Rebirth: Contract Husband Falls in Love with Me-Chapter 439 - 225: Adding to the Frustration
"Mother! I, I didn’t!" Sang Yan was both ashamed and embarrassed, and in front of Sang Wan, she felt even more mortified and unable to save face, so she covered her face with her hands and started sobbing.
"Second Aunt, don’t you know what kind of person Third Sister is? How can you wrong her like this, making her feel awful? Stop it now!" Sang Wan hurriedly interjected, giving Liu Ya a meaningful glance.
Liu Ya stepped forward, gently patted Sang Yan on the back, and whispered, "Third Miss, please don’t cry, all the maids and old women are outside, it would be a joke if they hear you!"
Sang Yan stopped abruptly, and suddenly, her crying ceased.
"Second Aunt, isn’t it just that Second Uncle took a concubine? You’ve been with Second Uncle for most of your life; he wouldn’t divorce you, right? Why are you so angry!" Sang Wan said with a laugh, "You must have vented your frustrations by now, let’s drop it! What can I do about these things anyway?"
Mrs. Li huffed, "Divorce me? He wouldn’t dare! It’s just that I’m feeling so miserable. Ah, Miss Wan, our family is not like the Shi family! They are rich, your nephew-in-law could even take ten or eight concubines without any issue, but we are just country folks, we don’t have that kind of spare money. We haven’t even fully prepared Sang Yan’s dowry yet, and his father went and spent nearly a hundred silver on a fairy to bring home, isn’t this deliberately trying to anger me to death!"
Hearing this, Sang Wan was furious, her hands clutching the brocade handkerchief trembling slightly. How could an elder say such things? They sound so harsh to the ears!
Liu Ya was also displeased, her face darkening as she glared hatefully at Mrs. Li. The young master and the main wife had such a good relationship, yet the Second Wife could so casually talk about ten or eight concubines. She herself disliked having concubines, but thought it nothing special for other families to have several. What kind of mentality was this!
Mrs. Li continued to drone on with her complaints, but suddenly she sensed a heavy stillness and glanced at Sang Wan, then at Liu Ya, and her voice gradually quieted down until she fell silent.
She was somewhat baffled. She wasn’t that foolish to not realize that both Sang Wan and Liu Ya were angry, but she didn’t understand why they were angry.
Feeling annoyed, Mrs. Li thought that since she needed to ask for help, she had no choice but to suppress her irritation and let out a hollow laugh, saying, "Miss Wan, your Second Aunt may be tactless and might have said something wrong, please don’t take it to heart! Ah, never mind, let’s not talk about it anymore! It’s pointless to go on about these things! I was just venting, feeling better after talking to you. Let’s speak no more of it!"
Sang Wan forced a smile, glanced at her, took a sip of tea without saying a word, thinking to herself that she might feel much better now, but didn’t forget to cause trouble for others. Do we have some deep-seated grudge between our main family and your second house? It seems like you can never bear to see us even slightly happy whenever we meet.
After feeling indignant for a while, Sang Wan couldn’t help but ridicule herself, thinking what sort of person she was; it wasn’t the first time she recognized it, why bother quibbling? That would be truly foolish!
"It’s getting late, Second Aunt must be hungry by now, right? Liu Ya, go check in the kitchen, if the meals are ready, start serving the food!"
"Yes, main wife!" Liu Ya responded and left.
Mrs. Li, seeing a smile finally appearing on Sang Wan’s face, took it that she hadn’t taken offense, and she relaxed, hurriedly saying with a smile, "Alright, alright, let’s eat first and then talk later!"
The meals were ready, and after Liu Ya had everything arranged in the dining room, she dismissed the other maids and then called Sang Wan and Mrs. Li with her daughter to the table.
During the meal, Liu Ya was the only one serving.
Seeing the table full of exquisite and fragrant dishes, Mrs. Li’s hunger grew despite not feeling very hungry originally, her eyes gleaming with desire.
Once Sang Wan offered an invitation, Mrs. Li eagerly sat down with her daughter, unable to wait to start eating, and smiled with satisfaction, praising the food vigorously.
Sang Yan stole a glance at Sang Wan and saw her composed and graceful demeanor, contrasting sharply with her own mother’s voracious eating, and she couldn’t help smiling wryly to herself, thinking that there was no point in losing face at this moment.
While eating, Mrs. Li profusely praised and incessantly questioned Liu Ya about what each dish was, its ingredients, and how it was made, to which Liu Ya just carelessly replied to brush it off.
Midway through the meal, Mrs. Li suddenly paused, her chopsticks in mid-air, and looked up curiously at Sang Wan, "Miss Wan, don’t you have any other maids or slaves to serve you? How come it’s always Liu Ya by your side?"
Liu Ya secretly glanced at her, thinking that no one could put up with her demeanor. If they saw her, they wouldn’t know how many clever words would be made up tomorrow to make fun of her, and probably even the main wife would be laughed at. And you still have the nerve to ask!
