It was precisely because the little girl's parents ignored her completely that she had been forced to take such desperate risks while bearing everything alone, ultimately losing her life.
"She will."
Zhao Luzheng sounded quite certain. "And although they died young in this life, they will definitely live to a ripe old age in the next."
"Isn't that so?"
Zhuge Yun muttered indignantly, "What era are we living in, anyway? They still favor sons over daughters?"
"Aren't they all their own children?"
"Isn't the children's mother a woman herself?"
"I really don't understand what they're thinking."
"Old customs are always stubborn."
Zhang Bo shrugged. "There used to be a family like that near my home, too."
"But fortunately, after the girl was nearly beaten to death by her father once, her mother came to her senses and divorced the man."
"That man remarried soon afterward."
"His second wife did as he wished and gave him a son."
"You should have seen it."
Zhang Bo clicked his tongue. "That man acted exactly like a good father toward his son."
"His temper was so good."
"If I hadn't personally seen how he treated his daughter, I never would have believed that this was the same man who had nearly beaten her to death."
"He was a good father."
"Anyone who saw him with his son would have thought so."
Zhang Bo would not lie just because he disliked the man. "...I did, too."
"Except he was only a good father to his son."
"To his daughter, he was nothing but scum."
Zhang Bo did not mince words.
"Ugh, with people like that, I almost wish they wouldn't have any sons."
"They shouldn't get what they want."
"But—"
Zhuge Yun pursed his lips. "That would be too pitiful for