Chapter 442 - 441: Cowardice

Chapter 442: Chapter 441: Cowardice

Mrs. Jiang Fang grew more and more furious, her finger continuously poking Jiang Yunuan’s forehead, making her unable to sit steadily: "How could I have raised such a foolish thing like you!

You can’t tell good from bad, truly infuriating me. I’m telling you, don’t go crazy again. Live your life as you should and don’t cause any messy affairs, or if you embarrass us, just see how you’ll handle it!"

Mrs. Jiang Deng watched with anxiety, hastily stepping in as the peacemaker: "Mother-in-law, stay calm. Yu Nuan isn’t such a muddle-headed person. Don’t you know her temperament? She might think a lot, but she doesn’t have the guts to cause trouble. You can rest assured.

Oh Yu Nuan, say something to put mother-in-law’s mind at ease.

Your sister-in-law will say a fair word; in those days, in the end, it was you who nodded and agreed, we didn’t force you onto the wedding sedan."

And what’s more, your husband treats you so well. What was wrong with letting you marry him?

You’re a sensible person, one who knows how to live a steady life, aren’t you?"

Jiang Yunuan bit her lip without replying.

Mrs. Jiang Fang was so angry that she was trembling all over, her chest heaving. She rubbed her chest, saying, "Truly can’t tell good from bad!"

Jiang Yunuan shrank her neck, seeing Mrs. Jiang Fang’s rapid breathing. She hurriedly stood up and poured some water, offering it to Mrs. Jiang Fang: "Mother, please calm down."

Mrs. Jiang Fang raised her hand intending to knock the cup away. Realizing she was at the Marquis Mansion, where she couldn’t just smash things, she could only grit her teeth and take it, but didn’t take a sip. She splashed the tea over Jiang Yunuan’s hem: "Calm down! Just looking at you makes me angry."

Jiang Yunuan lowered her eyes.

"Let me ask you, on whose connections did you enter the Marquis Mansion back then?" Mrs. Jiang Fang asked.

Jiang Yunuan whispered, "Thanks to Third Aunt, no, through Mother’s cousin I entered the Marquis Mansion."

"The Marquis Mansion treats you kindly, thanks to whose face?"

"It’s Mother’s face."

"You’ve been in the Marquis Mansion for so many years, everyone in the Capital is watching. If you don’t marry into the Marquis Mansion, could you talk about marrying elsewhere?"

"I couldn’t."

"Mr. Kang disappeared, I asked you to marry your husband, wasn’t it for your own good?"

"It was..."

"Back then, didn’t you nod yourself as well?"

Jiang Yunuan’s body shook, and she suddenly knelt on the ground, tears flowing down incessantly.

Her thoughts suddenly returned to when Mu Liankang had just gone missing.

She fought for it, she tried, but she couldn’t outtalk Mrs. Jiang Fang. She had always been afraid of Mrs. Jiang Fang. Even though she didn’t grow up in front of her, she was still afraid.

A simple "No" word, facing Mrs. Jiang Fang’s eyes, she could say it once, twice, three times. But any further, and she couldn’t say it anymore.

She was timid, she yielded, she nodded.

Back then, it was like this; in the coldest part of January, Mrs. Jiang Fang made her kneel on the snow in front of the ancestral hall, asking her over and over.

The exact same questions as now.

She answered back then, but any answer that didn’t please Mrs. Jiang Fang led to starting over, until she said what Mrs. Jiang Fang wanted to hear.

As cold as the weather was, her heart grew equally as cold; when she became numb, it was fine.

Mrs. Jiang Fang looked down at Jiang Yunuan: "Let me ask you again; your husband treats you well now, are you sincerely spending days with him?"

Jiang Yunuan’s long lashes glittered with tears: "Second Master treats me very well, and I am sincere in living with him. Since I married him, he is my husband, and I will treat him with sincerity."

She knew how to repay kindness.

