Chapter 282 - 274: Sisi Strikes It Rich
Niu Guiyuan watched coldly as the mother and son before her put on a show of deep affection. She hadn’t anticipated that her mother-in-law would turn out to be such a duplicitous person—the one who used to declare she’d treat her like her own daughter was now rubbing salt in her wounds right in front of Quanzhong. Ha, what irony!
Had it been her old self, she would have surely fired back. But now, her heart was dead. The only thing she wanted was for Junjun to return; nothing else mattered to her.
Seeing Niu Guiyuan’s lack of response, the old lady cried even harder, incessantly blaming herself, which was really aggravating to listen to.
Sisi could hardly stand listening any longer, but she couldn’t take the lead for Niu Guiyuan. After all, she was an outsider and it wasn’t her place to judge another family’s domestic affairs, and no matter what, this old lady was Niu Guiyuan’s mother-in-law. They were family—she had no right or stance to criticize them.
After pondering for a moment, Sisi still spoke up, "Sister Guiyuan, you must pull yourself together. Your health is all you have. If you don’t care for yourself, who else will feel sorry for you?"
Niu Guiyuan nodded and managed a grateful, strained smile.
Before leaving, Sisi couldn’t resist saying, "Sister Guiyuan, this is something you could learn from Mrs. Wang. Look at her, heart wrenched with pain, yet still eating and sleeping well, never neglecting her health. Look at yourself; you don’t even resemble a person anymore."
The old lady’s face twitched upon hearing this. What was that about ’learning from her’? Why did Sisi’s words sound so unpleasant?
Wang Quanzhong glanced over at the old lady and saw his own mother’s rosy cheeks and full face, then turned to Niu Guiyuan with her prominent cheekbones and pale complexion—such a stark contrast made Wang Quanzhong’s heart sink, and he started to doubt the old lady’s claims of heartache.
Later, Sisi found the time to share the old lady’s behavior with Niu Sanxian. Although it was impolite to meddle in others’ family matters, if she didn’t speak up, the Niu family people would continue to falsely regard this old lady as a decent person. Niu Sanxian had praised the old lady on more than one occasion, and given Niu Guiyuan’s personality, she surely would not discuss these family issues with her own family.