On the way here, Xu Shuanghong had rehearsed this in her mind countless times, so her tears fell on cue. "I know I'm only a stepmother who came into your lives halfway. I don't dare expect you brothers to show me filial piety, but you can't just disregard human decency like this. Do you hate the three of us so much just because I married your father?
"I didn't want this either. If it weren't for that night..."
"Enough, you're speaking nonsense," Gu Baijiang scolded in annoyance. "These are just your assumptions. Did you actually see my second son bring people to sell you?
"This is not some small town. Before you speak, you'd better use your brain."
"Sir, are you despising us?" Xu Shuanghong knew this family might even be blaming them in their hearts for not dying on the road. "But as long as we can live, who would choose to die?"
