The Life of a Cannon Fodder Mother-in-Law - 49
Chapter 49: The Step-Mother-in-Law 16
This is often the case. The more open you are, the less likely you are to arouse suspicion.
He looked so sneaky and guilty that anyone who saw him would think there was something going on inside. The attendant at this time was like this, looking at Ge Gen as if looking at an adulterer.
Ge Gen swallowed nervously: "We have been relatives for many years. I heard that she wanted to commit suicide, so I came to visit her. Now I am already leaving."
The attendant became more suspicious. "Only the servants in the main yard know that our madam tried to commit suicide. How did you know about it?" Ge Gen: "..." "It happened that I heard someone say it on the street. I didn't believe it at the time, but I was worried, so I..." The attendant looked him up and down. "Not many people know about our madam's return to her parent's home." Ge Gen was speechless. He didn't often keep an eye on the Li family, or in other words, it was the first time in so many years since Yan Songyu married in that he was lurking around the back door. Just this time, he was caught red-handed. "I just happened to find out." The attendant didn't believe it. Ge Gen was afraid that he would make a mistake if he said more, so he smiled as a greeting and quickly slipped away. His flustered manner made it look like he was fleeing in panic. The attendant frowned and led the doctor into the room. Yan Songyu was indeed not seriously injured. She did not feel any vomiting or dizziness, but when the doctor asked, she said she was a little dizzy and nauseous. Really...if she didn't have any symptoms, wouldn't she be admitting that she was pretending to be sick? She wouldn't be that stupid. However, the doctor was not so easy to fool. Seeing that she spoke clearly and in an organized manner, after going out, he whispered to the attendant: "It shouldn't be anything serious."
The attendant thought about his master's reaction after he went back to report those things later, and secretly screamed in his heart. But for such a big thing, it was impossible not to report it! With a bitter face, the attendant told the story of encountering Ge Gen at someone else's house.
Master Li was very angry when he heard about it. "My wife and I just had this quarrel, and she just returned to her natal home. Where did Ge Gen get the news from?"
The attendant didn't know, and didn't dare to speak out. He lowered his head and shrank back into the corner. In Master Li's view, as soon as Yan Songyu cried, Ge Gen immediately came to comfort her. He didn't believe that there was nothing going on between the two.
Originally, he wanted to forgive her for the sake of the two children, or not be so hasty and just leave the relationship between husband and wife to fate... Now it seems that Yan Songyu's fate is not with him at all. Master Li stood by the window, holding the window frame with his hands so hard that his fingertips turned white: "Have someone tell Madam that I will be waiting for her outside the Yamen tomorrow morning!" After a pause, he added: "Tell her that if she dares not to come, I will send you a letter of divorce."
All fools know how to choose compared to a letter of divorce. The same goes for Yan Songyu. She wanted the messenger to help plead for her, but after being rejected, she lay on the bed and cried sadly.
Mother Yan's hair almost turned white with worry. She couldn't understand why her daughter, who had already secured the title of the eldest madam of the Li family, suddenly fell into such a situation. "Stop crying, think of a solution quickly." Yan Songyu couldn't stop crying: "Now that things have happened, I have no choice. If I don't go, I will get a divorce letter. How can I not go for the sake of my two children?" Mother Yan said bitterly: "It's all Zhang Manyue's fault!"
At this point, it was useless to scold anyone. Yan Songyu still wanted to struggle, so she asked someone to prepare a carriage and returned to Li's house in the middle of the night. As a result, she couldn't even get in. After thinking about it, she decided to stay up all night and go directly to the Yamen to wait. No matter who it was, they looked haggard after not sleeping all night. Yan Songyu's eyes were dark and her hair was messy, making her look particularly miserable. She thought it would make the man feel more sympathetic towards her and be more willing to listen to her words, but in the end, Master Li said bluntly: "Don't pretend to be pitiful, this trick doesn't work on me. Let's not delay each other, let's go in and get the marriage certificate."
After saying that, he walked ahead. Master Li came to the Yamen often and was quite familiar with them. The official quickly found their marriage certificate. When Yan Songyu reached out to take it, she was trembling all over: "Husband... the relationship between me and Ge Gen is not what you think." "What is it?" Master Li looked at her indifferently: "As soon as something happens to you, he knew about it immediately, and you were willing to see him. Your whole family didn't stop you, so they must still treat him as their son-in-law. In this case, why should I get in the way?"
He waved his hand and got straight on the carriage: "I'm exhausted, so let's just leave it at that." Yan Songyu was about to cry, her face full of tears: "Husband, you can't treat me like this just based on a few words from outsiders!" Her voice was loud and a bit sad. Almost everyone outside the Yamen looked over. Yan Songyu didn't care about the embarrassment because the carriage in front stopped. She burst into laughter and hurriedly chased after him. Master Li lifted the curtain and looked down at her: "The Yan family rented my shop to do business, and they haven't paid the rent for nearly ten years. They kept asking to delay the payment every time. I tolerated them for your sake. Since we are not husband and wife, I can't let them continue to take advantage of me. Go back and tell your mother to vacate the shop within three days."
