My Dear Wife, Please Be Gentle!-Chapter 85 - 86: Is it really yours?_1

Tan Yuancheng spoke in a fit of rage, "Fourth Boss, are you abandoning your parents?"

"You unfilial thing, I knew I should have strangled you the moment you were born! Heartless creature, even forsaking your own parents, you think your wife is someone decent? Those flirtatious women, they’ll meet a bad end!"

Wang Clan cursed with reddened eyes, her eyes not red from sorrow, but from anger.

To have her own child asking to sever ties, how could she face anyone in the future?

She could just imagine how others would laugh at her!

"Fourth Boss, think this through. I am your mother, you crawled out of my womb. If you’re not filial, beware of being struck by lightning!"

Tan Yuancheng suppressed his anger, "Fourth Boss, you’ve always been the most filial. Don’t make a foolish mistake this time or you’ll be the laughing stock of everyone!"

As he said this, he shot a glance at Qiao Duo’er, certain she was the instigator.

Fourth Boss used to be silent and only cared about his work, but ever since he took a wife, he dared to speak of severing ties, such an ungrateful statement!

All because of this damned woman!

He should have never been penny-wise, pound-foolish, spending just one tael of silver to bring back such a thing!

Tan Zhenghong took a deep breath, "Mother, you carried me for ten months, and I’ve repaid you by working like an ox and horse for ten years. Whatever I owed you... should be settled now."

His words made many feel a pang of heartache, prompting sighs from the crowd.

"Is Fourth Boss really their flesh and blood?" someone couldn’t help but doubt Tan Zhenghong’s origins.

An irritated person nearby said, "We all saw the Tan Family’s pregnant belly back in the day. After the birth, I even gave two eggs to help with breastfeeding, so of course he’s their own child!"

"Even a child found in a haystack shouldn’t be treated like this."

"What’s the use of talking to them? They just need someone to do the work. Otherwise, would they have brought Ah Hong back?"

"A family of black hearts, they should sever ties sooner for some peace of mind!" freeweɓnovel.cøm

"Right? I think they still want to take advantage of Fourth Boss!"

"Both members of the Fourth Boss’s couple are practical folks. If they separate from the family, they’re sure to live a prosperous life."

People’s hearts are biased; it’s impossible for a family to treat everyone equally, but the Tan Family’s excesses are beyond the pale.

The elder couple of the Tan Family would skin Fourth Boss alive and tear his bones apart if they could, all to feed their second son’s family.

"Are you... still blaming me for sending you to your uncle’s house? I truly had no other choice. If we had one more mouth to feed, our whole family would have starved to death!" Wang Clan said pitifully, tears streaming down her face.

Besides throwing tantrums, she had another ace up her sleeve: first crying, then causing a scene, and finally threatening suicide.

She could switch between these two states with ease—she was so slippery!

All the years she lived weren’t for nothing, nor were the many arguments she had stirred up!

"Have you ever treated me like a son?" Tan Zhenghong asked, enunciating every word.

In this family, he was never a person.

After returning to this family, besides doing the laundry and cooking, almost all other chores were his responsibility. He even had to hunt in the mountains during his free time. If he caught little or nothing, he would return home to find no food, and at that time, he was only an eight-year-old child!

He too longed for his parents’ love and care, but what was the outcome?

No matter how much work he did, he never received a word of praise; any mistake would immediately attract a torrent of abuse.

He had had enough of such days!

But it was different with Qiao Duo’er. She cared for him, she cherished him, she would consider him in everything.

This was what a family should be; these were the people worthy of his love!