Chapter 5 - 005. Deal with the troublesome sister-in-law
No wonder she’s been fooling the Liu family all their lives, her eloquence is really something!
Watching Wu Xia sob and wail, turning black into white, outright denying all the misdeeds she’s committed wasn’t enough. Even her earlier hysteria was just the result of being heartbroken from her good intentions being misunderstood, words spoken out of frustration. She refused to go home with Brother Lianshan, considering her reputation. After all, causing a stir so soon after a divorce and then getting saved from drowning? Wouldn’t that give everyone plenty to gossip about?
In any case, inside and out, she had her reasoning.
If it weren’t for Liu Shuzhen knowing what Wu Xia is truly like from personal experience, the pitiful look through her tears might have softened her heart. Not to mention the usually honest and simple-minded big brother, who doesn’t have so many twists and turns in his heart! Wu Xia’s few words had already swayed him quite a bit, and his initially dark expression softened considerably.
Seeing her brother in such a difficult position, likely wanting to turn a big issue into a small one, Liu Shuzhen coldly smiled, casting Wu Xia an extremely disdainful eye roll: "Pah! Wu, save your crocodile tears! Do you really think saying a casual sorry can settle things after what you’ve done?
Oh, you meant well, it was a misunderstanding, you truly had my best interests at heart?
Just keep your ’good intentions’ to yourself, so you don’t accidentally bury me next time."
Wu Xia’s heart skipped a beat, never expecting that the once soft and pliable sister-in-law would become so tough after a brush with death. Initially, her crying had even softened her husband’s heart a bit. Now, with the stubborn girl unwilling to let go, it seemed today’s crisis would be hard to pass!
The blame was on her for not being careful enough, letting her husband and brother-in-law witness such a lethal scene. Now the reasoning was all on that stubborn girl, without showing some softness today, peace would be hard to find.
With this realization, Wu Xia simply fell to her knees before Liu Shuzhen, tears and snot flowing freely as she cried: "It’s all my fault, every bit my fault, meddling in things that don’t concern me, my mouth spewing nonsense! Sister-in-law, I beg you to spare me this once, I promise, I’ll dare not again..."
"Alright, as long as you, Wu, retrieve the money you got from selling me out, and stop this backstabbing behavior, it’ll be fine! Also, whether I keep or abort the child in my womb is my business, I don’t need your unwarranted opinions. This time, Brother Lianshan acted with integrity; otherwise, had I been unlucky, do you think you could escape? Murder requires paying with one’s life!"