The Evil Mother-in-law: Torment Children, Work Hard, Be Rich!-Chapter 148: A Bit Disheartened

Chen Sufen was rescued by her mother-in-law from Xu Si’s clutches and fled back home.

The belt on her clothes had come undone, but fortunately, there was no one on the road.

All morning, she listened to the noise outside and the hurried footsteps heading to the wheat yard, feeling both ashamed and scared.

Her mother-in-law told her to hide at home and not to come out; she was afraid to go out, but at the same time, she was extremely worried.

Afraid that her mother-in-law would fall into a disadvantage while confronting Xu Si, afraid that the whole Liu Family would be implicated.

She cried a lot at home, drew water to take a bath, scrubbed herself red, and then couldn’t help but cry again.

She felt dirty all over after being touched by Xu Si and felt she had let Gu Dahuan and Man Er down.

If only she had held onto the fork tightly at that time, if only she had returned to the Liu Family’s wheat field with Lu Zhaozhao, if only...

The more Chen Sufen thought about it, the more remorseful she became, attributing all today’s mistakes to herself.

Chen Sufen, being a traditional woman, viewed a woman’s chastity as the most important thing, and the more she thought about it, the more remorseful she felt, finally getting trapped in her own thoughts.

Gu Dahuan pushed open the door, called a few times for Man Er’s mother, and when no one responded, he pushed open the bedroom door and saw Chen Sufen tying a rope to the beam, about to put her head through.

"Man Er’s mother, what are you doing?"

Gu Dahuan was scared out of his wits and took Chen Sufen off the rope.

Seeing Gu Dahuan, Chen Sufen felt even more ashamed to face anyone and continued to cry incessantly, trying to hang herself again.

"What’s wrong with you?" Gu Dahuan was confused.

Chen Sufen covered her mouth with a handkerchief, just sobbing.

How could she possibly tell Da Han, it was too humiliating.

He really didn’t understand why Chen Sufen wanted to hang herself.

In the past, even when life was so hard, suffering from her stepmother’s torment and being bullied by her sisters-in-law, she never thought of suicide.

Why now when life was better, she wanted to die instead?

When coming back from the Liu Family’s wheat field in the morning, wasn’t she fine?

Initially, Gu Dahuan thought the whole family was at the wheat yard supporting the stepmother, and Chen Sufen didn’t come out to see. He was planning to have a good talk with her when they met. But now seeing her attempt to hang herself, he had already discarded the thought of reprimanding her to the ends of the earth.

"Da Han, don’t ask, I have no face to live anymore, just let me die," Chen Sufen said while trying to rush to the rope but was held tightly by Gu Dahuan.

Tong Huaqiong came in with everyone and heard crying from the big room.

"What’s wrong with sister-in-law?" Liu Yueer ran to the door of the big room and pushed it open with a crash.

Tong Huaqiong saw the rope on the beam, Chen Sufen trying hard to put her head in it, and Gu Dahuan extremely anxious.

Everyone was startled; why was Chen Sufen nice and suddenly trying to hang herself?

"Mom..." Man Er called out, crying as she ran over, holding Chen Sufen’s leg, and cried, "Mom, don’t die..."

Tong Huaqiong came into Chen Sufen’s room, followed by everyone else.

"What on earth is going on? Did you bully sister-in-law?" Gu Dashu asked.

"No, I don’t know what’s going on either, I just saw her trying to hang herself when I got back." Gu Dahuan said.

Tong Huaqiong’s eyes were obscure; besides Chen Sufen, only she understood why Chen Sufen wanted to take her own life.

Of course, Gu Taohua was half aware.

"Eldest Daughter-in-law, I asked you to come home, not to seek death." Tong Huaqiong said.

Chen Sufen turned her head and saw Tong Huaqiong covered with wheat awns and dust, knowing her mother-in-law had suffered a lot, felt even more shamefaced to face her.

