As soon as Ru Mei spoke, Yun Zhi's face turned cold. She hadn't expected that even after severing ties, Yun Cheng would still have the nerve to show his face.
Upon hearing that it was Yun Cheng, Xu Liang's expression darkened. He hadn't disliked his brother-in-law before. But now that he knew Yun Cheng had demanded 50,000 taels of silver in order to sever ties with Yun Zhi, he had grown disgusted with him.
"Why is he here?" Xu Liang frowned, knowing without a doubt what the other party wanted.
Therefore, when the carriage stopped and Yun Cheng walked over, Xu Liang spoke directly, saying, "Lord Yun, you don't need to plead for me. Xu Ying and I have severed ties, and our two families need not have any further dealings."
Yun Cheng was stunned upon hearing this. He had no idea about this.
However, he quickly realized that his wife had looked unhappy when she returned home. At the time, he thought she was upset because of Yunzhi, but he didn't expect it was because the Xu family had severed ties with her.
This won't do.
Once this relationship is severed, what will he do if he needs money in the future? Although Xu has a dowry, it's not much. Besides, she's not very good at managing money.
If it weren't for the Xu family's occasional subsidies over the years, the household would have long been in debt, and they wouldn't be able to live such a life where they can eat whatever they want and buy whatever they want.
Thinking of this, Yun Cheng immediately apologized to Xu Liang, saying, "Brother, Xu is not thinking clearly, please don't take it to heart. In any case, for the sake of our two nephews, how can we just sever ties like that?"
Yun Cheng brought up their children, leaving Xu Liang with little room for rebuttal. Although Xu Ying was disliked, his children were innocent.
Seeing that Xu Liang's expression had softened somewhat, Yun Cheng pressed on, saying, "Brother, I'll treat you to lunch at Zhiwei Restaurant tomorrow to welcome you back. What do you think?"
Xu Liang thought about it and figured that Yun Cheng was, after all, an official, so he should give him some face. Therefore, he nodded in agreement.
Seeing that Xu Liang did not refuse, Yun Cheng breathed a sigh of relief. Afterwards, he did not disturb him any longer and quickly returned to his residence to settle accounts with Madam Xu.
When Yun Cheng returned home, he stormed into Xu's courtyard and, without waiting for anyone to announce his arrival, went straight into her room.
Seeing Xu Shi reclining on the soft couch, enjoying a massage from her maid, he became even angrier and coldly shouted, "All of you, get out!"
When the servants attending to Madam Xu saw their master get angry, they were all terrified and immediately left the room.
Once only the couple remained in the room, Madam Xu said with some displeasure, "Master, what are you doing?"
Yun Cheng didn't say anything, but stepped forward and slapped Xu Shi.
With a loud slap, Xu was stunned and couldn't react for a long time. She never dreamed that Yun Cheng would hit her.
Putting everything else aside, she has given birth to children for the Yun family and been filial to her elders over the years. Even if she hasn't done anything particularly meritorious, she has certainly worked hard. But this Yun Cheng is something else entirely, he actually hit her.
"You hit me?" After regaining her senses, Madam Xu was furious. She was a grandmother, and Yun Cheng had actually hit her. Where did he put her face?
Therefore, she pounced on Yun Cheng and scratched and clawed at his face.
Yun Cheng hadn't expected Xu Shi to retaliate; caught off guard, he was scratched squarely. Thinking about the dinner he was hosting for his brother-in-law's family tomorrow, he worried about how many embarrassing situations he'd cause if he went out with this face on.
Therefore, he didn't tolerate Xu's behavior, and the couple started fighting.
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