Chapter 258 Turning Against Each Other

Enraged, Meng Dongyuan stepped forward and slapped Sun across the face. The sound of the slap caused the atmosphere to fall silent.

Sun was stunned by the slap; her ears were ringing and she had a bit of tinnitus.

Meng Chengxing and Meng Jinyu were also stunned. They had never seen such a scene before.

In their memory, their parents had always been very loving and had never quarreled. Only in the last few months had their father spent his days in his concubine's room, but he had not quarreled with their mother.

But today they were arguing fiercely, and the father even slapped the mother twice.

Meng Dongyuan glanced at the two children. He still had to save face in front of them, otherwise, where would his dignity as a father be? He immediately turned the tables and said in a deep voice, "You poisonous woman, don't talk nonsense. You were in charge of Zhou's dowry. I didn't know when A Yao came to ask for her dowry after she got married. At that time, I was protecting you. A Yu and Cheng Xing were both there."

Hearing this, Madam Sun was both angry and aggrieved. Unfortunately, she had no evidence to prove that Meng Dongyuan and his mother had instructed her to do so. But now that things had come to this, she had to say something. She hated Meng Dongyuan to the core for the reason that she had ended up in this situation.

She immediately brought up another matter, hitting Meng Dongyuan's sore spot: "Meng Dongyuan, I regret it, I regret marrying you, you good-for-nothing! You've ruined my whole life! I was so stupid back then, I turned down the chance to be the second-highest scorer in the imperial examination and married you, you're just a pretty face with no talent. You're good for neither literature nor martial arts. If it weren't for your father arranging things for you when he was alive, you wouldn't even be able to get a useless, idle job!"

As she spoke, tears of regret streamed down her face. If time could turn back, she would never have chosen Meng Dongyuan.

Upon hearing this, Meng Dongyuan thought of that man. That man loved Sun Shi, but Sun Shi only had eyes for him, saying that he was far better than that man. Now, however, she was belittling him for that man's sake. He angrily rebuked her, "You shameless woman! You married me and you're still thinking about other men. Today, I'll give you your freedom to go find him. But before you go, take a good look in the mirror. Look at yourself. Even if you were a concubine, he wouldn't deign to look at you."

As soon as he finished speaking, Mrs. Sun subconsciously reached out to touch her face and immediately broke down in tears.

In recent months, she has aged considerably due to the stress she has endured. Her wrinkles have increased, her complexion is dull and lackluster, she has dark circles under her eyes, and she has lost a lot of weight. Although she is not even thirty-two years old, she looks like a woman in her forties.

If her face hadn't aged so much, like it did a few months ago, even if she remarried, even to a place where no one knew her, someone would still want her. But now, looking like this, who would want her?

When Meng Jinyu and Meng Chengxing saw their mother crying like this, they glanced at their father without making a sound. Seeing his ashen face, they were terrified and didn't dare to breathe.

Seeing Sun Shi crying, Meng Dongyuan felt annoyed and was about to leave when he noticed his two children standing to the side with fear on their faces. Thinking that the two children had seen his bad side, he was immediately enraged and shouted, "Both of you, get back to your own courtyards! You are not allowed to have anything to do with this poisonous woman from now on!"

Meng Jinyu and Meng Chengxing were so frightened that their faces turned pale. They dared not linger any longer, quickly agreed, and left.

As soon as they stepped out of the house, they heard a clap of thunder. Looking up, they saw dark clouds overhead, indicating that the weather was about to change and a heavy rain was likely to follow.

The siblings felt a deep sadness; it wasn't just the sky above them that was about to change.

The fortunes of the Meng family are about to change.

The parents have become enemies, the mother has been divorced, and the father's gaze at them just now was terrifying. He also ordered them never to see their mother again. Is it because they are the mother's children that the father dislikes them?

Meng Chengxing was a little confused: "Second sister, what should we do?"

"What else can we do? Just listen to your father and never see your mother again."

Meng Jinyu felt panicked and helpless, and also somewhat irritable. She couldn't help but blame her mother. If her mother hadn't been so picky when arranging marriages for her, her marriage would have been settled. Now that she wasn't engaged, if her father remarried, her stepmother would be in charge of her marriage. Would she be able to find a good family for her then?

Meng Chengxing remained silent and did not reply.

Meng Jinyu added, "Let's go. If Father comes out and sees us still here, he'll get angry again."

Meng Chengxing responded and did not dare to linger any longer.

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Inside the house.

Meng Dongyuan hadn't left yet. Seeing Sun Shi crying uncontrollably, he lost the will to argue with her. He took a step forward, about to go out and instruct the servants to send Sun Shi out of the Meng family.

Seeing that he was about to leave, Madam Sun suddenly called out to stop him: "Wait!"

Meng Dongyuan looked displeased and said impatiently, "I've already given you the letter of divorce, what else do you want?"

Sun wiped away her tears and pleaded, "I've covered up Zhou's death for you and cleared your name. I hope you'll treat Ayu and Chengxing kindly for this reason."

Upon hearing this, Meng Dongyuan said irritably, "Ayu and Chengxing are my children, and I will naturally treat them well. Don't see them again. It's a disgrace and a stain for them to have a mother like you. If you see them again, it will not be good for their reputation."

Madam Sun naturally refused, but what he said made sense. She nodded in agreement, but thought to herself, if they can't meet openly, can't they meet secretly? A mother and son are of one heart; how can they never see each other again?

Meng Dongyuan said coldly, "Let's leave before it gets dark."

After saying that, he turned and left without looking back, leaving only a cold and indifferent silhouette.

As she watched her ex-husband's retreating figure, Sun couldn't help but cry again. Of all the things she shouldn't have done in her life, she shouldn't have married Meng Dongyuan. Unfortunately, she realized it too late; her life was already ruined.

As soon as Meng Dongyuan left the house, he ordered several maids to send Sun Shi out of the Meng family, and forbade her to take any of the Meng family's clothes or jewelry with her.

Upon hearing the order, several rough-looking old women immediately went into the room, pulled Sun Shi off the bed, dressed her in coarse cloth clothes and servant shoes, and casually tied her hair into a bun, securing it with a half-new peach wood hairpin used by servants. It was true that apart from the letter of divorce, Sun Shi had not taken anything from the Meng family.

When had the Sun family ever received such treatment?

He immediately started cursing, but an old woman gagged him with a rag. After he was dressed, he was escorted by two rough old women, one on each side, towards the front door.

The once high and mighty countess is now dressed in faded, coarse old clothes, gagged, and pitifully escorted by two servants. Passing servants who see her can't help but sigh.

Having lived for so many years, Mrs. Sun had never experienced such humiliation. She was devastated and tears streamed down her face uncontrollably.

She married into the Meng family in grand style, but now she has suffered humiliation and left in disgrace with a letter of divorce, returning to be a daughter of the Sun family.