"If you're sick, go take your medicine. Don't act crazy in front of me. I'm no longer your Chen family's daughter-in-law, so don't try to get your attention from me." Lin Jingyue spoke up because she was afraid that Xiao Mingyue would be frightened by them.
It was truly because the old woman spoke so rudely and without any restraint that she didn't slap her out of respect for the elderly and for the sake of the young. For the sake of so many members of the Chen family, she reluctantly let the old hag go.
However, the old woman did not seem to accept this kindness. Her slanted, triangular eyes made her look like a villain in a TV drama, and her wrinkled face made it seem as if she had come up with a bad idea with just a slight expression.
"Lin Qiumei, do you think you're no longer a member of the Chen family just because you're divorced? You're my son's woman now, who would want you? Divorce? Bah! You're a member of the Chen family in life and in death! You want to get rid of the Chen family? No way!"
"If you want to come back, that's fine. Our Chen family isn't intolerant. Here's the deal: you give up your job, serve me tea and water, and kowtow a few times. Then I'll have my son bring you back openly and honestly, so outsiders won't say anything about you. How about that? Isn't my mother-in-law tolerant enough?"
She had this arrogant expression that said, "I'm so magnanimous, why don't you hurry up and accept the decree?" It made people want to laugh.
Lin Jingyue had never seen such a big and thick-skinned person before. She used to think that this only existed in movies and TV dramas. Now that she had actually seen it, she realized what it meant to have her eyes opened.
She chuckled, smoothed a stray hair from her temple, and said sarcastically, "Old lady, you've forgotten the Qing Dynasty. Your dream of becoming the Empress Dowager should be shattered. Is your Chen family some kind of lucky nest? Look at my daughter and me, how much better we look since we left your Chen family. To put it bluntly, your Chen family has bad feng shui, it's bad luck for my daughter and me."
Love is like growing a flower; if the flower gets worse and worse, you should suspect that the other person is poisoning it. Clearly, the Chen family certainly poisoned it, otherwise they wouldn't have ruined the person like this.
"You're talking nonsense!" Old Mrs. Chen cursed angrily. "What kind of wife shows her face in public like you? Don't you have any shame? If you care about your husband, give up your job right now, and I won't make you kowtow anymore. Is that alright?"
The most urgent thing is to get the other party to give up their job; everything else can be discussed later. Once they're back at the Chen family home, wouldn't it be easy for her to manipulate them?
The Chen family members stared at Lin Jingyue with the greed of wolves, seemingly plotting how to extract benefits from her.
The eldest son's wife stepped forward and said in a feigned mediating tone, "Sister-in-law, please take a step back. Our mother is getting on in years. Why don't you just give in to her? Besides, how can you raise a child alone out there? The child can't be without a father. Just think of it as doing it for the child's sake, okay?"
Many couples stay together without divorcing, and their only excuse is for the sake of the children. "If it weren't for you, I would have divorced your mother/father long ago; if it weren't for you, I wouldn't be living such a miserable life."
Has anyone considered what the child is thinking? Why blame your own pain on a naive child? In the end, you suffer, and the child suffers too.
Little Mingyue vaguely sensed something. She wasn't a three-year-old anymore; ever since she was old enough to understand, she remembered the painful life she had in the Chen family. Having finally achieved her current good life, she absolutely couldn't go back to the past.
So she tugged at her mother's sleeve and said in a soft voice, "Mom, why aren't we going home yet?"
The eldest son's wife thought she had persuaded the child, and couldn't help but proudly raise her head, "Sister-in-law, look, your child is thinking about coming home. You can't ignore the child's feelings."
"Mom, I want to go back to our home in the city. I don't want to stay in the countryside." But she immediately contradicted herself.
In the city, she could play with Little Stone, sleep in late, and review the homework her mother assigned. But in the countryside, she was just Yaozu's toy, someone he could bully at will, and she had to do all sorts of chores.
Comparing the two, anyone who isn't an idiot would know which to choose.
Lin Jingyue couldn't help but chuckle. "I have nothing to do with you anymore, and the divorce proceedings are complete. If you harass me again, I don't mind going to the police and having them stop you."
"You silly child, what does this have to do with the police? We just want you to go home, not to do anything else." Granny Chen was getting a little anxious. Why couldn't this brat be reasoned with?
Is it an honor to be a divorced woman? Her former in-laws have already let bygones be bygones, so why can't she just accept it?
"Of course I'll tell the police you're robbing people, or kidnapping women, or even committing indecent assault. How many years do you think you could get? At best, a few years in jail; at worst, you might even be eating peanuts. I'm such a good person, you've all treated me like this, and I'm still offering you peanuts."
The Chen family: "..." Are you serious, you peanut?
My feelings are complicated.
Granny Chen gritted her teeth, "I really underestimated you."
"You flatter me."
Lin Jingyue, holding Xiaomingyue's hand, walked past the Chen family without glancing at them, showing no sign of lingering. She didn't even look at her ex-husband; her heartless demeanor infuriated the Chen family.
"Mother, are we just going to let her leave like this?" The eldest son was reluctant; it was a job he'd been promised. If he could become a city dweller, how envious would the villagers be of him?
Granny Chen glared hatefully at her retreating figure, spitting on the ground. "That brat, just you wait! Her momentary arrogance is nothing. Let's see if she can stay arrogant forever!"
"Son, don't worry, I will definitely get her the job. Then our Chen family will have a city person too."
Old Chen kicked a stone by the roadside impatiently, "I know, I know, hurry up and go back, I'm starving."
Although the Chen family had upset her, Lin Jingyue didn't show it. She knew the Chen family wouldn't let it go, but she didn't believe that those brainless people could scheme or devise any plans.
She wouldn't give up searching for resources on the mountain just because of a few mice hiding in a corner; she'd take whatever comes her way.
"Mom, are you unhappy?" Xiaomingyue asked with concern, holding her hand.
"Mommy isn't unhappy at all. I'm very happy to be with my baby."
"Mom, Grandma and the others are not good, we don't want them anymore. I will be good to you from now on, I will be filial to you, Mom, please don't be unhappy."
"My baby is so wonderful!"
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