"No, I didn't say I'd ignore Wang Xiaona." Chen Yuzhu was startled by Zhou Yuanyuan's words. She quickly waved her hand and said, "I'll let Wang Xiaona live with me from now on. I'll take care of her. Mingliang will live out there and start a new family. It would be best if he could have his own child. It would be better than the three of us dragging it along like this. None of us are happy!"
Zhou Yuanyuan couldn't help but sigh inwardly when she saw that what Chen Yuzhu said was probably her true feelings.
Chen Yuzhu is a loving mother. She cannot bear to see her son suffer with Wang Xiaona, the "burden", for the rest of his life, so she wants Zeng Mingliang to leave Wang Xiaona and live his happy life.
As a mother, Chen Yuzhu's thoughts were correct. Unfortunately, she didn't consider that Zeng Mingliang and Wang Xiaona's relationship was genuine. Zeng Mingliang couldn't live without Wang Xiaona, and Wang Xiaona couldn't live without Zeng Mingliang. In this world, many people often claim to be doing things for your own good, suggesting you should do this or that. In reality, these are just the opinions of the person making the comments, not the wishes of the person involved.
"Auntie, your son probably won't agree, right?" Geng Xiaoliang asked. In fact, when he asked this question, Geng Xiaoliang already knew the outcome. If Zeng Mingliang had agreed to his mother's arrangement "for his own good," they wouldn't have argued that day.
"Oh! This damn brat, he forgot his mother after getting a wife. Mingliang said that he would live with Xiaona for the rest of his life and that he owed Xiaona." Chen Yuzhu did not directly answer Geng Xiaoliang's words, but she also tacitly agreed.
When Chen Yuzhu said this, the anger in her heart was aroused again: "Mingliang, this child, has been seduced away by Wang Xiaona! Does he owe Wang Xiaona? This woman married into our family, but she didn't give birth to any children. She was sick all day long and needed Mingliang to serve her. I think Mingliang owed Wang Xiaona this woman in his previous life. I raised Mingliang to this age, but he didn't consider my feelings as a mother at all. He wholeheartedly worked like a cow and a horse for Wang Xiaona, which made me so sad..."
"Auntie, you didn't just have a quarrel that day, you also beat Wang Xiaona!" Zhou Yuanyuan suddenly said this while Chen Yuzhu was crying.
"How do you know..." Chen Yuzhu blurted out this sentence casually. Although she stopped talking later, Geng Xiaoliang already understood that Chen Yuzhu and the others really took action that day.
"Auntie, you know Wang Xiaona is a patient, how could you still hit her?" Geng Xiaoliang felt that his brain was not enough. The Chen Yuzhu he saw today could be regarded as a kind and reasonable old lady. It really surprised Geng Xiaoliang that such a person would hit her daughter-in-law.
Seeing Geng Xiaoliang staring at her seriously, Chen Yuzhu said a little embarrassedly, "It's not like I hit her. Mingliang and I were talking when Wang Xiaona came over and told him to listen to me. Mingliang got angry and yelled at me, telling me to leave him alone. I was also furious. We were just talking peacefully, so why did Wang Xiaona come in and butt in? That's why I pushed Wang Xiaona."
Zhou Yuanyuan sighed inwardly upon hearing this. This was the dilemma of mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. When a mother-in-law dislikes her daughter-in-law, no matter how well she says or does, the mother-in-law will think she has ulterior motives. Wang Xiaona must have genuinely wanted to set Zeng Mingliang free and let him start a new life, so she went over to persuade him. She didn't expect Chen Yuzhu to misunderstand her kindness.
"Ah? Auntie, you hurt Wang Xiaona?" Geng Xiaoliang felt that some of the doubts in his heart could be solved. Why did Zeng Mingliang remain silent after entering the Public Security Bureau? It turned out that he wanted to cover up the "crime" for his own mother? Thinking of this, Geng Xiaoliang couldn't help but imagine: Chen Yuzhu beat Wang Xiaona seriously, and Zeng Mingliang let Wang Xiaona lie at home to fend for herself in order to conceal it for his mother. No, no, Zeng Mingliang's kindness to Wang Xiaona was not fake. If Wang Xiaona was really seriously injured, Zeng Mingliang should have sent her to the hospital...
Chen Yuzhu had no idea Geng Xiaoliang had such a rich imagination. Seeing Geng Xiaoliang's accusing look, Chen Yuzhu couldn't help but defend herself: "I didn't hurt Wang Xiaona. I just pushed her. I didn't expect her to be so fragile that she fell on the table. She's not hurt, not even a scratch!"
"Auntie, think carefully. When Wang Xiaona fell, did you hear any other sounds?" When Chen Yuzhu said this, Zhou Yuanyuan already had an idea in her mind and asked again.
Chen Yuzhu was a little confused.
Other sounds? Besides her own angry curses, the only other sound was the loud thud of Wang Xiaona hitting the table, a "bang" that frightened her so much that her heart beat faster. As for other sounds, she didn't hear any.
By the way, the look in Mingliang’s eyes when he stared at me was so scary, as if he had lost something important, his eyes were full of disbelief and pain.
What was causing Mingliang so much pain? Did she push Wang Xiaona? That was impossible! Didn't she and Wang Xiaona have conflicts before when the three of them lived together?
"Auntie, please think carefully, is there any special sound?" Seeing Chen Yuzhu immersed in her memories, Zhou Yuanyuan couldn't help but help her and guide Chen Yuzhu's thoughts.
"Oh, was there a sound of something breaking? Like glass?" Chen Yuzhu recalled hearing a subtle "crackling" sound, like a glass breaking in hot water. She glanced over and saw the table was empty, no cups or anything else on it. She finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Zhou Yuanyuan then nodded at Geng Xiaoliang, indicating that she had asked all the questions she wanted to ask.
Geng Xiaoliang cleared his throat and said to Chen Yuzhu, "Auntie, I came here today not only to ask you some questions, but also to tell you some unfortunate news. Zeng Mingliang was reported to the Public Security Bureau by the neighbors in Taohua Community, saying that he abused and killed his wife Wang Xiaona. Although your daughter-in-law Wang Xiaona is not dead yet, she is not far from death. Do you want to meet Zeng Mingliang and ask him..."
"What?" Chen Yuzhu screamed.
What did it mean that Wang Xiaona was dying? After the fight that day, Chen Yuzhu was heartbroken and had gone to stay with her sister in the countryside for a few days. In just a week, how could Wang Xiaona, perfectly fine, be dying? And Mingliang, how could he be reported by neighbors for wife abuse and arrested by the police? Oh my god! Was she dreaming?
No wonder she was wondering why the police came to her house when everything was fine. No wonder her eyelids have been twitching these days.
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