novelraw Chapter 1367 - 267: Waiting for the Show, Lying Low and Biding One’s Time (Part 4)
Chapter 1367 - 267: Waiting for the Show, Lying Low and Biding One’s Time (Part 4)
Zhuang Fanxing glanced at her with a smile: "Aren’t you afraid your brother-in-law will be upset?"
Zhuang Xiyue rolled her eyes: "If he’s not happy, he can go sleep in the study."
Zhuang Qingyan laughed: "Brother-in-law is a big official now, with many eyes on him from across the country. If it gets out that he was sent to sleep in the study by his own wife, his image will collapse."
"I don’t care. Eldest sister has to come to my house tonight, or else I’m not leaving tonight." Zhuang Xiyue pouted like a little girl.
Zhuang Fanxing laughed and patted the back of her hand: "Alright, sister promises you."
Zhuang Xiyue smiled with triumph, like a child who just got a candy.
The winter days turned dark early. After playing until four o’clock, Yun Ya and Yan Song went back first. Zhuang Xiyue wanted to spend more time with her parents, planning to have dinner before leaving with Zhuang Fanxing. At that time, Zhuang Xiyue would return to the house outside; too many eyes at the Yan Family, Zhuang Xiyue didn’t want her sister to be affected by those people.
By the time she returned to the Yan Family, it was completely dark. Yun Ya was exhausted from the day and fell asleep in the car, carried to the bed by Yan Song. Yun Ya stirred awake, rubbed her eyes, and sat up: "I actually fell asleep, I also thought to check on Great Grandpa...."
Yan Song pressed her shoulder, pushing her back down: "It’s not too late to visit him tomorrow."
Yun Ya shook her head with a smile: "I can’t sleep peacefully without seeing him. Brother Yan, come with me."
Yan Song couldn’t refuse her, wrapped her in a thick coat, and took her to Rongju Garden.
When they arrived, only Lu Yuke was inside, sitting by the bed feeding the old man medicine. The old man’s complexion didn’t look good: "Go back, I don’t need your care here."
In front of outsiders, the old man could maintain a semblance of harmony, but in private, with only the two of them, he didn’t hide his loathing for this eldest daughter-in-law. He would rather have risked his life back then than accept such a daughter-in-law. A virtuous wife benefits three generations; a toxic wife brings disaster to five families.
Sadly, there’s no medicine for regret in this world. He felt he owed the second couple, and even more so the Boss...
All these years, keeping this secret alone, tossing and turning each night. Living to such an age, what is there to not let go of? Yet every time he thought of it, he wished he could strangle this venomous woman to death.
Lu Yuke curled her lips with a smile, forcefully brought a spoonful of medicine to the old man’s mouth: "Dad, how can you get better if you don’t take your medicine? Come on, listen to me, I cooled the medicine...."
The old man turned his head away, the spoon clattered back into the medicine bowl, splattering the brown liquid onto Lu Yuke’s chest. A flash of coldness flitted across Lu Yuke’s eyes, but it quickly disappeared as if it had never appeared, smiling, she pulled out a handkerchief to wipe the stain off her chest.
"Dad, why do you bother with this? Why antagonize your own body? Ah Song is about to get married, the second brother is watching from heaven, surely he would be relieved. It won’t be long before you can hold your great-grandchild; you must hold on until then...."
A sudden gleam of brightness shone in the old man’s muddled eyes. Veins bulged beneath his slack, aged skin, his eyes fixed on Lu Yuke: "You dare mention him?"
Lu Yuke snorted coldly, looking down at the old man: "He’s already dead, thoroughly dead, doomed never to be reborn with that wretch. Don’t blame me for not warning you, if you dare spill that secret, your beloved great-grandson and that beautiful granddaughter-in-law will follow in his grandfather’s footsteps."
The old man trembled with rage: "You dare...."
"You think I don’t dare?" Lu Yuke casually touched her temple, curling her lips coldly: "I had initially wanted Mingzhu to marry him, to put an end to this grudge. But who knew, your Yan Family could harbor filth but couldn’t tolerate a single Mingzhu. In that case, I’ll settle this grudge myself."
The old man propped himself up halfway, raising his hand intending to slap her, but Lu Yuke just sat there unmoving, and the raised hand fell heavily, clutching his chest as he coughed violently.
"Look at you now, who would have thought that years ago you were the Great Marshal, a figure of power in the region? And now, in your twilight years, you are left to linger on a bed, barely holding on. Though your descendants fill the house, how many truly care about you? I truly pity you...."
"If you dare lay a finger on them, I’ll curse you till the end of your days." The old man squeezed out the words between clenched teeth.
Lu Yuke laughed heartily: "Don’t you find your threats ridiculous? After all, whether you live a hundred years well or not, both end in death. In this life, I’ve profited."
Suddenly, the door was pushed open from the outside, and for a moment, panic flashed in Lu Yuke’s eyes, but she quickly composed herself, holding the medicine bowl and slowly feeding the old man: "Dad, if you don’t drink it soon, the medicine will cool."