Chapter 83: Standing Here as a Door Guardian?
Shen Meng glanced at Lu Zhenping, turned her head away and when she turned back, her eyes were already brimming with tears, all traces of her previous stubbornness gone.
"What are father and mother saying? How could I possibly think of hitting dad? I’m just a daughter-in-law married into this family, with the man of the house rarely at home. As a woman left alone with the children, I carefully make a living. Every time I send money, mother, Xiang Lan, Jiaojiao, and the two younger sisters-in-law all say it’s useful, asking to borrow some every now and then. Very little is spent on me and the children each month. Even the brick house we lived in when we got married, I gave it up when mother asked, and moved to the old courtyard’s broken house with the children, all for the sake of family harmony. I thought as a daughter-in-law, I did enough, but still, they think I am restless," she whimpered, "I... I really don’t want to live anymore~..."
These matters had already been known by most people in the village when they came up previously, but Shen Meng thought that Lu Zhenping did not know. A woman’s tears can sometimes be very effective. She felt that her tear-streaked face, along with her sobbing, was incredibly impactful. After settling this issue, she could use her anger as a reason to not let Lu Zhenping enter the bedroom tonight, which she internally thought was very feasible.
Lu Zhenping: "..."
How did she manage to switch from being stubborn to frail in an instant, and those teardrops, how could they fall just by saying so???
He observed carefully but couldn’t find the knack, only attributing it to her being terribly wronged.
Seeing his wife show weakness, seeing how distressed Mingyang and the kids were, he looked towards Liu Sanjin and Lu Changzhu.
"Dad, Mom, don’t wield the precept of doing this for my sake. Who it really benefits, don’t you think I don’t know? It’s obviously inappropriate for Shen Meng to slap back. How could she raise a hand against her own father-in-law!"