm just stating the facts, not the person. Men and women are the same. Anyone who does something like this should be arrested and drowned in a pig cage."

Du Anrao was amused by her cowardly yet stubborn appearance: "We just think you're absolutely right."

The woman in the yellow shirt realized she had misunderstood and chuckled sheepishly, a little embarrassed.

One of the culprits has fled, and the other party's situation has become increasingly awkward.

Seeing Du Anrao's gaze turn to her, Madam Kou felt a chill run down her spine: "Don't look at me. My husband died eight hundred years ago. He wouldn't have had the chance to wrong me."

"Who said your problem is your husband's infidelity? You just seemed to have a lot of insight into my great-uncle kicking his nephew's family, whom he had severed ties with, out of City B."

"So what if it is...?" Madam Kou's eyes showed a moment of panic, but then she seemed to remember something and straightened her back instantly.

"Am I wrong? Old Du has no children, and the bride is so old, she definitely won't have any children in the future. So her family is the closest to Old Du by blood and the most suitable to take care of him in his old age and see him off in his final days."

"You tricked Old Master Du into driving them out of City B for your own selfish desires. In the end, wasn't it all just to get rid of Old Master Du's real relatives and seize his property for yourself? You're so young, yet you're so cunning. Aren't you afraid of retribution?"

Du Anrao spent the whole day hovering around Qin Yanqing, so this Madam Kou naturally treated her as Qin Yanqing's family member. Even though she had just said something about Madam Shen's family correctly, she still harbored prejudice against her and her words were not very polite.

Du Anrao was so overwhelmed by Madam Kou's constant talk of the child's bloodline and the feudal patriarchal attitude of caring for the elderly until their death that he almost fell over. He turned to Du Desheng and asked, "Grandpa, does our family have a throne? Is it absolutely necessary for him to have this child?"

Du Desheng snorted coldly: "Let other people have children if they want. Your grandma and I are too lazy to have any. We haven't had enough of our life as a couple yet. We'd be too bored to have another baby to bother these old bones."

"Besides, it would be fine if we gave birth to an obedient child like you, but what if we gave birth to a wicked child like them? Are we supposed to expect them to take care of us in our old age and live out our days in peace? We'd be lucky if we didn't die of anger."

As for the family property that these people care about most, Du Desheng really wanted to throw it into the water or burn it all, rather than let those so-called relatives who wanted to drain him dry.

To put it bluntly, having and raising children is a gamble. If you win, everyone is happy; if you lose, no one cares if you die in a corner.

Du Anrao couldn't help but give Du Desheng a thumbs up. When it comes to progressive thinking, you have to look to her great-uncle.

There are very few people who can commit to spending their entire lives with one person, refusing to marry or have children if they can't find that person.

Most people don't have his courage, let alone his confidence.

"I'm curious, what gives you the audacity to come to someone's house and casually discuss their family relationships, descendants, and even their affairs after death? Is it your sons who avoid you like the plague and wish they could sever ties with you to avoid supporting you, or your grandsons who treat you like a babysitter and ATM, only to turn their backs on you afterward and look down on your poverty?"

Madam Kou's face turned ashen, and she nearly cried out in shock, "What nonsense are you spouting? My children are the most..." "The most what? Filial? You might fool outsiders with that, but don't fool yourself. You've given birth to three sons and one daughter. In the end, do you really have a place in any of their families?"

Madam Kou shuddered, and her gaze toward Du Anrao was filled with fear, unease, and the embarrassment of having her secret exposed.

The atmosphere suddenly froze, and the woman in the yellow dress, who had just made a startling statement, stepped forward once again.

He asked in confusion, "Mrs. Kou, didn't you say that your sons are the most filial and sensible, and that your daughters-in-law are all kind, gentle, and considerate people? You usually stay at each of their houses for a month at a time. How could their family not even have a place for you?"

If looks could kill, Aunt Yellow would probably have been turned into a hedgehog by Mrs. Kou's glare by now.

The woman in the yellow shirt: "???" What's going on? Did she end up showing the wrong kind of concern?

Seeing her reaction, what was there for the onlookers not to understand?
"It seems An'an was right. She has had so many children, yet not one of them is willing to be filial to her and take care of her in her old age?"

"That depends on what she has done before."

Du Anrao's words successfully piqued everyone's curiosity, and Madam Kou's expression changed again because of them.

It turns out that this Mrs. Kou, like Mrs. Shen's mother-in-law, was also very biased towards sons and daughters.

She had three sons and one daughter. Logically, in such a family structure, the daughter should be very favored.

Just like Du Anrao's family, before Du Yuxi knew of Du Anrao's existence, she was always the most beloved child in the family. Not only did her parents love her, but her brothers also loved her.

But the Kou family was different. Madam Kou loved her first child, her eldest son, the most. From childhood to adulthood, he enjoyed the best and most expensive things.

Even when his eldest son was admitted to university but couldn't afford the tuition, he forced his second son to drop out of school and work for his eldest son to earn the tuition.

The reason she didn't let her eldest son suck her youngest daughter's blood was entirely because her youngest daughter was too young at the time, and no one dared to hire her. Also, she had a third son.

This third son was also her favorite; he was the person she loved most besides her eldest son.

After her eldest son drained his second son's resources to finish university and secure a managerial position at a large company, she didn't even consider asking her already successful eldest son, who could easily help his brothers out of their predicament, to pay for her third son's tuition.

Instead, he chose to accept a dowry of 80,000 yuan and marry or sell his daughter to a 30-something-year-old crippled rogue with a terrible reputation in the next village.

Upon hearing this, everyone present changed their gaze towards Madam Kou.

If Madam Shen from before still had some pitiful aspects worthy of sympathy, then Madam Kou before us truly deserves the description of being "worse than a beast."

The woman in yellow, who had been thinking of standing up for her not long ago, now silently took a few steps back and distanced herself from her.

(End of this chapter)