"What did you just say?"
The voice from the doorway made the woman shudder in fright.
She turned and saw a crowd at the door, with the men of the Fu Family right at the front.
Their expressions were thunderous as they stared at her with icy eyes.
In an instant, all the color drained from her face.
"I, I..."
A middle-aged man stepped forward and slapped her across the face.
His expression was ugly as well.
"Didn't I tell you not to cause trouble before we came?"
At that moment, he truly regretted bringing this woman and their son along.
He had not wanted to bring them in the first place, but the woman had made such a scene at home, suspecting him of cheating whenever anything displeased her.
Afraid she would follow him and cause a scene at the Fu Family's home, he could only appease her by bringing her along.
Who knew she would then insist on bringing their son too?
"You hit me?"
The woman stared at her husband in disbelief, hurt and furious.
The man closed his eyes briefly.
He truly regretted it. When he was young, he had fallen in love with her looks and her deliberate attempts to please him, insisting on marrying her despite his family's objections.
Sometimes, when elders spoke of marrying someone from a matching background, it was not simply because they looked down on families less well-off than their own.
Rather, differences in experience, education, and various other factors meant that once the passion faded, all sorts of conflicts would emerge in everyday life together.
"I'm sorry, Uncle Fu."
The middle-aged man sighed. "I failed to keep her in line, and I haven't raised my child properly either."
He was busy earning money and spent long stretches away from