Chapter 392: Both the sister-in-law and the daughter-in-law have to go berserk.
Facing her younger daughter-in-law’s accusation, Lin Fengying softened her previously cold demeanor towards Tong Yao. With reddened eyes, she spoke softly, "I was confused for a moment, and this is indeed all my fault, Lijuan. As long as you feel better, you can say whatever you want to me. I will not retaliate."
With a tear streaking down her face, she continued, "I shouldn’t have been superstitious, thinking that letting Xiaochen and Yaoyao spend time with Yuanyuan would bring them good luck to have their own child. Xiaochen was right, whether or not to have a child is their decision and I shouldn’t have interfered so much. You are all grown up now, with your own lives, and it was wrong of me to meddle."
It must be said, Lin Fengying’s words of admitting fault were very cunning.
On one hand, she was admitting her mistake leaving Zhang Lijuan nowhere to vent her anger. On the other hand, she painted herself as having made these mistakes out of consideration for her eldest son. She even managed to suggest that Si Chen was ungrateful, despite everything she had done for his benefit.
If Zhang Lijuan continued arguing, it would seem like she wasn’t considering her brother-in-law and sister-in-law’s feelings.
However, how could she just let it slide when her child was taken away secretly? She couldn’t stay silent!
"Mom, even if you did this for Chen and Yao, couldn’t you have said something to us? Why sneak around and take the child away? Boyi and I were worried sick, do you realize that? Also, Chen is a doctor himself. Why are you worrying about all these pointless things? If there really was something wrong with their health, wouldn’t they know to seek medical help themselves? They live in a big city and are hardly short of money, so is there any doctor they couldn’t find? The time when you sent those weird remedies, didn’t I tell you off? Can those haphazard things even be consumed? You’re not afraid they might be poisonous?"
As angry as Zhang Lijuan was, she didn’t hold back her words. Every word she said felt like a knife thrusting into Lin Fengying. If it weren’t for satisfactory family conditions and Si Boyi’s presence to calm her down, she would’ve slapped Lin Fengying in the face by now.