Chapter 184 Break Up the Relationship as Soon as Possible

When Du Ruo heard Cheng Yunshuo's concerned words, she felt sad and told him about her disappointing brother's gambling debts, which implicated her.

"My brother has been addicted to gambling recently and owes a lot of money. He has asked me to borrow money several times, but every time he said he would not gamble anymore. Today, the people from the casino came to the mansion to collect the debt, and he is in debt again!"

Du Ruo treated Cheng Yunshuo as her own husband and she could trust him completely.

She didn't even think about hiding anything and told him all the terrible things that happened in her family.

"I'm really going to die of anger. Last time my eldest brother came and asked me to borrow 100 taels, I said I would watch him and never let him gamble again. Today he asked for 300 taels again. They have emptied my dowry. How could they do this?"

Du Ruo looked extremely depressed and sad, then she heard Cheng Yunshuo speak.

"Gambling dogs are like this, full of lies. Can you believe a word they say? They are one way when they want money and another way when they have money. They are as disgusting as flies in a cesspool!"

Cheng Yunshuo's words made the chattering Du Ruo pause. She raised her head in disbelief and looked at Cheng Yunshuo who said this.

"I've said before that they're not doing their jobs properly, so it's not surprising that they're addicted to gambling now," Cheng Yunshuo sat by himself, poured himself a cup of hot tea, and said with a look of disgust, "You'd better break up with your two brothers as soon as possible, so as to avoid being entangled with these gambling dogs and bringing shame to our mansion in the future!"

"Cheng Yunshuo!"

Du Ruo screamed.

"What are you doing?" Cheng Yunshuo raised his eyebrows, looking puzzled.

"How can you say that about my brother? He's my real brother!"

"Oh!" Cheng Yunshuo snorted coldly, "My dear brother, the one who asked you for money to pay off his gambling debts?"

"That's my dowry money too. I didn't use any money from the Marquis' Mansion! I didn't use a single cent from you!"

Cheng Yunshuo looked at her strangely, "Did you use the money from the Marquis' Mansion?"

"Cheng Yunshuo, why are you such a person!" Du Ruo felt extremely aggrieved in an instant.

She didn't spend a penny of his money!

Why did he abandon her?

Why scold her brother?

"What kind of person am I?" Cheng Yunshuo was puzzled. He just talked about the facts and pointed out which word he said was wrong.

"No matter how bad my brothers are, they are still my brothers. How can you say that about them?"

"Oh!" Cheng Yunshuo tilted his head and took a sip of tea. "You're the one who told me that!"

For a moment, Du Ruo felt as if he had drawn a bow and shot an arrow into his heart.

At the beginning, she opened her heart to Cheng Yunshuo about her family affairs, treating him as someone who was of the same mind as her, someone she could trust without reservation and rely on unconditionally. She wanted to get comfort and even a little help from Cheng Yunshuo.

He could scold them, but he should also stand on the same side as her, criticize them for their bad behavior, and help her persuade her brothers.

But Cheng Yunshuo...her husband, the person she trusted the most, felt disgusted after hearing her story.

This kind of rejection was like a stab in the back, piercing her heart, and it was because of what she said to him...

Could what she told him allow him to insult her brother and her family without restraint?

After all, he didn't look down on her brother, he looked down on her!

At this moment, a suffocating pain crept into her heart.

"How can you be such a person!" Du Ruo rushed forward and beat Cheng Yunshuo, "How has my brother ever wronged you? How has our Du family ever wronged you? How can you humiliate us like this!"

Cheng Yunshuo was so confused by her sudden anger that he turned around and said, "How did I humiliate your family? It was you who said that your brother asked for money again and again. Who would not say that they were gambling dogs after hearing this?"

"You are not allowed to say anything about them!" Du Ruo screamed.

Cheng Yunshuo pushed her away and said, "You are simply making trouble!"

"Get out, get out, get out!" Du Ruo rushed up again, punching and kicking him.

Cheng Yunshuo was not used to it either. After being hit twice, he turned around and walked away, "Humph!"

After Cheng Yunshuo was beaten away by Du Ruo, Du Ruo was angry and annoyed. She cried bitterly, hugged herself in the room, and burst into tears.

The awkward incident in Xiaoheyuan soon reached Lu Lingyun.

It wasn't the maids who came over and said it, but Cheng Yunshuo himself who came over and said it in person.

"Lingyun, don't you think Du Ruo is being unreasonable? I didn't say anything wrong. Her brother owed gambling debts and came to our house to collect them. I just scolded him for being a gambler, but she started crying first."

Lu Lingyun: “….”

The more Cheng Yunshuo thought about it, the angrier he became. How could it be his fault that Du Ruo's brother caused trouble outside?

Lu Lingyun looked at his confused and depressed face and laughed in her heart. She suppressed her laughter and said generously, "Auntie Du is also very protective of her family. Anyone would be unhappy if they heard others scold their family members."

"I didn't say that first! She told me herself!" Cheng Yunshuo turned his head away. "Besides, what's wrong with me calling her brother a gambler? Her brother is a gambler! I'm not wrong!"

Lu Lingyun looked at Cheng Yunshuo who was acting like a child, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.

Men always mature later than women, or in other words, they remain boys all their lives.

Cheng Yunshuo is much more tolerant and forgiving towards Du Ruo than others, but after all, he is just a child who was spoiled by a group of people.

Even with all his experience, he is still a nobleman who needs others to compromise.

How could he calm down and listen carefully to what women are thinking? Women have expectations of him and are bound to be disappointed.

Lu Lingyun let him vent his grievances here. After he finished expressing his dissatisfaction, he ate and looked at the children. Only then did his face show a little maturity.

After he coaxed the children, he returned to his own room to rest.

I didn’t go to Xiaoheyuan the next day.

Du Ruo did not give in and took the initiative to look for him.

On the third day, Du Ruo took the initiative to ask to go back to her aunt's house to stay for two days, and Lu Lingyun agreed.

Du Ruo would stay at her parents' home for three days each time, and Cheng Yunshuo asked her about it once during that time.

After knowing that she had returned to her parents' home, he didn't say anything.

A few days passed in a flash. Cheng Yunshuo had just finished his duty and was leaving the palace gate. When he was riding his horse back home, a figure walked towards him.

"Yun Shuo!"

"Brother-in-law!"

The familiar voice was that of Du Ruo's brother.

Seeing that it was Du Yang, Cheng Yunshuo frowned slightly.

"What do you want?"

Du Yang stepped forward anxiously, "Yun Shuo, my disappointing brother has run into some trouble recently. I need help. Can you lend me some money?"

When Cheng Yunshuo heard that he was asking for money, he raised his eyebrows while sitting on horseback, with a look of disdain, "He went to gamble again?"

"Alas, I knew I couldn't hide it from you." Du Yang looked very disappointed. "He was cheated and caught by the people in the casino!"