Madam Xiang had never imagined that she would be pushed to this point one day.
Her son and daughter had been taken, and now, even she was being cornered by her own family.
She didn't know what to say.
She was even less clear about what would happen to her if she spoke.
But given the attitude of Old Master Luo and the Luo Buyu family, the old lady knew that her reputation might be ruined.
Madam Xiang waved her hand, knocking away Li Xin's hand. "You don't need to help me."
Li Xin pouted. "Still putting on airs?"
Xiang Hehua, hunched over, looked at Old Master Luo. Now almost eighty, she gazed at Luo Liangzhu, "Luo Liangzhu, we've been husband and wife for over fifty years. Are you going to treat me like this now?"
"A life is at stake."
Before the old master could speak, Luo Buyu said coldly, his eyes fixed on Madam Xiang, his fists clenched. This was about his mother!
"You're a junior, not qualified to speak to me," Madam Xiang retorted. She had weathered too many storms over the years. She had played a part in the Luo family's rise to its current status, so when faced with Luo Buyu's questioning, she had regained her composure, feeling no fault in herself. She smoothed her clothes and sat on the sofa. "Your mother was already suffering from chronic illness. It was not easy for her to raise you alone in those years."
"Do you know why you were able to grow up? It was the time of reform, the three years of natural disasters, and the wave of layoffs. Your mother raised you alone during that era; it would be no exaggeration to call it a miracle. What are you questioning me about now? Do you think I'm the kind of person who would do such a thing?"
Madam Xiang's tone had calmed down as she looked directly into Luo Buyu's eyes.
Hearing this, Luo Buyu was half-convinced.
"When your mother was brought here by your father, her body was already riddled with ailments," Madam Xiang said. "Ask your father about this."
Luo Buyu looked at his father.
"Yes... back then... the Luo family had finally established a foothold in Shashi, and it took me considerable effort to find you and your orphaned mother. At that time, your mother was already ill," Old Master Luo recalled. "The medical equipment wasn't as good then. We did our best to treat her, and she got a little better."
"Mm."
Luo Buyu took a deep breath. At least, this old woman hadn't harmed his mother.
"I was very puzzled back then. Although her health was poor, it wasn't to the point of being critically ill... but in the end, she died of cancer. Perhaps it was fate..." Old Master Luo reminisced about those times. However, he immediately shifted the topic. "I believe you about what happened back then; you wouldn't do something like that. But now, I don't believe you anymore. I just want to know, are Luo Buyu's legs related to you!"
"That car accident! Was it done by those ungrateful wretches, Luo Buzhu and the others!"
Old Master Luo stared at his wife. If his youngest son's misfortune was truly related to his other sons, he...
"I don't know."
Xiang Hehua said without hesitation. "How could I possibly know about something like this?"
However, as she spoke, she glanced outside the villa.