Reborn as a Landlord-Chapter 1488 - 757: Regret
With Lian Shouxin like this, Lady Zhou felt embarrassed. If it were in the past, she would have inevitably shouted and cursed, throwing a tantrum, but these days are not like before. Lady Zhou’s face turned black, her mouth opened, but in the end, she didn’t make a sound. Old Master Lian came back to his senses at this moment and, seeing he couldn’t keep this family, got up to see them off.
Lian Shouxin and Wu Lang quickly helped Old Master Lian back.
"Dad, you should sit on the kang, don’t go out, it’s cold outside." Lian Shouxin said to Old Master Lian, then turned and instructed Lian Jizu, "You don’t need to see us off either, we’re all family, no need for these formalities, stay in and keep the Old Master and old lady company."
Though these words were directed at Lian Jizu, their meaning encompassed everyone in the old house.
Even though Lian Shouxin spoke this way, all the people from the old house, except Old Master Lian and Lady Zhou, still followed them out, sending them all the way to the gate. Only when they saw Lian Shouxin and his family walk far away did they slowly return.
Inside the Upper Room, Old Master Lian hung his head, sighing repeatedly, while Lady Zhou was already crying, her face covered with tears and snot.
"...lost all conscience, truly heartless. I just wanted to keep him here and talk for a while, but he wouldn’t agree. Did you see his eyes? He couldn’t even be bothered to look at me. It’s as if looking at me would taint his lofty eyes." Lady Zhou loudly blew her nose with a large handkerchief, then crumpled it in her hand and continued cursing, "If it weren’t for everyone watching, he wouldn’t even acknowledge me."
"...Wang..." Seeing everyone come in, Lady Zhou glanced at Liulang at the back and instinctively paused, swallowing the curse intended to come out in exchange for another one, "His mother××."
"I’ll curse, I’m not afraid of any of you going over to curry favor and report this. I’m cursing by myself; nobody has the right to interfere!" After cursing this, Lady Zhou swept her gaze over the few people in the room, speaking with a stern voice and expression.
"Mom, what’s the point of cursing to yourself, why didn’t you curse him directly, or go to his door and curse." Lian Shouyi said with a broad grin.
Lady Zhou couldn’t stand being provoked, hearing Lian Shouyi say this, she was initially stunned, then her face turned bright red. If she backed down now, how would she maintain sway in front of the old house’s sons and grandsons in the future, who would fear her and heed her words? 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦
"You think I don’t dare?" Lady Zhou pretended to get down and put on her shoes, "Second Son, get that cart out and push me there, I’m going to curse him now."
Lian Shouyi was eagerly hoping Lady Zhou would go embarrass Lian Shouxin, but when it actually came to it, he was timid. If someone else were to push Lady Zhou on a cart to curse Lian Shouxin, he’d be delighted. But asking him to do it made him hesitant.
This moment, instead of him stopping Lady Zhou, it was Lady Zhou stopping him.
Seeing Lian Shouyi not moving, Lady Zhou shouted even louder, becoming more aggressive, as if she couldn’t wait to confront Lian Shouxin and give him a good scolding.
Lady Chiang saw that the situation was getting out of hand, secretly nudged Lian Jizu, giving him a knowing glance.
"Second Uncle, Grandma’s just venting a bit, why don’t you try to calm her, instead of adding fuel to the fire." Lian Jizu said.
"Grandma, it’s cold outside, you’d better not go out." Lady Chiang came forward and helped Lady Zhou back onto the kang, gently advising, "If you have words for Fourth Uncle, send a message, or wait for him to come next time and talk slowly. These days, Fourth Uncle is busy. Fourth Uncle, as long as you speak reasonably, would listen to whatever you both have to say."
"No matter what, Fourth Uncle is an official, bringing honor to the Old Lian Family and to you both. Moreover, Fourth Uncle isn’t young anymore, Grandma, you should at least save face for him. He’s your own son; despite your words, you must still care for him in your heart."
With the gentle words from Lady Chiang, Lady Zhou found a way to step down and stopped shouting about going to scold Lian Shouxin.
"... He crawled out of my intestines, wasn’t it me who raised him with sweat and toil, can he have his achievements without my care? Shouldn’t he repay my kindness? Each time he comes here, he just brings these random pastries and thinks he’s done a great favor, that’s being pretty good to us. What is that to him? I haven’t demanded much, yet he’s already so frightened!"
"He’s afraid I’ll ask him for something. Reluctantly, he checks in every now and then, hoping the two of us old folks will hurry up and die, lessening his burden." Lady Zhou said while wiping away tears, mumbling incessantly.
