Xiang Jin gave an expressionless "Oh," then turned and went downstairs.
Murong Xiao left, so Xiang Qi naturally wouldn't stay here. But there was no need for them to do this; leaving one after the other or leaving together didn't hide anything, nor did they need to hide anything from each other.
Just like fermented wine, you can tell by smelling it, not just by drinking it.
A dam cannot stop a raging flood; it will eventually break through its confinement. Xiang Jin felt that she was waiting for that day when the flood would breach the dam. When that day came, she, the superfluous one, would finally be kicked out of the game, and only then could Murong Xiao truly let her go.
The only question is when that day will come.
She felt a mixture of anticipation and fear... This torment made her feel even more lost, like a floating duckweed, both ethereal and empty.
She rubbed her aching chest, forcing herself not to think about those things, and turned to go to the kitchen.
Knowing she hadn't eaten much the night before, Aunt Yang got up early to cook her favorite vegetable porridge and prepared a dish of pickled vegetables as an appetizer. The porridge was refreshing and fragrant, and her gloomy mood eased a little. Aunt Yang sat beside her and watched her eat, spoonful by spoonful, and then washed a plate of fresh fruit for her, which had been delivered from the farm that morning.
"Eat more and get your health back; that's more important than anything else." Aunt Yang said carefully, afraid of touching on her pain from losing her child, yet genuinely worried about her health.
Xiang Jin said thank you.
“What couple doesn’t argue? Don’t take it to heart, madam. The young master is just too upset. During the days you were hospitalized, he came home drunk every day, and once he even had to be taken to the emergency room. He was heartbroken for the unborn child.”
"Yes, he just cares too much about that child." Xiang Jin's eyes were slightly red.
"Actually, it's not just the child; the young master also cares about you. The young master..."
"Okay, Aunt Yang, don't comfort me anymore. I'm fine, don't worry."
Aunt Yang hesitated for a moment, then finally sighed, "Madam, you should eat more and take care of your health. You've lost so much weight, it breaks my heart to see you like this." She then wiped her eyes.
Xiang Jin gave her a gentle hug.
Marrying Murong Xiao was not a loss for her, and getting to know Aunt Yang and Zhou Zhou was even better. Even if she ended up in poverty, she had nothing to regret.
Even a brief possession can be a form of happiness, even if Murong Xiao doesn't love her.
After eating, Xiang Jin strolled around the garden, and her tense nerves finally relaxed a bit before she turned back to her room and went back to sleep.
I slept straight through until the afternoon.
Zhou Zhou came to call her for dinner, saying that the young master would be back soon.
Xiang Jin quickly tidied herself up and had just stepped downstairs when a golden shadow suddenly darted out and pounced on her, howling.
"Canna." Xiang Jin hugged it tightly, smelling its soft and warm scent. The dog excitedly snuggled into her arms, sniffing her all over.
The canna lily had just played frisbee outside, and her limbs and feet were still covered in grass mud. It seemed she hadn't had a chance to take a bath before running into Xiang Jin.
Xiang Jin hugged the dog and rubbed it for a while. The dog sniffed at her for a while, and then suddenly froze, staring at Xiang Jin with its big, innocent black eyes, and began to whimper softly.
Xiang Jin thought it was being upset, so she quickly hugged it and comforted it. As a result, the dog whimpered even more, its eyes turned red, and it kept burying its head in Xiang Jin's arms, licking her face with its tongue as if trying to comfort her.
Xiang Jin suddenly remembered something, her eyes reddened, and she hugged the dog even tighter.
"I'm sorry, Canna indica, Mommy's tummy isn't carrying a baby anymore. So you already knew, and that's why you wanted to protect Mommy, right? I'm so sorry, Mommy didn't protect him well and made you sad..."
Tears fell onto the dog's head, and the surging emotions instantly burst forth.
She thought she was strong enough, and that as long as she didn't think about it, she wouldn't feel pain.
However, if even the canna lily couldn't hide her regret and sadness, how could she, as a mother, possibly conceal it?
She only hated herself for being too incompetent and cowardly, for having too many worries and attachments. If she were alone, she would definitely risk her life to kill these bastards and avenge her child!
She wants them to pay with their lives!
"Just wait, canna lilies, this day will come eventually."
"Oh my god, there's a dog here! It scared me to death! Don't you know I'm terrified of dogs? Take it away right now!" Xiang Qi walked in from the garden, and the moment she saw the canna lily, her eyes were filled with undisguised disgust. But Zhou Zhou was still standing next to her, so she had to hide her emotions and pretend to be scared.
Zhou Zhou was speechless and glanced at Xiang Jin.
Xiang Jin frowned and gently stroked the dog's head, as if to comfort it.
"What are you standing there for? Hurry up and get it out! I don't know what the security guards are doing, letting such a dirty thing in. Ah Jin, why are you still holding it and smelling it? Stray dogs are very dirty."
When the dog heard someone speaking ill of it, it bared its teeth and got a little angry.
Xiang Jin continued to pat the dog's head to soothe it, completely ignoring Xiang Qi as if she were invisible.
Zhou Zhou, standing nearby, was quite indignant. The canna lily had grown up pampered in the villa; how could it resemble a stray dog? On the contrary, this Miss Xiang was extremely rude. As a guest, she kept criticizing the security guards and lecturing their wives. One should know that these two were the most important people in this villa.
Seeing that Xiang Jin remained silent, Xiang Qi's temper flared up instantly: "Don't stay silent! Don't you know that not responding is impolite? Losing face for yourself is a small matter, but losing face for the Murong family is a big deal. Everything should be done with class and dignity. Ah Jin, look at yourself! Do you have even a trace of the demeanor of Mrs. Murong?"
"I don't have one, but you do. Why don't you take on the role of this wife?"
"you--"
Xiang Jin directly tore through that veil of shame, making Xiang Qi extremely embarrassed. She glanced at the astonished Zhou Zhou beside her and quickly straightened her face: "A Jin, don't be willful. I'm telling you all this for your own good. You've always been so unwilling to listen to advice since you were little, and you'll suffer in the future."
Xiang Jin smiled.
Murong Xiao isn't here, so what's with this sisterly affection act?
Did she have the right to be willful since childhood? If she had, things wouldn't have ended up like this.
Xiang Jin didn't want to expose her in front of Zhou Zhou, so she replied expressionlessly, "Suffering a loss is my own business and has nothing to do with you."
"What do you mean it's unrelated? What kind of attitude is this? Are you talking back to your older sister? Someone come here!"
"What, you want to be punished again? Xiangqi, do you want to see where you are right now?"
When Xiang Jin was little, whenever she misbehaved, she would be subjected to family discipline. It seemed that family discipline was only applied to her, because the Xiang family never used it on anyone else. The content of the family discipline ranged from kneeling as punishment, being starved, and being locked in a dark room at the beginning, to whipping, corporal punishment, and verbal abuse later on.
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