Zhou Yining absolutely couldn’t understand how these people’s brains worked.
She didn’t hold back and directly retorted, “My big transformation means I’m having a puppy love?
Can’t it be that I want to better myself?
Besides, I only spent thirty yuan on a haircut, but your son spends seventy or eighty yuan on his hair.
Why don’t you say he’s having a puppy love?
I’ve seriously never seen someone as two-faced as you.
What is it?
Are we living in the Qing Dynasty?
Don’t girls have the right to love beauty?”
Having been shouted at by Zhou Yining, Zhao Xiuna also remembered that her daughter wasn’t as obedient and easy to bully as she used to be.
Her eyes turned red, and she said, putting on a pretense of caring for Zhou Yining,
“Loving beauty is fine, but I’m afraid you’ll be led astray.
Girls should value self-respect and self-love even more.”
Hearing this, Zhou Yining’s anger flared up even more.
She was upright and wasn’t afraid of gossip, and besides, this was completely groundless.
Yet, Zhao Xiuna could still try to pin this garbage on her.
Zhou Yining was truly defeated.
Originally, she thought that at least Zhao Xiuna had some concern for the original Zhou Yining in this family, but now, even as an outsider, she felt heartbroken for the original Zhou Yining.
In this family, she didn’t even count as a marginal person.
“Where have I not been valuing self-respect and self-love?
Have you seen me going on dates with any boys?
Or seen me walking closely with any boys?”
“But, but you didn’t use to care so much about your appearance,” Zhao Xiuna’s momentum weakened.
“Is caring about my appearance a bad thing?
Would you think I was normal if I dressed sloppily?
What’s your mentality?
As a mother, instead of hoping your daughter gets better, you casually spread rumors and slander her for having a puppy love.
I’ve seriously never seen a mom like you.”
Zhou Yining shook her head and took two steps backward.
Her words seemed to have struck a raw nerve with Zhao Xiuna.
She stared intently at Zhou Yining and yelled,
“I’ve been working so hard to manage this household, isn’t it all for you?
I even waited up for you when you came home late.
How can you say that to me?”
Zhou Yining glanced at her indifferently,
“Firstly, you’re not managing this household just for me alone.
Secondly, just because you wait for me to come home doesn’t mean you can casually throw mud at me and say I’m having a puppy love.
That’s not what a normal mother should do.”
Just then, the master bedroom door was pushed open with a bang, and Zhou Yuanfei stormed out of the bedroom, enraged.
“Are you two done yet?
I’m already tired enough working at the company, and you’re still not giving me peace in the middle of the night.
Zhou Yining, you beast, what the hell do you want?”
Zhou Yuanfei’s voice was even louder, as if he wanted to overturn the roof.
“What do I want?
I just went to get a haircut at noon, and she started slandering me the moment I walked in the door, accusing me of having a puppy love.
I don’t even know where she got that idea.
Is that my fault too?” Zhou Yining retorted.
At this moment, Zhou Jiaming, having heard the commotion, also came out of his room in his pajamas.
He glanced at Zhou Yining and sneered, “If you ask me, Mom’s right.
When the girls in our class start paying attention to their appearances, that mostly means they’re having a puppy love.”
As he said that, he looked at Zhou Yining again, “Zhou Yining, aren’t you disgusting?
You’re only in the second year of high school and you’re already flirting with guys, don’t get pregnant with some bastard and make our family lose all face…”
With a crisp “smack,” the living room fell silent.
Zhou Jiaming stared at Zhou Yining in disbelief.
“Zhou Yining, you dare hit me?
I’m going to fight you to the death!”
Saying that, Zhou Jiaming rushed towards Zhou Yining with red eyes.
Zhou Jiaming seemed to be seeing red, and he didn’t hold back when he charged.
But Zhou Yining dodged, and Zhou Jiaming crashed directly into the wall, hitting it so hard that he clutched his arm and gasped for air.
Seeing his precious son being bullied, Zhou Yuanfei was about to explode with anger.
