What she saw and heard at the Zhu family's house that day truly broadened her horizons.
While he hated Zhu Zhizhou and his three concubines with a passion, he felt even more sorry for and pity for his future daughter-in-law, Zhu Qianying.
Because of his pity and compassion, he became indignant and spoke with great bravado. After he finished speaking, he even reached out and patted Zhu Qianying's hand to encourage her and support her.
Yan Bo, who had been sitting quietly sipping tea next to her, frowned and tugged at her, "Sigh, can't you change your temper?"
Madam Yan frowned and glared at them. "Change? How? Are we just going to let Ying'er be bullied by those shrewish women from the Zhu family?"
Yan Bo comes from an official family and received an extremely orthodox and strict education from a young age. He originally despised the way of doing things that involved fighting and killing. However, the woman he fell in love with happened to be a queen of the underworld who solved problems by fighting and killing.
Over the years, his love for her has only grown stronger, but he still disagrees with some of her ways of doing things.
For example, he cannot agree with what she is saying now. "Of course not, but you can't fight violence with violence."
Madam Yan did not deny that this was a case of violence begetting violence, but she insisted that it was the best way to deal with those gossipy concubines of the Zhu family.
"Why not? Is reasoning with those women useful? Taking action directly will be much more effective."
Zhu Qianying, who was involved in the incident, felt very bad seeing the two elderly people arguing so fiercely over their own family matters, so she quickly got up and poured them each a cup of tea.
"Uncle and Aunt, thank you for your concern. I can handle things at home myself."
After watching the commotion for a while, Yan Shao nodded and said, "Yeah, Mom, what are you worried about? This girl doesn't look like a pushover. She won't just let herself be bullied."
Young Master Yan doesn't consider himself someone to be trifled with, but this girl has crossed his bottom line several times in their previous encounters, yet she always manages to find a reason that prevents him from doing anything to her.
He was certain that his judgment was correct. Such a cunning person, even if the concubines of the Zhu family joined forces, would be no match for her.
“Son, how can you talk like that? How is Ying’er not a good person? Does that mean that someone who willingly sticks their head out when someone holds a knife to their face is a good person? That’s called being a fool, okay? If someone bullies you, you should fight back. Otherwise, if they see that you’re easy to bully, they’ll only take advantage of you and become more and more outrageous.”
Madam Yan was very dissatisfied with her son!
"Of course, it's not that I don't believe Ying'er has the ability to protect herself, but that's because if she's not tough, no one will stand up for her or uphold justice for her. But that's not the same as having a strong backer. Just like me, how many people would dare to bully me? But even someone like me, your old man has stood firmly behind me for so many years, supporting me and giving me courage."
When it comes to this, no one has more authority to speak than Madam Yan.
Seeing that her own problem had caused the Yan family of three to argue endlessly, Zhu Qianying was deeply moved.
He got up and walked behind Madam Yan, placing his hands on her shoulders and gently massaging them in an attempt to soothe her.
“Auntie, what you’re saying is understood by Young Master Yan. It’s not that he doesn’t want to support me, but he knows I’m not that weak. For the time being, there’s no need to trouble you to step in.”
After calming down a bit, Madam Yan patted Zhu Qianying's hand and glared at her son. "Sure enough, the girl is still the most considerate and worry-free. She gave birth to a son just to make herself angry."
Yan Shao glared back, his eyes wide. "Tong Xiaohuai, without my troublesome son, this girl would never have stepped into the Yan family!"
Before arriving, Zhu Qianying had considered how to deal with the two elders of the Yan family. After all, she knew nothing about these two famous figures.
She knew nothing about his preferences or personality.
All she knew was that the two elderly people loved the gifts she gave them.
The fact that they visited the Zhu family that day indirectly showed that Young Master Yan and the two elders valued her more than the Zhu family.
Therefore, she couldn't be sure about other things, but she was certain of one thing: the three members of the Yan family were different from her own father. They didn't treat her as a tool for marriage alliances to gain benefits, but genuinely cared about her as a person.
She cherished the feeling of being cared for. Therefore, she didn't want Old Madam Yan to have any unpleasantness with Young Master Yan because of her.
Little did she know that this tense situation was actually the norm for the mother and son's relationship.
So, just when she thought that Old Madam Yan would be so angry with Young Master Yan that she would vomit blood, she heard Old Madam Yan in front of her suddenly chuckle.
"Yeah, at least you're still somewhat useful!"
His tone had shifted to a teasing one, completely devoid of the previous strong, pungent tension.
Young Master Yan instantly dropped his prickly demeanor. "Of course, I'm your son!"
He spoke with no small amount of pride.
Zhu Qianying has learned something new; she never knew that mothers and sons could get along like this.
She thought that the relationship between mother and son was either like that of her "elder brother" and aunt, who always acted like they were still breastfeeding, speaking to each other as if they were afraid others wouldn't know that he was the eldest grandson of the Zhu family, a family with a famous marriage.
Or, like her "second brother" and second aunt, he constantly complains that his own mother, who works as a madam at a hotel, is tarnishing his reputation as the second young master of the Zhu family, and they are irreconcilable enemies.
"Alright, you two stop being so mushy and start eating!"
Mr. Yan's words interrupted everyone's conversation.
Zhu Qianying turned around and saw that the servants in the living room were busy bringing the food to the dining room, and Uncle Hai was also walking over in a hurry. It seemed that dinner was indeed served.
The four of them stood up together. The Yan family father and son walked in front, while Zhu Qianying held the arm of Old Madam Yan and brought up the rear.
"Ying'er, you're only twenty?"
Madam Yan knew, of course, that she was only twenty years old. However, what she perceived and learned about Zhu Qianying after meeting her made her suspicious.
"Yes, my birthday is on the Dragon Boat Festival."
Madam Yan patted her hand, and sighed softly as she thought about how her daughter, at such a young age, had to endure the criticism and bullying from the concubines of the Zhu family.
"If I had married your uncle earlier, my granddaughter would be as old as you now."
Zhu Qianying looked up at her carefully and said very seriously, "Auntie, you look about the same age as my mother, where did you get such a big granddaughter?"
No woman dislikes being complimented on her youth and beauty.
Even a woman like Madam Yan was no exception.
"Haha, Ying'er, you have such a sweet tongue, unlike that brat Xiao Han, who always pokes me with his thorns for no reason."
Hearing his mother speaking ill of him, Yan Shao, who was walking ahead, turned around and pointed at Zhu Qianying, "Mom, don't be fooled by her sweet appearance. She has a sharp tongue!"
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