After taking Su Jian back to her house, Chen put her son to sleep and then went to the kitchen to boil water for a bath.
Just as she undressed, the kitchen door was pushed open.
Startled, Chen quickly covered herself with her clothes: "Mother, why did you come in without saying a word?"
By the dim candlelight, Zhang saw the red marks on her shoulders and neck. Her brows twitched violently, and she quickly slammed the door shut, demanding, "What happened to these on you?"
Chen looked flustered and stammered, "I...I was bitten by mosquitoes by the river..."
Zhang walked over with a dark face, ripped open her clothes, and poked hard at the mark on her shoulder: "Qinniang, stop lying to me, tell me the truth, are you having an affair..."
Startled, Chen hurriedly covered Zhang's mouth, her expression extremely flustered: "Mother, don't talk nonsense..."
Seeing her like that, Zhang couldn't help but understand, and in a fit of rage, she slapped her across the face: "What the hell have you done to deserve this?!"
Although the Su family was not wealthy or powerful, Su Shirong was honest and kind, and treated his mother-in-law very well. He neither drank nor gambled, nor did he frequent brothels. He was a rare and good husband.
Has my daughter gone mad? How could she have hooked up with someone else right after Su Shirong left?
Zhang was so angry that her chest ached.
Although ashamed, Chen covered her face and gritted her teeth, saying, "I will divorce Su Shirong as soon as he comes back!"
Zhang was stunned and couldn't believe it: "What...what did you say?"
Madam Chen steeled herself and said, "I...I want a divorce. Young Master Huang said he doesn't mind me..."
"Slap!" Zhang slapped her hard again, and Chen couldn't dodge in time and fell to the ground.
"Mother!" Chen cried out hoarsely, "I am your own daughter!"
Zhang was so angry that she couldn't speak, and she pointed at her, panting.
Chen immediately burst into tears, saying, "Mother, you have no idea. I've been married to Su Shirong for so many years. He's busy working during the day, but when he lies down at night, he's like a dead pig. I'm clearly living the life of a widow!"
Ever since she met that Mr. Huang, she felt that all the years she had spent getting married had been wasted.
She was a married woman who had no idea that there could be such pleasure between men and women...
Zhang finally understood.
He has the audacity to make excuses for his own daughter's infidelity.
This is outrageous!
Chen crawled to Zhang's side, sobbing, and pleaded, "Mother, you must help me. Ever since I met Huang Langjun, I never want to live with Su Shirong again..."
Zhang wiped her cheek hard, gradually calming down, and stared at her daughter, coldly asking, "Who is that man?"
Upon hearing this, Chen felt a glimmer of hope and hurriedly said, "He's a very good person. I saved his sister a few days ago and met him at his house..."
He was the brother of the woman who fell into the water on the riverbank a few days ago.
Zhang listened coldly, increasingly feeling that something was amiss.
But seeing Chen's flushed face and the look of first love, she felt a deep sorrow in her heart.
To put it nicely, her daughter is kind-hearted and innocent; to put it bluntly, she's stupid!
That's incredibly stupid!
In less than ten days, I was completely deceived, both physically and mentally!
Zhang took a deep breath and said, "It's not that I disagree, but I need to see the person first."
Upon hearing this, Madam Chen was overjoyed, but she quickly hesitated: "But Young Master Huang said that it would be best if Su Shirong returned and we officially divorced before he would dare to see you, sir..."
These past few days, she and Huang Langjun had been inseparable, and she had long since stopped worrying about Su Shirong's safety. In fact, she secretly hoped that something would happen to him on the road and that he would never come back...
Seeing the scheming look in her eyes, Zhang sneered, "What did that man say?"
Ms. Chen nodded.
Zhang remained silent for a long time with a cold face, then said dejectedly, "Fine, you're a mother now, I can't control you anymore..."
After saying that, he turned and left.
Mrs. Chen finally breathed a long sigh of relief.
The next day, after dropping Su Jian off next door, she slipped out again under the pretext of going out for a stroll.
Wang, who had come over to chat, saw Chen's hurried departure and couldn't help but say to Zhou, "Your daughter-in-law is certainly running around quite a bit these days!"
Zhou said, "She helps her mother with matchmaking, so naturally she has to be out and about all the time."
Wang said sarcastically, "Sister-in-law, only you can tolerate a daughter-in-law like this. Our family doesn't lack food for her, so why make her show her face in public all the time?"
Zhang, a widow whose husband had passed away, was quite old, so it was understandable that she would become a matchmaker who traveled around.
Chen was in his twenties, with a family and a home, yet he was always showing his face in public. What kind of person was he?
Mrs. Zhou laughed and said, "My family doesn't care about these things..."
Although she had some complaints, Su Xuerong had been running around buying real estate all the time recently, so she couldn't say anything about her daughter-in-law.
Su Jingxuan said that since his son doesn't live with them and his mother-in-law is there, his daughter-in-law can do whatever she wants, as long as she doesn't do anything excessive.
In the eyes of the Su family, Chen was honest and decent, except for her sharp tongue.
Wang muttered to herself, "Shirong isn't home, and you, as his daughter-in-law, don't even care about your son. You're really quite worry-free."
Zhou smiled but didn't respond.
Now that she has settled down in Hangzhou with her daughter and hired several maids and servants, she has nothing to do all day and enjoys taking care of her grandchildren.
Su Xuerong did mention that once the hot summer was over, she would send him to study at a private school next to Yangming Academy.
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