Chapter 159 Even her own mother never received such treatment, so why should Sang Ning be treated like this?
Sang Ning straightened her back and said neither humbly nor arrogantly, "I didn't."
"No?"
"How would I have known I needed you to return the money if it weren't for Achi?"
Jing's mother pointed at her and angrily questioned, "Did you say something you shouldn't have in front of him?"
Seeing her reveal a different, more sarcastic expression than she usually showed, Sang Ning frowned slightly.
Jing's mother had a kind of... perverse disgust for her. No, it should be said that her love for Jing Muchi was rather perverse.
Jing's mother seemed to disapprove of Jing Muchi getting close to her.
Sometimes Jing Muchi would only stay for a day when he came back, leaving Sang Ning alone in the room for a long time. Afterwards, Jing's mother would scold her, saying that she was being unreasonable, knowing that her son's stay was short, yet she still monopolized him.
Sometimes Jing Muchi would suddenly appear in the middle of the night, and before Sang Ning woke up the next day, he would be gone. If it weren't for the various gifts he brought back for her on the dressing table, Sang Ning would almost think she had hallucinated the night before.
Whenever this happens, Jing's mother, who hasn't even seen her son, gets furious and becomes even more dissatisfied with Sang Ning.
Sang Ning didn't want to be insulted by her anymore, nor did she want to get entangled with her any further. She took a deep breath and said, "Since you're taking care of him, I'll be leaving now."
After she finished speaking, she turned to leave.
"Stop right there!"
Sang Ning ignored him and continued walking away.
Seeing that she dared to ignore her, Jing's mother immediately became furious.
She stepped forward and roughly grabbed Sang Ning's arm, pulling her towards her. "Who do you think you are, daring to give me attitude?"
Sang Ning was surprised that she would make a move, and she stumbled before regaining her balance.
"Madam Jing, please show some respect."
Seeing that she was no longer as obedient as before, Jing's mother became furious and embarrassed, "Sang Ning, you dare to talk to me like this even after you've left the Jing family?"
"Fine, very well. You better remember this: you have nothing to do with my son anymore... Wait, why are you here?"
Suddenly realizing something, Jing's mother glared fiercely at Sang Ning, "The doctor said that A-Chi was exposed to the cold outside all night. Is it because of you?"
She practically yelled at her final question.
Sang Ning gripped her bag tightly, her eyes lowered in guilt.
Jing Muchi's illness was indeed caused by her.
"I'm so sorry..."
"Sang Ning, you're nothing but a parasite raised by the Jing family. What do you think you are? Being able to get involved with my son is already a blessing you've accumulated over several lifetimes. Who gave you the audacity to make my son suffer like this?"
"You bitch—"
Enraged, Jing's mother raised her hand and slapped Sang Ning across the face.
Jing Muchi pushed the door open and entered, and this was the scene that greeted him.
"mom--"
He rushed over, and before his almost broken voice could even finish, a slap landed on Sang Ning's face.
Her glasses also fell to the ground with a thud.
Jing Muchi's eyes were bloodshot. Seeing Sang Ning being beaten backward, he hurriedly stepped forward and pulled her into his arms.
His gaze fell on her slapped face, and his breath caught in his throat. His hand trembled as he reached out to touch her cheek, then, with a pang of tenderness, he shielded her head against his chest before turning angrily to his mother.
"What right did you have to hit her?"
His eyes were bloodshot from excitement, and his hoarse voice trembled.
Held in her arms, Sang Ning could clearly feel his body trembling, his head heaving violently against her chest. At that moment, she deeply and directly felt his genuine heartache for her.
Jing's mother was surprised that Jing Muchi would return so quickly and witness this scene. Seeing him holding Sang Ning tightly in his arms and angrily questioning her, she was filled with sadness.
"Achi, I'm your mother..."
Even if you're my mother, you can't bully my wife.
Jing's mother revealed the same loving and gentle demeanor she always showed in front of Jing Muchi, "Machi, you've misunderstood. I didn't bully Xiaoning. I... I was just..."
“I heard everything you just said to her,” Jing Muchi interrupted her, frowning.
"What do you mean by 'a parasite raised by the Jing family'? She is my legal wife, and half of all my assets belong to her. When has she ever relied on the Jing family for support?"
