Xu Tingyu had long anticipated that Liu Ning would come to hurl insults at her.
However, she never expected that Liu Ning would be so crazy as to call Youyou a bastard.
In that instant, her blood rushed to her head.
Without the slightest hesitation, she yanked out the infusion needle, got out of bed barefoot, and dashed straight up to Liu Ning.
Liu Ning only saw her with disheveled hair, a pale face, and red - rimmed eyes charging towards her.
Before she could react, she was slapped hard across the face.
Then, Xu Tingyu grabbed her elaborate coiffure, her fingers digging into the hair seams, and gave it a hard tug.
The coiffure came loose, and Xu Tingyu grasped a handful of her hair in her palm and yanked it down forcefully.
Liu Ning was used to a life of luxury and privilege. She had never seen such a scene before. The intense pain and shock made her scream.
But when the bodyguards at the door came in, none of them dared to offend either side. They could only stand there looking at each other in dismay.
"Respect your elders? You have to be someone worthy of respect first before others will respect you. You're not even a decent person. How can you expect to be respected?"
Xu Tingyu not only grabbed her hair but also scratched her makeup.
Liu Ning was good at scolding people, but no one had ever dared to lay a hand on her.
Moreover, Xu Tingyu took her by surprise. Her series of actions were so smooth that she didn't give the other party any chance to react.
So she could only be firmly subdued, feeling as if her scalp was about to be torn off.
"You, you're really rebelling. How dare you lay a hand on me? I, I'll kill you."
Even while being subdued, Liu Ning still cursed loudly.
Xu Tingyu sneered, "It's a new era now. Don't live in the old days. Is it considered rebellion just because I hit you? If I want to hit you, do I still need to pick a date?"
"Also, you can dream of killing me because everyone has the right to daydream."
She tugged at the hair in her hand, and Liu Ning let out another scream.
"You little bitch, let go of me right now."
Liu Ning was in so much pain that tears welled up in her eyes.
Xu Tingyu didn't ease up at all. She was determined to make Liu Ning cry.
Because she found that reasoning with someone like Liu Ning was useless. She had to subdue her first and then talk to her properly.
Sure enough, as she didn't let go for a long time, Liu Ning finally chose to compromise under the pain.
"You, you can talk properly. Let go of me first. What would it look like if someone saw this?"
Her voice was trembling. It was hard to tell if it was from anger or pain.
Even Chen Yan on the sofa was awakened by the commotion.
Seeing this absurd scene, he didn't know how to react. He just stared blankly.
Xu Tingyu decided to stop while she was ahead. She let go of Liu Ning and went back to her hospital bed.
After sitting down, she rang the nurse bell and asked the nurse to come in and re - insert the infusion needle.
Actually, she was also giving Liu Ning time to tidy up her disheveled self.
After this commotion, Liu Ning became much more docile. At least, she didn't dare to blurt out insults anymore.
She glared at Xu Tingyu resentfully, "What on earth do you want? Since you're divorced, why did you come back? Aren't you satisfied with what you got back then?"
Xu Tingyu wasn't the kind of person who would swallow an insult, especially with others around.
So she immediately retorted, "Ms. Liu, just because someone speaks first doesn't mean they're right. Whether you gave me money back then or not, you know it in your own heart."
Liu Ning only found out later about the agreement between the old man and Xu Tingyu.
At that time, she was quite relieved, relieved that the old man had really had the foresight to know that the Xu family was unreliable and had signed this agreement.
Otherwise, during the divorce, she didn't know how much money Xu Tingyu would have taken away.
But she didn't know that the old man hadn't even fulfilled his promise of giving tens of millions in the end.
Seeing Xu Tingyu deny it, she was quite angry.
"Stop pretending here. If it weren't for the help of the Qi family, how could you have lived so comfortably abroad?"
"You opened a company and became a boss. What, do you think you could achieve all this with your shabby dance skills?"
"Or did you find another man to rely on and spend his money?"
As she spoke, she glanced at Chen Yan, who was still out of the loop.
Oh, the playboy youngest son of the Chen family.
This ex - daughter - in - law of hers really had some skills. After leaving the Qi family, she could still find someone like this to take over.
But the young master of the Chen family was well - known for his love of play. How could he be as stupid as the Qi family and marry her?
Xu Tingyu looked at the newly inserted infusion needle. After a moment, she shifted her gaze back to Liu Ning.
"Please stop judging others by yourself. Don't think that just because you rely on a man, everyone is like you."
"Ms. Liu, your status in the Qi family was obtained by selling your womb. If you hadn't given birth to children, you'd probably be worse off than me."
"At least, I was able to get divorced. After leaving the Qi family, I can still live a good life. What about you? Without the title of Mrs. Qi, what do you have left?"
Although she had never been close to Liu Ning since she married into the Qi family.
She had still heard some things about Liu Ning.
She knew that when Liu Ning married into the Qi family, it was also the old man of the Qi family who made the decision.
But Qi Shifeng's father didn't like her very much.
The two were in a loveless marriage. They just followed the old man's request and had one child after another.
So Liu Ning didn't have much affection for these children.
Especially for Qi Shifeng.
Qi Ye, as the first - born child, was highly expected by her. She thought she could win back her husband's heart through Qi Ye.
But Qi Ye had been in poor health since birth and was a very difficult child to take care of.
Moreover, Qi's father didn't have much feeling for this child. He still went out to play as usual.
Gradually, Liu Ning lost patience with Qi Ye.
Two years later, at the old man's request, she became pregnant with Qi Shifeng.
This time, Qi Shifeng was very healthy.
But what good did health do? He was even worse than Qi Ye.
At least when Qi Ye was born, Qi's father came back for a week.
When Qi Shifeng was born, Qi's father just called back. After knowing that another son was born, he didn't show any special reaction.
So Liu Ning didn't care much about Qi Shifeng either. Before she even finished her confinement, she just left him with the nanny.
A few years later, she gave birth to Qi Ruixi.
This time, Qi's father was a bit happy and said he liked his daughter.
Although this liking didn't last long.
But it was enough for Liu Ning to dote on Qi Ruixi more.
This was Liu Ning's tragedy. She weighed the importance of her three children in her husband's heart and then distributed her love accordingly.
But when they grew up, she demanded that they be filial, respectful, and loving towards her.
She was hysterical because of her children's rebellion, but she never thought that the misfortune of her life was given to her by her husband.
The person she should hate the most was her husband and her own lack of determination to escape.
It was she herself who allowed herself to wither away in that mansion.