Ji Yan was in the kitchen, watching Gong Xue flirting through a glass door with a cold eye. Yu Mo's straight face, which didn't care about her, was surprisingly pleasing to the eye.
She had great confidence in Yu Mo. Facts had proved that Yu Mo was indeed her biological son, and he had inherited her true skills in identifying bitches.
But her good husband was different. She raised her eyes and glanced upstairs.
Yu Cheng'en is a very chauvinistic person at heart. People with this kind of personality will be very strict when dealing with the same sex, but overly tolerant when dealing with the opposite sex, especially those of the opposite sex who appear weak but promising, which will make them have a strong desire to protect and a sense of justice.
What's more, their family really owes Gong Xue's family a lot.
The relationship between her and Yu Chengen has always been very good. Although Yu Chengen sometimes has a bad temper, he always restrains himself and dotes on her, sometimes even to the point of being obedient in her every request.
Apart from the Gong Xue incident, the two have hardly ever quarreled in all these years of marriage.
She really didn't want to destroy the family atmosphere because of an outsider and force Yu Chengen to do this or that, but she just couldn't tolerate any grain of sand in her eyes.
Gong Xue is the kind of person who can't stand hardship, so she wants to go back to the Yu family and live the life of a princess. Well, maybe now she is more than just a princess, she also wants to be the queen.
Yu Chengen could give her some financial support, help her find a job, and arrange her future life. After all, this was all owed by their Yu family to Gong Weiguo, but letting Gong Xue participate in their Yu family's internal affairs and live with Yu Mo was absolutely not allowed.
If Yu Cheng'en insisted on letting Gong Xue stay, Ji Yan thought, she would probably threaten Yu Cheng'en with divorce.
This was the move she least wanted to make, but when she had no choice, she would definitely make it without hesitation.
The staircase in the Yu family's house spiraled upwards, and each step was made of shiny mahogany. As she walked up, Lin Meng had to hold on to the handrail. She felt it was a bit steep, as if she would roll down if she accidentally slipped.
When she reached the top of the stairs, the view suddenly opened up. She turned into a room with good lighting. Looking at the furnishings inside, she knew that this was the study of Old Yu's family.
Yu Chengen stood in front of the window, with his hands behind his back, looking out.
His brows are always furrowed, and the metal-framed glasses make him look very unapproachable.
Lin Meng breathed a sigh of relief and suppressed the slight anxiety in her heart.
If it were a few years ago, with her personality, she would definitely not be willing to face Yu Mo's father.
But now, she is different. She feels that she can no longer hide behind Yu Mo in everything. She has to learn to face things and share the burden with her boyfriend.
Just as he was thinking about it, Yu Chengen spoke unexpectedly.
"How long have you known Yu Mo?" he turned around and asked.
Lin Meng thought for a moment and said, "More than three years."
"More than three years." Yu Cheng'en asked, "Why did you suddenly choose to be together now?"
"Is it sudden?" Lin Meng said, "If we were together after knowing each other for only three days, that would be sudden!"
"You're right." Yu Cheng'en said, "Do you play online games with them too?"
"I guess so." Lin Meng didn't intend to argue with him about this issue.
"Why do you want to do this?" Yu Chengen frowned and said, "You are a good girl."
Faced with such questioning, Lin Meng didn't care. He shrugged and said without hesitation: "Because it makes money."
"With so many lucrative jobs out there, why choose gaming?"
"Because nothing else can earn as much as this." Lin Meng's attitude was very calm: "And I also like doing this. This job can make me money, make me happy, make others happy, and bring glory to my country. Why shouldn't I do it? I'm not stupid."
Yu Chengen's lips moved, but he couldn't find any reason to refute for a while.
After a while, he exhaled and whispered, "But I don't like it."
"There are so many things you don't like. Can you really take care of them one by one?" Lin Meng curled her lips: "That would be too tiring."
Yu Chengen stared at her for a while, his eyes full of speculation.
"It's great to be young." He chuckled and shook his head in an ambiguous manner. "Free love, no constraints. You're right, I can't control it anymore." He walked to the desk with his hands behind his back, sat down, and said calmly, "I want to talk to you about Shelly. You met her today."
Lin Meng's pupils shrank slightly, and she pinched her palm secretly.
"Shelly is our adopted child. She has no parents and is an orphan. Your Aunt Ji and I have always treated her like our own daughter since she was a child. She and Yu Mo are childhood sweethearts, so she came to our house today just to visit relatives." Yu Chengen said, "So I hope you don't have too much hostility towards her. She will appear at the Yu family often in the future."
Lin Meng couldn't help but curl her lips.
