While Feng Qingqing's life in the countryside was getting better and better by the day, back in the city, Feng Damei's life was truly a living hell, with every single day agonizingly difficult.
Ever since Jiang Hongbing's job fell through, the atmosphere in the Jiang household had been tense. Feng Damei bore the brunt of the blame, targeted by both her husband and her son. Jiang Yong, in particular, was so furious that he beat her at every single mealtime for days on end, leaving her face a patchwork of bruises. Throughout all of this, her son Jiang Hongbing stood by and watched the entire spectacle. Not only did he not try to pull them apart, he didn't offer a single word of persuasion—he simply looked on with cold indifference.
Feng Damei was heartbroken by her son's treatment, yet consumed with fury over Feng Qingqing's deceit.
Chapter 26