His resounding words left not only Jing's mother speechless, but even Sang Ning was stunned for a moment.
She looked up at the man, her vision slightly blurred, but she could see his taut jawline.
The next second, she heard him say to Jing's mother in a harsh voice, "Apologize to Ningning."
"Apologize?"
Jing's mother never expected that Jing Muchi would make such a request of her.
She had been trying to salvage the good image she had cultivated in front of her son, but upon hearing this, she immediately revealed her true colors and blurted out, "What right does she have to ask me to apologize to her?"
"Then what right do you have to touch her?"
Jing Muchi looked at his mother with disappointment, "When Grandpa passed away, I wanted to take her abroad, but you kept stopping me, saying that she was weak and wouldn't adapt to life abroad, and that you would take care of her at home."
Jing Muchi glanced down at the red mark on Sang Ning's cheek, his breathing becoming heavier.
He turned to look at Jing's mother, his eyes trembling slightly. "Is this how you take care of her for me?"
Jing's mother couldn't stand her son treating her this way because of another woman.
When these things were brought up, she looked even more aggrieved and heartbroken. "Do you think I don't know that every time you come back to China, it's for her?"
"If I let you take her abroad, are you planning to never come back to see me and abandon me as your mother?"
Jing Muchi looked at her, completely bewildered. "Mom, what nonsense are you talking about?"
"Am I talking nonsense?"
Jing's mother pointed at Sang Ning in his arms, her eyes filled with jealousy.
“As your mother, I look forward to your return every day, but what do you do? Every time you come back, you only revolve around this woman. Wherever she is, your eyes are glued to her. Sometimes you even stay in the room with her all day without coming out. Do you even have me, your mother, in your heart?”
Jing Muchi found the accusation both absurd and inexplicable.
"I'm a grown man. I finally get to go home, and instead of clinging to my wife, I'm supposed to cling to my mother? Is that reasonable?"
"What's so outrageous about it?" As Jing's mother spoke, tears welled up in her eyes.
"You've forgotten your mother after you got married."
If he had married a woman of equal social standing like his two older brothers and lived a respectful life together, that would have been fine. But not only did he marry a woman with no family background, he also doted on her excessively.
He loved peanut brittle since he was a child, but because Sang Ning was allergic to peanuts, he not only stopped eating peanut brittle, but also couldn't have any peanut-related food in his house.
He's the kind of person who gets grumpy in the morning if he doesn't get enough sleep, but when Sang Ning fell ill, he rushed back from a long journey and stayed up all night to take care of her, showing such patience and tenderness...
Even her own mother never received such treatment, so why does Sang Ning deserve this?
Jing Muchi sweated profusely. "What are you saying? In what way have I been unfilial to you since we got married?"
“Before, when you came home, you would only buy gifts for me and your third sister. But ever since she came into our lives, every time you come back, you give her all the good things first. I, as her mother, am always behind her.”
Jing Muchi's forehead twitched, and he reminded her helplessly, "Mom, I'm your son, not your husband."
"Are you in the wrong place? If you're going to be jealous, the person you should be talking to is my dad."
Why is he jealous of his wife?
"Besides, I'm married. Don't you hope we can be a loving and sweet couple? Do you really want us to hate each other?"
"What couple? You're both divorced."
Jing's mother glanced at them and frowned. "She has nothing to do with you anymore, why are you still holding her?"
Sang Ning had already secretly struggled several times, trying to get away from his embrace. Hearing these words, she struggled even harder, but Jing Muchi held her even tighter in his arms.
"Mom, I've already said it, you don't need to interfere in our marital affairs."
After he finished speaking, he called out to Xu Hui towards the door.
Jing Muchi had just gone for a check-up when Xu Hui came over from the company with urgent documents. Just as he was about to knock on the ward door, he heard Jing's mother and Sang Ning arguing inside, so he quickly went to call Jing Muchi back.
He waited outside the door until he heard the call, then he came in.
"Mr. Jing, what are your instructions?"
"Take Madam back to the hotel."
Jing's mother immediately declared, "I'm not leaving."
"Shall we go, just the two of us?"
Jing Muchi made a move to pull Sang Ning away.
He was still sick, so Jing's mother naturally couldn't let him leave the hospital. She could only angrily compromise, "I'll leave, I'll leave, okay?"
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