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"You, you hit me?" Fan Fengshou wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth with the back of his hand, as well as the obvious pain in his abdomen, still unable to comprehend what had happened.
In his perception, his elder brother had always been suppressed by their mother, practically like a toothless paper tiger, only to be swung around by him!
But now, seeing his elder brother get angry and actually dare to hit him in front of their mother!
And the mother who always favored him, now collapsed on the ground, merely looking like a fool, didn’t even rush to shield him!
"Ah, ah~" It was Li Xiaochun who couldn’t bear this ’truth’, falling to the ground and weeping loudly, her tears flowing endlessly, "It’s a sin! It’s all retribution, all retribution!"
Fan Hongshan turned her gaze aside, seeing someone peeping from outside the door, she wiped her tears and closed the door first.
When Li Xiaochun thought about the elder sister-in-law she had hated for half her life, who was actually innocent, she realized there was never any ’stealing’ involved, but that Fan Fengshou had already known very realistically back then that following her would mean hardships, and he would rather be adopted into Uncle Fan’s family!
And the son she sacrificed her eldest son and second daughter to raise turned out to be the most heartless and cold-hearted, she could not bear this reality!
This was a greater blow than Fan Jiefang rebelling against her!
In a moment, she cried so much that she nearly fainted.
Seeing his heartbroken mother, Fan Jiefang had no mood to hit anyone anymore, he forcefully pushed Fan Fengshou away and glared at him:
"Fan Fengshou, do you think that without mother’s restraint, I will continue to tolerate you in everything? I tell you, Fan Fengshou, you dream if you think I will let you adopt my child!"
After Fan Jiefang roared at Fan Fengshou, he turned to the mother who had fallen helplessly, speaking in a chilling tone for the first time—
"Mother, I need to tell you one last time, I will never allow any child to be adopted by Fan Fengshou! If you don’t want to recognize me and Xiao Hong, then take it as my unfiliality, do whatever you like to me!
But one thing, you and Fan Fengshou, do not appear in front of Xiao Hong and the children again! Even if I can’t do anything to you, the Xie Family still has a Xie Jingchen! If you aren’t afraid of Xie Jingchen’s retaliation, go ahead and continue your mischief!"
"No, Jiefang, Jiefang, don’t go, tell me, did Fengshou really ask to be adopted?" Li Xiaochun was only focused on this ’truth’ upon hearing the word adoption again, not thinking of Xiao Xianzi but of the deed Fan Fengshou had done.
"...Mother, do you not know what kind of person the elder aunt is? Back then, it was Fan Fengshou himself, who cried and knelt down, begging the elder aunt to take him in! Uncle Fan and the elder aunt were so heartbroken over this matter that they both passed away from illness shortly one after another.
Because of that, elder sister and second sister have resented our family all these years and never returned once!"
Indeed, Uncle Fan had no sons, but the elder aunt had two daughters, both very obedient and filial, so Uncle Fan never thought about adopting a nephew.
Uncle Fan was a learned man himself, not bound by the old local customs.
He felt that wholeheartedly teaching his two daughters is no less intimate than adopting a brother’s child!
The elder aunt was gentle and a virtuous wife, who even thought about finding a concubine for Uncle Fan, but it was Uncle Fan who yelled at her, saying that the times had changed and bigamy isn’t allowed now!
Turning around, he did not expect that Fan Jiefang’s father would pass away from tuberculosis, Fan Fengshou was only a few years old then, he went to the elder aunt alone, knelt in front of her, expressing his wish to be adopted by Uncle Fan as a stepson.
That was a private communication between elder aunt and Fan Fengshou. Unexpectedly, Li Xiaochun reacted so violently, cursing the elder aunt who hadn’t even made a statement yet!
Thus, this matter was dropped unresolved.
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