Now it was General Wang's turn to be stunned. "How could you do this?"
Gao Yingjie was taken in by General Wang, and after she grew up, she followed him around every day. General Wang's feelings for Gao Yingjie were deeper than those for his wife.
General Wang was also angry when he heard Gao Yingjie say that he had messed things up, but he never thought of simply giving Gao Yingjie a daughter to fool him.
Madam Wang now dislikes Gao Yingjie intensely. She feels that even giving Gao Yingjie a concubine's daughter would be a step up for him. "Why not? The Yun family doesn't even know who he likes!"
"No. I've already promised Yingjie."
"So what if I agree? You can always back out of an engagement."
"no."
"Why not? Aren't you afraid the Yun family will say that you yourself are unwilling to marry your daughter to Gao Yingjie, yet you're asking them to marry their daughter to Gao Yingjie?"
"I...I have considered that. But I also think Yingjie is a good match for Fourth Sister."
"How could he be a good match for her? Does he have a family and a business, or is he powerful and influential?"
"He...he has me!"
"You! Tell me! Is Gao Yingjie your illegitimate son?"
"What nonsense are you talking about? If Yingjie were my illegitimate son, would I let him marry Fourth Sister?"
"...You've made me so angry I'm confused! You know Gao Yingjie isn't your biological son, so why do you treat him better than Fourth Sister? Fourth Sister is your own daughter, how could you marry her off to an orphan with no family, no job, no parents?"
“How can Yingjie be homeless, jobless, or orphaned? My home is Yingjie’s home, and I am Yingjie’s father.”
"You! How can you treat strangers better than your own daughter?"
“Yingjie is not an outsider; Yingjie is my son.”
"You!" Madam Wang was so angry her chest ached! "You favor sons over daughters!"
"I am a military general. Which military general doesn't favor men over women?"
"You! I disagree! I disagree!"
"I am the head of the household, and what I say goes."
"You! I want a divorce!"
"Let's get a divorce then."
"I want to take Fourth Sister away."
"What right do you have to take Fourth Sister away? Fourth Sister is a child of the Wang family."
"Yun Qingying and the others took the children away."
"That's because their husbands are incompetent, not me."
"..." Madam Wang was at her wit's end with General Wang. "Why is my life so miserable? I don't want to live anymore! Waaah... Waaah..."
General Wang summoned Madam Wang's maids.
After the maids came in, General Wang said, "Madam doesn't want to live anymore. If you want to live, then keep an eye on her." Then he left.
Madam Wang's heart ached even more. "Why is my life so bitter? Why is my life so bitter?"
The maids wanted to persuade and comfort Madam Wang, but they didn't know what had happened.
In the end, the maids could only advise Madam Wang not to cry herself sick.
After crying for a while, Madam Wang sent a maid to fetch the eldest son of the Wang family. Once the eldest son arrived, Madam Wang dismissed the maids. "Your father intends to marry your fourth sister to Gao Yingjie."
Young Master Wang was quite surprised. "Wasn't Yingjie supposed to be engaged to Yun Xiaoliu's eighth aunt?"
"Yun Xiaoliu messed it up."
"...Yun Xiaoliu doesn't think much of Yingjie?"
"No." Madam Wang told the eldest son of the Wang family everything that General Wang had told her, as well as her plan to randomly assign a concubine's daughter to Gao Yingjie. "Go and persuade your father."
Young Master Wang was both surprised and helpless upon hearing this. He was surprised that Gao Yingjie actually liked his sister, but he was helpless because he couldn't persuade General Wang.
“Mother, as you know, my father has always favored boys over girls. In his heart, Yingjie is more important than my sister.”
"Yingjie isn't your father's biological son."
The eldest son of the Wang family looked at Madam Wang and said, "Precisely because he is not my father's biological son, he listens to my father more and tries more to please him. Over time, my father naturally began to treat him as his own son."
"..." Madam Wang was about to cry again. "I don't want to marry your sister to him. He has nothing."
"He's quite good at fighting."
"What do you mean by 'knowing'? Look at Yun Xiaoliu, he took back Ningyuan City with just one move. As for him, he still needs your and your father's help."
“Mother, most people can’t compare to Yun Xiaoliu.”
Madam Wang didn't care about any of that. "Those who can't compare to Yun Xiaoliu are simply bad at fighting."
"According to you, even my father is no match for Yun Xiaoliu."
Madam Wang now harbors a strong grudge against General Wang. "Your father is already inferior to others. You need to think of a solution for your mother; if you don't, she really won't live anymore."
"Mother, Yingjie is actually a good person."
"What's so good about it? Quickly find a solution for Mother."
"Mother, my sister might also like Yingjie."
"Impossible! Your sister wouldn't even look at him."
"Mother, Yingjie is really a good person."
"Even if it's good, it won't work. We need to think of a solution for Mother right away."
Young Master Wang couldn't think of a good solution. "Mother, let's ask my sister if she likes Yingjie."
"No need to ask, your sister definitely doesn't like Yingjie."
"That's not necessarily true. I think my sister usually likes to stick close to Yingjie too."
"Your sister treated him like a brother, who knew he was so despicable."
"Mother, please don't say that."
"I didn't say anything wrong, he is disgusting. Please help Mother think of a solution."
"Mother, let's ask my sister instead."
"No need to ask."
"Let's ask him, what if my sister likes him too?"
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