Hearing this, Zhang Meiyu glanced at Tang Xiaomin.
Noticing her continued defiant and remorseless demeanor, she sighed.
"This time, Xiaomin was wrong."
"Xiaomin, you hit Tang Xu, apologize to your brother, quickly."
It had to be said that Zhang Meiyu was truly biased towards Tang Xiaomin.
After being beaten, a verbal apology would suffice.
The brothers now had a new understanding of how much Tang Xiaomin meant to Zhang Meiyu.
They were all speechless.
Back then, when Tang Xu was inexplicably beaten, although their mother said Tang Xiaomin was excessive, she didn't do anything to her.
Seeing this, Tang Xu's face turned ashen, and he could no longer suppress his rage.
"Mom, do you think hitting me is okay with just an apology?"
"In your eyes, is she really more important than us brothers? Do you have to favor her like this?"
Maternal favoritism, no one would feel good about it.
At this moment, Tang Yu and Tang Ye remained silent, both looking at Zhang Meiyu, quietly awaiting her answer.
Seeing this, Zhang Meiyu knew that Tang Xu would be uncomfortable with her handling of the situation.
However.
"Xiaomin is a girl, and she's younger than you. Are you going to beat her too?"
If she could, Tang Xu really wanted to beat Tang Xiaomin severely.
Tang Xiaomin, seeing Tang Xu's unyielding expression, said with a smile.
"Come on, hit me, go on."
She said it with a laugh.
Tang Xu gritted his teeth, his gaze towards Tang Xiaomin as if he could devour her.
Tang Xiaomin, not to be outdone, provoked him again.
"What's the point of glaring at me? If you have the guts, come hit me, you coward, I can't stand trash like you."
"You!"
Tang Xu could no longer hold back and lunged at Tang Xiaomin.
Tang Xiaomin, not to be outdone, stood up, determined to break his leg this time.
"Tang Xu, stop!"
Seeing that the situation was escalating, Tang Yu stood up and stopped Tang Xu, separating them.
Tang Xiaomin, unwilling to back down, continued to provoke him.
"Come on, coward, I'll break your leg this time! Come on!"
She was indeed more arrogant than any man.
...
The Tang family living room was in chaos.
Tang Yu, while holding back Tang Xu, was also scolding Tang Xiaomin.
"Xiaomin, that's enough, don't go too far."
Tang Yu's words, however, only angered Tang Xiaomin further.
With her hands on her hips, she unleashed a torrent of abuse at them.
"I'm going too far? You're even more excessive!"
Tang Xiaomin pointed her finger at Zhang Meiyu.
"You, abandoned me, gave birth but didn't raise me, preferring to believe the words of charlatans over the bonds of blood and flesh."
Tang Xiaomin then pointed at Tang Yu.
"You're no good either, you used me as a servant before, what kind of brother are you!"
Then, at Tang Ye.
"And you, for that bitch Tang Yiyi, how many times have you wronged me? Disgusting."
After that, at Tang Xu.
"As for you, Dr. Zhou was arranged by you, right? And what are you making a fuss about now?"
"You're fucking trying to find a reasonable excuse to openly go live with Tang Yiyi and the others, aren't you?"
"Do you really think I don't know your intentions?"
Tang Xiaomin's blatant revelation of Tang Xu's plan made him react instinctively by denying it.
"Don't talk nonsense!"
Tang Xiaomin knew he would say that.
Without a word, she seized the opportunity in the chaos to snatch Tang Xu's phone.
Tang Xu tried to grab it back, but in the next second, Tang Xiaomin held a fruit knife, its blade pointed at Tang Xu.
"Don't come any closer, or I'll stab you!"
...
She's crazy!
She's truly gone mad!
She's even taking out knives now!
Naturally, Tang Xu dared not approach.
Seeing this, Zhang Meiyu became extremely anxious.
"Xiaomin, put down the knife! Didn't you hear me!"
Put it down.
Before she could expose Tang Xu's disgusting hypocrisy, how could she possibly put it down?
"Everyone be quiet, I'll let you know now what a disgusting person Tang Xu is."
Tang Xu's phone had a password. Tang Xiaomin, in front of the whole family, entered Tang Yiyi's birthday.
"Everyone watch carefully, this is Tang Yiyi's birthday, 221108."
Tang Xiaomin entered a string of numbers one by one, and the phone unlocked successfully.
Then, Tang Xiaomin scrolled through the contacts and found a number saved as "Beloved."
"Tsk tsk, Beloved, very nice. Let everyone hear who your Beloved is."
Tang Xu watched Tang Xiaomin's tantrum with a blank expression, his heart churning like a stormy sea.
Tang Xiaomin dialed the "Beloved" number, and the call was answered quickly.
"Hello, third brother, have you arrived? Dad and I decided to wait for you to start the meal."
"By the way, third brother, I've already made your bed in your room."
...
"Third brother, are you listening?"
"Third brother?"
...
The voice of Tang Yiyi was all too familiar to all of them.
Everyone's eyes were fixed on Tang Xu.
So, he had planned all along to make a big deal out of Tang Xiaomin's situation and then seamlessly move in with Tang Zhongcheng and Tang Yiyi.
The most furious was Zhang Meiyu.
*Slap!*
Without a word, Zhang Meiyu slapped Tang Xu across the face.
Her usually graceful and noble face was contorted with rage.
Beyond anger, there was deep disappointment in Tang Xu.
"Tang Xu, you like Tang Yiyi, and you want to go live with them, is that it?"
Zhang Meiyu's question was either superfluous or born of unwillingness to accept it.
On the phone, Tang Yiyi had already provided a clear answer.
Facing his mother's questioning.
Tang Xu knew this day would eventually come.
Tang Yiyi was very important to him; he was willing even if he got beaten.
Even if his mother didn't agree, he didn't care.
He was her son, after all. He didn't believe his mother would disown him over this.
Tang Xu was confident that he understood his mother well.
The air froze for a long moment.
Everyone stared intently at Tang Xu.
Tang Xu nodded slightly, admitting it.
Not only that, but he also stated righteously.
"Mom, I like Yiyi."
*Slap!*
As soon as he finished speaking, another slap landed on Tang Xu's face.
Zhang Meiyu was clearly driven mad by Tang Xu, her eyes reddening as she grew increasingly furious.
"She's adopted by our family, how could you..."
"She's been kicked out of the Tang family, she has no connection to the Tang family anymore."
"Mom, Yiyi is not related to us by blood. What era is this? Who would still dwell on her being adopted? It's entirely your overthinking; no one else cares about such things."
Seeing her sons, one after another, fall for Tang Yiyi.
Zhang Meiyu felt as if the sky was collapsing.
Under her furious rage, another slap.
*Slap!*
Tang Xu endured it silently.
"Mom, I have my own life, my own love. I don't expect you to support me or bless me. I just hope you won't stop me. I truly love Yiyi. I've loved her deeply since I was old enough to understand.
"No matter how long I'm apart from her, this feeling has never faded due to distance."