Chapter 535 - Chapter 535 Chapter 535 Lacking Strength
Chapter 535: Chapter 535 Lacking Strength Chapter 535: Chapter 535 Lacking Strength “What did you say? Mother has been sending two watermelons to you every day?”
Xuexue’s eyes widened, and she finally understood why Madam Xie had been acting so strangely lately. Generally, in the mornings, she would help pick watermelons in the field.
These days, she was nowhere to be seen in the mornings, as she had been going to the Mo family’s place.
“I just found out today myself,” Mo Xiaoqiang said with an embarrassed face.
Ever since the incident with Auntie Sun, he had been lying half-dead in his room every day, oblivious to what was going on outside. If it hadn’t been for him hiding in the small room next to the main hall today and overhearing Old Lady Mo and Madam Ruan’s conversation by chance, he would still be in the dark, unaware that their attention had turned to his wife and daughter.
Moreover, since Old Lady Mo and the second wife were keeping an eye on him, they had avoided him when eating watermelons, so he genuinely didn’t know there were so many watermelons at home, let alone eat any; he hadn’t even tasted a slice.
“Alright, I understand this matter now. Don’t tell Mother about what you’ve told me.” Since Madam Xie was reluctant to tell her about the watermelons she sent to the Mo family, she clearly wanted to keep it from her, so she instructed Mo Xiaoqiang not to tell Madam Xie that she already knew.
“Alright, Dad will do as you say.”
Mo Xiaoqiang was also worried that Madam Xie might blame him for being a gossip by telling Xuexue about the watermelon delivery to the Mo family. Now, hearing Xuexue give such an instruction was just what he wanted, and he readily agreed.
“I’ll go talk to your mother for a while.”
“Go ahead.”
Xuexue nodded, deep in thought; she was considering how to deal with Old Lady Mo and Madam Ruan.
To think they had set their sights on her mother.
She definitely would not let them off.
Yard
Madam Xie was absent-mindedly embroidering, her gaze occasionally flicked towards the kitchen door.
After quite a while, she finally saw Mo Xiaoqiang coming out.
Madam Xie immediately raised her arm and waved at him, “Come here.”
Mo Xiaoqiang scurried over excitedly, “Wife, did you call me?”
“How many times have I told you not to call me Wife? We are no longer husband and wife,” said Madam Xie sternly.
“We have been husband and wife for over a decade, won’t you forgive me?” Mo Xiaoqiang implored with sincerity as he looked at Madam Xie.
“There’s no forgiving or not forgiving, you have already given me the divorce letter, from now on, I am not your wife, and you are not my husband,” Madam Xie declared coldly.
“In the end, this is all Mother’s fault.”
Mo Xiaoqiang spoke with a face full of hatred, “She treated our people from the main house as slaves for the second house, toiling like cattle and horses so Mo Hengjian could attend the Academy. Now, I finally understand why we separated; it was all their scheming to strip us of our fields, to leave everything to Mo Hengjian.”
Madam Xie showed disinterest in the Mo family affairs.
“Your matters don’t concern me, I don’t want to listen.”
“Wife?”
“How many times have I told you not to call me that?”