Chapter 97 Auntie Knows She Was Wrong
Zhao Youcai shuddered suddenly and clenched his fists tightly. The old wounds on his knuckles began to bleed again, but he felt no pain.
He glanced at Su Yufen, who was still sobbing on the ground, with a complicated look and still showing disgust.
But it is more of a kind of exhaustion and compromise that comes from being forced into a desperate situation.
In the end, he said nothing and did not try to pull Su Yufen anymore. He just squeezed out a word of unwillingness from between his teeth.
"roll!"
Then, he turned around abruptly, and in the complicated gazes of everyone, he walked towards home alone without looking back.
The back figure looks desolate and disheveled.
Su Yufen slumped on the cold ground, looking at Zhao Youcai's receding back, then looking at the tightly closed gate of the Su family's courtyard. The sea breeze, carrying a salty and fishy smell, filled her empty chest.
She knew that this marriage was dead.
The gate of Su Tang's house, which had just been closed, was like an invisible barrier, isolating the house from the noise and prying eyes of the outside world.
In the yard, Su Wenbin and Min Ling had not yet recovered from the shock and embarrassment, and their faces were filled with worry and confusion.
Su Tang, however, acted as if nothing had happened. He put down the basket of seaweed in his hand, walked straight to the corner of the yard, picked up the half-dried clothes hanging on the clothesline, and slowly brushed off the dust on them.
Su's father and mother looked at Su Tang, who was calm and even had a hint of indifference as if it had nothing to do with her.
At this moment, the gate was suddenly pushed open.
Su Yufen stumbled in like a ghost that had lost its soul.
Her hair was disheveled, her face was covered in tear marks and dust, her eyes were red and swollen like walnuts, and she looked extremely disheveled. Where was her former sharp and sarcastic self?
"Tangtang! Tangtang!"
She saw Su Tang in the corner at a glance, as if she had grabbed the last straw.
He rushed over without caring about anything, but knelt down heavily a few steps away from Su Tang.
This action scared both Su Wenbin and Min Ling.
"Yufen! What are you doing! Get up!"
Min Ling hurried to help.
"Sister-in-law! Leave me alone!"
Su Yufen shook off Min Ling's hand with force, her knees firmly nailed to the rough ground. She tilted her head back and stared at Su Tang with tears in her eyes.
Those eyes were filled with despair, regret and a pleading that was almost like collapse.
"Tangtang! Auntie was wrong! Auntie kowtows to you and admits her mistake!" She
As he said that, he actually started kowtowed to Su Tang. His forehead hit the ground heavily with a dull sound, and red marks appeared after a few hits.
Su Tang finally stopped patting his clothes.
She turned around and looked down at her aunt kneeling at her feet. There was no expression on her face, and her eyes were as calm as a deep pool, without any ripples.
There was neither pleasure nor sympathy.
"Auntie, please get up. This is useless."
Su Tang's voice was very calm, and no emotion could be heard.
"No! I won't get up!"
Su Yufen seemed to have found the only outlet to confide in, and the fear and grievances that had been suppressed for too long burst out like a flood.
"Tangtang! You can hit me or scold me! Auntie really knows I was wrong! I used to... I used to treat you like that, causing trouble for you everywhere, saying those nasty things, but I don't, I don't really hate you!"
"After all, we are a family."
She cried so hard that her whole body was shaking, her face was covered with snot and tears, and her voice was hoarse and broken.
"I... I'm afraid. I'm afraid of Zhao Youcai. He's narrow-minded and suspicious! I... I'm just a useless woman, and my family can't help me much. I can only, can only go along with him!"
"He can't stand your dad, he can't stand you, he always complains to me... saying that your family looks down on him... saying that I, as an aunt, don't act like an elder and can't even control a younger person..."
Su Yufen's crying was full of despair and self-mockery.
"I, I just thought, if I could suppress you, embarrass you, Zhao Youcai would be happier, would look at me more, would think I'm still useful, and then I could, could live a little better in this family..."
She finally revealed the most unbearable and tragic motive buried deep in her heart.
All her sarcasm and all her making trouble out of nothing were just to gain a little bit of pitiful recognition and living space in front of her violent and suspicious husband.
Like a pet wagging its tail and begging for mercy, it bites others in exchange for a little satisfaction from its owner.
The yard was dead silent.
There was only Su Yufen's suppressed, intermittent sobbing.
Min Ling covered her mouth, her eyes were red, and her eyes were full of complicated pity when she looked at her sister-in-law.
Su Wenbin's face turned ashen, he clenched his fists, and bit his cheeks tightly, obviously hurt by this naked truth.
Su Tang listened quietly, with no expression on his face.
Only when Su Yufen's crying gradually subsided and only helpless sobs remained did she slowly speak.
"Aunt, the person you should please is never Zhao Youcai."
These words split Su Yufen's chaotic despair.
She raised her head blankly and looked at Su Tang with tearful eyes.
Su Tang's eyes were clear and sharp: "You have turned yourself into a vine, and you can only breathe by wrapping yourself around others. No matter how tightly the vine wraps around the tree, if the tree falls, the vine will rot.
Do you think that the comfort gained by putting others down can last long? Can it be stable?
Su Yufen opened her mouth, speechless.
She had never thought about it from this perspective.
Ever since she married Zhao Youcai, she only knew how to depend on others and how to use the most humble means to exchange for a little pitiful survival resources.
At this moment, Su Wenbin, who had been silent all the time, sighed heavily.
That sigh was filled with disappointment, and a hint of heaviness that came from finally making up one's mind.
He walked up to Su Yufen, but did not help her. Instead, he looked down at his sister, who was once domineering but now in a miserable state, with a complicated look in his eyes.
"Yufen."
Su Wenbin's voice was low and hoarse, with an unquestionable determination.
"Get up. Don't kneel. It's useless."
He looked at Su Yufen's swollen forehead and desperate eyes, his tone heavy but clear.
"You saw what Zhao Youcai looked like just now outside. How could he still have any affection for you as a husband? Suspicion, disgust, and public humiliation...
Aren't you tired of this kind of man and this kind of life? How much further do you want to ruin yourself?
Su Wenbin's voice suddenly rose, carrying a brother's heartache and disappointment.
"If Zhao Youcai can drag you here to make trouble in public today, he will do something even more outrageous tomorrow! Once he starts to suspect something, it will never stop! In his eyes, you are no longer his wife, but a pus in his heart! A shame!
If you stay with him, you'll be burned to death by his anger one day!"
He squatted down, looked straight into Su Yufen's eyes, and spoke every word with firm determination.
"Get a divorce, Yufen! Divorce as soon as possible! Come back to your parents' home! As long as Big Brother and Big Sister-in-law have something to eat, you won't starve! This is better than being treated like a dog by Zhao Youcai, being humiliated, suspected, and tortured to death!"
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