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Chapter 174 - 174: 172: Di Ruoning’s Madness
U?DATΕD by ??XN?VEL.??M
After having their fill of food and drink, Liu Sisi took YingEr to the well near the courtyard and drew half a bucket of water, carefully washing YingEr’s little hands.
“Mom, when you were cooking earlier, I passed by the wing room and overheard grandmother and aunt talking about you,” YingEr said softly.
“Oh? What did they say?”
Liu Sisi also didn’t seem to care as she took out a handkerchief and carefully wiped YingEr’s little hands dry.
“I heard aunt say that on August 15th, she is going to make you look good. Mom, how is aunt going to make you look good? Is she going to buy you new clothes?” YingEr asked curiously, blinking her shining big eyes.
Looking good on August 15th?
Now there wasn’t much time until August 15th. What were they planning? Liu Sisi frowned.
“It’s nothing! YingEr, be good and stick close to me. When your dad is done eating, we’ll go home. Make sure not to get lost, understand?”
She instinctively wanted to avoid the people near the old house.
“I understand, Mom,” YingEr nodded vigorously.
As they were talking, Di Ruoning came out of the house coughing lightly, seeming to have caught a cold. She glanced at Liu Sisi and hesitated for a moment before letting out a cold snort and heading towards the west wing room where she was temporarily staying.
“Wait! Little Sister,” Liu Sisi called out to her.
“What is it?” she didn’t turn back.
“I want to know, how did I marry into the Di family? Were you involved in this?”
Liu Family’s Mansion was close to the county, and there was quite a distance from the Upper Village. People usually wanted to climb higher in social status, and even if her parents wanted to marry their daughter off according to tradition, they should have chosen someone with a higher status. How did they end up marrying Liu Sisi to this remote Upper Village?
“Oh? You actually want to know this?”
Di Ruoning’s eyes flickered as she turned back. Could it be that Liu Sisi had truly lost her memory of the past?
“You should ask your dear big brother and big sister-in-law about this. I heard someone offered 50 taels of silver to buy you, but your mother refused. That’s why they married you far away! But who would want someone like you… In the end, they chose my Third Brother, a man destined to bring misfortune to his wife and children, but unexpectedly, it turned out to be a blessing for you.”
It really was a blessing! Di Yelei was indeed good to her, good enough to make her jealous!
Di Ruoning’s face twisted more and more, and under the flickering torchlight in the courtyard at night, YingEr instinctively hid behind Liu Sisi: “Mom, I’m scared…”
“Don’t be scared, YingEr, be good! Mom is here,” she whispered reassuringly to YingEr while contemplating in her heart. Combining Di Ruoning’s words from the afternoon, it seemed that the person who offered the silver must have been Zhang Shixin’s first wife?
The plan to borrow a knife to kill was not bad. It not only allowed her to successfully get married, but also, even if Zhang Shixin wanted to investigate, he couldn’t blame her and could only accept the silent loss.
What a great calculation!
However, as for her so-called dear brother and sister-in-law… one must eat one bite at a time, and settle accounts one by one, slowly. There’s no hurry!
“Liu Sisi, do you know what I admire most about you?”
Di Ruoning sneered, “What I admire most about you is that even though you’ve done all sorts of bad things, you can still stand there like nothing happened, with a calm expression. That innocent and pure face of yours is just disgusting!”
Liu Sisi’s mouth twitched! She didn’t even know what had happened in the past, okay?
“In front of you, do I need to pretend like nothing happened? What benefits can you give me?”
However, there is no reasoning with someone who is so full of themselves!
“No matter what, I am your Third Sister-in-law, and you are just the daughter married off by the Di Family. Even if you and Ye Lei have deep sibling affection, you have no right to meddle in your brother’s affairs…You’re just a busybody! They say that life is full of disappointments, Little Sister, you should just focus on taking care of your pregnancy.”
This clearly means she thinks her actions have gone too far!
When she was still in the boudoir, she fantasized about marrying Third Brother as his wife, but how could her mother bear to let her suffer? In the end, her mother scolded her and extinguished her thoughts.
After Di Yelei’s fiancée died, and he married Ms. Qiao, his Third Brother always treated her as a treasure, and Ms. Qiao always tried her best to please her. But she was still not satisfied, not satisfied with Ms. Qiao being in Third Brother’s eyes.
When Ms. Qiao finally died with the unborn child, she secretly rejoiced in her heart. Why should others have the happiness she couldn’t have?
Originally, Third Brother treated Ms. Qiao with politeness and respect.
But when he married this vixen, she saw a loving couple. He now looked at Liu Sisi with such an intense and possessive gaze, revealing the deepest love at every turn!
It blinded her eyes!
She envied! She was jealous! She was resentful! She was crazy!
She wanted to gouge out those alluring eyes and scratch that delicate face! She wanted to ruin her herself! This thought appeared in her mind ever since the first time she saw her—
As time went by, this idea grew stronger and stronger until it nearly drove her insane!
So whenever she had the chance, she would relentlessly suppress her, and even use the chance to get closer to her own Third Brother. She thought she was going mad!
Now being directly confronted by Liu Sisi about the deepest secret hidden in her heart, Di Ruoning’s heart suddenly thumped wildly, as if she were standing naked in front of her.
She couldn’t bear it any longer and raised her voice: “You are so young yet so sinister, always bringing up the child in my belly! Is this how an aunt-in-law behaves?”
Liu Sisi burst into laughter: “What do you mean by me bringing up the child in your belly? I’m clearly just concerned, only someone with a guilty conscience like you would think everyone else has a black heart!”
Di Ruoning was furious and couldn’t help rushing forward…
“What’s going on? What happened?”
Just as Liu Sisi was about to speak, Di Yelei suddenly appeared under the eaves. Seeing the two in a standoff, Di Yelei raised his eyebrows in surprise.
“Little Sister, what’s going on? Sisi, is YingEr not feeling well?”
The quarrel between her mother and aunt had frightened YingEr, who was hiding and shivering behind Liu Sisi.
“Third Brother…”
Upon seeing Di Yelei, Di Ruoning couldn’t help the tears in her eyes and cried out in grievance.
“Little sister, when Third Brother came out just now, it seemed that your brother-in-law was looking for you.” Di Yelei said, his entire figure hidden in the shadows, making it impossible to see his face.
Even though she knew that Third Brother was just trying to send her away with a well-intentioned lie, Di Ruoning hesitated for a moment before turning and entering the west wing-room.
“Let’s go! When I came out just now, I had already excused myself to Dad. Let’s go! It’s getting late.”
As Di Yelei spoke, he bent down to pick up YingEr and led Xuan’er out of the old house.
Liu Sisi hurriedly followed with quick steps.