The matriarch suppressed the fury and anger within her heart, pursed her lips, but said nothing. She simply looked at Aunt Zhang Qiaolan with a cold gaze that was utterly devoid of warmth,
Feeling inexplicably guilty, Zhang Qiaolan took a step back, "Mom..."
The matriarch gave her just one word, "Leave!"
Her voice was soft, as she forcefully kept her tone down while calling out to her, but the trembling tears in her eyes betrayed her rage.
Zhang Qiaolan panicked a bit.
Now, her only support was the matriarch. If the matriarch stopped caring for them, the dreadful consequences she conjured up in her mind made her breath weak in an instant.
No, this couldn't happen.
Her fingers dug deeply into her own flesh!
Zhang Qiaolan hadn't really come to take the old lady to stay with her today; it was just a test, a token gesture of filial piety. Now that her objective was achieved, she would not linger any longer.
Lest she oversteps and loses more than she gains.
