Chapter 143: Heart Dead / Making Trouble

  After Yu Miao finished speaking, she saw Luo Ye still lowering her head in silence, glanced at the group of people in front of her, gritted her teeth: "Ye Er, I swear, what I just told you is all true."

  Luo Ye's lips curled up with a hint of a smile: "Young aunt, Big Aunt's spirit in heaven must have also heard it, I believe she can distinguish even more clearly. Do you dare to swear in front of Big Aunt's spirit in heaven?"

  Miao was taken aback for a moment, then said: "Ye Er, you're young and don't understand these things. This way of doing things is extremely disrespectful to the deceased, let's just forget it."

  "Is that so? I've never heard of this saying before. Come to think of it, I've heard that Little Aunt was originally called Yu Shao, how did she end up being called Yu Miao instead?"

  Luoye's jumping thinking made Yu Miao somewhat bewildered, but the young people in the Wen family didn't like her. Wen Tong had made up his mind to divorce him, and Wen Xin's current mood probably wouldn't help her either. Luozheng and Luofeng were men who weren't convenient to get close to, so the only one left to ask for help was Luoye.

  Moreover, in her opinion, Luo Ye was after all a young girl and should be the easiest to handle. With the principle of not offending the last straw, she decided to answer every question, "My husband and I didn't have children for a long time, so my father asked a familiar master to calculate it for me. The master said that having no children was also related to my name, so I changed my surname to Miao, hoping to give birth to a boy or girl through this."

  Luo Ye couldn't help but curl her lip, if infertility caused by miscarriage could be changed just by changing a name, it would really be a strange thing. But she believed in fortune-telling, so she continued: "It seems that many things are indeed mysterious, I have a classmate who is good at divination, and his predictions are very accurate. He even predicted for Qi Xuanxuan recently, by the way, do you know Qi Xuanxuan?"

  "We've met, but we're not familiar." Yu Miao became more and more confused about what Luo Ye wanted to say. But she couldn't rush him, so she had to follow his train of thought.

  "It's good to know, when you have the chance to meet her, you can verify with her and see if what I said is true or false. My classmate's name is Mo Yaoguang, one time we were chatting casually, she warned us not to make reckless vows, that would bring bad luck and shorten our lifespan, especially in places like cemeteries."

  "Ah, Auntie, don't misunderstand me, I'm not doubting the oath you took. You mentioned Master just now, and suddenly I remembered this matter, so I thought I'd let you know. Have you told anyone at home about our return?"

  "Been said, the day before yesterday..." Yu Miao's reaction came over, and he suddenly stopped, while being shocked out of a cold sweat. This little girl, was she really so clever or just coincidentally mistaken?

  Someone who believes in fate will pay special attention to what others say about these things. She just followed Xiaoyao's train of thought and almost let it slip out.

  "Didn't your aunt know we were coming back the day before yesterday?" Luo Ye's face turned cold: "Why did you lie to me just now and say that Grandma asked on the phone today?"

  "Yèr, don't be angry, your aunt didn't want to deceive you either. But I'm afraid that if you're not happy, it will affect the atmosphere of our reunion. I also wanted to hurry back home to welcome you all, but I was worried that if your uncle saw me unhappy, it would spoil the mood."

  "Little aunt. Last time you came to my house, you were so cold-faced, how come this time you're considering us so much? Do you understand what the title 'little aunt' means? Are you worthy of this title?"

  I won't help you with anything. You're too disappointing, I was kind enough to remind you just now, if I had known better, I should have made you swear in front of my aunt's grave!" Luo Ye made a sulky face like a child and quickly caught up with the main team ahead.

  "Yè ér, is she asking you to plead for her?" Wēn Kě quickly grabbed Luò Yè's arm, keeping an eye on the commotion behind them.

  Lu Ye nodded: "Yes."

  "Don't speak well of her, Second Uncle should have divorced her long ago. Her heart has never been with the Wen family, and everything needs to be coaxed and accommodated by Second Uncle. She never has a smile for the younger generation in the family, as if we are to blame for her not having children. If it weren't for Second Uncle being sentimental, they would have divorced long ago."

  "Don't worry, I won't help her." Luo Ye secretly sneered in her heart. Help Yu Miao speak well? Next life, it's not wrong to be good to the maternal family, but it's wrong to trample on the husband's family and make the maternal family prosper!

  "Ah, that's right! My dear sister can't be that kind of foolishly kind child!"

  Wen Nan turned back to glance at his sister: "As long as you're not foolishly kind, that's all. I never worried about Ye Er sister helping that woman speak well, she wouldn't do such a stupid thing."

  "Wen Ke poked Wen Nan's back of the head with one finger: 'Hey, little pumpkin, if you want to please Ye Er, don't use this method, I'm your own sister!'"

  "This isn't flattery, it's the honest truth. Ye Er Jie's skills, her performance in the face of unexpected events, and her future aspirations - can a kind and foolish child really have all these?"

  "Little gourd, tell me in detail, what's the relationship?" Wen Ke said, pulling Wen Nan over to his side, with Luo Ye on one side and Wen Nan on the other.

  "Sister, you're really silly when I say you are. Calm mind, super high skills, ideals that ordinary people dare not think about, and also, let's recall the scenes where we practiced with Yu Ge and them, got it?"

