Prosperous Marriage: Married to My Brother-in-law-Chapter 594: Grievance (4)_1

Her mother-in-law's preferential treatment of males over females pained Rachel Bailey to the core. Even as she stubbornly got out of the car, the hurt she felt was inevitable.

Her friend Julia's mother-in-law also often harped on about having a grandson. However, she had also said that even if Julia gave birth to a granddaughter, she would love her all the same.

As for her own mother-in-law… upon hearing Rachel Bailey say it was a girl, she couldn't even be bothered to confirm it and just made her get out of the car before driving off.

Everything these past few months had been fake, a facade, all for the sake of a grandson.

They were both women; why did her mother-in-law have to treat her this way?

The more Rachel Bailey thought about it, the more saddened she became. When she arrived back at the villa, she didn't even enter the house. Instead, she went to the garage, drove her Philip out, and left for Golden Kirin Garden. As she was leaving, the nanny asked where she was going, but Rachel Bailey didn't respond.

She was looking for Julia. At this moment, she needed someone to confide in.

Married for half a year, she felt life had its sour, bitter, sweet, and spicy moments.

Hansen Ruiz treated her very well, doted on her, but her mother-in-law…

Throughout the journey, tears welled up in her eyes several times, but she stubbornly swallowed them back down.

However, when she saw Julia, Rachel Bailey broke down and couldn't stop crying. This gave Julia such a fright that she thought Hansen Ruiz had mistreated her, and she vehemently vowed to teach him a lesson.

In the second-floor hall of the Horne Family residence, Julia kept patting Rachel's back as she cried on her shoulder, all the while indignantly ranting, "That damn Hansen Ruiz, how dare he mistreat you! Men, how can they change so quickly? He was so persistent before the marriage, and now, so soon after, he's changed his tune. And you're even carrying his child! He…"

"Julia, my heart has been true before and after marriage, so don't lump all men together and write them off with one sentence, okay?" Glades Horne, standing nearby, couldn't help but feel indignant on behalf of men and interjected, "First clarify things before you scold someone. Hansen isn't that kind of fickle man."

He'd known Hansen Ruiz for so many years; didn't he know what kind of person Hansen was? Hansen Ruiz was madly in love with Rachel Bailey. How could he possibly mistreat her?

His own wife instinctively dragged his friend into the line of fire the moment she saw her best friend cry. Such an injustice!

"Glades, could you excuse us for a moment? We need to talk privately," Julia said, not in the mood to deal with her husband right then.

Glades Horne pursed his lips, glanced at the two women, then stood up and went downstairs.

"Rachel, don't cry anymore. Tell me what happened." Julia gently lifted Rachel's head and reached for some tissues from the corner of the coffee table, handing them to Rachel Bailey.

Having cried, Rachel Bailey felt her grievances somewhat vented, and she told Julia what had happened. Julia became angry as soon as she heard the story. She couldn't help but echo some of Rachel Bailey's earlier sentiments: "What era are we living in? What kind of mindset does your mother-in-law have? So what if you're having a daughter? Is a daughter not a person? Does she not want a daughter? Isn't she a woman herself? Why didn't her own grandmother discard her back then? She was someone's granddaughter too! Could it be that your mother-in-law was tormented by gender preference when she was young, and that's why she's like this? No, that can't be right. If she had endured such pain, she should cherish her granddaughter even more."

Rachel Bailey said nothing. Mila Anderson's life had always been a happy one, and Rachel Bailey couldn't understand why she still held such discriminatory beliefs about gender.

"Rachel, don't worry about how your mother-in-law views the child. As long as Hansen Ruiz doesn't think that way, it's fine. The child belongs to you and your husband; it doesn't matter how others see it. Besides, Hansen Ruiz doesn't rely on his parents to get by. So even if you really do have a daughter, you won't have to live trying to please your mother-in-law. Don't be sad. Pregnant women need to stay cheerful; crying isn't good for the baby," Julia said.

"But I feel so wronged. As soon as my mother-in-law heard me say I was carrying a daughter, she didn't even bother to confirm it and just kicked me out of the car. Her attitude... it's just too hurtful." Rachel Bailey's emotions had stabilized somewhat after her outburst.

"Your mother-in-law is just snobbish, domineering, and autocratic. Having such a mother-in-law is indeed troublesome," Julia sighed.

In the past, her own mother-in-law hadn't liked her, but she had never treated her the way Mila Anderson did. Compared to Mila Anderson, Julia's mother-in-law was actually not bad at all.

Rachel Bailey remained silent. Everyone's fate is different. She and Julia had both married the city's most eligible bachelors, and both men doted on their wives. According to popular rumors, their husbands belonged to the "wife-slave faction." But her lot was still not as good as Julia's, at least concerning the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law dynamic. Julia had it much easier than she did. From the very beginning, her mother-in-law had never accepted her, even insulting her on her wedding day. In her mother-in-law's eyes, Rachel Bailey simply wasn't good enough for Hansen Ruiz. No matter how strong, confident, or hardworking she was, her mother-in-law just didn't like her.

Without Hansen Ruiz's assertiveness, she wouldn't have married him, she thought.

"Julia, I think getting along with a mother-in-law is really difficult," Rachel Bailey said after a long pause, sighing.

Julia smiled, took her hand, and said, "No matter how difficult, you won't back down, will you? We became friends because our personalities are somewhat similar. Rachel, I believe that one day you'll be able to become friends with your mother-in-law, just like I did."

Now, Mila Anderson treated Julia as well as a friend, or like a mother would her own daughter. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶

Many high-society ladies had heard Mila Anderson praise Julia. They privately asked Julia how she had managed to gain her mother-in-law's trust and favor.

"Don't worry too much about what the older generation thinks; there's nothing wrong with having a daughter. I actually want to have a daughter. Glades likes daughters too. He keeps saying 'my daughter' all the time. Listening to him, my mother-in-law has started unconsciously preparing baby items for a girl," Julia said, her smile deepening.

Julia's mother-in-law had changed significantly. Although her mother-in-law had consulted Dr. Leigh and believed Julia was carrying a son, hearing Glades Horne constantly talk about wanting a daughter made her waver. She had even started privately preparing items for a baby girl.

Once, Julia had been annoyed and pressured by her mother-in-law, who was always talking about having a grandson. Her mother-in-law had even made her drink some ancestral secret recipe for conceiving a son.

Now, her mother-in-law's reaction indicated that even if Julia had a daughter, she would accept and love her all the same.

"If I have a son and you have a daughter, hehe, our families could even become in-laws," Julia joked with a laugh.