Chapter 76: Wanting and wanting, being and standing at the same time
When Du's mother saw Du Anrao's reaction, she knew that it was done.
With a half-smile, he teased, "Why are you so startled like your aunt? Ask your dad to help you change a pair."
Father Du quickly stood up and ran to the kitchen, fearing that he would miss the important content if he delayed for even a second, and felt regretful.
Fortunately, the kitchen was not far from them. Just as Mr. Du got his things and walked back, he heard the groundhog screaming in his little daughter's heart.
[Jueyan? My cousin’s husband’s name is Jueyan? He wouldn’t just happen to have the last name Cui!]
This statement aroused everyone's curiosity. Isn't this person's last name Cui? So what is going on? Tell me!
[If it is really him, then this man is no ordinary beast in human clothing! ]
A beast in human clothing?!
Everyone's eyes were focused on Cui Jueyan. Cui Jueyan was startled and touched his face reflexively: "Is there something on my face? Why are you staring at me like that?"
"Ahem, it's nothing. Don't just eat the vegetables, drink some soup too. This soup is made with the best old mountain ginseng and is simmered over a slow fire for several hours. It replenishes your energy and your body. Drink more."
When Du's mother heard what her husband said, she hurriedly prepared a bowl of soup for Du Lianshuang, telling her to take it well to nourish herself so that she could withstand the blow.
Du Lianshuang understood what her sister-in-law meant: "..." Thank you so much!
However, Du Anrao's evaluation of Cui Jueyan did pique everyone's interest. After all, in the past ten years or so, no one had ever associated these words with Cui Jueyan.
Especially listening to Duanrao's tone just now, this "beast in human clothing" obviously means what it says literally, and there is no friendly ridicule involved.
So, what kind of crazy thing did this person do to deserve such an evaluation?
Cui Jueyan's story is actually very old-fashioned. A Phoenix man who came from a poor place met a beautiful, rich and beautiful girl in the city. He fell in love with her at first sight, pursued her hard, and finally achieved class crossing by marrying into a wealthy family.
However, after achieving success, he regarded this experience of using all means to climb up as an inner shame, and even his beautiful, rich and white wife, whom he had tried every means to marry, was distorted into a witness and perpetrator of the shame.
[When you love money, you think people have personality and good looks, and you are happy even if they have a little bit of a spoiled daughter’s temper, after all, they are real spoiled daughters. Once you get the money, you become a dog looking down on others, humiliating yourself with the money, and not considering yourself as a human being at all. ]
[You've really said everything about this! To put it bluntly, he's just taking advantage of others' money and not wanting to pay for it. He even wants other people's things to be given to him, otherwise he'll bear a grudge in his heart. If you have the ability, don't rely on the woman's family's money and connections. Make a name for yourself and refuse what he calls "beggar's food". He wants it all, and he wants this and that. Isn't that a double-edged sword, yue~]
Everyone in the Du family had a subtle expression, and Du Lianshuang's breathing even stagnated.
She could never have imagined that her husband, who had taken good care of her and obeyed her in everything for many years, actually thought of her and her father like this!
[Cui Jueyan is not only a scumbag to his cousin and two younger brothers and sisters, but also to his other wife. It's just a matter of willingness. Strictly speaking, the other party is his accomplice. I can only say respect and blessing. You two should be locked up and don't harm my family. ]
Hearing Du Anrao calling them family, Du Lianshuang, her son and her two children were all stunned, and their mood was a little weird.
But at this moment they were more concerned about the identity of the other wife mentioned by Du Anrao. Du Lianshuang thought to herself that she had been with Cui Jueyan day and night for more than ten years, and she had an impression of basically all the women who came and went around him.
But until now she still couldn't guess who the suspect was who had hooked up with Cui Jueyan right under her nose and had a child with him.
[It’s not my cousin’s fault that she was blind to the truth. This man’s other wife was his biological sister, Cui Dongmei.]
"What?" Du Lianshuang was so scared that she accidentally knocked over the ginseng soup at hand. The others widened their eyes in surprise, but it didn't seem so abrupt because of Du Lianshuang's action.
Cui Jueyan was also frightened by his wife's sudden overreaction. After he reacted, he immediately helped her clean up the table and asked with concern: "What's wrong?"
Du Lianshuang looked at the man beside her whose eyes were only on her, and she almost couldn't control the questioning words that came out of her mouth.
Fortunately, her remaining rationality stopped her. She hadn't figured out what was going on between Cui Jueyan and his sister yet. She couldn't break up with him at this time, and she couldn't arouse Du Anrao's suspicion!
Du Lianshuang bit her tongue hard, using the pain to force herself to calm down: "I bit my tongue because I ate too fast."
"Did you bite your tongue?" Cui Jueyan was nervous. "Open your mouth so I can see. How could you be so careless..."
While Cui Jueyan kept blaming Du Lianshuang for her carelessness, he asked someone to help deliver the medicine.
This flawless and dedicated performance made Du Anrao couldn't help but sincerely admire his superb acting skills.
[Why do they say that there are many experts among the common people? Who wouldn't be confused when a handsome guy's heart and eyes are full of you? It turns out that the person who can trick a fair-skinned, rich and beautiful woman into entering his house is not an ordinary person. If I hadn't gotten the script in advance and God had helped me cheat, I might have been fooled by him like my cousin and the others. ]
The matter between Cui Jueyan and Cui Dongmei is actually not that complicated.
The two were born in a very remote mountain village in Province D. The place was very backward in all aspects and the locals were quite patriarchal.
Cui Jueyan's father damaged his fertility due to some things in his early years, and he and his wife have been married for many years but have not been able to have children.
The two people who were getting older finally gave up and followed the advice of their relatives to adopt a child nearby to take care of them in their old age.
But in such a place where boys are extremely valued over girls, adopting a boy is almost impossible.
The two had no choice but to adopt a girl who was unwanted by others, Cui Dongmei.
But something dramatic happened afterwards. In the third year after the couple adopted Cui Dongmei, Cui's mother suddenly became pregnant.
The couple was overjoyed and even asked a fortune teller in the village to tell their child's fortune after his birth.
The fortune teller might have had good intentions, fearing that the two would abandon Cui Dongmei if they had their own children, so he said that she was blessed and had a brotherly fate, and he brought them a son.
In addition, Cui's mother's sister-in-law also persuaded her that since they had raised the child for so many years, she would be able to help with the family work when she grew up. Besides, there was a local custom of raising child brides in the past years. It would be a good deal to keep the child as a wife for her son in the future or to marry him off and receive a dowry for her son to marry.
The Cui couple were moved by what they heard, so they did not send Cui Dongmei away, but kept her in the Cui family as a child bride.
(End of this chapter)
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