Su Qiao laughed mockingly. "Heh, aren't you just here for the gold?"
"But my fate is so hard. I was born a jinx who can only bring bad luck, so how could I possibly find any gold?
"If anyone's going to find it, it should be Su Baozhu, who was born blessed."
Xiao Aizhen was furious. She reached out to grab Su Qiao. "You little brat, I'm not going to waste my breath on you. Come home with me right now."
Back at the Su Family home, Xiao Aizhen could only push around her daughter Su Qiao—she could curse her whenever she wanted and order her to do whatever she pleased. Everyone else was someone she couldn't afford to offend.
Now that Su Qiao had left, Xiao Aizhen had nowhere to vent the anger she suffered at the old lady's hands.
That was one of the reasons she wanted Su Qiao to go back.
Perhaps Xiao Aizhen herself hadn't even realized it, but Su Qiao had seen through her.
This woman truly didn't deserve to be a mother.
No wonder even the original owner, who had been excessively honest, had wanted to leave the Su Family and sever ties with them completely.
"Go back?"
"Heh, I'm not a parentless wild child anymore. I have a father and a mother now, and people to protect me."
Su Qiao immediately backed away two steps, avoiding Xiao Aizhen's hand. Then she turned and shouted, "Mom, come quickly! Someone's trying to hit me."
Tian Guihua had been chopping pigweed in the yard. When she heard Su Qiao's cry, she hurried outside.
Following behind her was Gao Jinghui, who had been helping the Xiao Family chop firewood.
He didn't even put down the hatchet. Overtaking Tian Guihua, he charged forward like an arrow.
He pulled