"Li Changfeng? Who is he? Does he have such great abilities?" the woman asked with a furrowed brow and hatred.
“I know very little about Li Changfeng. I really don’t know how capable he is, nor do I understand how the Bai family became enemies with him.” The young man looked troubled, then his face fell. “Aunt, you must avenge the Bai family no matter what.”
"Shaoyu, don't worry. The Bai family is my maternal family, and your grandfather is my father. I won't stand idly by." The woman clenched her fist. "I'll go find your uncle right now."
"Aunt, take me there. Even if I have to kowtow until my head bleeds, I have to get Uncle to go," Bai Shaoyu said firmly.
"You stay here, I'm enough for you." The woman patted her nephew on the shoulder and strode away.
Chai Bai Ri, the head of the Chai family, doesn't like the Bai family very much; in fact, he's quite annoyed with them. If Bai Shao Yu goes there, it will probably backfire.
It's all because the Bai family was so shameless many years ago, always pestering Chai Bairi for this and that, always asking for favors, never letting up.
Every three days a minor incident, every five days a major one; it's like a bottomless pit, never able to fill their desires and greed.
They treated the Chai family like their subordinates, expecting them to serve them all day long. If they didn't do something right, the Chai family would complain and find fault with everything.
You put in a lot of effort but get no credit, and instead you end up with complaints.
Unable to tolerate it any longer, Chai Bairi severed all ties with the Bai family in a fit of anger, as if they were no longer relatives.
Human greed knows no bounds; if this continues, the Chai family will be thoroughly humiliated.
No matter how powerful or well-established the Chai family is, it cannot satisfy human selfishness.
Chai Bairi also strictly forbade his wife from having any contact with the Bai family, and told her that if she wanted to stay with her family, she should never enter the Chai family's door again.
I demand that the Chai family sever all ties with me honestly and forbid me from going there.
Although Chai Bairi's style of doing things was a bit arbitrary, his approach was correct. With a father-in-law like that, you can't get by without being ruthless.
After that, the two families had no contact. The Bai family had this connection in the provincial capital but couldn't use it, which was their own fault.
It's perfectly reasonable to ask the son-in-law's family for help in a critical moment. Helping them through a difficult time is better than anything else. Who told them to be so ungrateful?
As a daughter, Mrs. Chai would sometimes make phone calls and secretly go to the hospital, not daring to do it openly.
I'm really afraid that Chai Bairi will kick her out of the house.
"Husband, something terrible has happened, husband..." Madam Chai ran to the study, sobbing. Tears streamed down her fair, youthful face.
Chai Bairi was practicing calligraphy in his study when he heard his wife crying and stopped writing.
"Squeak!" The study door was pushed open, and the woman plopped down on the floor, disregarding her appearance.
What kind of time is this to be thinking about such trivial things? My family has no one left except for a nephew.
"What's wrong? What happened?" Chai Bairi asked with concern as he helped her up.
Chai Bairi usually treats his wife well. Since severing ties with her family, he has been aware of his wife's grievances and tries his best to meet her needs.
These years have been quite satisfactory. We gave birth to two sons and a daughter during Chai Bairi's birthday celebration, making us a family with both sons and daughters.
With three children, Chai Bairi has to treat her well.
"Husband, I want to ask you for a favor. Can you please grant me one?" the woman said, sobbing as she gripped her husband's hand tightly.
He spoke in a choked, halting manner.
"What is it? Just say it," Chai Bairi said speechlessly.
"One hundred days. We've been through so many years together. Our eldest son is about to come of age. I've fulfilled my duties as a wife and never once crossed the line."
"As far as my children are concerned, I am a qualified mother. I raised my three children single-handedly and never let any of them suffer any injustice. I let them grow up healthily and safely."
"I can swear to the ancestral tablets that I have never done anything to harm the interests of the Chai family, nor have I ever disgraced the ancestors."
These inexplicable words confused Chai Bairi even more. Why would someone say such things out of the blue?
What triggered it? Is he mentally unstable?
"Wife, get to the point." Chai Bairi was getting impatient; he kept rambling on and on, and who wouldn't be anxious?
"My family was massacred, sob sob sob..." The woman finally got to the point.
Upon hearing the words "maternal home," Chai Bairi paused for a moment, then slowly stood up.
He didn't say a word, not utter a single syllable.
He walked to the table, took out a Yuhuashi cigarette and lit it. It wasn't that he couldn't afford Tianye or Zhonghua cigarettes, but rather that he was used to them and had a special fondness for this particular brand.
For someone like him, burning boxes and boxes of cigarettes at gravesites wouldn't be a problem; it's just a matter of personal taste.
Just like women, everyone has their own preferences. You might think this woman is beautiful, but I might be attracted to someone else.
There's no way to judge this. What's good? The best thing is what you like.
At his level, he no longer needs expensive things to save face. Does the patriarch of one of the five major families in the provincial capital need to use external things to elevate his status?
funny!
"Wife, you know that the Chai family and the Bai family have severed all ties and have no further connection."
"We won't get involved in the Bai family's affairs. We'll just pretend this family doesn't exist." Chai Bairi slowly exhaled a puff of smoke, his resolve hardened. No problem.
“Honey, it’s fine not to contact them while they’re here; it’s my family’s fault for not doing so.”
"But they're already dead, what grudges can't be let go of?" The woman's hair was disheveled, and tears kept flowing.
"Yes, they're dead. There's no need to dwell on it. Honey, get up."
The Chinese language is profound and complex. What does "柴百日" mean? Does it mean "to die and be done with it"?
Or is there a deeper meaning?
"Husband, you mean we should avenge them, right?" The woman's heart leaped with joy, and her eyes lit up instantly.
"Hmm? I didn't say that. They're dead, so we won't dwell on past unpleasantness. You go back and handle the funeral arrangements. I'll take the children and come over right away to help them prepare their remains, bury them, and pay respects at their graves, fulfilling my filial duty as a son-in-law." Chai Bairi had no intention of getting involved. He didn't associate with them while they were alive; he would visit their graves and burn incense after they died, and that would be the end of it.
The so-called revenge for them was never intended...
The Bai family is gone, what does that have to do with the Chai family?
I've seen through their family's behavior a long time ago.
"Husband, how...how could you do this?" The woman was dumbfounded, then burst into tears again, pounding the ground with her hands, just like a shrew.
"As the saying goes, a son-in-law is half a son. Strictly speaking, you are also a member of the Bai family. How can you stand idly by when the Bai family is wiped out?"
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