I shook my head and asked, "Your name is Niandi, right? Niandi, do you know what love is?"
Niandi was taken aback by my question and couldn't find her words for a moment.
I continued, " Niandi, actually, both your mother and I are pitiful people. Your mother encountered a deceitful scoundrel, had you, and raised you to this age. I met a deceitful scoundrel too, thinking he was good, only to find out he already had a family. You think your father loves you, but you are just your mother's child. When your father comes back, your mother is happy, and you feel happy too. But have you ever thought about what would happen when you grow up and encounter a scoundrel like your father?"
Niandi burst into tears, crying out, "I won't allow you to insult my father!"
I looked at Niandi seriously and said, "I'm not insulting your father; I'm speaking the truth. Your father is a scoundrel who has harmed many people."
Yang Zixuan pushed me away and tightly hugged Niandi, comforting her, " Niandi, don't cry, don't be afraid; Mommy is here."
I watched the two of them in silence for a moment.
They were also pitiful people.
But I couldn't help them.
The hardships and struggles of life would teach them to grow, but the process was too painful and tormenting.
After Liu Jinming was sentenced, Mother Liu called me repeatedly to cause trouble.
At first, she insisted that I get Liu Jinming out; when that didn't work, she begged me to forgive him, hoping that Liu Jinming and I could live happily together.
When I still ignored her, she threw a tantrum over the phone and demanded a breakup fee.
For these unreasonable demands, I recorded each call and reported her to the police.
They were all sad people; their lives would be determined by their tragic fate.
As for Mother Liu, since Liu Jinming didn't bring her to the city to enjoy life, she would spend her entire life in that small mountain village until she died.
Liu Jinming was the same way.
He would live his life like a rat in the gutter, always in the shadow of the sun.
Six months later, I gradually forgot about Liu Jinming and his family, as well as Yang Zixuan and her daughter in my life.
I became a lawyer specializing in marital issues, but I still occasionally thought of Yang Zixuan and her daughter.
Yang Zixuan was actually quite a complex woman.
At first, I didn't understand why she brought her daughter to find Liu Jinming.
Later on, I figured it out.
At first, she wanted to force me to end my relationship with Liu Jinming as his legitimate wife. She probably never really loved Liu Jinming; she was just influenced by her family's misguided belief that "men are everything," subconsciously thinking that a family must have a man, which is why she was so eager to get her husband back.
She approached me because she knew she couldn't bring Liu Jinming back on her own, so she wanted me to help her "retrieve" him. Later, she probably didn't expect Liu Jinming to bring her and their daughter to the city, nor did she foresee that he would abandon both of them.
As for her daughter, Niandi... I think this is probably the greatest punishment for both of them. Niandi grew up following Yang Zixuan, and under Yang Zixuan's influence, she will surely follow the same path as her mother. Yang Zixuan's original family must have been a nightmare as well. As for what this nightmare specifically looked like, only Yang Zixuan herself would know.
"Xinping, it's time to eat!" My brother's voice called from outside the door. I responded with a smile, "Okay!"
I no longer care about these trivial matters. I now have a stable job, loving family members, and I lead a simple life. This is the most genuine and wonderful existence.
Truth and falsehood, reality and illusion, all are mere delusions. Only one person, with one heart, living one life, constitutes the greatest truth.
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