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Chapter 918: Chapter 921: Different from Before
𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘱𝘶𝑏.𝑐𝘰𝑚
A woman marries and has children; isn’t it all to have someone to depend on?
Yet, she had busied herself her whole life and ended up with nothing.
"No matter how unfairly you treated Ah Hong, he never once thought of abandoning you," Qiao Duo’er said indifferently.
Tan Zhenghong had never complained about the unfair treatment; on the contrary, he had always felt guilty about the Wang Clan’s difficult labor.
"I have never seen him, and you’re going to move out. I know I’m detestable; I might as well be dead."
The Wang Clan wiped her tears away; she had woken up the night she was brought back, but Fourth Boss and his wife had never shown up.
She knew they did it only to save face.
Once she got better, she would be sent back to her original family.
"I’m taking this opportunity to make things clear to you: you are Ah Hong’s mother, and I won’t stop him from providing for your old age, but only if you behave yourself. If you have any other schemes in mind, don’t blame me for turning my back on you," Qiao Duo’er stated.
"Right now, there’s an epidemic everywhere, and Ah Hong, earning the Imperial court salary, can’t just do nothing. I’m moving out to keep the Lady of the County company. I will arrange for someone to take care of you, so don’t worry unnecessarily," Qiao Duo’er explained.
She was clear in her speech.
She didn’t mind taking care of another person from the Wang Clan, but she definitely didn’t want to deal with the trouble she might bring.
The Wang Clan looked steadily at Qiao Duo’er; she didn’t believe Qiao Duo’er could be so magnanimous after the way she had treated Ah Hong and his wife in the past.
"Are you serious?"
Qiao Duo’er nodded, "Can you take your medicine now?"
The Wang Clan picked up the bowl of medicine, gulping it down in one breath.
"I know what you’re worried about. I won’t sow discord between you, and I won’t favor anyone else anymore," the Wang Clan said earnestly.
She had come to realize that the person she had favored before was not worth it at all.
From now on, she would forget the pain that Tan Zhenghong had caused her, and she would try her best to repay what she owed him in the past.
Early the next day, Qiao Duo’er set off.
She left Bai Yan at home, and also hired a villager’s wife to help.
Incredibly, Qiao Duo’er saw a hint of reluctance in the Wang Clan’s eyes.
After this calamity, it seemed the Wang Clan had changed from before.
"Madam, what do you think Fourth Boss will feel when he sees a completely changed mother?" Qing Xin asked curiously.
Qiao Duo’er spread her hands, "I have no idea."
But there probably wouldn’t be any tearfully dramatic scenes like clutching your head and weeping, right?
"Anyway, I know you are the most important person in Fourth Boss’s heart, irreplaceable by anyone else," Grandma Wang chimed in.
Without any modesty, Qiao Duo’er said, "Of course I am!"
After all, she had the upper hand in their relationship; how much could anyone else get?
The servants and mistress inside the carriage chatted and laughed, and before long, they arrived at the Government Office.
Outside, disaster relief was as urgent as fighting a fire.
Yet the Government Office was exceptionally quiet, as everyone who could help had gone out to do so.
Seeing Qiao Duo’er, Chen Yiling finally had someone to share her grievances with.
"Once Qin Longyun, that bastard, finishes this business, I’m going to divorce him!" Chen Yiling gritted her teeth.
He had said before the New Year that all troubles had been solved, and after the New Year, he could peacefully accompany her to have their child. But instead, trouble cropped up again right when she was about to give birth.
And he was the kind who was always out of sight!
Qiao Duo’er mischievously said, "If you divorce him, and he goes on to marry someone else, aren’t you just giving someone else a bargain?"
"That makes sense; he’s so charming, he must attract women," Chen Yiling pouted, "Then I’d better go to Luo Qingfeng and have him take revenge for me."
She had found the Seven-color Poison quite useful last time.
