Jia Yang embraced Su Yunniang, explaining, “They drugged my drink, that’s why I did that. Yunniang, I’m sorry, I’m so sorry…”
“You knew Lin Yaoyao had feelings for you, yet you still went to their house for dinner? Jia Yang, don’t explain, I don’t want to hear it!” Su Yunniang pulled away.
Jia Yang asked Jia Xiaohua to leave.
He closed the door, embracing Su Yunniang, leading her towards the bed.
As they say, couples fight at the head of the bed and reconcile at the foot.
This still had some effect on Su Yunniang.
Remembering his kindness.
Afterward, Su Yunniang cried in his arms.
Jia Yang patted her back, “Don’t worry, even if she moves in, I won’t touch her. She’ll be living as a widow.”
Su Yunniang didn’t want to burden her family with her troubles. Calm down.
She chose to stay.
As for the promise to her daughter,
Su Yunniang managed to fulfill it; she told Jia Yang everything Lin had done.
Jia Yang had always known that his own mother didn’t like Su Yunniang.
But he had never thought she would be so harsh on them.
Before, she had even said they had small appetites.
It was completely misleading.
Because of this,
Jia Yang couldn’t help but have a fierce argument with his mother, and the next day, he moved out with Su Yunniang and rented a new place to live. As for his cousin Lin Yaoyao, he used the excuse of taking care of Lin to keep her at home.
When Jiang Yan and Wang Xiuzhen came,
Jia Yang and his family had just moved out, so they were not at the shop.
Seeing them arrive,
Lin’s face darkened: “What are you doing at our shop? We don’t have money to support you!”
Chapter 19: She is My Son Jia Yang’s Equal Wife
When Sun heard Lin speak like this, she retorted: “The money Yunniang gave us was earned by her own efforts, not a penny from your family!”
“She is part of our family, how…”
As Lin started to speak,
Jiang Yan interrupted her: “My aunt married into your family, not sold into it. How can she be considered yours? Where is my aunt?”
“I don’t know!”
Lin didn’t even glance at Jiang Yan.
Wang Xiuzhen pursed her lips and said, “Since that’s the case, we’ll just wait in the shop.”
Jiang Yan and the others found places to sit.
Lin was furious, grabbed a broom to chase them out, but it was snatched away by Su Jixiang: “Try to do that again, don’t think you’re too old for me to hit you!”
Seeing Jiang Yan and others all looking at her,
Lin didn’t dare to do anything else.
After all, how could she handle them all by herself?
Soon, someone came to buy vegetables.
Just as Lin was about to greet them, Wang Xiuzhen stood up first: “Are you here to buy vegetables, sister? Don’t buy from this old woman; she likes to shortchange you.”
Hearing this, the woman immediately left and went to a more distant market to buy.
Lin chased after to explain, but Wang Xiuzhen blocked her: “No way you’re going to explain! Unless you tell us where our little sister is today, you won’t sell a single pound of vegetables!”
“That’s right!”
Su Ping’an and others echoed.
Lin still chose not to speak; firstly, she didn’t want to fulfill their wish, and secondly, she thought that if Su Yunniang saw them, she would definitely complain about her.
But she didn’t expect,
Jia Yang and Su Yunniang came to the shop right after moving with their daughter.
Seeing them arrive,
Lin cried out in despair: “Son, you’ve finally come. Su Yunniang’s family is bullying your mother! They won’t let me go anywhere, not even to do business…”
Jia Yang knew exactly what kind of person his mother was. He said sternly, “Mother, stop shouting! My in-laws are not like that at all. How could they bully you?”
“We really didn’t let her do business because we came looking for Yunniang, and she wouldn’t tell us where Yunniang is.”
After Wang Xiuzhen said this, she walked over to Su Yunniang, whose eyes were a bit red.
“You silly girl, are you dumb? You don’t tell us when you’re bullied. If it wasn’t for Dajia mentioning it, we would still think you were living as well as you said!”
Before Su Yunniang could speak,
Sun came over, crying as she said, “You’re going to break your mother’s heart…”
“Mother, I’m sorry…”
Su Yunniang couldn’t hold back her tears either.
“Yunniang, don’t cry.”
Jia Yang quickly comforted Su Yunniang.
Jiang Yan’s gaze fell on Jia Yang; he was tall, not strikingly handsome but not bad-looking either.
Compared to his mother, he seemed much more amiable.
Lin couldn’t stand watching this, and just as she was thinking what to do, she saw Lin Yaoyao approaching the shop.
Lin Yaoyao had not been at home or at the shop.
She had gone back to her parents’ home.
Seeing her return,
Lin had an idea and called out, “Yaoyao, you’re back! Come here quickly.”
Lin Yaoyao had seen Wang Xiuzhen and the others before.
Seeing them here,
she felt a jolt in her heart.
Why are they here?
Could it be that Su Yunniang went back home and complained, bringing them here to deal with her?
But if that were the case,
why wouldn’t her aunt let her escape but instead call her over?
Lin Yaoyao calmed herself and walked towards the shop.
Noticing Jia Yang’s unpleasant expression,
Lin Yaoyao didn’t dare to stand next to him, and she went around to stand beside Lin.
Lin, holding her hand, smiled at Sun and the others: “See? She is my son Jia Yang’s equal wife…”
“What!”
Sun glared at Jia Yang: “Jia Yang, is this true? How did you explain it to us before!”
Jiang Yan was genuinely shocked to hear this.
Wang Xiuzhen was about to speak when Su Yunniang started explaining for Jia Yang.
After listening, Wang Xiuzhen couldn’t help but curse Lin Yaoyao: “You’re so shameless, climbing into a married man’s bed, Lin Yaoyao.”
Lin Yaoyao knew she couldn’t win against them.
She stayed silent, just crying.
Lin, protecting her, pulled Lin Yaoyao behind her and started cursing Wang Xiuzhen: “Who are you calling shameless? This was my idea! Su Yunniang, that useless thing, has been married to my eldest son for years and can’t even bear a son. I didn’t let my son divorce her, which is already good enough. And you dare to make a fuss here!”
Worried that the situation would escalate out of control,
Jia Yang declared, “Mother, I will not divorce Yunniang. Even without a son, I won’t have children with Lin Yaoyao! I agreed to take her as an equal wife only out of responsibility.”
This time, Lin Yaoyao was genuinely heartbroken.
She threw herself into Lin’s arms, crying loudly.
“You unfilial child, you want to kill me with anger!”
Lin patted Lin Yaoyao’s back, her hands trembling with rage.
Jiang Yan ignored them, pulling Su Yunniang aside, “Aunt, do you really want to continue living with him?”
Su Yunniang looked surprised for a moment.
Coming back to her senses,
Su Yunniang whispered, “He’s been good to me.”
Doesn’t this mean she still wants to live with Jia Yang?
Jiang Yan thought that if it were her, she could never accept it, even if the man was good to her.
The Sun family was angry, but they didn’t think of asking Su Yunniang to divorce Jia Yang.
After Jia Yang expressed his stance.
Mrs. Sun looked at Jia Yang and said, “Jia Yang, I, as your mother, have taken note of your words. If you dare to treat Yunniang badly, I will immediately take her back.”
Jiang Yan then asked, “Uncle, the shop in your family is a partnership between you and your brother, right?”
“Yes!”
Jia Yang nodded.
Jiang Yan, feeling the pinch, took out five taels of silver and handed it to him, saying, “Go rent a house and open a separate shop. This way, in the future…”
“I can’t accept this money.”
Jia Yang pushed it back and continued, “We’ve already rented a house, and as for opening a shop, I’ve been thinking about it and am about to look for one.”
