Chapter 90: Let Me Go

After spending so many days in a suffocating and chaotic state, Hu Yao was bored staying at home. Early this morning, she took Jiang Xiaochao to the county to play with Du Ximei.

Jiang Han happened to return home that day.

He didn’t see her or Jiang Fuchao when he arrived, so he frowned and searched everywhere. He even went to the town’s wine shop, but no one had seen her. His face tightened.

He couldn’t find Hu Yao, and Jiang Guihua, hearing that he was back, eagerly approached him.

He hadn’t seen his cousin, Jiang Guihua, for many years. They only interacted through money matters.

“Han, so many years have passed, I’ve missed you so much. Back then, your parents…” Jiang Guihua started to talk about the past.

Jiang Han was anxious about Hu Yao and Jiang Fuchao’s whereabouts, and he didn’t want to talk to her at all. He impatiently pushed her away and continued to search with a sullen face.

When Song Sikai informed him that Hu Yao and the others had gone to the county, his tense expression finally eased.

Seeing that Jiang Han left without listening to her or giving her a good attitude, Jiang Guihua’s face also turned ugly. She resented Hu Yao in her heart, thinking she must have said something to him to provoke their cousin relationship. She would have to talk to him properly later!

“Sister, you look so beautiful in this skirt. Try it on!”

Hu Yao was still shopping with Du Ximei and Jiang Xiaochao at the department store in the county. The county department store had a wide variety of new and trendy goods.

Hu Yao’s handmade crafts didn’t earn much, and she had been saving every penny. She didn’t have much saved up, and after buying this skirt, she would be completely out of money.

But Du Ximei and Jiang Xiaochao kept praising and persuading her, and she couldn’t resist trying it on with a smile.

Du Ximei pinched Jiang Xiaochao’s soft, chubby cheeks and whispered to him while Hu Yao was trying on the skirt.

“Your dad is still so domineering. He doesn’t even let your mom wear skirts? He even said your mom isn’t pretty?”

“Yes!” Jiang Xiaochao nodded dejectedly: “My dad, he, he’s blind!”

He thought for a moment and said seriously. In his heart, Hu Yao was beautiful, and in fact, she was!

Du Ximei rolled her eyes. She knew that Jiang Han was just acting out of possessiveness towards Hu Yao.

After marrying Song Sikai, she had heard about Hu Yao’s past from many people. She felt sorry for her.

Those gossipy aunts and grandmothers didn’t think it was a pity that Hu Yao was sold by the Hu family. Instead, they thought she was lucky to be sold to Jiang Han in her past life.

After getting to know Hu Yao, Du Ximei felt that she didn’t think like those people. Maybe she was a little grateful that the family she was sold to wasn’t worse than Jiang Han, but she wasn’t happy about it.

She knew that no one would like to be sold!

The fact was constantly being reminded to her, and she couldn’t refute it. Du Ximei felt that Hu Yao was quite depressed.

“How can your dad be like this! Should I teach you martial arts? If your dad bullies your mom, you can beat him up!” Du Ximei whispered to him.

“Okay, okay!” Jiang Xiaochao’s eyes lit up, he was looking forward to it, and he was very considerate: “If Uncle Sikai bullies you, I’ll help you beat him up too!”

“It’s not certain who will beat whom!” Du Ximei waved her hand, indicating that he didn’t need to worry about her.

Hu Yao came out after changing her skirt and saw the two of them huddled together whispering. Seeing this, she couldn’t help but smile.

When they saw her, they stopped talking and praised her for looking good in the skirt. Du Ximei bought it for her without hesitation.

“I haven’t given anything to my sister for so long. Don’t refuse anymore, I’ll be heartbroken.” Du Ximei said coquettishly.

“Yes, Dry Mom will be heartbroken!” Jiang Xiaochao echoed.

Hu Yao chuckled and no longer refused. Her heart felt warm.

Du Ximei bought her the skirt, and she treated them to lunch. The three of them had lunch at a restaurant and went home leisurely.

“Mom, wait for me!”

Back in Tao Wan Village, after parting ways with Du Ximei, Hu Yao held Jiang Xiaochao’s hand and walked slowly down the path.

He spoke to her in a childish voice.

She kept holding his little hand, not knowing what he was waiting for. Hu Yao asked curiously with a smile.

“Wait until I grow up a little, I won’t let anyone bully you! Not even Dad!” He said softly and seriously. This was the second time he had said this to her, both times after he felt she was being bullied.

Hu Yao’s eyes warmed slightly, and she tightened her grip on his little hand.

It was supposed to be the mother who protected her child, but he was so young, yet he knew to protect her.

“Chao-chao is so good.” Hu Yao gently rubbed his head, feeling moved and soft-hearted.

“Mom is good too! Yaoyao is good too!” Jiang Xiaochao smiled with his eyes closed. No matter what Hu Yao was like, she was the best in his heart.

Jiang Han watched from afar as the two of them walked and stopped, whispering to each other. He strode over, and the agitation in his heart that he couldn’t see them disappear.

“You’ve been gone for so long, why didn’t you come back until it was dark!” He walked over and looked at her, seeing that she was fine, his expression softened.

He suddenly appeared, and the mother and son were surprised for a moment.

“Dad, you’re back!” Jiang Xiaochao reacted and rushed to hug his leg. After a simple father-son exchange, he angrily complained to him.

“They hit you?” Jiang Han’s face changed, and he looked closely at Hu Yao.

“They also scolded Mom!” Jiang Xiaochao said angrily.

Hu Yao pursed her lips, under his puzzled gaze, she softly told him what happened that day.

“Someone stepped on your head, and you just stood there, huh?” Jiang Han was disappointed in her. Her mind had recovered, but she wasn’t as smart as she used to be!

“She’s your cousin.”

“So what?” Jiang Han frowned, displeased. He didn’t owe Jiang Guihua anything. He had been kind to her all these years. This time, she was getting out of hand! She even brought her family to provoke her!

He thought she was just here for money–>>

… Who knew his thoughts were so big!

Jiang Han’s eyes narrowed slightly. He was annoyed by Hu Yao’s attitude of letting people bully her, but he also knew there was a reason for it because he hadn’t explained things clearly to her.

“Go home!”

“Running around with Jiang Fuzhao while pregnant! Are you too idle?” He was still bothered by the fact that he couldn’t find them when he came back.

He couldn’t describe the feeling at that time, only that he felt extremely agitated.

Every time he came back, the two of them were at home.

This time, not only were they not there, he couldn’t even find them!

“Break both your legs if you run around again!” He reprimanded them as usual.

Hu Yao pursed her lips and didn’t say anything, Jiang Xiaochao didn’t pay any attention.

They soon arrived home, and he found that she had bought another skirt. Thinking about her revealing arms and legs, he was displeased again: “You like these kinds of clothes, don’t you? You wear them in summer and winter, no more!”

“Ximei gave it to me!” Hu Yao tried to take it back from him.

Jiang Han refused. Remembering what Song Sikai had said to him on the phone, he said without good temper: “That one, the one who wants your skirt, give it to her!”

After he said this, Hu Yao remained silent for a long time, her lowered eyes slightly red.

It was a skirt she bought with her own saved money, she wouldn’t give it to Wang Juanping!

The suppressed tangle of emotions and suffocating anxiety in her heart burst forth at this moment. She felt wronged and sad. He had always been like this, domineering and “not allowing resistance” or “not allowing defiance”.

“Jiang Han, I’ll return the money you gave to Hu Guifen to you, let me go.” The most real thought buried deep in her heart unconsciously slipped out at that moment.