At this moment, the shouting from upstairs had reached a new level of intensity.


    The middle-aged woman yelled furiously, “How could I have given birth to such a useless child like you? I worked tirelessly to support you and pay for your college education. For two years, you’ve barely contributed anything to our family, and now you’re rushing off to have a child with someone else. If I had known you would turn out this way, I should have abandoned you right after you were born!”


    The young woman, tears streaming down her face, replied, “Mom, the only reason I could go to college was because of student loans! I’m still paying them back. You didn’t even want me to go to university. You wanted to marry me off when I was just eighteen, insisting that the sooner a girl marries, the more valuable she bes!”


    “I fought hard to get into university, yet you still tried to stop me! You even attempted to tear up my eptance letter and threatened me when I was about to leave for school. You said you wouldn’t give me a single cent for living expenses if I went. Have you forgotten all of that?”


    “Now you im that you worked hard to fund my education? Have you ever given me a single penny?”<h3 style="background-color:DodgerBlue">


    The middle-aged woman retorted, “Giving birth to you was the biggest favor I’ve done! You don’t appreciate anything and now you’re arguing with me? You’ve really be so rebellious!”


    The young woman protested through her tears, “I don’t want to argue; I just want to reason with you!”


    “Those four years in university were incredibly tough! I had to work hard and fend for myself to cover my living expenses.”


    “As a girl, my health isn’t great. I often get sick, which makes it hard for me to earn enough to support myself.”


    “If it weren’t for Steve, who supported me throughout college, I might not have graduated at all! I could have starved long before that!”


    “Steve has always understood my family situation, and he has never looked down on me! If he wants to marry me, I’m ready to marry him, even if he doesn’t bring a single cent as a dowry!”


    The middle-aged man shouted, “You ungrateful child! Do you honestly think you can decide what a dowry is? The dowry isn’t for you! It’s for your brother to buy a house! He needs that money to find a wife and continue the Stark family legacy! Do you really want to drive your mother and me to despair?”


    The young woman stood firm, “No matter what, I’m going to marry Steve today. I’ll take a cab to Aurous Hill if I have to, or I’ll walk there!”


    Then, a loud p echoed through the air.


    The middle-aged man shouted in anger, “I’ll beat you senseless, you shameless girl! You’re just going to abandon your family for some man? We only have this thirty-year-old house left. How will your brother ever get married and have children?”


    When ire heard the violence escting upstairs, she quickly grabbed Charlie’s arm and urged, “Let’s go! We need to get there right away!”<fn4c9a> Fresh chapters posted on find?novel</fn4c9a>


    Initially, ire hesitated to intervene, feeling it was inappropriate to meddle in a family dispute. However, upon hearing the physical altercation, she decided it was no longer an option to stay out of it.


    The couple hurried to the fifth floor and ire began knocking on the door of Apartment 501.


    After a moment, a young man with a mischievous demeanor answered the door. He eyed ire and Charlie suspiciously and asked, “Who are you looking for?”


    ire replied, “You must be Jon, right? I’m ire, your sister’s high school ssmate. Do you remember me?”


    Upon hearing this, Jon’s expression changed to surprise. “Oh! ire! I remember you! It’s been a few years, but you look even more beautiful now!”


    Noticing the way Jon was looking at his wife, Charlie felt a twinge of jealousy. He asked ire, “Honey, who is this young man?”


    ire introduced, “This is Jon, the brother of my high school friend, Isabe.”