Chapter 317 Waiting for the Verdict
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With a poke of her finger, Old Granny Zhang pulled Wang Yongzhu into her embrace and began analyzing the situation for her, "What you said just now is right, Lady Lin saved Eldest Brother’s life. If we refuse to let her into the household, people will speak ill of the Wang Family. Besides, it’s not without benefits to have Lady Lin back. For Jindou and Jinhu, having their birth mother is always better than a stepmother. They are also getting older. If I were to stubbornly prevent Lady Lin from returning this time, I fear all the silver and effort spent before would be wasted, and they would probably bitterly resent me, their stepmother. I am not foolish, with your father taking the lead to play the good man, does he expect me to be the villain?"
"Now that Eldest Brother and Jindou and Jinhu’s affections are leaning towards Lady Lin, why should I stubbornly resist? What can Lady Lin do to me? She cannot put a green hat on my head, and any disgrace in the future will not fall on me. Why should I care about them? Moreover, with Lady Lin returning in such a manner, guilty and anxious, this leverage is readily in my grasp, and it’s better to deal with her than to bring in someone else entirely."
"When Lady Lin comes back, she will probably be cautious and try to please everyone in the family for a while, not daring to cause trouble, which just saves me the worry. Let’s set the rules for her first. If she makes a mistake, she herself said that when the time comes to drive her out, she won’t have any complaints. Thinking about it, a few years from now, your business should be thriving, and you should be able to find a suitable match. Then you can start your own life, and mother will go with you. A few years later, whatever Lady Lin does or however Eldest Brother suffers, that’s their problem."
At this point, Old Granny Zhang sneered, "Do you think that just because Eldest Brother is acting impulsively now, insisting on us bringing Lady Lin back, he won’t regret it later? His nature is such that, although he seems honest, he’s most stubborn about his own ideas. Initially, it was that damned old woman nagging at him, and he even went against his own mother."
"He’s currently moved that Lady Lin saved his life, willing to agree to almost anything. Give it a couple of years for him to calm down. When he and his wife start stumbling over each other again, do you think he’ll truly have forgotten how Lady Lin treated him? It’s all etched in his memory..."
"So you’ve agreed?" Wang Yongzhu, hearing Old Granny Zhang analyze the situation so clearly and rationally, knew that Old Granny Zhang wasn’t truly heartbroken.
"Why wouldn’t I agree? They are a family, bound by blood and affection. Why would I, having eaten my fill, stand in the middle and play the bad person? I’m telling you, I intentionally stretched things out to teach them a lesson. If I had agreed too quickly, wouldn’t Eldest Brother and Lady Lin get too arrogant? I had to discipline them, to make sure they remember to keep their tails between their legs in the future."
"Besides, in the past, for Eldest Brother’s sake, I stopped their marriage, and he knelt down to beg me. In this lifetime, the two sincere kneelings Eldest Brother has given me were all for Lady Lin. Just leaving them hanging for one night is letting them off cheap."