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

Chapter 264: Can’t wake up someone who pretends to be asleep

Most importantly, he didn't think his elderly mother was suffering from living in the storage room at all. The storage room in a wealthy family was much more spacious than the small, dilapidated building that his family of four used to squeeze into.

Since his mother endured so much hardship to raise him to be successful, it wouldn't hurt for her to suffer a little more now for his future career, right?

Such an idea seems absurd, but some people can justify it with their own logic and self-righteousness. This is largely due to the ideas instilled in them by their parents from a young age. It can only be said that Mrs. Kou herself deserves much credit for causing this disastrous outcome.

"Not to mention your third son. Although he was able to go to university smoothly because of the money borrowed by your eldest son, and he was able to find a relatively decent job after graduation, he was already in debt before he even entered the workforce. Moreover, this debt came from his own family, which was very difficult for your third son to accept. Because of this, he resented his eldest brother who was unwilling to pay for him for free, and he resented you, his mother, who remained silent throughout the whole process."

"In his view, your silence is solid proof that you favor your eldest brother more than your second brother. Back then, when your eldest brother went to university, he used the hard-earned money that your second brother worked hard to earn to pay his tuition. Why didn't your eldest brother pay back that money to your second brother? On the contrary, he not only has to pay it back, but also has to pay interest. How can he be so hypocritical?"

As the saying goes, it is not poverty that is to be feared, but inequality. The third son could not see the suffering of his second brother and fourth sister. He only wanted to compare himself with his eldest brother. He felt that Madam Kou treated him worse than his eldest brother, so he harbored resentment and indignation. He even forgot all the good things Madam Kou had done for him over the years and only held a grudge about this one bad thing.

"Do you think that your third son is becoming increasingly disgusted with you because of your third daughter-in-law's instigation, and that he's deliberately making you live in a doghouse and eat swill?"

"He actually let his own mother live in a doghouse?" Before anyone else could say anything, the aunt who had somehow run up to Du Anrao's side couldn't help but gasp and exclaim in shock.

Madam Kou's expression changed slightly, but she still stubbornly said, "That's right. My child has been smart, kind, clever, and sensible since childhood. If these vile people hadn't deliberately instigated this, how could they have treated me like this?"

This is blaming the eldest son's indifference and his tendency to seek advantage and avoid harm on the eldest daughter-in-law.
Everyone was speechless, thinking that this person was truly beyond saving.

"That really disappoints you. Your third daughter-in-law has no problem with you, at most she just doesn't think much of you. Making you live in a doghouse and abusing and humiliating you was entirely your third son's own idea. She's just taking the blame for your son."

"This is impossible! I don't believe it!" Madam Kou could no longer contain herself and screamed, her eyes glaring fiercely at Du Anrao as if she wanted to tear him apart.

The woman in yellow had known her for a while, otherwise she wouldn't have been chatting with her and Mrs. Shen just now. Seeing the person in front of her, who was so different from usual, her heart skipped a beat, and she secretly sighed that her husband was right.

Aside from that one blind date where she inexplicably fell for her husband, her judgment of people has never been right!

"You're talking nonsense. My sons would never do that to me. They've only become like this because they've been deceived by those despicable people. Once they realize their mistake, they'll definitely become the good children they used to be. What you're saying is all fake, fake."

It has to be said that you can never wake up someone who is pretending to be asleep, and most importantly, there seems to be no need to wake them up.

After hearing about the Kou family's situation, Du's mother felt that Kou's eldest and third sons were ungrateful wretches, while the second son and fourth daughter, as victims who were oppressed and exploited, were less affected by Kou's nature and might actually be better.

As mentioned earlier, the fourth daughter has escaped from that cannibalistic home and has since started a wonderful life of her own.

After things stabilized, she only kept in touch with her second brother, the only one who had helped her back then, and who was also a victim. "And what about her second son... how is he now?"

“Her second son…” Du Anrao subconsciously turned his head to look at Madam Kou.

A hint of panic flashed across Madam Kou's face, but it was quickly replaced by resentment: "Don't mention that unfilial son. I don't have such a selfish and unfilial son."

Madam Kou's silence only fueled everyone's curiosity.

After all, even her son, who stood by and watched coldly and deliberately made her work as a nanny and maid, living in a storage room and a doghouse, she didn't think they were unfilial. On the contrary, she protected them.

According to Du Anrao's description, this second son even saved his sister from being sold to scumbags by their mother, allowing her to escape from this terrible family. His character is definitely better than the other two sons.

How did he become a selfish and unfilial son in this woman's mouth?
Did he really do something outrageous, or... is there something else going on?
"Selfish? Unfilial?" Du Anrao's gaze towards Madam Kou turned icy cold as he sneered, "How else can he be filial? Will he give you his life?"

Mrs. Kou's second son, like her fourth daughter, was a member of the lower class who was persecuted and oppressed by this family, and was even more pitiful than his fourth sister.

As the second son in the family, with a smart and capable older brother above him and a sweet-talking and pampered younger brother below him, he has always been a transparent figure in this family.

Good things never come his way, but bad things always seem to happen to him.

Back then, his older brother was going to college, and in order to save up for his tuition, his second son was forced to drop out of school and work part-time doing manual labor, which left him with a lot of injuries.

Later, when her third son was about to go to university, Madam Kou came up with the insidious idea of ​​betraying her daughter. This honest man, who had been cowardly for most of his life, finally mustered up the courage to secretly let his sister go.

After his family discovered what he had done, the second son was naturally subjected to a severe beating from his mother and resentful curses from his younger brother.

But at this point, it was too late for him to go out and work to earn money to pay for his younger brother's tuition.

This gave the eldest son the opportunity to borrow money and demand interest. However, as the "culprit" who ruined their plans, the second son was not as lucky as his sister to escape this wretched home. Instead, he fell into an even more desperate vortex.

The money for the third son's college education was borrowed by Mrs. Kou from her eldest son. The third son spent every penny of it, but in the end, he demanded that the second son repay the full amount.

They claimed that if the second son hadn't let his sister go, they wouldn't have needed to borrow the money at all. The second son was obligated to take responsibility and help the third son repay the debt; otherwise, he would be unfilial and unworthy of being human.

Everyone: "..." This is such a terrifying form of PUA moral blackmail, it's absolutely chilling!
(End of this chapter)