novelraw Chapter 1425 - 939: Bitter Complaints
Chapter 1425 - 939: Bitter Complaints
First Watch.
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Fat Auntie is not the type to be indifferent. The fact that she’s leaving Liu Meifeng out in the cold is because she doesn’t like her and doesn’t want to have any involvement with her. She wishes the other party would be sensible, but she didn’t expect Liu Meifeng to be so clueless, so it’s no wonder her words are unpleasant.
Moreover, her impression of Liu Meiqing and Liu Meifeng isn’t good at all. There’s no need to even mention Liu Meiqing’s shrewd and opportunistic nature. Liu Meifeng is slightly better than her sister, but she’s no saint either.
After marrying into the Chen Family, Guangxin was managed by her like a dead dog. Saying she was deceived by her sister into marrying is hard to believe. Before marriage, she frequently visited relatives in Dalin Village, could she not have known Chen Guangxin’s real situation? Agreed to marry him clearly because of Dagang’s Grandpa’s influence.
After realizing her plans hadn’t worked out post-marriage, she always had a sullen face. Now that she’s truly running out of patience, she comes up with this idea, does she really think others are fools?
What’s more, Li Aiyuan is a guest at her house and also her in-law. How could she allow Liu Meifeng to make things difficult for Li Aiyuan?
Liu Meifeng hadn’t expected Fat Auntie to speak so directly, her face turned red instantly, and after a while, she pitifully looked at the other party: "Auntie, I’m really at my wit’s end, that’s why I came to ask for Eldest Aunt’s help.
Guangxin’s legs aren’t good, so he can’t earn much work points; I’d rather have him stay at home to look after Longlong so I could earn more outside.
Grandpa is getting older, and Father and Mother should take good care of him. But right now, our family also relies on their assistance, and seeing them so exhausted truly breaks my heart.
If there was another way, I wouldn’t have thickened my skin to ask Eldest Aunt for help. I... I’m not asking you, Auntie, because truthfully, it’s more like Eldest Aunt is closer to Chuxia, probably making it easier to talk.
Fat Auntie looked at her coldly, "Meifeng, do you think you can ask Chuxia for help?"
"Auntie, I used to be quite close to Chuxia, and I can’t stand my sister’s temperament either, but as her younger sister, it’s hard for me to criticize her..."
"Don’t say that..." Fat Auntie interrupted her, "When it comes to other people’s matters, I have no right to intervene, but when it comes to Chuxia’s family, no one knows better than me.
I’m not going to bring up how your sister treated them in the past, but if you claim you’re close to Chuxia, then I really find it laughable. Can you tell me why each time you come around, your sister ends up picking on Chuxia?"
"No... there’s no such thing..."
"No what?" Fat Auntie looked at her with a smirk, "How can you say such things so confidently? Yes, you might be better at pretending than your sister, but that doesn’t mean Chuxia is a fool.
Do you think she doesn’t know that every time you come, you try to pry information from her and then go back to incite your sister? And now you say you’re close to her? Hah, the thickest-skinned person in this village must be you.
I know, right now, you probably hate me for meddling in your affairs, thinking you didn’t even ask me for help, so why am I in your way? But don’t forget, the person you came here to seek favor from is my in-law, my daughter’s future mother-in-law. You come to my house to trouble her—if I turned a blind eye, what kind of person would I be?
Alright then, stop pretending to be pitiful here. We all know what happened with your family. Don’t tell me you were tricked into marrying Guangxin. You only married into the family because you couldn’t stay on in your parental home.
And because of that, we absolutely cannot help you. No matter how you treat Guangxin, he’s your husband by formal procurement, and even if you’re aiming higher or want to leave, don’t think of us as accomplices!"
"Auntie..." Liu Meifeng stared at Fat Auntie dumbfounded, "Y-you... what are you talking about? I... I really don’t understand. Did you... have any misunderstandings?"
Fat Auntie frowned at her: "Meifeng, I’m giving you some face here, do you really want me to spell everything out?"
"I..." Liu Meifeng’s tears started flowing. "Auntie, I want to go out because I’m aware of the gossip behind my back. I really don’t have any intention of running away. I’ve already married Guangxin, and Longlong is so big now, how could I leave them? If I had that intention, I wouldn’t have married him in the first place.
Yes, before marrying Guangxin, I was involved with Li Guang from our village. At that time, he promised to take me with him to become a worker, but just ten days into the job, he turned on me.
He said I’m not good enough for him and didn’t want to be with me. But..." She bit her lip and continued, "When my parents went to talk to his parents, they were completely unreasonable, saying that I came to them on my own, blaming Li Guang for nothing.
I admit I was vain. As soon as I knew Li Guang’s family could help him become a worker, I immediately agreed to date him and stopped going on blind dates. But that was all his initiative; I really didn’t throw myself at him!
Because of this, my parents fell seriously ill from anger. When my sister came back home, they asked her to find a husband for me so that I could marry quickly and avoid becoming the village joke.
Two days later, my sister went back again and told me about the Chen Family’s situation. My mother thought the bride price from the Chen Family would be enough for my brother to marry a wife, so she agreed. I was hesitant at first, but later on, given how things had blown up, even if the matchmaker was willing to keep things quiet, people would still find out in the end, so the marriage wouldn’t happen.
Considering the Chen Family’s conditions were acceptable, and having met Chen Guangxin—I thought aside from his bad leg, he was quite outstanding both in height and appearance—rather than marrying poorly and suffering, it was better to marry him.
At that time, I had some hopeful fantasies. Our families weren’t so close that everyone knew each other’s business, and since my sister was the matchmaker, I figured the Chen Family wouldn’t investigate. Once I married, I only needed to live my quiet life happily.
Unexpectedly, not long after I got married, I noticed many people looking at me strangely. As time went on, some rumors reached my sister’s ears, and she was upset with me for disgracing her.
Auntie, if you paid attention, you’d notice I hardly go to my sister’s house anymore because every time we meet, she blames me for being unambitious and for disgracing her.
Clearly, it’s her family that’s full of messy issues, yet she insists on blaming me for them. I admit that I came to Eldest Aunt for help today out of frustration.
I wanted to show my sister that despite their family’s offenses to Chuxia, I could still get help from Chuxia. She complains that I embarrass her, but I’ll just let her see me living well.
Heaven’s truth, I really don’t have any plans to have you help me run away, otherwise, what kind of person would I be? Besides, I have Longlong to care about here.
Even if I wanted to escape, would it even work? I’m married to Chen Guangxin, and my household registration is here. If I do anything wrong, Chuxia will definitely make me lose my job, and then I’d be like a rat crossing the street wherever I go, Auntie, I’m not that foolish to put myself in that kind of predicament." (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, feel free to vote for it on Qidian (qidian.com) with recommendations and monthly tickets; your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please read at m.qidian.com.)