Chapter 121 - Chapter 121: Chapter 121: Receiving the News (1/2)
Chapter 121: Chapter 121: Receiving the News
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Su Wenyue’s face immediately grew cold when she heard Mrs. Yang’s words. She was not such a magnanimous woman. What Jiang Chunlan had done before could be left unsaid, but this time’s incident was a profound lesson for her, reminding her constantly not to underestimate anyone. Even someone as foolish as Jiang Chunlan, if driven to madness, could do things that would greatly harm her. Sometimes, people without brains could do things even more terrifying than those with brains.
Although she hadn’t been seriously injured this time and the wound had mostly healed, if she hadn’t reacted the way she did and intimidated those people at that moment, the consequences would have been unthinkable—either her reputation would have been completely ruined, or she would have met a tragic end. No one knew how scared and desperate she had been at that time. To this day, she remembered that feeling vividly, more frightening than being framed and beaten to death by the Mistress in her previous life. In her previous life, she had suffered much and had little expectation for life, but in this lifetime, her good days had just begun—how could she willingly accept this!
“Mother seems to have forgotten that if I hadn’t fought desperately last time, I wouldn’t be sitting here in good health. I estimate that by now, Mother would no longer have me as a daughter-in-law. Either I would have been driven to death or disgraced and sent back to my mother’s family. Compared to being righteously sent to the Government, what Jiang Chunlan has done is truly malevolent. After saying this, do you still expect me to plead for mercy for Jiang Chunlan? Does Mother have even the slightest consideration for me, your daughter-in-law?!”
Su Wenyue knew what kind of person her mother-in-law was. If she showed any sign of retreat or hesitation, her mother-in-law would take it for granted and make further demands. It was better to confront her angrily with a few questions, which would make her mother-in-law feel guilty and less inclined to say anymore.
Indeed, this was the case. Mrs. Yang herself felt that it was inappropriate to ask her daughter-in-law to plead for her niece, especially since her niece was clearly in the wrong. But since her son wouldn’t listen to her, she had no choice but to turn to her daughter-in-law. Now, seeing the look of anger, disappointment, and grievance on her daughter-in-law’s face and remembering the scene that day, she found herself unable to continue speaking.
“Lady Yue, don’t be angry. I have no other choice. After all, your aunt entrusted Chunlan to me before she left. And you weren’t seriously hurt, otherwise, I wouldn’t have said that. If you don’t want to, then never mind.” Mrs. Yang said this and, seeing that Su Wenyue had no intention of helping, left. She felt somewhat disheartened, as other daughters-in-law were always respectful in front of their mothers-in-law. She felt she had somewhat lost face as a mother-in-law.
Su Wenyue really became angry when she heard Mrs. Yang say this—what did she mean, ‘no big deal’? Although she knew that her mother-in-law didn’t mean it intentionally and was just thinking out of habit, she was still upset.
“Fourth child, where are you going?” Mrs. Yang went out and saw Han Yu harnessing the horse carriage, asking with an indifferent tone. Although Mrs. Yang usually favored this youngest son, her feelings had waned after he had taken his daughter-in-law’s side against her during this incident.
“Mother, I think Wenyue isn’t feeling well, so I’m going into The City to find a doctor for her,” Han Yu said. He too felt that his wife had been more lethargic lately and, after what Xiao Xi had told him, was even more concerned. He was eager to find a doctor to check on Su Wenyue.
Hearing this, Mrs. Yang’s expression became stern. She was even more displeased with Su Wenyue. The fourth child used to be so sensible; why was he now so attached to his wife? A man with big aspirations shouldn’t spend his days worrying about these trifles.