Shen Meng glanced at Lu Zhenping, turned her head away and when she turned back, her eyes were already brimming with tears, all traces of her previous stubbornness gone.
"What are father and mother saying? How could I possibly think of hitting dad? I'm just a daughter-in-law married into this family, with the man of the house rarely at home. As a woman left alone with the children, I carefully make a living. Every time I send money, mother, Xiang Lan, Jiaojiao, and the two younger sisters-in-law all say it's useful, asking to borrow some every now and then. Very little is spent on me and the children each month. Even the brick house we lived in when we got married, I gave it up when mother asked, and moved to the old courtyard's broken house with the children, all for the sake of family harmony. I thought as a daughter-in-law, I did enough, but still, they think I am restless," she whimpered, "I... I really don't want to live anymore~..."
