After four years of living alone after marrying far away, he went back to his parents' home and

Liu Zhiyuan was confused and frowned, saying, "Mom, what nonsense are you talking about?"

Tian Xiuhua's eyes widened, and she wished she could tear her own granddaughter apart.

"That jinx! He threw my comb by the pond this morning!"

"After I found it, I bent down to pick it up, but my foot slipped and I fell down, cough cough!"

"If it weren't for that little bastard, how could I have fallen into the water on the first day of the Lunar New Year!"

With red eyes, Tian Xiuhua pointed at her granddaughter Liu Xiaoman and angrily rebuked her, coughing incessantly due to her extreme agitation.

The little one didn't know what he had done wrong, and he quickly hid behind his mother, his eyes filled with fear.

Lan Yujuan's face immediately turned cold. After hugging her daughter, she tightly covered her little ears.

"Watch your mouth! Don't go too far on the first day of the Lunar New Year!"

"A person who's practically buried up to their neck, who doesn't cultivate good character, who dug their own pit and jumped in, and yet has the nerve to blame a child?"

"If she really is a jinx, then Liu Zhiyuan is the biggest jinx, and you're the old jinx! Your entire Liu family are jinxes!"

"Who's the nemesis of whom is really not certain!"

Tian Xiuhua was furious. She covered her lungs with her hands and coughed until her face turned red.

"Liu Zhiyuan! Cough, cough! If you were my son, you'd better teach your wife a lesson right now!"

"Go ahead and slap her!"

Liu Zhiyuan was caught in the middle, as restless as an ant on a hot pan.

On one side is his mother who just had an accident, on the other side is his wife and children whom he can't afford to offend, and on top of that, his lover is urging him to leave from afar.

He didn't want to offend any of these three parties, so he could only coax her in a low voice, "Mom, please stop making a scene!"

Seeing that her eldest son was unmoved, Tian Xiuhua grabbed the stainless steel water cup from the bedside table and smashed it over his head.

"Liu Zhiyuan! You spineless coward!"

"I've supported your education and helped you find a job in the big city, and now you've forgotten all about your mother after you got married!"

"This shameless slut who came to your door daring to curse me like that to your face, I wonder what she does to your parents when you're not around! Waaaaah..."

After her initial arrogance, Tian Xiuhua lowered her stance, crying and feigning grievance. Her acting skills were truly impressive!

Liu Zhiyuan sighed helplessly, turned around and gently scolded, "Wife, you should say less!"

"Mom is an elder after all. You should come over and apologize right away, then go do whatever you need to do!"

"You know I have work to do and need to leave urgently tonight. Can't you just be understanding of your man's situation?"

Lan Yujuan laughed in anger!

"Your mother called my daughter a jinx, and you expect me to apologize? You ran away on the first day of the Lunar New Year, and you expect me to be understanding?"

"Hehe~" Lan Yujuan sneered as she beckoned to Liu Zhiyuan with her finger.

Liu Zhiyuan approached with a frown. "What do you want to say...?"

"Slap!" Before he could react, Lan Yujuan had already released her daughter and slapped her hard across the face.

"Liu Zhiyuan, you're disgusting!"

After slapping the person, Lan Yujuan picked up the child and walked out.

A sense of foreboding rose in Liu Zhiyuan's heart, and he quickly chased after the person and grabbed him, "Where are you going?"

Lan Yujuan struggled violently, "Are you going to let go or not? This is a hospital, or I'll call the police and have you arrested!"

Upon hearing those two words, Liu Zhiyuan's heart skipped a beat, and he instinctively tried to let go.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Lan Yujuan shook off her, grabbed the child, and rushed out of the ward. At that moment, all she wanted was to get away from this place of trouble as quickly as possible!

But before she could run a few steps, Liu Zhiyuan caught up again and this time grabbed his daughter, Liu Xiaoman.

"You can leave, but Xiaoman is a member of the Liu family and must stay to care for the ailing man!"

Lan Yujuan felt as if her life force had been suddenly gripped, as if all the blood in her body was flowing backward.

"Liu Zhiyuan, are you fucking crazy?! Xiaoman is only 3 years old, what illness could she possibly have?"

"Your mom's perfectly healthy and energetic; she could jump up and hit you. What's wrong with her?"

