Chapter 132: Chen Rong Decisively Cuts Ties (1/2)
Chapter 132: Chen Rong Decisively Cuts Ties
“Co made a reply and turned around Behind her, the servants s, hed He kindly looked at the servants from his hometown as his eyes reddened and his voice became hoarse
He used his sleeve to wipe his tears before rasping: “Everyone co I’ wouldn’t have made it here safely without your protection Come in come in!”
The servantsinto the house
Ah Gu, her brother’s lesserthe dozen or so servants and their six carriages, her brother’s wife, who had put on a calirl and quietly said, “Go take a look, see what’s inside their carriages”
“Aye, ood look”
“Aye”
When the maid had left, she moved the table to the wall on the east and perked her ears to listen
After soer Mr Chen’s concerned voice sounded froet here? I heard the barbarians had burned down Luo’yang What about Ping? Is Ping alright?”
Chen Rong’s answering voice had an inborn clarity and softness: “We left Ping with the wang clan We then spent a fewwith the wang House of Lang’ya”
“The wang House of Lang’ya?” murmured Mrs Chen Envy was noticeable in her voice She waved to call for another maid “Go and befriend those northern barbarians See if they and the wang House of Lang’ya are acquainted or not” Despite her huround, her concubine-born sister-in-law had a very bewitching beauty A solitary girlhad happened along the way
At this thought, she suddenly felt a little regretful When the girl came in just now, she should’ve been wars beforeto herself, her ’s there, es”
Mrs Chen’s expression darkened
Soon after, the other maid also came back She leaned in and whispered, “I asked her servants but they were all being very vague… In my humble opinion, how can people of their ranks be acquainted with the aristocrats?”
Mrs Chen’s face coot up and sashayed out the door
She went to the steps, pointed at a toiling old servant and began to scold “You freeloading old fogy, you good-for-nothing All you’re good at is getting into trouble Why do you have to s? Do you want to killwas very shrill and harsh, and very unpleasant to listen to
Chen Rong was nestling by her brother’s side to tell him her stories She stilled while her brother’s thin face turned livid
He stood up and rushed out the door yelling, “Stop your scolding”
His hirled around With one hand on her hip, she pointed the other straight at his nose and began chewing him out “You jerk, how dare you yell at me? Huh? How dare you yell at me?” She took a step forward for every word she spoke, and soon pushed her husband back into the roo at the doorstep, she waved her finger seerowled, “Do you think it’s so easy for s end up here… Have you seen your temptress looks in the mirror? Go seduce a man to s?”
This had been a very dreadful abuse Chen Rong looked to her older brother and was greeted with his ashen face His whole being angrily trele hile his as still spitting saliva everywhere
Chen Rong slowly stood up
She ignored her sister-in-law and walked to her brother “Ah Rong,” he stammered, “don’t take offense…” He hadn’t finished but his wife had sat herself on the floor wailing: “Go to hell, you useless jerk It was so difficult to find an office but you still ed to lose it If I haven’t been here to hold this house up, your bones would’ve long been fed to the dogs Go to hell! Who gives you the rights to er Mr Chen’s voice was co He had to close his
She dropped her gaze at the sight of her brother’s gaunt and tired face, and his wretched oppressed appearance
When her sister-in-law finally stopped crying, Chen Rong suddenly called, “Nurse Ping, bring a silk scroll and some ink here”
Everyone stilled
Her sister-in-laidened her yellowsoon ca placed the silk scroll onto the table, wrote a few lines, then went to her sister-in-law and flung it at her “Make it official with your signature”
Surprised, her sister-in-law looked down at the silk scroll and read, “I now break off all ties with my older brother Chen Qi Henceforth, for richer or poorer, we shall be unrelated in life and death, and such as strangers” Chen Rong’s naned below
Everybody was stunned this ti in disbelief, even her sister-in-laas flabbergasted She came from the marketplace and had met all sorts of people, but there was none ould so ruthlessly burn her bridges like this
Her brother’s face turned green He took a step and cried, “Ah Rong!” He was shaking with anger “Ah Rong, you…!”
Chen Rong turned around to look at him
She sloent to her brother Her eyes were ht he was returning to seven years ago At that ti, this sister of his had had the saot into trouble and ca him to shoulder the burden And he had never once refused her
He sed his criticis turned around, lowered her head and wept, “Father only left so little property behind and on top of that ere met with bandits and barbarians on the way south If not for the wang House’s protection, where would we be now? After everything ent through to find you, I never thought that you wouldn’t want to take us in Fine, don’t take us in We have hands and feet I refuse to believe that we can’t survive in Jiankang”
Chen Rong’s sister-in-law had felt suspicious to see her so blithely cut ties with her brother, so she hadn’t been resolved to sign Now hearing this fro, she quickly scribbled a few strokes and pressed her finger onto the parchave her husband the silk scroll and yelled, “Quick, sign it,” pulling his thu it down for hi put away the scroll