Chapter 239: Confronting The Past-I
Madam Li squeezed back Mrs. Jin’s hand after staring at the face of her niece for a good two minutes. With a gentle smile, Madam Li spoke, "That’s only the rumors, a wrong one without base. It is not what happened."
Mrs. Jin drew her brows. It seemed that Madam Li believed in the girl more than her which put her off, "I also wish to believe that but I have seen it on my own, last night when I came to speak about her regarding her past, she..." Mrs. Jin left the word hanging and her head shook with a distress, just by thinking about what happened.
It wasn’t what happened but Mrs. Jin who believe she had more trust than Li Lian had uttered lies she didn’t care if Li Jun Wei heard it. Once Madam Li was on her side, her mistake would be forgotten and even pardoned.
To Mrs. Jin’s correct deduction, Madam Li drew her brows in a frown, "What happened? Did you two meet?"
"I feel unsettled after the rumors, I know I should believe Li Lian but this words, they came from my own friends whom I trusted. I believe if there is a smoke there must be fire." Mrs. Jin replied, "Last night she dismissed me off, I wouldn’t want to say it but the way she demanded me to get out was rude and offensive. Nu Yuan was also surprised." said Mrs. Jin, bringing her daughter to vouch for her words despite the truth that Jin Nu Yuan had supported her mother to condemn Li Lian.
Madam Li furrowed her brows, the frown form to pull the old wrinkle on her forehead. Mrs. Jin was sure Madam Li’s frown creased at Li Lian’s rude behavior to her, who was her niece and a smile appeared which she pulled away from showing to her face. But then Madam Li shook Mrs. Jin’s hand and placed it on her own laps.
While holding her forehead, Madam Li sighed, "You shouldn’t have done that. It isn’t a question why Li Lian would be angry with you bringing her past. It was the past she is trying to overcome with time and yet you brought it up again with the false one."
Mrs. Jin’s brows which was drawn thin was pulled high, "What?" she asked the rhetorical question out of surprise.
Madam Li turned her face away from Mrs. Jin, her hand took the teacup in front of her and she began to speak, "Li Lian is indeed born from Xie Family. Before you came to me, Jun Wei had told me this before. The truth. When Li Lian was adopted, her family rejoiced but her little sister didn’t like her. Li Lian was alone in the house, at first her parents who believed her began to turn their back on her after knowing that Li Lian was uneducated and because her little sister had been putting her in the worst spot."
Madam Li then turned her face at Mrs. Jin who was startled and stared at her expression, "Most rumors started because of her sister. I don’t know how could a sister did that to her but the girl is utterly the worse. She didn’t love Li Lian as she did but despite everything her sister had done, she still love her little sister. I can’t help but admire Li Lian’s strength of heart and her kindness."
"Do you mean that the rumors were all false?" asked Mrs. Jin. How could that be? The rumors were everywhere!