This is a perpetual pain in Luo Buyu's heart.
His mother had come to the Luo family with him, only to pass away within two years. At the time of her death, he, as her son, had failed to provide her with a comfortable life. Before coming to the Luo family, he had just started working. After their arrival, his mother was constantly ostracized within the Luo family. He desperately wanted to help his mother, but... he was utterly powerless. He himself was also a target of bullying by the people of the Luo family.
It was only that his mother no longer had to work outside and could eat better at home.
Only his father treated his mother with a degree of kindness.
On the day his mother passed away, he was twenty-eight, newly married, and Qinghan had just been born. His mother hadn't had the chance to fully enjoy the joys of family.
He still remembered his mother's words as she looked at him, and at Qinghan, barely a month old, on her deathbed: "Thankfully... you've grown up..."
Only then did he realize that his mother had always harbored a deep desire: to see him grow into adulthood, to see him establish himself and start a family. She had seen it.
At his mother's funeral, there was no ceremony. Apart from his own family and his father, no one mourned. The funeral ended in haste.
How many times he had dreamt of his mother, even now.
Luo Qinghan walked beside her father, holding his hand. From the time she could understand, her father had told her that her paternal grandmother had passed away. Having been with her father for so many years, she had never seen him lose his temper. He had a good temper and was more diligent than anyone else in his tasks.
It was for this reason that her mother had fallen for her father.
Perhaps it was precisely because of her father's status and experiences that when he learned of her pregnancy, despite his shock, his first thought was to respect her wishes and dedicate himself to helping her, and along with her mother, raise Xuan'er.
"Xiang Hehua, speak!"
For years, the elder had never spoken harshly to her. They had built the current Luo family together through hard work. He, a penniless young man with nothing, had endured so much with her before the Luo family came to be. He had indeed had an affair with Luo Buyu's mother, and it was his fault. Therefore, he had turned a blind eye to many things over the years. He felt he had wronged Xiang Hehua, and this was the consequence.
But after those words just now, he truly began to fear.
During these years, this time when she should have been enjoying her twilight years, what had this woman done that he was unaware of? What had she done that she shouldn't have, things that even a normal person wouldn't do?
Seeing Elder Luo walk towards her step by step, his tone now accusatory.
Facing the relentless pressure from father and son, Xiang Hehua retreated step by step. At this moment, Li Xin appeared behind her, supporting the old woman, and said, "Old Madam, are you alright? Be careful, don't fall."
Li Xin had long been annoyed with this old woman. After she married in, Madam Xiang had not uttered a single word of blessing; she had even made things difficult for her. Over the years, she had harbored deep resentment. If not for Qinghan, she didn't know how many times she would have argued with Madam Xiang.
It was then that Xiang Hehua realized she seemed to have no way out.