“Mom…”
Ji Churan squeaked, “I can explain…”
However, Tong Manyun did not give her a chance to explain. With a big belly, she quickly walked up and asked, “What happened? Did you hit your father?”
Ji Churan pursed her lips and did not speak.
Tong Manyun took it as her silence as a yes. She frowned and said, “What do I always tell you? It’s not easy for your father to earn money and support his family. It’s hard work for him to support a large family like ours. It’s normal for him to have a temper. You have to be tolerant.”
“Moreover, he’s the father who gave you life and raised you. How can you raise your hand at your father? If others find out that you’re so unfilial, how will you be able to get married in the future?”
Tong Manyun persuaded Ji Churan in a patient voice, but Jiang Yu just laughed.
She was so angry that she could not help but laugh.
This was the first time she has heard such a ridiculous argument.
A father abusing his daughter, a mother who doesn’t help her own daughter, even wanted her to tolerate her father?
“Are you saying that just because she’s your daughter, she should tolerate all your scolding, all your beatings? Is that what filial piety is?”
Jiang Yu mocked, “What if she’s beaten to death? Will that be seen as a monumental act of filial piety?”
Jiang Yu did not say a word as she faced Ji Guomin.
In her eyes, Ji Guomin was just a useless piece of garbage that could move around. She did not need to waste her breath on him. However, because Tong Manyun was a woman, Jiang Yu opened her mouth.
After hearing Jiang Yu’s words, Tong Manyun said unhappily, “How can a little girl like you speak like this? Your words are so harsh. We are all family. However, her father wasn’t like this in the past. It’s just that he’s been having some problems at work recently and needs to vent.”
“As his daughter, she should just endure it and let it go. After this period of time has passed, everything will be fine. Moreover, Ran Ran’s father isn’t merciless toward her. Aren’t you being a little too sensitive?”
“I know that you are Ran Ran’s friend but this is a family matter. There’s no need for you to worry. Please leave.”
Tong Manyun glanced at Ji Churan. “Don’t come here anymore. Ran Ran, send her off.”
“She’s not going anywhere!”
Ji Guomin, who was lying on the ground, could finally breathe normally, although his face was still a little red.
Upon recovering his strength, he immediately got up from the ground and said, “I can’t let her leave! It was this b*tch who hit me just now. If I don’t hit her back, I won’t ever feel like a man again!”
“What?”
Tong Manyun said in disbelief, “Ran Ran, your father said that your friend hit him. Is that true? How could you do such a thing?”
When she returned home, she saw Ji Churan and Jiang Yu standing together, a leather belt hung down, and Ji Guomin was lying on the floor.
She had assumed that Ji Churan finally couldn’t resist hitting Ji Guomin because a few days ago, Ji Churan had told her that she couldn’t hold on any longer. At that time, she had already tried to persuade her once.
Tong Manyun thought that Ji Churan didn’t listen to her and stubbornly retaliated against Ji Guomin. That was why she said those words.
However, upon closer inspection, she realized that the belt was in Jiang Yu’s hands.
Tong Manyun grew even more upset. What did Ji Churan mean by trying to call her friends back to the house?
Was it to let her friends laugh at their family and to beat up Ji Guomin?
“Ran Ran, why have you become like this?” Tong Manyun said bitterly, “He is your father. How can you collude with outsiders to bully him like this? You’re forgetting about your duty to this family!”