Liu Zhiyuan didn't yell back at her; instead, his voice was frighteningly calm.

"Lan Yujuan, I'm not joking with you!"

"I can overlook the slap you gave me, but I don't want the 80 and 20 in gold either."

"But if you don't behave today, then you can leave."

"Liu Xiaoman is my daughter. There's a paternity test result proving it was registered when she was born. She can only stay with the Liu family!"

Upon hearing this, Lan Yujuan's knees buckled and she almost knelt down, her face turning deathly pale. Fortunately, she managed to grab onto the wall for support.

Her worst fears came true!

Just as she had figured out a way for the mother and daughter to escape, but before she could put it into practice...

Liu Zhiyuan hugged his daughter tightly, ignoring her pouting lips and tears, and resolutely turned back to the ward.

Five minutes later, Lan Yujuan also numbly followed them back.

Liu Zhiyuan looked at his wife, secretly pleased with himself.

"What are you standing there for? I'll comfort our daughter. You hurry up and pay the bills and get Mom discharged!"

Lan Yujuan took a deep breath and calmly said, "I don't have any money on me, so how can I pay the bill?"

Leaning against the headboard, Tian Xiuhua was secretly delighted upon hearing this: It seems that the 80 yuan has already been transferred to her account!

Thinking of this, Tian Xiuhua's complexion immediately improved!

But her son's next words completely confused her.

"Don't you have money in your card?"

"There's an ATM downstairs. Just withdraw cash; you can do it several times!"

Lan Yujuan calmly replied, "You said the card had to be handed in, so I put it away when I got home. I wouldn't dare use it!"

Upon hearing this, Liu Zhiyuan's face turned green, and he gritted his teeth, saying, "This is a matter of life and death! What are you thinking?"

Tian Xiuhua, who was daydreaming in her hospital bed, finally came to her senses!

"etc!"

"What do you two mean by that?"

"You've been going on and on all morning, has the credit limit on that card been increased or not? You promised to transfer 80 to my card, has it been transferred?"

When Liu Zhiyuan heard this, he was shocked to find that the topic had come up again, and his scalp tingled.

He was so regretful!

I shouldn't have revealed the 80 yuan this morning just to show off, especially I shouldn't have told his mother!

"Mom, don't worry about it!" Liu Zhiyuan tried to reassure her. "We agreed that you would manage the money; it doesn't matter which card it's in!"

"The most important thing right now is to get you discharged from the hospital and home!"

"When we arrived, Zhigang's girlfriend and her family came with lots of gifts, showing their sincerity and waiting for you to come home and take charge!"

After listening, Tian Xiuhua remained silent and sat on the hospital bed, pondering for a long time.

With a final grit of his teeth, he pulled the blanket over himself and lay down.

"You two, one playing the good cop and the other the bad cop! You've completely fooled this old woman!"

"In short, I won't leave the hospital until the 80 yuan is deposited into my account!"

"Liu Zhiyuan, your own mother has been hospitalized after an accident. If you dare to sneak away, I'll lie down at your workplace!"

Liu Zhiyuan was so angry that his temples throbbed. He tried everything to reason with his mother, but she just wouldn't listen!

Finally, having exhausted all other options, he had no choice but to call Lan Yujuan into the hallway to discuss the matter.

"Honey, I really have an urgent matter to attend to, I have to leave tonight!"

"If I don't hurry to the train station, I'll be too late!"

"My mom is illiterate and quite unreasonable! But you're different; you're always understanding!"

"For the sake of our marriage and the children, I'll have to trouble you to help me out at home."

"I promise you, I'll definitely go home more often this year, and stay until the sixth day of the Lunar New Year before leaving, how about that?"

Lan Yujuan held her daughter's hand, looked at the man in front of her, and remained silent for a long time.

Only when the other party became clearly impatient did he speak softly:

"Liu Zhiyuan, is what you need to do really that urgent? Is it more important than your wife and children, or your own mother's health?"

Liu Zhiyuan froze, his eyes darting around, unable to give a direct answer.

"Alright!" Lan Yujuan breathed a sigh of relief. "I promise you!"

Just as Liu Zhiyuan was smugly pleased and about to rush over to hug Lan Yujuan, she stopped him in his tracks with her next sentence:

"However, I have one condition."