Chapter 6 — After My Cousin Moved In, My Family Almost Destroyed

The living room was deadly quiet. The brand new iPhone just lay quietly in my mother's palm like that. Just like a soundless slap, it hit Trieu Tieu Nha and my father in the face. Trieu Tieu Nha's face immediately lost all blood. White as paper. Her lips trembled, she looked at the phone and then looked at my mother in panic, unable to say a word. My father's expression was even more remarkable. From surprise... Unbelief... To anger and shame after being deceived by others. He jumped up and pointed at Trieu Tieu Nha, his hands shaking violently.

“I… I…”

The "nephew" still couldn't utter a complete sentence. The obedient, understanding granddaughter that he always tried to protect... It turned out that from beginning to end, it was just an act. It was the idiot who was spinning like a pinwheel, the most laughable in that drama.

“B… uncle-in-law, I…”

Trieu Tieu Nha finally found her voice again, filled with sobs.

“I didn't mean to…”

“This phone belongs to my classmate… he let me borrow it…”

At this point, she's still lying. My mother laughed. A bone-chilling laugh.

"Really?"

“Is your classmate's name 'Mom'?”

"My classmates even told me 'don't worry, I'll definitely be able to stay'?"

My mother gently shook the phone. The screen still shows the recent call history. Trieu Tieu Nha's last ray of hope was completely shattered. She burst into tears and knelt down in front of my mother.

"Uncle-in-law! I was wrong! I really know I was wrong!"

“Don't chase me away!”

“I don't want to go home!”

“My dad will beat me to death!”

She hugged my mother's leg tightly, crying until her heart was broken, pitiful to the extreme. If I hadn't seen it all with my own eyes... Maybe even I would have been fooled by her again. My father turned his head away, not looking at her. But his clenched fists and tense jaw completely revealed the conflict in his heart. At that moment... The doorbell rang again. Still pressing impatiently like that. No need to think, I know who it is. My father went to open the door. Standing outside were indeed Uncle Hai and grandmother. The two of them seemed to have arrived at the right time. As soon as he saw Trieu Tieu Nha kneeling on the ground sobbing, Uncle Hai immediately became angry.

“What are you doing to her?!”

“You guys are bullying Tieu Nha, right?!”

He rushed in, pulled Trieu Tieu Nha behind him, showing the appearance of a defender of justice. As for the grandmother, there is even less to say. She sat down directly on the ground, began to beat her thighs and cry loudly.

"Heaven struck a holy thing! There are no more heavenly principles!"

“City people are bullying us country people!”

"My poor niece! Why are you so miserable!"

This scene... How familiar. Only this time, my father no longer stepped forward to help my grandmother up. He just stood there, his face pale, looking at his biological mother and younger brother acting out that clumsy scene.

“Mom, stand up first.”

“Ve Quan, stop screaming.”

My mother's voice was as cold as a block of ice, pounding straight into the chaotic living room.

“Or first, you two should ask your good niece…”

“What did it do?”

Having finished speaking, my mother threw the iPhone on the tea table. As soon as he saw the phone, Uncle Hai's eyes immediately twitched again, but still tried to keep his mouth shut.

“Isn't it just a phone?”

"Who doesn't play with phones these days?"

"Do you need to force her to this extent? Make her kneel on the ground?!"

"Really?"

My mother smiled coldly.

“So you bought this phone for him?”

Uncle Hai choked. Of course he didn't dare admit it. Admitting it is like admitting that the whole family comes together to deceive others.

“It's a birthday gift from my classmate!”

Trieu Tieu Nha hid behind Uncle Hai and shouted loudly as if the louder she shouted, the more powerful she became.

"Oh? A birthday present?"

My mother nodded, picked up the phone and opened the screen.

“My classmates are really good to me.”

“Not just giving away phones worth seven or eight thousand yuan…”

“And I also pay your monthly fee.”

“Look, last month's bill was over three hundred yuan.”

My mother put the phone bill screen straight in front of Uncle Hai and grandmother.

“My Van Van's allowance is only three hundred yuan a month.”

“Your family's phone bill alone, Tieu Nha, is more than three hundred.”

“Zhao Weijun, don't you complain about poverty and suffering every day?”

“It turns out it was all pretend?”

Uncle Hai's face was as red as pig liver. Grandma's crying also fell silent. She looked at the phone, then looked at her son, then looked at her granddaughter. My mind can't keep up with the situation at all.

“Wh…what is this?”

“What is it?”

My mother's eyes finally fell on Trieu Tieu Nha, who was kneeling on the ground and trembling.

“Don't you want to stay?”

"Okay."

“Now call your classmate who gave you this phone immediately.”

“Call in front of all of us.”

“Let him say for himself whether this phone was given to him or not.”

“If you call…”

“Prove that you are lying, leave immediately.”

“If you don't dare call…”

“It also proves that you are lying, so leave immediately.”