Stepdaughter of a wealthy family? The little darling of a Beijing tycoon

Shen Jingshu gazed indifferently at Sui Sui Ping An's feigned aggrieved expression, and asked in a cold tone, "Is the matter truly exactly as you described?"

A flicker of panic crossed Sui Sui Ping An's eyes, but she maintained a pained expression, defiantly defending herself: "Master, why would you question me like that? The truth is just as it is. If my mother hadn't been so willful and left without saying goodbye, abandoning our whole family, how could we be in this mess?"

The live stream chat exploded instantly, and viewers keenly sensed that something was wrong.

[Something's not right. The master hit the nail on the head with just one sentence; this man is definitely hiding something!]

Why should an elderly person have to revolve their entire life around their son's family? Judging from the master's words, the aunt's departure from home was out of desperation, wasn't it?

Sui Sui Ping An felt guilty after being poked by Shen Jing Shu's question, and quickly changed the subject, even adopting a posture of paying for a service: "Master, there's no need to dwell on these trivial details now. I'm willing to pay for the divination. As long as you help me find my mother and persuade her to go home, I will definitely send you several expensive gifts as a way of thanking you."

Shen Jingshu chuckled lightly, her words sharp and merciless: "Since you have spare money to give me gifts and tips, why not save that money and hire a professional caregiver for your father who is in the hospital? Your mother will never go back."

As she finished speaking, she looked up at the camera, her tone solemn, as if speaking to the mother who had left home through the screen: "Auntie, I know you're watching this live stream right now. You've worked so hard your whole life, giving everything to raise your child, only to have him turn out to be an ungrateful wretch. You must be heartbroken. In the first half of your life, you toiled for your husband and sacrificed for your son, spending your whole life revolving around the daily necessities of your family. In the second half, just follow your heart, live for yourself this once, and don't look back."

Upon hearing this, Sui Sui Ping An's expression changed drastically. He excitedly rushed to the camera and shouted at the screen, "Mom! Are you in the live stream? Mom, please come home! From now on, we'll listen to you in everything, big or small. We'll never nag or restrict you again. This family can't do without you. Please come back!"

"Enough, stop acting." Shen Jingshu coldly interrupted his clumsy performance. "You keep saying you want your mother to come home to do housework, take care of the sick, pick up the children, and shoulder the heavy burden of your family. If you really feel guilty, dare to tell us in front of millions of viewers in the live stream how you and your father have treated your mother on a daily basis?"

Sui Sui Ping An avoided eye contact and feigned ignorance in a stiff tone: "What could my dad and I do to my mom? We've never done anything wrong."

"Since you are unwilling to tell us, then I will tell you all the hidden stories, one by one."

Shen Jingshu's gaze was cold and clear, her words sharp and direct, directly exposing all his secrets in front of everyone: "Your name is Lu Chuan, you are thirty-four years old, married, and have a pair of two-year-old twins with your wife. As for the willful, irresponsible mother you mentioned, we call her Aunt Su."

Lu Chuan's pupils dilated slightly, and he froze instinctively, never expecting that the master could see through his entire background so clearly.

Shen Jingshu continued slowly, dissecting Aunt Su's grievances and sorrows over half a lifetime:

"Aunt Su has never lived a single day for herself in her entire life, from her youth to her old age."

She was born into a family with extreme patriarchal values, where she was often hungry and cold, with all the good things reserved for her younger brother. She endured hardship and abuse at home, leaving her physically and mentally scarred and filled with inferiority. Her greatest wish was to escape that cold, exploitative home as soon as possible.

That's why, when she was introduced to your father and found him to be a decent person with a gentle attitude, she clung to him as if he were her only lifeline. After dating for six months, she thought she had finally escaped her misery and hastily got married.

But she never expected that escaping from her original hell would only lead her into another prison on earth.

In the first few years of their marriage, your father pretended to be restrained and treated her relatively gently. However, many years after their marriage, Aunt Su was unable to conceive due to severe malnutrition in her youth and a weakened constitution.

Because of this incident, your father's true colors have been completely exposed.

He began to verbally abuse and psychologically manipulate her day after day. He complained about her poor health and inability to have children, mocked her for being worthless and unworthy of him, and belittled her daily with every hurtful word he uttered.

Aunt Su had lacked love and security since childhood. She thought that marriage would bring her a stable home, but what she found after marriage was endless emotional abuse and mental torment.

In their time, marriage bound people together for life, and very few dared to mention divorce.

What made her even more desperate was that she had no one to rely on.

Her maternal family was never her support; they only endlessly exploited her, forcing her to subsidize her younger brother and help her maternal family. Your maternal grandmother always told her to be tolerant, to take care of her family, and to sacrifice herself.

Her retreat is a bottomless abyss of her family of origin;

Her staying is a form of spiritual torture inflicted by her in-laws day after day.

With nowhere to turn and nowhere to escape, she could only grit her teeth and endure years of verbal abuse and personal humiliation from your father, sacrificing her own happiness for the sake of her family her entire life.

The live stream went silent for a moment, then the chat exploded with comments:

[Having been exploited by her family of origin her entire life, and subjected to psychological manipulation by her husband after marriage, did she ever enjoy a single day of happiness in her life?]

Now I finally understand why people run away from home at sixty! This isn't a home; it's a cage that has confined them their whole lives!

[Lu Chuan feigned ignorance and played the victim throughout, only seeing his own hardships and ignoring the suffering his mother endured throughout her life. He's so selfish!]

Lu Chuan's face turned pale and then red, his expression flustered, and he could no longer maintain his previous aggrieved and helpless look.

Hearing Shen Jingshu's piercing revelations, Lu Chuan immediately retorted, hastily defending his father with a face full of disapproval: "Don't spread rumors! There's absolutely no such thing! In my memory, my parents' relationship has always been harmonious and stable. My father has always been gentle and considerate towards my mother, and has never laid a hand on her! I've seen many of my classmates' fathers commit domestic violence, but my dad has never done it!"

His confident demeanor suggested that what he was seeing was the whole truth.

Upon hearing this, Shen Jingshu's lips curled into a cold, mocking smile, her sharp gaze piercing through his deep-seated ignorance and bias: "Do you think that only physical violence constitutes domestic violence? Verbal abuse, psychological suppression, years of emotional abuse, a marriage where one spouse is essentially widowed—the torment that wounds the heart is a hundred times more unbearable than physical pain."