"Sister-in-law, go ahead and hang yourself! Once you’re dead, Elder Brother will marry a stepmother for Man Er, who will order Elder Brother around and bully Man Er, just as Mother bullied Elder Sister and Elder Brother." Gu Taohua rolled her eyes and said.

She was sure her guess was right.

Xu Si at the wheat yard was not trying to bully the mother but sister-in-law.

It must have been the mother who, upon arriving at the wheat yard, discovered sister-in-law being bullied by Xu Si, and to draw attention to herself, drove sister-in-law back home.

Luckily, mother took the issue upon herself. If not for her, with sister-in-law’s nature, she would’ve been dead, even if no one in the village knew she was seeking death. If today’s events were presented openly for County Magistrate Liu and the whole village to judge, sister-in-law would probably have hit the barn and died at the wheat yard.

How would Xu Si and Yan Pozi have been punished?

Gu Taohua was a little angry; she felt Chen Sufen seeking death was a betrayal of Tong Huaqiong’s hard work.

Listening to Gu Taohua’s words, Chen Sufen stood there blankly, tears streaming down her face, couldn’t help but look at Tong Huaqiong and asked, "Mother, how are you?"

Tong Huaqiong snorted through her nose and said, "You still have the mind to ask about me; I thought I helped you out, and you would take good care of me in the future, but you decided to seek death. If I had known, I would not have saved you."

Tong Huaqiong, just like Gu Taohua, was a bit angry.

She knew Chen Sufen, being a traditional woman, valued chastity more than anything else, so she devised a plan to let Chen Sufen leave the impression that Xu Si wanted to bully her.

She was a widow; she didn’t care about rumors.

Chen Sufen couldn’t; her mind was too troubled, and she couldn’t stand having her reputation damaged.

She initially thought Chen Sufen would appreciate her efforts, but she just responded like a fool, wanting to hang herself.

Tong Huaqiong felt her passionate efforts had been betrayed, feeling a little cold-hearted.

At first, everyone was quite puzzled seeing Chen Sufen trying to hang herself.

From Tong Huaqiong’s words, they sensed something, and after thinking it over, understood the reason for Chen Sufen’s suicide attempt.

Everyone, like Gu Taohua, guessed right; it was Chen Sufen Xu Si tried to bully at the wheat yard, but Tong Huaqiong blocked it and diverted the blame to herself.

"Sufen, was the person Xu Si tried to bully you?" Gu Dahuan asked bluntly.

Chen Sufen cried even more sorrowfully.

No need for Chen Sufen to say a word; things were just as everyone imagined.

Gu Dahuan’s eyes turned red.

The stepmother’s actions were beyond expectations.

If it were the past when Chen Sufen was bullied by Xu Si, before anyone else could laugh at Chen Sufen, the stepmother would’ve rushed to scold her for being improper.

Now the stepmother diverted the blame from Chen Sufen to herself.

Apart from family, outsiders wouldn’t know Xu Si intended to bully Chen Sufen today.

"It doesn’t matter who Xu Si tried to bully; it’s unacceptable to bully any woman of the Gu Family. Bullying your wife and bullying me is the same thing. Da Han, you don’t need to dwell on who Xu Si bullied; the one at fault here is Xu Si. Sufen and I did nothing wrong." Tong Huaqiong said coldly.

She examined Gu Dahuan carefully.

If this stepson thought having a bullied wife meant he was disgraced, she would definitely drive him out.

Gu Dahuan wiped away his tears and kneeled beside Tong Huaqiong, crying, "As long as Sufen is alright... Mother, for what you’ve done for Sufen, I don’t even know how to thank you..."

Hearing this, Chen Sufen raised her head, her tearful eyes looked at Gu Dahuan.

"There’s no need for sentimental words; just comfort your wife well; she was scared today." Tong Huaqiong said.

Gu Dahuan wiped his tears and stood up.

"Sufen, the person who bullied you doesn’t want to die; why would you? If you’re determined to die, then I’ll have Da Han see you off." Tong Huaqiong said loudly to Chen Sufen, "Do you think this is fair to me?"