Chapter 41 - Chapter 41: Chapter 41: United in Hatred (2/2)
“My poor daughter, the Han Family is too heartless. When they married you, they promised to treat you well, but it turns out the whole family is opportunistic. We must demand an explanation from them, and let them know the Wang Family can’t be bullied so easily!”
“Mother, please stop,” responded Mrs. Wang. “What’s done is done. In our standing, how can we possibly prevail over the Su Family?” Mrs. Wang had always been like this, preferring to show a demure front, especially for the sake of the image before her eldest uncle’s family.
“Cousin, you mustn’t let others cheer at our expense,” she said. “So what if Su
Wenyue is the Miss of the Su Family? Now that she’s married into the Han Family, she’s just a farmer’s wife. Technically she should be addressing you as
Sister-in-law. We might not be able to contend with the Su Family, but the Han Family is simply another peasant family. Let’s go to their door and demand justice. We from the Wang Family cannot be treated this way! Cousin, don’t worry. Our family will go with you. There’s strength in numbers. I refuse to believe the Han Family will not give us a satisfactory answer.”
The anger and resentment that Fang Ru held for being cast out by the Su Family found an outlet. She dared not confront the Su Family directly, but causing some trouble for Miss Su was definitely possible.
“Yeah, let’s do just that! Desheng, we know about the issues with your son, Chenglin, and we wanted to help. It’s just that, with Fang Ru being forced out of the Su Family and being dismissed without any wages, we have both elderly and kids to support at home and really don’t have much spare silver. Since Su Wenyue is a Miss of the Su Family, surely her dowry is substantial. Let’s take this chance to hit her where it hurts – it will be a relief for Qianru and will also help pay off Chenglin’s gambling debt, killing two birds with one stone.” Mrs. Wang sneered inwardly. It wasn’t because they didn’t have any silver; her eldest aunt was always calculating. Well, she knew the silver from eldest uncle’s house was not easily obtained. As long as they could pay off her big brother’s gambling debt, she didn’t care what means had to be used to obtain the needed silver.
Mr. and Mrs. Wang Desheng usually went along with their children’s opinions. So, after listening to Mrs. Qian’s proposition, they didn’t immediately respond but looked towards Wang Qianru.
Wang Qianru seemed to have made up her mind. “I agree with my eldest aunt. If it were just about me, I might let it pass because I’m just unlucky, having married into such a family as Han’s. But I cannot let this go for my cousin. This matter arose partly because of me, and if I don’t make Su Wenyue pay somehow, I won’t be able to face my cousin and aunt’s family. But not today; we must find big brother first, then confront them as a family.”
Wang Qianru had malign intentions but did care about her elder brother. While she wanted to deal with the Han Family as soon as possible to get some justice for herself, she was more worried about Wang Chenglin’s safety. At that moment, nobody knew where he had run off to. Although the Wang family searched together, they couldn’t find him, but to their relief Wang Chenglin returned on his own by evening.
Wang Qianru, learning more about the cause of the issues, felt even surer that Su Wenyue was linked to the troubles. Enraged, she couldn’t stand it..