Chapter 392: Chapter 392_1 Chapter 392: Chapter 392_1 “Auntie Li, I think it’s about time you took yourself to the hospital for a check on your mind considering the memory errors resulting in this nonsense. I’ve been Qiao Xiaren since the day I was born. I’ve never lived with you and I’ve never borne the last name Li! My name was even given to me by my master. Yet somehow, in your version, I’m the villain who abandoned their family and changed their surname? I’d like to know when, apart from the single time at school I’ve seen you in the last eighteen years, have I ever lived with you? Huh, you’ve seen me twice and call yourselves my parents? What a joke!”
The journalists suddenly realized. So Qiao Xiaren had been abandoned by this couple when she was a child!
Qiao Xiaren crossed her arms, slowly advancing towards the couple. The soft fall of her high heels sounded somewhat eerie, “Auntie Li, I don’t know who planned this spectacle for you. But facts are facts, there’s no room for you to argue. Want me to remind you who I grew up with and who took care of me, one by one?”
Li Cuihua avoided her gaze and stuttered, “Yes, we did send you to the mountain. But the grace of bearing and raising you surely exists. You keep calling me ‘Auntie’, you are not putting me- your mother- in your eyes at all! Tell me, which daughter addresses her mother ? Fine, I know you resent me, would it be enough if I kneel to you right now?”
Li Cuihua made a gesture as if to kneel. Of course, the busybodies next to her stopped her. She never intended to actually kneel, it was all for show.
“Lord, I’d rather be dead than alive…”
“Exactly.” One journalist took the opportunity to interrupt, “Miss Qiao, are you implying that the blood tie between you and this couple doesn’t count? They are, after all, your biological parents which is an irrefutable fact. If you abandon this couple, you are without a doubt inhumane.”
“Exactly, they are your parents no matter what. As a child, you should do whatever your parents ask. That’s our basic principle in S Country.”
“Oh… So what do you want to do?”
Seeing Qiao Xiaren speak, Li Qiang immediately seized the chance, “I want you to buy us a house and provide for us, handing over all your wages to us each month. This is your duty as a daughter. We suffered a lot to raise you, and you’re obligated to take care of us!”
Looking at Li Qiang’s entitled demeanor, acting as if he’s above everything, Qiao Xiaren suddenly found herself laughing pleasantly. It’s such a relief that the Li couple aren’t her real parents otherwise she’d be in for a shock.
Someone who has done nothing for her suddenly appeared in front of her like a vampire, making such disgusting demands that made Qiao Xiaren feel revulsion.
“Oh really? What a pity, because it’s impossible!” Qiao Xiaren replied unflinchingly, with her smile becoming even brighter, “I wouldn’t give a single penny to people as disgustingly heartless like you two!”
“Claiming to be my parents and causing a scene, damaging my reputation in the middle of the street. You two accused me of abandoning my parents, the irony being that I’ve only met with you two twice in my life- what kind of parents are you supposed to be?”
After Qiao Xiaren posed this retort, the crowd was left speechless. Indeed, they had never witnessed parents like these.
“Xiaren, we are your parents. Although we didn’t really bring you up, we did give birth to you! If you don’t acknowledge your parents, what makes you different from an animal?”