"Well, I don't care." She raised her lips and smiled, but there was no smile in her eyes: "But I want to know what she did to Yu Mo back then."
She almost bit her tongue and spat out the last few words.
Yu Chengen's pupils shrank slightly.
"It's been so long, I don't think there's any need to bring it up again," he murmured. "It's bad for everyone."
"You asked me not to be hostile to her, but you didn't tell me the truth of what happened. She ridiculed me in every way today. I think it would be difficult for me to be tolerant of her without knowing the truth." Lin Meng said lightly.
"Ridiculous ridicule... not really." Yu Chengen frowned and said, "She just hasn't been home for a long time, and she's a little uncomfortable with the way things and people have changed. Little girl, don't be so harsh on her."
"She's not adapting, she's not comfortable, she's not happy, so does that give her a reason to hurt others?" Lin Meng was so angry that she almost laughed: "Yu Mo is your own son, even if you can't treat him equally, you can't be so crooked!"
"What do you know!" Yu Cheng'en suddenly became furious. He slammed the desk, stood up, and growled in a low voice: "If Shelly's parents were alive, she wouldn't have become like this! Her father hadn't died, she wouldn't have become an orphan, and she wouldn't have to live with us, having to look at people's faces every day!" He took a few deep breaths and said in a hoarse voice: "I was also heartbroken about what happened back then, but Shelly just had a moment's thought... If it wasn't for that doctor's instigation, she wouldn't have changed Yu Mo's medicine. The fault is not entirely hers." He scratched his hair and murmured: "She was just afraid of losing Yu Mo, losing this family..."
After Yu Chengen said all this, his emotions were in turmoil. A few seconds later, he heard Lin Meng's sarcastic "tsk".
"There are so many people in this world who have no parents." She said, "What a coincidence, I am one of them."
Yu Chengen suddenly paused and slowly raised his head.
"Having a responsible uncle like you adopt her must have been a blessing in her past life. To be honest, I was envious just hearing that. After all, back then I was still a street thug getting beaten up." Lin Meng said, "You adopted her out of courtesy, but she took it as a blessing and went too far, doing things that hurt your son. In my opinion, that's just repaying kindness with enmity. You're worse than pigs and dogs."
Yu Chengen's eyes suddenly widened.
"Yu Mo is your son. You can use moral coercion to make him say 'I forgive you' to Ms. Shelly." Lin Meng said, "But you expect me to forgive her, a woman who hurt my boyfriend. That's absolutely impossible!"
"Well said." Someone clapped and laughed, and went upstairs. Yu Chengen turned his head and saw Ji Yan.
Ji Yan walked to Lin Meng's side, held her shoulders, and praised her: "You are worthy of being the girl I value, Lin Meng, you said it very well."
Yu Chengen's face turned blue with anger: "Yan Yan, have you forgotten? If Gong Weiguo hadn't paid with his life for me, do you think our Yu family would still be where we are today?"
"You really have to blackmail me like this, don't you?" Ji Yan raised her eyebrows coldly. "One thing is one thing. We have done enough for Shelly over the years. We have done more than enough to repay her for the accident that year. You can choose to continue to support her. I don't mind for ten or twenty years. But if you want to exchange Yu Mo and the happiness of our entire Yu family for it, I tell you, don't even think about it!"
"Ji Yan——"
"Don't call me by my name." Ji Yan said, "I'm going to make this clear today. If you want to keep Gong Xue, then we should get a divorce."
Yu Chengen's pupils suddenly contracted.
The word "divorce" really scared Lin Meng. She subconsciously wanted to look back at Ji Yan, but felt Ji Yan pressing on her shoulder.
"Don't be afraid." She whispered, "With Yu Mo here, we won't starve to death. No matter how much or how little Yu Mo earns, every penny he earns belongs to us. He won't give it away to feed others."
Yu Chengen's expression was extremely ugly: "Ji Yan, do you really have to talk like this?"
"How did I talk like that?" Ji Yan said disapprovingly: "I've been talking like that for so many years. What? Are you not used to it now? Divorce?"
"You insist on making me a sinner, don't you?"
"I don't think you're a sinner. To be honest, no one in this family thinks you're a sinner." Ji Yan patted Lin Meng's shoulder and said, "Daughter-in-law, do you think your uncle Yu is a sinner for using his hard-earned money to support a friend's daughter for so many years?"
"No." Lin Meng replied obediently, "It was a heroic act."
"See?" Ji Yan said, "If you insist on feeling like you're a sinner, then I can't help it." After that, she smiled at Yu Chengen and patted Lin Meng's shoulder: "Husband, I'll give you a meal to think about it. Daughter-in-law, let's go downstairs to eat."
After that, the two women went downstairs together affectionately.
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