The Husband’s Scheme

My heart went cold. After sending Song Sitian away, I immediately returned home and roughly told my mother about the incident. Upon hearing that my younger sister had been bewitched by such a character, my mother was so angry that she smashed a cup, shouting that she would find my sister and give her a beating. I quickly stopped her, insisting that I would handle the matter and she must not act rashly and cause more trouble.

Who knew that my mother agreed at first, but when my sister came home, she grew angrier and gave her a severe scolding. Mother and daughter quarreled fiercely, and finally, my mother locked my sister in her room and grounded her. My sister was unusually stubborn this time and went on a hunger strike in protest. My mother was at her wit’s end and came to me again.

When I visited my sister, I found her curled up on the bed, crying. Perhaps because she needed someone to confide in, she didn’t hold a grudge about me telling our mother and instead gripped my hand, saying, “Elder sister, we are truly in love.”

I knew I couldn’t go against her feelings at this moment, so I quickly comforted her. When her emotions calmed somewhat, I cautiously mentioned what I knew about the situation.

She was dismissive. “I believe Yu Xi is not that kind of person.”

She described their process of getting to know and falling in love, concluding: “Mother looks down on Yu Xi just because he’s from a poor family. Although he’s poor, he truly loves me!”

I estimated that she had cast herself as the heroine in a drama, with our mother as the evil parent who separates lovers. There’s a saying that adversity makes one stronger, and I feared that the more our mother opposed her, the more rebellious my sister would become. So I comforted her thoroughly and promised to persuade our mother, after which she agreed to eat something.

I explained the seriousness of the situation to my mother, telling her that this matter couldn’t be suppressed. She was worried, and only when I mentioned An Jin did she reluctantly promise to avoid extreme actions.

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