Wang Hao covered his slapped face and said:
"Lin Wanyi, I am your husband. I came to take you home, so why did you hit me?"
"Husband?"
Just hearing that word made Lin Wanyi's eyes well up with tears:
"Wang Hao, do you even know what a husband is supposed to be like?
"A husband should always stand behind his wife, unconditionally supporting and trusting her.
"He should respect her, lift her up, comfort her, and protect her.
"The only thing he shouldn't do is... bully her."
The more Lin Wanyi spoke, the more heartbroken she became, and the more her tears flowed:
"Wang Hao, do you deserve the title of husband?
"Do you?"
The guilt in Wang Hao's heart reached its peak.
He thought of the years they spent dating, and he thought of when they first got married.
Back then, he swore he would treat Lin Wanyi well for the rest of his life, that he would make her the happiest woman in the world.
He meant it at the time. He truly never imagined they would end up where they were today.
He was even prepared to become a live-in son-in-law.
But when did things start to change?
When was it?
He didn't know. He only knew that he still loved Lin Wanyi and didn't want to be separated from her, not ever.
He just kept looking at Lin Wanyi, unable to say a single word.
Lin Wanyi asked him through her tears:
"Wang Hao, are you still not going to let me go?
"You know perfectly well how much I've suffered, and you know perfectly well that I'm not happy at all.
"You know perfectly well that your mother hates me and bullies me, yet you still refuse to let me go?"
"I..."
Wang Hao wanted to say he couldn't bear to part with Lin Wanyi, but before he could get the words out, Liu Chunlan suddenly pulled him aside and threw a slap at Lin Wanyi:
"You little bitch! You've got a lot of nerve, running away while we weren't around.
"It's one thing for you to run, but why did you have to take the Wang family's granddaughter with you?
"Lin Wanyi, you truly are a bitch!
"Your mother told you not to marry far away, but you insisted. And now that you're married, you want to run away.
"You say I look down on you, but how am I supposed to respect someone like you?"
Lin Jiajun shoved Liu Chunlan away, and Li Suhua immediately returned the slap to Liu Chunlan:
"You damn old hag, what gives you the right to hit my daughter? How has she ever wronged you for you to bully her all day long?
"She was properly married into your family by Wang Hao. She isn't your servant or your nanny, so why don't you respect her?"
Liu Chunlan was defiant and started screaming:
"An outsider dares to hit me? What the hell kind of trash are you to hit me?
"Juan'er, Haohao, get them! If we don't beat this family into submission today, my surname isn't Liu!"
Wang Meijuan rolled up her sleeves and was about to step forward, but Wang Hao shouted:
"Enough, stop making a scene! You fight at home and you fight outside. If you aren't embarrassed, I am.
"Nobody throw a punch."
Liu Chunlan was unyielding: "She hit me, son, she hit me! Why shouldn't I hit back?
"If you won't help me, I'll do it myself. I'm going to beat this outsider to death today."
Wang Hao desperately held her back: "Mom, the baby! She still has a baby in her belly. Please don't do anything rash."
"So what?"
Wang Meijuan chimed in: "What hen can't lay an egg? What sow can't bear a litter?
"Haohao, have some backbone. Even without her, there will still be someone to give you children.
"You can't let her go. After all, she's been eating your food and drinking your water for all these years. Shouldn't we settle this debt properly?"
She then turned back to look at Lin Wanyi:
"If you want to leave, first pay back all the money you've spent on my brother over the years. Otherwise, don't even think about taking a single step out of here."
Lin Jiajun lost his temper and roared in anger,
"What money of yours did my sister ever spend? Take a good look at her. She's been married to Wang Hao for eight years, and she doesn't even have a decent piece of jewelry on her.
"Tell me, what money of yours did she spend?"
"Hmph!"
Wang Meijuan pointed at Lin Wanyi,
"Does food and drink not cost money? Do clothes and daily necessities not cost money?
"Lin Wanyi, I won't even exaggerate. Food and drink alone must cost at least three thousand a month, which is thirty-six thousand a year. Calculate how much that is over eight years.
"Do the math yourself."
Lin Wanyi was so angry she didn't even want to speak. Ignoring Wang Meijuan, she just looked at Wang Hao,
"Wang Hao, you tell me. Should I give you this money?
"Don't you call me your wife every time you open your mouth? Tell me, should I give you this money or not?"
"No!"
Wang Hao said desperately, "I didn't ask you for money. Wife, I didn't. I spent it on you, and I was more than willing to do so.
"Don't listen to my older sister's nonsense. I won't ask you for money.
"I just want you to come back with me so we can live our lives properly together."
"Wang Hao!"
Wang Meijuan stomped her foot. "Can you be a bit more of a man? There are so many women in the world; why do you have to grovel like this?
"You are a man. If you get divorced, you can easily find someone else. But she's different. She's damaged goods. No one will want a secondhand worn-out shoe like her.
"Listen to your big sister. Make her pay up and then tell her to get lost!"
Liu Chunlan chimed in, "That's right! If she wants to get lost, she has to pay!"
"I'll give your fucking..."
Lin Jiajun almost lunged forward to hit them.
Lin Wanyi held him back,
"Don't be impulsive, Jiajun. Please, don't do anything rash."
"But they are bullying you too much, Sis. I can't stand it."
The boarding gate was already empty, leaving only their family behind.
The staff had urged them to board several times.
Lin Wanyi told Lin Jiajun and Li Suhua to take Keke and leave first.
"You guys go. Just take Keke with you. I'll stay behind and deal with him slowly.
"Jiajun, go."
Lin Jiajun refused to leave. "They are bullying you this much while we're still here. If we leave, won't they beat you to death?
"Sis, I'm calling the police. There are police at the airport. In a society ruled by law, they can't just imprison you."
Lin Jiajun actually called the police.
But when the police officers arrived, Liu Chunlan cried louder than anyone else.
She grabbed an officer's sleeve,
"Officer, you have to stand up for an old woman like me.
"This vicious outsider is trying to take away my grandson and granddaughter. They are my life!
"Officer, you must help me keep them here."
Wang Meijuan also added fuel to the fire,
"Exactly, officer. This vicious woman wants to take the Wang family's children away to sell them for money.
"You definitely have to arrest them."
Lin Jiajun was furious. He pointed toward Lin Wanyi,
"What nonsense are you talking about? My sister is the one being bullied here! She is the children's mother. Why shouldn't she be allowed to take her own children?
"Tell me, which law states that a mother cannot take her own children away?"
"I don't care!"
Liu Chunlan was relentless,
"Based on the fact that the child's surname is Wang, she belongs to our Wang family.
"She must stay with our Wang family, and the same goes for the one in her belly. They are all the seed of our Wang family.
"She cannot take them away."
Lin Wanyi couldn't hold back her tears no matter how hard she tried.
With red eyes, she looked at Wang Hao.
"Why does it have to be so hard? Wang Hao, I just want to leave you. Why is it so hard?
"Why won't you just let me go?"
Wang Hao opened his mouth for a long moment before finally forcing out a few words. "Honey, you are pregnant. It isn't safe for you to fly right now, it's better to..."
"What baby!"
Lin Wanyi suddenly exploded:
"Do you really not know how this baby came to be?
"This is not a child I wanted. This is the result of you raping me!"
