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Chapter 515: Chapter 515: Compromise
"Tong Yao is pregnant?" Si Boyi’s face changed. He knew Zhang Lijuan wouldn’t fabricate such a lie.
"Yep." Zhang Lijuan nodded affirmatively, "Even if she’s not pregnant, she’s definitely seeing someone else now. You think about it! If she didn’t have someone else in her life, why wouldn’t she refute my words?"
Si Boyi restrained his emotions, "If my brother found out Tong Yao was dating someone else, he’d be heartbroken. He still has feelings for Tong Yao, I can tell."
Zhang Lijuan sighed, "Your mother and Xiaohui wronged Tong Yao, forcing your brother to divorce her. Now if Tong Yao moves on, it’s only normal. No matter how sad your brother is, it’s of no use. I think we should hide this news from him for now. No one should reveal this."
Si Boyi thought this idea was not bad and agreed. Suddenly, Si Xiaohui’s call came from outside, "Second brother, come out quickly. Our mom is trying to commit suicide."
Upon hearing this, Si Boyi frowned, and entered Lin Fengying’s room with a stern face. His calm demeanor hinted that this was not the first time Lin Fengying had done this.
"Why are you here? Let me die! None of you should bother about me. I don’t want to be a burden." Lin Fengying struggled to get out of bed, "Xiaohui, throw me into the well or buy me some rat poison. I don’t want to live anymore. I won’t be a burden to you if I die."
"If you keep making a scene like this, Lijuan and I will leave right now." Si Boyi, unaffected by the threat, said with a somber expression, "Lijuan and I have treated you well. Even if you die, I will have fulfilled my duty as a son."
This was the first time Si Boyi had spoken such ruthless words. At this, Lin Fengying and Si Xiaohui were both taken aback, "Second Brother, have you gone mad? You hit me for Tong Yao’s sake, and now you’re telling our mother to die? Aren’t you afraid of being drowned in their spit?"
"Has our family not been spat upon enough by the villagers? Since you and Mom did those things, who respects us anymore? Boyi and I no longer want to step outside our house. Anytime we do, both adults and children avoid us." Zhang Lijuan walked in with the child and rebutted Xiaohui’s words directly.
On hearing this, Xiaohui immediately shot back, "When you were unmarried and eloped with second brother, didn’t you shame us too? Now you embrace this disgrace and shame our mother too! If you’re uncomfortable with being disgraced, you can divorce! Keep in mind, it was you who desperately wanted to marry into our family, not us who wanted to wed you with such intensity."
"As disgraceful as I may have been, I didn’t do anything disgraceful with your brother before marriage." Zhang Lijuan, red with rage, retaliated, "Let me tell you Si Xiaohui, if you dare act recklessly, when you get married, I’ll drag your mother to the doorstep of the butcher shop."
Si Xiaohui was so frightened that she didn’t dare utter a word at this point.
Lin Fengying, trembling with rage, said, "Boyi, this is the daughter-in-law you married. Do you really intend to drive me to my death? Do you really think your life would be tranquil if I die?"
Before Si Boyi could respond, she turned to Xiaohui and said, "Xiaohui, go call Chen Jinlan. I want to ask how she raised her daughter."
"Inviting anyone is useless, our family needs a daughter-in-law who is assertive, else she’d be oppressed." Zhang Lijuan remembered the words she was meant to relay from Tong Yao and said with fury, "The Tong family is wonderful! They raised Tong Yao so well and offered her as a daughter-in-law. How could you guys mess it up? Don’t you see the flaw in yourselves?"
Lin Fengying refused to admit that coercing Si Chen to divorce Tong Yao was a mistake, she retorted, "A hen that doesn’t lay eggs can never be a good daughter-in-law. No matter how good she is, we, the Si family don’t need her. Xiaochen has excellent genes. I can’t watch him live without descendants."
Zhang Lijuan mocked, "Who said Tong Yao can’t get pregnant? She’s found someone else and is already pregnant! Her delivery date is around the same time as mine. How can you say that she can’t give birth?"
"What did you say?" Lin Fengying couldn’t believe what she had heard, "How can Tong Yao possibly be pregnant? Even if you want to deceive me, you don’t have to make up stories."
"Why can’t Tong Yao get pregnant? She went to the hospital for a check-up before and there was nothing wrong." Zhang Lijuan saw Lin Fengying irritated and felt pleased.
Lin Fengying, as if drained of all her energy, instantly collapsed on the bed. To tell you the truth, current daily life was getting worse day by day for her; she felt depressed and had contemplated reuniting Tong Yao and Si Chen. She could then fix up the house, and the villagers would envy her. She had heard of wheelchairs being sold in the city and though they were expensive, it could allow her to move around with ease. If she hired a nanny, life could be comfortable again. She had never expected Tong Yao to be pregnant.
Tong Yao has married someone else, what does it have to do with her family anymore?
Lin Fengying was stunned this time, she realized how wrong she had been only when she lost her daughter-in-law for good.
They could have lived a better life, but now, life was worse than that of a beggar. Is this retribution? Is this really retribution?
Knowing that continuing to create a scene wouldn’t bring any benefit, Lin Fengying immediately stopped. Full of regret, she knew she shouldn’t have pushed for Tong Yao’s divorce. Even compared to never having a child, Tong Yao was better off continuing to serve their household, doing the hard work and sacrificing for them.
At least then, her eldest son wouldn’t have completely turned his back on her.
Upon hearing of Tong Yao’s pregnancy, Si Xiaohui lost her calm, "Is the child in Tong Yao’s womb Hongwei’s? Did she actually start an affair with Hongwei?"
The man she had coveted for years was taken away by Tong Yao. Si Xiaohui desired to tear Tong Yao to shreds.
"If you don’t want to leave this house, don’t let me hear you say a word." Si Boyi stared at Si Xiaohui with disdain in his eyes, wishing he can strangle her right then and there.
This time, Si Xiaohui genuinely didn’t dare make a sound. This was the first time she had seen Si Boyi so resolute and knew that if she continued to make a fuss, it wouldn’t end well for her.
Now even her second brother was immune to her mother’s antics. Her mother’s old tactics of crying, making a scene, and threatening suicide were ineffective on him.
This time, Si Xiaohui was truly scared. She started crying, "Second brother, have you really decided not to care for Mom and me? At least wait for me to get married before you leave! If you and sister-in-law leave, what will happen to our wedding, our banquet?"
Si Xiaohui no longer dared to mention Zhang Lijuan’s name provocatively. She knew that if her second brother sided with Zhang Lijuan, she and her mother wouldn’t matter anymore.
"Do as you please, I can’t and I don’t want to manage." Si Boyi spoke coldly and then turned to Lin Fengying, "Mom, if you stop creating a ruckus and live peacefully, I will come back and visit you every month. If you continue making a scene like this, I’ll only send money and not care about anything else."
Lin Fengying didn’t say anything. Her face was pale. She had nothing left to keep her sons by her side anymore.