Yan Songyu was dumbfounded: "Husband, you can't do this to me... ..." Before she finished speaking, the carriage had already left. Yan Songyu stood there, unable to recover for a long time. The Yan family currently lived behind the shop. If it really needed to be vacated, not only the things in the shop but also the whole family would have to move out. Despite the fact that the Yan family had been prosperous in business over the years, in actuality, they had not saved any money at all. Otherwise, Yan Songyu would not have had to associate with the Ge family and ended up in the current situation. She stood there in despair, her whole body stiff. Suddenly a carriage stopped beside her, and Mother Yan stuck her head out. "Songyu, why are you standing here in a daze?" When she asked, her eyes had already fallen on her hand, holding a yellowed document with her slender fingertips. It was the marriage certificate. Mother Yan's face changed drastically. "It is said that love grows when you meet. Why don't you beg?" "I begged." Yan Songyu's face was ashen, with no strength at all. "He refused to listen to me. Mother, when he left just now, he asked our family to move out of the shop within three days." This sentence was like a thunderbolt from the blue. She screamed, "What did you say!?" "We have to move out." Yan Songyu looked at her blankly. "I told you a long time ago that you should take care of eldest brother and not let him do anything wrong. Our wealth is like a dream. If you wake up from the dream one day, you will be brought back to your original state. You would not listen..." Her face was full of mocking smiles. "No matter what I say, you don't believe it. Now you should believe it, right?" After hearing this, Mother Yan avoided her eyes. Seeing her daughter's mocking gaze, she suddenly became angry and said, "Can you blame me for this? I tried to control your brother, but he refused to listen. What else could I do?" "You didn't use any force to restrain him." Yan Songyu went around to the other side of the carriage and climbed up by grabbing the curtain.
In fact, she shouldn't have grabbed the curtain, because the curtain was hung on a rope and might fall off if he grabbed it. Yan Songyu was feeling upset at the moment and couldn't care about these things. "Are you blaming me?" Mother Yan was furious. "It's obviously you who doesn't know how to behave and has harmed our family. I told you a long time ago to break off contact with the Ge family, but you didn't listen. What happened?" She was so angry that she slapped her thigh and shouted: "Useless thing..."
This is still outside, with people coming and going on the street. Yan Songyu didn't want to be laughed at, so after complaining, she thought about going home and talking slowly. But Mother Yan refused to give up and even started scolding her... How could Yan Songyu, who had been praised by her family for many years, accept it? Immediately she said angrily: "If my brother had been more considerate of me, his sister, and not so wasteful, and had given me some money for my living, why would I be reluctant to break off relations with the Ge family?" Mother Yan was furious: "Don't blame everything on your brother. It's obviously you who can't coax the Li family. How can you have the face to blame your brother?" Yan Songyu cried angrily. On the way back, the tears on her face never stopped. Back in the shop, the Yan family couldn't accept this result at all, and started to come up with ideas. In fact, they were all bad ideas. Yan Songyu could also think of anything they could think of. She said with a cold face: "I advise you to be honest and prepare to move. The Li family is completely disgusted with me, and no one is willing to intercede for me. Now that I have retrieved the marriage certificate..." She smiled bitterly: "All of your ideas only work if I can see him. In fact, he won't see me again, and he won't listen to me anymore." After speaking, she waved her hand: "I will go back to my room to pack my luggage, you can do whatever you want!"
Fortunately, Even though the Yan family moved to the main street and lived in a spacious shop, they did not sell their ancestral home. Mother Yan even spent some money to hire someone to renovate it. Although the house was a little dusty and dilapidated, it was still habitable. However, the home was small, and the Yan family had several people, so they had to live together, at least two or three people to a room... During this period, there were countless quarrels before they finally settled down. The house was crowded and dilapidated, and the whole family was in a bad mood. The slightest thing could cause a quarrel, and in the end it would always involve Yan Songyu. In fact, the Yan family had not given up the idea of having her continue to be Madam Li. Yan Songyu also tried to meet Master Li, but was driven away without even getting close to him.
There was no going back! Yan Songyu felt a headache when she heard the noise outside. This is not a place to stay for a long time, she has to find a way to move away. Ge Gen had been paying attention to the Yan family secretly, and knew their recent situation and their quarrels. He himself can't show up, for fear of being seen by the Li family again, so he simply asked his son to visit.
When Ge Guangping went out, he took Yan Niang with him. The young couple looked at the crowded and noisy yard and felt suffocated. "Mom, move out first." Ge Guangping knew a little about the temperament of his uncle's family, guessing that they might blame his mother, and suggested: "You have been Madam Li for many years, there is no need to wrong yourself. Rent a yard first. It doesn't have to be spacious, at least you won't get scolded." Mother Yan, who had always been polite to her daughter, suddenly changed her temper, like a firecracker. All the anger was directed at Yan Songyu, and her sister-in-law, Madam Jiang, spoke particularly unpleasantly, saying that Yan Songyu had ruined the family and that she couldn't win the heart of a man. She had hurt herself and her family. Yan Songyu had really put in a lot of effort over the years, and even thought about how to please Master Li when she was sleeping. Although she seemed to be doing well on the surface, she was actually exhausted and miserable.
Yan Songyu originally wanted to move, but when she heard her son's words, she turned her eyes and said, "Your grandmother is stingy and doesn't want me to move out. How about this, you go and help me rent a house." Ge Guangping: "..." "Okay, but what if Master Li misunderstands again?"
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