"Hello, the number you have dialed is powered off. Please try again later. sorry..."
"How is it? She's not picking up?" Chen Haiyan asked, leaning her ear against Fang Wende's phone.
Seeing that Fang Yuan's phone was off, she didn't give up and took out her own phone to call.
The same voice came through.
"That Girl of yours is truly heartless. I think she's doing this on purpose, dragging us down with her while she suffers from bankruptcy. She's rotten to the core, that bitch!"
Chen Haiyan's resentment toward Fang Yuan ran deep as she cursed her viciously and repeatedly.
Her angry expression looked as if she wanted to skin Fang Yuan alive.
Beside her, Fang Wende's face was equally gloomy.
His current situation caused his hatred for Fang Yuan to grow day by day.
Hearing his wife's cursing, he couldn't help but join in: "Nag, nag, nag, that's all you know how to do. Let's go, we're going to find that bitch."
However, Fang Yuhao, who was standing nearby, didn't seem to take the problem at hand seriously.
Seeing Fang Wende and Chen Haiyan about to go trouble Fang Yuan again, he frowned impatiently.
Then, he took out his phone and opened the honor of kings game.
The moment the "Tiimi" sound effect played, Fang Wende's anger was instantly ignited.
He kicked Fang Yuhao's seat and cursed, "You're still in the mood for games? I'll kill you!"
Seeing this, Chen Haiyan defended Fang Yuhao again: "What are you doing? It's not his fault. It's all because of the trouble your precious sister caused."
Her tone was full of helplessness and doting, as if Fang Yuhao was the apple of her eye and could do no wrong.
Fang Wende's kick was quite hard, and Fang Yuhao clutched his leg, whimpering.
His eyes, clear yet somewhat foolish, looked at Fang Wende with fear.
This kick sent his thoughts drifting back to his childhood.
Back then, their family wasn't as wealthy as they were now.
Whenever Fang Wende drank, he would go into a drunken rage, and Yuhao had received many beatings because of it.
It wasn't until their family's financial situation improved that Fang Wende began to change.
As he spent less and less time at home...
...whether it was out of guilt or because distance makes the heart grow fonder.
Consequently, he became increasingly indulgent and doting toward Fang Yuhao.
Fang Yuhao hadn't seen such a fierce expression in a long time.
However, today's kick seemed to have stirred Fang Wende's latent violent genes.
Seeing Chen Haiyan glaring at him while defending Fang Yuhao, he slapped her directly across the face.
"It's all because of you and your rotten ideas! She's my sister, yet you actually made her marry an old man. I'm telling you, get over to her house right now and beg for her forgiveness!"
In his rage, he pinned the blame for everything on Chen Haiyan.
He put almost all his strength into that slap, leaving Chen Haiyan's freshly permed curls in a mess.
In recent years, Chen Haiyan had grown accustomed to the life of a wealthy socialite.
Every day, she wore elegant clothes, drove luxury cars, and frequented high-end establishments, basking in the envy and jealousy of others.
Supported by wealth, her personality had also become increasingly shrewish.
After being hit by Fang Wende, Chen Haiyan instinctively lunged forward and clawed at his face with both hands.
Her sharp nails left several deep, bloody gashes on Fang Wende's face.
With a sharp intake of breath, Fang Wende clutched his face and looked at the blood on his hand.
His eyes widened as he glared at Chen Haiyan, his sclera shot through with bloodshot veins.
"You actually dare to hit me?" Fang Wende asked furiously.
Seeing the bloody scratches, Chen Haiyan couldn't help but shudder, finally realizing what she had done.
"I... I didn't mean to," Chen Haiyan said, flustered.
Chen Haiyan naturally knew Fang Wende's temper.
Not just Fang Yuhao, but she too used to receive slaps from Fang Wende at the slightest provocation.
At home, Fang Wende's word was law.
Once he made a decision, Chen Haiyan couldn't say "no," or she would face a severe beating.
Two loud slaps rang out again.
Chen Haiyan's cheek was already swollen and painful from Jiang Cheng's previous slap.
Now, Fang Wende added three more slaps, causing her entire right cheek to swell up and blood to trickle from the corner of her mouth.
Despite this, Chen Haiyan didn't dare fight back. Shaking and stiff, she said again, "S-sorry, stop hitting me. I'll go apologize to her right now."
Even though she was filled with fear and anger, she knew that if she dared to resist again, Fang Wende would treat her even more cruelly.
Seeing that Chen Haiyan no longer dared to act out, Fang Wende pulled back his hand and snorted coldly. "I'll let you off for now. If this isn't resolved, you know what I'm capable of. Let's go."
Having said that, he didn't even look at Chen Haiyan as he turned and walked out.
Only after he had stormed out did Fang Yuhao, who was cowering to the side, dare to speak.
He looked at Chen Haiyan's cheek with heartache and asked in a choked voice, "Mom, are you okay?"
Looking at Chen Haiyan's swollen cheek, he felt very sad but didn't dare to resist.
Since he was a child, he had watched his mother being bullied by his father.
But he was powerless to do anything.
After wiping the blood from the corner of Chen Haiyan's mouth with a tissue, he secretly vowed in his heart.
Once he had the ability in the future, he would definitely make Fang Wende pay.
Seeing her son worrying about her...
Chen Haiyan forced a smile and comforted him, "It's okay, son. You stay home and be good. Mommy is going out for a bit. Remember not to make your father angry lately; he'll be back to normal in a while."
Fang Wenhao hearing this, silently wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes and then nodded obediently.
Over an hour later, Fang Wende and Chen Haiyan arrived at Fang Yuan's doorstep once again.
Chen Haiyan didn't dare to act as she had before.
Putting away her usual arrogance, she tapped gently on the door and said in a very soft tone, "Sister-in-law, Sister-in-law, are you there?"
However, there was no reaction from inside.
After knocking for a long time, they still heard no response from Fang Yuan.
The two exchanged looks, and Fang Wende spoke up: "Fang Yuan, it's me. Open the door."
He knocked several more times, and seeing that there was still no response, he assumed Fang Yuan was intentionally ignoring them.
His temper flared up immediately: "Open the door! I know you're in there. Don't hide and stay quiet! You're brave enough to shut the door, but not brave enough to open it!"
The repeated knocking caught the attention of the next-door neighbor.
The neighbor's door opened, and a slightly mean-looking old woman stepped out.
She frowned and said to Fang Wende, "You two, stop knocking. You're disturbing me. They've moved out; they don't live here anymore."