No matter if it was Mrs. Jiang Fang’s coercion at the time, but since she nodded, she genuinely wanted to be a good wife, to walk hand in hand in life.

Mu Liancheng treated her so well, how could she bear to betray his affection?

She had pursued and failed before and knew that feeling. Since Mu Liancheng was her husband, how could she treat him that way?

She was serious about living a life with Mu Liancheng, being a couple all her life, bearing children for him.

"If I made you wait back then, and Mr. Kang returned today, would your position and status be embarrassing? If I had done that, would I have harmed you?"

Jiang Yunuan’s body slightly trembled, her hands held onto the ground to steady herself and said: "Yes, I would have been embarrassed, if you had done that, you would have harmed me."

Mrs. Jiang Fang sneered: "You understand the reasoning, so why are you throwing a tantrum at me? Why blame me?"

"I’m not blaming you." Jiang Yunuan wept silently.

If she had to blame anyone, it could only be herself; she was too afraid of Mrs. Jiang Fang and too timid.

Mrs. Jiang Deng listened at the side, a chill running down her spine. She knew Mrs. Jiang Fang had a strong nature; being her daughter was tough, let alone her daughter-in-law.

Life was quite bitter!

But now wasn’t the time to lament about hardships, Mrs. Jiang Deng quickly plastered a smile, helping Mrs. Jiang Fang sit down, saying: "Mother, you see, Yu Nuan understands in her heart that you mean well for her, how could she blame you?

When son-in-law and Yu Nuan came home, you saw it with your own eyes; son-in-law treats Yu Nuan well, and our Yu Nuan is genuinely devoted to her husband.

It’s merely that news came about someone who had been missing for so many years. Yu Nuan is just moved and reflecting; she hasn’t become confused."

Mrs. Jiang Fang huffed: "I suppose she doesn’t have the guts to be confused either!"

Jiang Yunuan involuntarily clenched her hands tight, imprinting crescent marks into her palms: "Your daughter does not dare to be confused."

Only then did Mrs. Jiang Fang hand the cup at her side to Mrs. Jiang Deng, asking her to pour tea for her.

She drank the tea slowly, and when the air in her chest had finally settled, Mrs. Jiang Fang blandly said: "Alright, stand up."

Jiang Yunuan, trembling, tried to stand up. Her legs had no strength, almost tripping, and it was only thanks to Mrs. Jiang Deng’s support that she managed to sit back on the Arhat Bed.

"You are my youngest daughter. Let me say this in front of your sister-in-law: among your siblings, you are the one I love the most. I have genuinely considered your well-being, giving you the best to eat and wear since little," Mrs. Jiang Fang said earnestly, "For you to have what you do today, I’ve put in countless efforts!

I don’t expect you to repay me much, originally hoping you’d manage the household after learning a thing or two from your mother-in-law, but who knew, when your younger sister-in-law was in the house, she handled it, and when she wasn’t, you still didn’t gain control.

Since you aren’t capable, I only ask you to live your life steadily.

Mr. Kang returning is his matter, it has nothing to do with you; just wait for your husband to return and start a family sooner.

Having just one Sister Niang, what use is that!

If you don’t give birth to a son, and your mother-in-law wants to add someone to your room, could I still shamelessly stand up for you?

Know your own limit; don’t mess around all day long with nonsense!

Alright, your sister-in-law and I are going to visit your aunt, and then we’ll return to the mansion; we won’t be coming to see you again.

Ah! Seeing you, my heart feels like it’s being pricked with needles!"

Mrs. Jiang Fang stood up, bypassing the water stain on the ground and headed out, while Mrs. Jiang Deng hurriedly helped her, turning her head slightly to glance at Jiang Yunuan.

Jiang Yunuan’s dress hem was drenched, her face covered with tears. She dared not send them out and only after they left Shangxin Courtyard did she turn around, collapsing onto the Arhat Bed, swallowing her cries, immersed in sorrow.