The Female Cannon Fodder With Boundless Merits-Chapter 1444 - 1456: Seeking Immortality (21)
Thinking of this, the long-held anger in Su XiuYu burst forth. ππ£πππ°πππ§πΌπππ.π°π¨π¦
"Mother, Yansheng is right. You came back and immediately made things difficult for my wife and child. What reason do you have for this? If you truly dislike seeing them, perhaps I should send you back to the other residence now."
Without Tang Xianxian and her daughter, his relationship with his wife had rapidly deepened, intoxicating him. He didnβt want to return to the days of polite courtesy because of foolish filial piety.
To other couples, such courtesy might seem precious, but to Su XiuYu, it was unsatisfying.
If he hadnβt loved Ye Zhiru so deeply, he wouldnβt have risked public scorn to divorce and remarry, nor would he have accepted without reservation a child his wife had with another man, treating him perhaps even better than his own biological child.
From then on, he hoped his wife saw no one but him.
Thinking of this, Su Yanshengβs heart turned even colder. He was determined that if the old lady kept being unreasonable, he would not compromise this time.
Old Madam: "....."
Her eyes widened in disbelief, as if seeing a ghost.
"What did you say?" The old lady questioned, trembling as she pointed a finger. "Youβve been completely bewitched by that fox spirit, havenβt you...."
"Mother, stop being difficult. What I said earlier, I meant it."
The latter words of the old madam turned into duck sounds, with just a few hoarse cries before she could no longer speak.
At this point, a servant sent to bring back Tang Xianxian and her daughter returned with news.
"Old Madam, Mrs. Tang said that the two families are no longer related, and since the household is busy, they will not come to disturb you."
Old Madam: "What did you say?"
The servant, shaken, shivered slightly and dutifully conveyed the words of the Tang mother and daughter.
"Miss Tang said that once matters in the residence are settled, she will invite you to visit as a guest."
"Which Miss Tang are you referring to?"
"The Second Young Lady, who has now changed her surname and has been included in the Tang family genealogy."
At this, even Old Master Su, who initially had an indifferent expression, was filled with rage. He cursed fiercely, "Mother, see, this is the ungrateful person you wanted to protect, who abandoned even her ancestors."
Although he had written a document severing ties with Tang Xianxian, he had no fondness for having a daughter he didnβt like.
But resenting her did not mean allowing her to trample on his pride.
He could behave recklessly, but she could not.
He may have agreed, but he never consented to Tang Xianxian publicizing such scandals throughout the city. Didnβt Su XiuYu want to save face anymore? Didnβt the Su Family need to preserve their reputation?
The servant, head lowered, did not see the terrifying expressions of the old madam and Old Master Su, and continued, "Mrs. Tang and Miss Tang are indeed quite busy; when we went, the Tang mansion was bustling."
"All those orphaned children from the beggarβs den in the northern city had gathered at the Tang house, for reasons unknown."
"Miss Tang also bought many pretty young girls and boys from the Human Tooth Line..."
The servant left unsaid was that the once sickly Second Young Lady now looked rosy and healthy. Though she still had a gentle demeanor, she appeared robust, speaking slowly and calmly, entirely different from the fragile image she had in the residence, as if she had become a different person.
Sickly in the Su Residence, yet immediately recovered upon leaving. This prompted deep thought.
Rumors mentioned the dark secrets within the inner courtsβperhaps the second young lady left and then recovered for just that reason....
With such thoughts, the servantβs imagination ran wild, and when looking at Madam Ye Zhiru, his gaze carried an odd look.
If she didnβt have some tricks, how could she have bewitched the master to love her obsessively, divorcing and remarrying, remaining devoted to her alone over the years.
One cannot think too deeply about such matters, otherwise, past gestures once thought generous and magnanimous appear to have ulterior motives.
Ye Zhiru noticed the strange glances of the servant and found it puzzling, but she had no interest in investigating further.
Upon hearing about the changes at the Tang Residence, the old madam felt dizzy, her ears buzzing.
Greater panic made her unsteady on her feet, and she clutched the hand of the person behind her, murmuring blankly, "The Tang family has really returned, could it be...."
Over the decades, where once she felt guiltless, her feelings changed over time.
Reflecting on years of conduct, guilt crept in, not to mention hidden ulterior motives.
No one understood the difficult nature of the Tang family better than herself. Thirty years ago, without the betrayal of the Eldest Lady Tang, the united Tang clan wouldnβt have faced extinction.
She only learned these things slowly through investigation afterward.
If Tang family survivors really emerged, she would accept it...but her son would suffer greatly.
One misstep led to further wrong steps.
She had decided to give up, but how did another avenger from the Tang family appear?
This single guilt from her life left the old lady restless.
Her son shouted beside her, yet the old madam walked over and slapped Su XiuYu, "Shut up."
For whose sake had she harbored these thoughts? Yet now, her son showed no understanding.
Amidst the stunned silence of the onlookers, the old madam weakly instructed, "Everyone except the master, leave."
Once the room was empty, the old madam regretfully said, "I shouldnβt have kept it from him back then, Xiaoβai, you tell him."
At this moment, Su XiuYu no longer cared about the anger and astonishment of being disgraced by his mother, his face full of incredulous absurdity.
"So, you believed in the existence of an immortal fate with the Tang family and wanted to compete for it on behalf of the Su family, which is why you kept Tang Xianxian here, why you arranged for me to marry her, and why you insisted on keeping Su Li, who shares Tang and Su blood?"
Such intangible legends couldnβt possibly be true. But his mother believed.
Su XiuYu: "Are you all mad, or am I?"
Old Madam: "You donβt understand the Tang family... they are both low-key and formidable."
Su XiuYu sneered, "If there really was an immortal fate, and they were that formidable, they wouldnβt have been easily exterminated."
These stories were surely fabrications spread through rumors. But the world had many fools, as well as those who believed wholeheartedly.
More distressing to Su XiuYu was that his own mother was such a person and even took action because of it.
The old madam ignored her sonβs sarcasm and continued, "Whether you believe it or not, beyond a little selfishness, my affection for Xianxian and her mother is genuine. It wasnβt because of money given by the Tang family, nor any other reason. From her birth till now, she hadnβt left my side. I watched her grow up, marry, and have childrenβone would feel emotions even for a dog, let alone a living person."
"But I truly did wrong by them."
