472 Their Stance (2/2)

”Mom!” Shen Wenjing didn't look good. She didn't want her mother-in-law to talk about all these. ”What are you talking about? Don't make a laughingstock of ourselves.”

”What's there to laugh about? Captain Bai's one of us…” Tu Liang's mom gave her a displeased glance. When she turned to Captain Bai, she immediately showed a polite smile and a sigh.

”My daughter-in-law has a good temper and has good looks. For the past few days, relatives and friends have been showing up intending to introduce new people to her in a rush. I'm an open-minded person and would not object to free love. My son's already gone and my daughter-in-law wanted to remarry. I'm an old woman. I couldn't and shouldn't stop her…”

As she said this, the atmosphere had changed to a strange one.

Shen Wenjing seemed upset.

Xiang Wan could see and feel her pain and suffering…

However, Tu Liang's mom was facing Bai Muchuan, she did not look at Shen Wenjing.

The next moment, her expression started to look grim.

”But, Captain, we can't see with our naked eyes what people are up to nowadays… Who knows if there's actually someone who's eyeing my son's compensation money?”

Bai Muchuan had applied for the highest amount of compensation money for Tu Liang's family.

To the average person, that was indeed not a small sum of money.

However, when Tu Liang's mom put it in this manner, somehow it made them feel heavy-hearted.

After all… that was a life, not money.

”Aye!” Tu Liang's mom puffed a loud sigh. ”So since Captain is here, please tell me. If Wenjing were to remarry, the money that my son exchanged his life for, and my granddaughter… should they belong to the Tu Family, or should I just let her bring everything to her new family?”

”…”

Xiang Wan was dumbstruck for a moment.

She was sitting opposite Shen Wenjing, who was like a statue now, unmoving and mute.

Tu Siya might be young, but she understood what her grandma had just said.

”I belong to mommy. I'm mommy's daughter. Laolao has told me before that I have to follow mommy…”

”Don't talk about your Laolao!” Tu Liang's mom snorted unhappily. ”My son's just gone for days, but look at what they are doing? They are finding you a new step dad… Isn't this atrocious?…”

”…”

The reality was often crueler than expected.

They were there to wish them a Happy Lunar New Year. It was unexpected that they would be welcomed by how things had turned out.

Shen Wenjing patted her daughter's shoulder.

”Be good and go back to your room, okay?”

”Orh.”

The little girl had sensed the strange atmosphere.

She went into her room obediently.

Only then did Shen Wenjing looked at Tu Liang's mom calmly.

”Mom, please be rest assured that I will never remarry.”

Before Bai Muchuan and Xiang Wan's presence, she really didn't want to wash the dirty linen in public. However, her mother-in-law couldn't stop doing that, and she didn't have a chance to chime in at all. Now that her daughter went back to her room, she quickly stopped her mother-in-law and made her stance clear once again.

Of course, Tu Liang's mom would never believe her.

”I'm not a muddle-headed person. I've said already that it is only normal for you to remarry. I'm not that old-fashioned to make you stay here all your life… But you have to consider the impact of that decision. My son's a hero, and you are the hero's wife. The papers, television shows, all of them have commended him… Who in our neighborhood didn't know that? You're carrying the title as the wife of a hero. It doesn't look good on you if things carry on like this!”

”…”

Shen Wenjing kept quiet.

After a moment, she looked at Bai Muchuan and Xiang Wan.

”I need to go downstairs to get something, please excuse me…”

She couldn't stand it.

She was an intellectual after all.

She didn't know what to say when she was sandwiched between her mother-in-law and the visitors.

Xiang Wan was very understanding. She got up too. ”We also have something on and got to go now. Let's go down together.”

When she said so, she squeezed Bai Muchuan's hand, said their goodbyes to Tu Liang's mom, and asked her to take care of her health. After that, they walked down the stairs together with Shen Wenjing.

”As the saying goes, there's always a lot of scandals and dramas in front of a widow's house.” Shen Wenjing smiled a little bitterly. ”I feel apologetic to let you see all these.”

”Sis-in-law…” Bai Muchuan didn't know what to say.

He was a man and didn't know how to console her. He could only clench his hands into a fist.

Tu Liang was one of his brothers, yet he could not do more for him.

Xiang Wan took Shen Wenjing's arm lightly. ”Sis-in-law, it must be hard on you.”

”I'm actually fine. It's only normal for my mom-in-law to think this way. As for my side of relatives… they are concerned about my latter half of life. They all have their concerns and stance on this matter.”Laolao (姥姥) - Maternal grandmothe