He reached out and grabbed Zhou Yining, pulling her to the side, “Get the hell out of here!”
Zhou Yining’s strength was naturally no match for an adult man’s.
She was pulled so hard that she fell to the ground, but Zhou Yuanfei and Zhao Xiuna didn’t care about her at all.
The two of them protected Zhou Jiaming, one on each side,
“Jiaming, are you alright?
Don’t scare Mom?
Does it hurt?
Do you need to go to the hospital?”
“Mom, it hurts so much.
Zhou Yining did it on purpose, she deliberately bullied me.”
As he said that, Zhou Jiaming even wiped away a couple of tears, as if he were the victim.
“Yining, how could you hit your younger brother?” Zhao Xiuna immediately started crying in distress, blaming Zhou Yining for everything, without even thinking about why Zhou Jiaming was hit in the first place.
“He slandered me first, why couldn’t I hit him?
He said I was flirting with guys and that I was pregnant with a bastard without any evidence?
Why?
Just because I spent thirty yuan on a haircut?
You people are truly incomprehensible.”
Zhou Yining rubbed her wrist and shook her head.
Zhou Yuanfei was even angrier seeing her like this,
“Zhou Yining, I’m giving you too much face, see if I don’t beat you to death today!”
Just as he was about to grab Zhou Yining, the door to apartment 501 was knocked on.
Zhou Yuanfei took a few deep breaths and cursed,
“You just wait, see if I don’t beat you to death later.”
Saying that, he stormed towards the door, impatiently asking, “Who is it?”
“It’s me, the police.
Someone reported your family for disturbing the peace, please open the door.”
The person speaking outside was a female police officer.
Hearing that the police had arrived, Zhou Yuanfei’s arrogance was immediately extinguished.
He glared at Zhou Yining fiercely and opened the door through gritted teeth.
“Officer, I was just disciplining my child, it’s nothing serious, you can go back,” Zhou Yuanfei forced a smile and said.
The leading female officer glanced at him and said calmly,
“We need to understand the situation and take a statement, so we need to come in.
Please cooperate with our work.”
“Then, then please come in.” Zhou Yuanfei reluctantly stepped aside, letting the two police officers into the house.
He followed behind them, shouting at Zhou Yining, “Zhou Yining, do you have any sense of shame?
Get up now!”
Zhou Yining remained in the same position, staring fixedly at Zhou Yuanfei.
Zhou Yuanfei’s head was about to explode with anger.
If the police weren’t here, he definitely would have gone over and slapped Zhou Yining a few times.
Zhou Yuanfei gave Zhao Xiuna a look, and Zhao Xiuna quickly continued to comfort her son.
Zhou Jiaming was excited when he saw the police, “Zhou Yining just hit me, officer, look, my face is still red.”
The female police officer ignored Zhou Jiaming and quickly walked to Zhou Yining, helping her up, “Are you alright?”
“I’m fine, thank you.” Zhou Yining said calmly, which infuriated Zhou Yuanfei.
“You animal, why don’t you get up yourself and let the police officer help you?
Do you have any shame?” The anger in Zhou Yuanfei’s heart hadn’t subsided yet.
He just wanted to beat Zhou Yining to vent his anger.
The female police officer frowned slightly, “Speak properly, don’t insult people.”
“She’s my daughter, can’t I say a few words to her?” Zhou Yuanfei retorted.
“Even if she’s your daughter, you can’t.
The law stipulates that everyone has the right to personal dignity and is not subject to infringement. Please watch your words.”
The female police officer looked very young, but she was very intimidating when she spoke.
Zhou Yuanfei’s chest rose and fell a few times, and he stopped talking.
However, as if he had thought of something, he quickly said to Zhao Xiuna, “Quickly tell the police officers how Zhou Yining bullied our son.”
“Okay, okay.” Zhao Xiuna was dealing with the police for the first time, so she couldn’t help but feel a little scared.
However, her son had indeed been slapped just now, and his face was still red.
She was heartbroken.
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