Chapter 1287: The Fool’s Daughter (66)

When Tang Zhiming came to their house, he was a guest, and guests had to be treated well.

In the end, she would give Tang Guo two yuan and send her downstairs to buy cheap lollipops. In her mind, family could make do with anything, but guests deserved only the best.

When Tang Zhiming took a liking to Tang Guo's toy, she had agreed without hesitation to give it to him. Tang Guo had cried while clinging to her, but all she had thought was that it was just a toy. Her daughter was simply being unreasonable.

There had been countless incidents like that.

It seemed that she had shown endless tolerance and kindness toward other people's children and everyone else.

So why had she been so harsh toward her own daughter?

Perhaps wanting to vent everything in her heart, or perhaps wanting to hear a stranger's judgment on whether she had been right or wrong, Song Jinghua poured out all of these stories.

After listening to her, the two aunties wore expressions too complicated to describe.

“Sister, I don't even know what to say. You and your husband have spent half your lives being muddleheaded. Your natal family is your natal family, and once your elder brother got married and you got married, you're all outsiders to each other. Helping with things within reason is one thing, but you actually ruined your own family to help outsiders. To put it bluntly, you brought this upon yourselves.”

“Just now, I was wondering why your daughter, despite being willing to spend so much money on you, seemed so cold. I thought young people nowadays were simply indifferent to family ties. Turns out, the problem lies with you.”

“If I were in your daughter's position, I'd have abandoned you long ago. You mistreated your own daughter for the sake of outsiders. You really failed as parents. You had savings, yet when your daughter wanted to buy a car worth two hundred thousand yuan, you wouldn't help her. Instead, you lent your money to ungrateful wolves outside the family. Honestly, your daughter is far too good. If I had a daughter like that, I'd cherish her in the palm of my hand from childhood. Sensible, obedient, and filial—someone like that isn't even something you can pray for. Yet you had a blessing right in front of you and didn't know how to appreciate it.”

The two aunties took turns scolding the couple until they were thoroughly drenched in criticism.

Yet neither Song Jinghua nor Tang Lide uttered a single word in rebuttal.

Instead, they were finally scolded into clarity.

“Sister, your daughter may still take care of you in the future, but I'm afraid she no longer has much affection left for you.”

Song Jinghua and Tang Lide grew anxious.

She hurriedly asked, “Is there any way to make up for it? Elder sisters, please give us some advice. We've finally realized our mistakes.”

“Even if you make amends, there'll always be a knot in her heart. Still, doing something is better than doing nothing.”

Song Jinghua quickly asked, “Then what should we do?”

“Didn't you lend out a lot of money? Go collect every last cent of it. Not a single penny should be left in the hands of outsiders.”

“From the looks of your daughter, she doesn't seem to lack money. Judging by your expressions, you probably don't even know how capable she is. Take all that money back and give it to your daughter. She'll never mistreat you. In the end, it's you who owe your daughter.”

Song Jinghua and Tang Lide remained silent.

The auntie continued, “Don't be soft-hearted. Whenever your hearts soften, think about the nearly year-long days you spent exposed to the wind and rain, scavenging garbage to survive, and those days when you almost died sick in the park. Tell me, did any of those people care whether you lived or died? Wasn't it your daughter who found you and brought you back?”

“Think about it carefully. Why was your daughter able to find you so accurately? Isn't it because she's been paying attention to you all this time? If she hadn't been keeping an eye on you, how could she have found you?”

“Sister, stop helping those unrelated people. Just live properly with your family from now on.”