Chapter 23
Ye Fuyue smiled at her aunt and followed Shen Yao's pace.
After walking a little further away, Ye Fuyue asked Chen Yao in a low voice: "Who was that aunt just now?"
"We all call her Aunt Xie. Don't be fooled by her being polite to you on the surface, she is actually a different person behind your back." Shen Yao replied in the same low voice.
Ye Fuyue nodded suddenly.
She had seen many people like this. However, if the other party was willing to maintain a superficial harmony with her, she didn't mind doing a face-saving job.
Aunt Xie stood at the door of her house, watching Ye Fuyue and Shen Yao walk away, and rolled her eyes at their figures.
After entering the house, she said to her husband: "I just saw the new daughter-in-law of the Shen family. She is dressed so beautifully. There is no woman as charming as her in our compound. No wonder Shen Yao is fascinated by her."
"Why do you care what other people wear or how they are divided? As long as Shen Yao doesn't say anything, it's none of your business as an outsider." Father Yao glanced at his wife speechlessly.
"I just can't swallow this! How is my Yiyi worse than the new daughter-in-law of the Shen family? Why do Shen Yao and his mother Chen Guifeng reject my Yiyi! We are all from the same compound, and his family just doesn't give us any face!" Aunt Xie said.
"It's been almost a year since this happened, and Chen Yao has already started a family. Why are you still bringing it up?" Yao's father said, "Many people have been rejected by Chen Yao. He's not targeting our family. Besides, I think it's a good thing that he doesn't fancy our Yi Yi. Chen Yao looks fierce and he won't give in to women. I'm worried that our Yi Yi will suffer if she marries him."
"We all live in the same compound, and our families live so close to each other. If Yiyi really marries him, she won't be at a disadvantage. Our family is not just for show." Aunt Xie retorted.
"Okay, Chen Yao is married now, don't mention these past events anymore." Father Yao was a little impatient.
Aunt Xie curled her lips and said nothing more.
…
That night.
Chen Guifeng pulled Shen Yao aside and asked about the things he was going to bring back home.
"Have you bought the things I need to take back home tomorrow?"
"I bought it."
"What did you buy? I haven't received anything." Chen Guifeng asked.
"brown sugar."
"What else?"
"there is none left."
Chen Guifeng was angry: "What did I tell you? Tomorrow's visit to my parents' home is very important, and you just bought brown sugar. Isn't this going to make my in-laws think Fuyue has been wronged by us and that we treat her badly? Everyone in the family compound will laugh at her."
"It was Fu Yue's own idea to buy only brown sugar." Chen Yao told Chen Guifeng what Ye Fu Yue had said during the day.
After hearing this, Chen Guifeng was silent for a long moment before saying, "I could tell from the moment they proposed marriage the other day that her parents weren't good people. But they are your wife's parents after all, and as outsiders, we can't say anything. If Fu Yue feels like just taking the brown sugar back is enough, then let her do as she pleases."
After a pause, Chen Guifeng continued, "Fuyue didn't have a good life at home before. Now that she's married to you, you must not let her suffer any grievances. Otherwise, she will be too miserable."
Shen Yao smiled: "I know, Mom, she is my own wife, I will protect her well."
Chen Guifeng nodded with satisfaction and went back to her room.
Shen Yao was about to go back to his room when he caught a glimpse of Shen Shun hiding behind the wall and peeking out.
Shen Yao's face darkened, and he said to Shen Shun: "What are you doing hiding there? Come out."
Shen Shun secretly glanced at Shen Yao's face and came out: "Brother, I have something to tell you."
"Just say what you want to say." Shen Yao said seriously.
Shen Shun encouraged himself in his heart and said, “Brother, you have been deceived by your sister-in-law.”
Shen Yao: “?”
"Wu Aixia told me today that everyone in the compound knows that my sister-in-law used to date Wu Aixia's brother. Her brother doesn't want my sister-in-law anymore, so my sister-in-law came to you." Shen Shun finished speaking in one breath.
Shen Yao's face was cold and silent: "You are already such a grown-up, and you believe everything others say. Don't you have a brain?"
Shen Shun was a little unhappy: "But my sister-in-law is really not good! I just don't want you to be deceived."
"What's wrong with your sister-in-law? Is she wrong just because she didn't give you the buns this morning?"
Having his little thoughts poked at, Shen Shun curled his lips and muttered softly: "She is just not good."
"I said you don't have a brain, and you really don't have a brain." Chen Yao said bluntly: "The extra buns this morning were bought by me specially for your sister-in-law. They were originally hers, why would she give them to you? Just because you are young? But you don't respect her, why would she coax a little brat who doesn't even take her seriously?"
"Your sister-in-law was previously dating Wu Aixia's brother. I knew this before we started dating, and she didn't hide it from me. Couples can break up for a variety of reasons. Some gay men, desperate to save face, will tell others they don't want the woman, but the reality is only known to the parties involved. As an outsider, just listen to what others say, and don't assume everything they say is the truth."
Shen Shun was half-believing and half-doubting his brother's words, but he felt more that his brother was just protecting Ye Fuyue.
Shen Yao didn't continue talking to him.
As the youngest child in the family, Chen Guifeng loves Shen Shun more, which makes Shen Shun's personality somewhat selfish, immature, and a little stupid.
It's not like Shen Shun can easily become smart with just a few words.
…
After breakfast the next day, Shen Yao took Ye Fuyue back home on his bicycle.
Ye Fuyun specially sat at the doorstep early in the morning to wash clothes. She was very curious about how much Ye Fuyue would bring back home today.
As soon as Shen Yao took Ye Fuyue out on his bicycle, Ye Fuyun noticed that Ye Fuyue was wearing new clothes again today.
Ye Fuyue was wearing a yellow dress with a fitted waist today, which made her look even slimmer and more graceful.
Ye Fuyun looked down at the old clothes on his body.
Since she got married, Wu Longfei has never bought her new clothes. The clothes she wears are still the old clothes that were washed very hard when she was a girl.
Compared with Ye Fuyue, Ye Fuyun felt like an ugly duckling, extremely humble.
She looked again to see if there was anything in Ye Fuyue's hands or on the bicycle.
There was nothing else except the bag of brown sugar in Ye Fuyue's hand.
Ye Fuyun almost laughed out loud.
She thought Shen Yao loved Ye Fuyue so much that he gave her new clothes every day. But when it was time to go back to her parents' home, Shen Yao only gave Ye Fuyue a bag of brown sugar and asked her to take it back.
It is obvious that he neither values Ye Fuyue nor likes her, which is why he only gave her a bag of brown sugar to send her away.
Ye Fuyue dresses up beautifully every day and seems to live a very comfortable life, but in fact, her situation is no different.
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