Seeing everyone's eyes focused on her, Jiang Qiaoyue pondered.
Zhao Menglou wanted to speak for her, but he heard her say:
"Mrs. Zhao, I promised you twice to leave Zhao Menglou. In fact, I have done it."
"But, I can't go against my will. I really..."
"I like your son very much."
"Yes, I am a grassroots person. I can't help Zhao Menglou in the slightest in his career, but don't worry, I won't drag him down."
She is a cicada pupa wrapped in thick cocoons. She looks gorgeous but is riddled with holes inside.
And he was like the sun at noon, brilliant, dazzling, and as fierce as a moth flying into a flame. He was the only person who could melt her outer shell.
After wandering around and searching, she finally found such a person.
Never want to give up easily.
Zhao Menglou's breath relaxed, but his heart felt warm, and he squeezed her hand even more tightly.
Li Wenxin stood up abruptly: "No. Anyway, I don't allow my son to be with a woman from a family like you!"
Zhao Menglou had a gloomy face:
"I'll say it again, Mom, I can follow you in everything else. Ever since I was a child, you asked me not to fall out of the top three in exams, and I did it. Whichever prestigious university you asked me to take, or which major I chose, I would do the same.
According to you, even if you want me to get along well with the daughter of the Ship King, I tried not to express my dislike to her clearly, and even let Qiaoqiao misunderstand her. But! I will only listen to myself on this matter! You,
I can’t control it!”
"If it doesn't work out, let's divide the family property and I'll start my own business! You're out of sight and out of mind!"
Li Wenxin hit her son on the head with a violent shock: "You abandoned your mother and sister for a woman, how good of you!"
Zhao Menglou frowned: "I don't want to either, but don't force me to do this. And this is you abandoning me, not me abandoning you..."
Li Wenxin's blood pressure soared, and she pointed at her son and scolded: "You brat with your elbows turned out..."
He was so angry that he fell back on the sofa.
Su Mi hurriedly helped her steady: "Aunt Li, are you okay?"
Zhao Menglou immediately calmed down and said, "Mom, your blood pressure is a bit high. Don't be angry. Come quickly and get antihypertensive medicine for mom."
Li Wenxin saw that her son was still holding Jiang Qiaoyue's hand, rubbing her temples, and said bitterly: "You still don't care whether my blood pressure is high or not. I've had a stroke. Isn't that okay?"
"mom……"
At this moment, Su Mi looked at the messy scene in front of her and finally said:
"Aunt Li, actually, I also know why you don't want Sister Qiaoqiao to be with Fourth Young Master."
"It's not that you are really snobbish, and it's not that you really hate Sister Qiaoqiao that much, but you have something else to hide, right?"
As soon as these words came out, everyone present except Huo Shenxiu looked at Su Mi in surprise.
Li Wenxin also trembled, and then looked at Su Mi.
Su Mi sighed:
"Sorry, Aunt Li, I also asked my grandma to find out some things about you when you were young."
"Because I feel like you don't hate Sister Qiaoqiao that much and are venting your anger on her, so I asked more questions. Don't blame me."
Zhao Menglou's patience ran out: "What do you mean, Su Mi, can you explain it more clearly?"
Su Mi looked at Li Wenxin and sighed:
"My grandma said that Uncle Zhao...that is, Zhao Menglou's father, had an affair when he was still alive."
"The cheating partner is a woman who came to Jingzhou to work, and she also works in a bar."
"Grandma said that you were pregnant at the time. When she found out, she was so angry that she ran to catch the woman and pulled her off. She lost her footing and fell, causing a miscarriage."
"The ones that were aborted are still a pair of already formed twins. They are the brother and sister of the Fourth Young Master."
"It was because of this incident that Uncle Zhao felt guilty, broke up with the woman, and returned to his family."
"But from then on, in addition to your husband, you also hated the third party, and you were angry at all such women of ordinary origins. You began to be strictly wary of them, always feeling that they were all vixens and would bring misfortune to the family."
"It happens that Sister Qiaoqiao also works in the store like a woman."
"In your eyes, the third party seems to be in the same world."
Li Wenxin's face turned white a little bit, but then turned red again. It seemed that she was still heartbroken when she recalled what happened back then.
Zhao Menglou was also stunned.
This incident happened before he was born and he didn't know about it.
No one in the family ever mentioned it.
No one would mention this kind of scandal for no reason.
It turns out that my mother once lost a pair of children because of the mistress's involvement...
He felt a little uncomfortable, so he walked over and knelt down: "Mom..."
Li Wenxin's tears fell and she started crying:
"I have thought about the names of your brothers and sisters... but they are all gone."
"When they were taken out of my belly, the skin of the two children was still pink and tender...as if they were alive."
"They were killed by that woman..."
"While I was arguing with the woman, she leaned into my ear to irritate me and said how your father was nice to her. Naturally, I was very angry and pushed her. As a result, she ducked out of the way and pushed me down hard.
I said I was trying to push her and she fell down, so I escaped... In the end, she, a murderer, didn't even get any punishment..."
"Su Mi is right. Since then, I have had a psychological shadow. I hate this kind of woman who comes from a small family. You can say that I am extreme, but I think this kind of woman has more eyes than a lotus root. She looks ordinary and useless.
Harmful, in fact, I am too scheming, I am afraid that you will be like your father and lead a wolf into the house again..."
After Zhao Menglou heard his mother's description, veins popped out on his forehead, and he was so angry:
"Mom, why didn't you call the police at that time? Even if the mistress wasn't an attempted murder, she still seriously injured someone! If I were there at that time, I wouldn't have sued her to death!"
Jiang Qiaoyue glanced at him silently and said, "What the hell, you were waiting in line at the Palace of Hell to be reincarnated."
Li Wenxin burst into tears: "When she pushed me, there was no one around. More than 20 years ago, it was not like now, with surveillance everywhere. I have no evidence to testify against her. Plus, your father doesn't want to expose the family scandal to everyone."
Everyone knows that he cheated on me, and my miscarriage was caused by him playing with women outside... This matter will be settled."
Zhao Mengloujun's face was ashen. This matter was not filed at that time. Now more than twenty years have passed, and it is increasingly impossible to bring that woman to justice.
He was so angry that he punched the armrest of the sofa with his fist, causing the other injured arm to also feel pain. He held it back, his tone was no longer as fierce as before, and his nose was sore, and he gently stroked the back of his mother's hand:
"Mom... I know you have been wronged. However, Qiaoqiao and that kind of woman are really completely different. You can't overwhelm a whole boatload of people with one stroke."
Seeing that Li Wenxin brought up the saddest memories, Jiang Qiaoyue did not defend herself and only whispered: "Please stay with your mother first to comfort her."
For a woman, when her husband cheats on her, and a third party is arrogant and domineering and even kills her own flesh and blood, this is a lifetime of hatred and grief that cannot be erased.
She could completely understand Li Wenxin's irritation with herself.
Although she had absolutely nothing to do with the mistress, she just suffered on behalf of others, which was a bit unfair.
However, in the eyes of a lady like Li Wenxin, the two of them are indeed from the same world and have too many similarities.
Zhao Menglou glanced at her, nodded, and whispered: "Then you..."