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

Chapter 388 Piercing the Lungs

Mr. and Mrs. Cui were startled when they suddenly heard an unfamiliar voice, only then realizing that there was a girl who was not much older than them with their two children.

"Who are you? We're talking to our own child, what right do you, an outsider, have to interrupt?"

As soon as Cui's mother said this, Du Xiuyuan retorted loudly, "She is our uncle's cousin, not an outsider!"

"Cousin?" The elderly couple looked Du Anrao up and down, as if trying to figure out which of Du Xiuyuan's uncles' cousins ​​she was.

"So what if she's my cousin? She's a distant cousin from a distant uncle's family. How can she be as close as my own grandparents? It's none of your business, a junior relative, to interfere in our family affairs."

"Your family?" Du Anrao dodged the other person's hand, which was almost poking his face, and chuckled, "I seem to remember that my cousin got divorced not long ago, and if I remember correctly, her previous husband was a son-in-law, right? So whether before or after the divorce, the two children are legally members of the Du family, not your Cui family. Even the children's surname is our Du family's."

Du Anrao deliberately mentioned that the two children's surname was Du, just to deliberately rub salt into their wounds. After all, the one in their family surnamed Cui was destined not to have any blood offspring. Their plans of more than ten or twenty years had all fallen apart at the last moment. With her rubbing salt into their wounds, they were bound to explode.

But once it explodes, it's easy for things to go wrong, and for the truth to be revealed in front of so many people.

As expected, upon hearing this, Mrs. Cui's face darkened instantly: "What do you mean by 'marrying in'? They have the blood of the Cui family flowing through their veins; they are our Cui family's offspring. Now that their father is gone, it is their duty to support us two old folks. That's a matter of course! No one can argue against it!"

"Support?" Du Anrao raised an eyebrow. "Fourth Sister, I seem to remember that the law only stipulates that support exists between direct blood relatives, that is, between parents and children. There is no such thing as grandchildren having to support their grandparents, right?"

Du Yuxi glanced at her sister and chimed in at the right moment: "That's generally true. But there are exceptions."

"What exception?"

"If their children are dead or unable to support them, then it is indeed possible to ask their grandchildren to help support them."

"So that's how it is. So their son has died? My aunt's beastly ex-husband is gone? This is truly justice for the wicked, so gratifying!"

The thing Cui's mother couldn't stand most was what others said about her son. Du Anrao's words hit her sore spot, making her so angry that she jumped up and down on the spot.

"Your son is dead, your whole family is dead!"

Du Anrao was startled and instinctively hid behind his sister: "Hey, why are you resorting to personal attacks? He's not dead? Then why is he asking my younger brother and sister to support you?"

Du Yuxi glanced at her indulgently and said with a faint smile, "Because he went to jail." Du Anrao then showed a look of sudden realization: "Oh, look at my memory, I almost forgot, their son went to jail, so they really can't continue to support them. But, what was the reason their son went to jail?"

"Because he had already married and had children at home, he still tricked my aunt into marriage, claiming that she was his own sister and nephew. After marrying into my aunt's family, he transferred her family's assets to support these so-called sister and nephew. He even planned to kill his wife and abandon his children, plotting to seize the family property left to my aunt by my third grandfather and give it to his 'sister' and his 'nephew.' After my aunt appealed, the court found him guilty of bigamy, and now he's in jail."

The two sisters, working in perfect harmony, dropped the bombshell with the calmest of statements.

Because the two elderly people had caused trouble several times, the security guards at the school gate were already familiar with the old and young. For the past few days, they had only heard the two old people crying and shouting, while the two young children were like quails, anxious and angry but unable to explain themselves.

The group also said that the children's biological mother was a really wicked daughter-in-law, and that no matter what, she should not prevent the children from seeing their biological grandparents.

Upon hearing what the Du Anrao sisters had to say, the group immediately showed expressions of shock, as if they had stumbled upon some juicy gossip.

It was during school dismissal time, and the school gate was bustling with people. Hearing the commotion from Du Anrao and his group, they had unknowingly formed a circle around them, and the people on the outer perimeter were still gathering inside.

The Cui family elders chose this time to come to the school and block the two children because they knew there would be many people coming and going at the school gate at this time. They wanted to use these people on campus to put pressure on the two children in order to achieve their own goals.

Who would have thought that with the unexpected turn of events involving Du Anrao, all his scheming would ultimately backfire on him, truly a case of shooting himself in the foot.

When Cui's father heard Du Anrao and the other man mention that his son had been imprisoned, his face turned ashen. No matter what era it was, it was an extremely shameful thing for a child to have a criminal record.

He immediately put on a fierce face and defended his son: "It's only natural for a man to make mistakes when he earns money to support his family. Besides, Jueyan has already made the two children she gave birth to take his family name. What else is she dissatisfied with? She insists on holding onto his past and takes advantage of her wealth and power to maliciously retaliate, dragging my good child into that dark and hopeless place. She is really vicious and cruel."

These words made it sound as if Du Lianshuang was bullying the weak and taking advantage of them, these "innocent" honest people, which made Du Xiuyuan and his companion's fists harden.

Old Mrs. Cui, however, felt that her husband was right: "It's already a great favor that my son is willing to let the two children she gave birth to take her surname, since she is a worthless little girl. Her family line continues, and we can't let our Cui family line die out. What's wrong with what my son did?"

Old Mrs. Cui became more and more excited as she spoke, and for a moment she forgot to hide her true feelings and revealed everything on her mind.

"If you really think about it, Dongmei married Jueyan and had children before her, so she's in the wrong. But she's shameless enough to hold us accountable, causing our family to end up like this. In all my years, I've never seen such an ungrateful and vicious woman. If this were where we were, she'd be arrested and disciplined long ago. How could she be allowed to show her face and flaunt her like this!"

As soon as Old Lady Cui said this, a murmur of uproar arose from the surrounding crowd.

Some people who had spoken up for them a few days ago without knowing the inside story now had subtle expressions. They instinctively shut their mouths and took two steps back to minimize their presence, afraid of being recognized and dying with these two old guys.