  "What's wrong with you!"

  "Xiao Ke, you really aren't as good as Xiao Nan Gua." Wen Yan turned around and patted Wen Nan's head: "Nan Gua, the aircraft carrier model you wanted, I've given it to you."

  "Thank you, big brother." Wen Nan quickly broke free from Wen Ke and ran to Wen Yan's side.

  "Die, little brat!" Wen Ke tightly grasped Luo Ye's arm: "Actually I already understood long ago, it was just intentional to test that little brat."

  "That's, sister is really smart." Luo Ye's eyes were filled with a warm smile, her gentle gaze seemed to be still puzzled, but she was unwilling to admit defeat to her brother. Little pumpkin was indeed very good at observing.

  Yu Miao stood there, momentarily at a loss for what to do. Chasing after him seemed like a futile effort, but giving up like this was really unacceptable to her.

  He and Tong had been husband and wife for many years, and their love had long been deeply rooted in their hearts. However, she had been educated since childhood that her natal family came first, so after getting married, she always kept her mother's family informed of the movements of the Wen family.

  As for the miscarriage, Wen Tong had always been sympathetic to her, and even if she couldn't bear children, he never despised her. If it wasn't for her being too cold towards his elder sister this time, Wen Tong probably wouldn't have been so resolute either.

  But she had no feelings for her sister's family to begin with, and the pressure from her family about the Ye family matter made it even harder for her to get close to them. No way, Wen Tong knew his personality too well, if he just went back like this, if he didn't make an effort in front of his sister, she was afraid she would really lose him. Thinking this, she quickly ran to catch up with the group that was about to leave the cemetery.

  "Wen Tong, I was wrong, please forgive me. I promise that from now on, I will never reveal any information about the Wen family to my mother's side again. Really, and also, a few days ago, a friend introduced me to Mr. Pan of the famous medical family. He prescribed medicine for me and said that my illness can be treated."

  "Wen Tong, we will definitely have our own beautiful baby, and when that time comes, I'll focus on taking care of the child at home and won't interfere with your work anymore. Is that okay?"

  Yu Miao suddenly ran over and knelt down in front of Wen Xin, who was supporting Wen Qing as they walked away. Yu Miao quickly moved to kneel in front of Wen Xin, hugging her legs: "Sister, it was all my fault before. I shouldn't have deliberately been cold to your family because of my mother's family matters. I really realize my mistake now. Please give me a chance to make up for it, and look at my actions from now on. Please help me out this time! I really love Wen Tong, please!"

  "Yu Miao, get up quickly, many people are looking this way, if it's someone who doesn't know us and spreads the word, who knows what they'll make of it? Get up!" Wen Xin pulled Yu Miao while glaring at her brother: "Xiao Tong!"

  "Yu Miao, come with me." Wen Tong strode towards a secluded path on the right side, Yu Miao's face lit up with joy, and he quickly scrambled to his feet to follow.

  "I said, won't Young Master forgive her again? It's too disappointing! If Young Master forgives her this time, I'll never speak to him again!" Wen Ke's mouth was pouting in anger.

  "Uncle has his own thoughts, we younger generation shouldn't get involved in these things." Wen Yan stepped forward a few steps to Wen Xing's side: "Auntie, uncle, let's get on the car first."

  "Okay." Warmly concerned, she glanced at her brother's back and walked towards the parking lot.

  ……

  When Yu Miao returned home, Old Master Yu was half-reclining in a master chair, listening to Peking Opera with relish. Old Lady Yu wore reading glasses and held a book, reading with great interest. Niece Yu Na and nephew Yu Hang were playing Chinese chess downstairs.

  The old lady was the first to find out that her daughter had returned, taking off her glasses and smiling: "Miao Miao, how did you come back again? Didn't mom tell you to stay at the Wen's house? Was it because Wen Tong's tone wasn't good that you threw a tantrum like a child again? At your age, why are you still so unreasonable?"

  "Mom, you should ask Dad about this. Does he treat me as his own daughter? What does my happiness mean to him?"

  "How dare you!" Old Master Yu suddenly sat up straight, and Butler Zhang hastily handed him a cup of tea: "Master, your blood pressure is a bit high, you can't get angry."

  Yu Hong gave Yu Na a look, and Yu Na quickly put down the chess piece in her hand, pulled Yu Miao to sit on the sofa: "Little sister, look at you, Grandpa of course hopes that little sister is happy, drink some water."

  "Nana, it's none of your business, don't interfere." Yu Miao wiped away her tears and waved at the servants: "All of you, get out."

  "Hang quickly got up: 'Nana, let's go to the side hall.'"

  "You all stay here, everyone in the Yu family can listen." Yu Miao stared blankly at Old Man Yu: "Dad, about the Wen family being shot coldly, can you give me an explanation?"

  The old man's anger had already subsided, and he stared at his daughter with a piercing gaze: "What kind of attitude is this? Do you think I put that gun there?"

  "I know it wasn't you or someone you arranged, but this thing must have something to do with you, Dad. Don't treat me like a fool, using even your own daughter, don't you think that's going too far?"

  The old man suddenly burst out laughing: "How did I take advantage of you?"

  A hint of desolation flashed in Miao's eyes: "From childhood to adulthood, the education I received from my family has always prioritized the interests of the family above all else. I've indeed been doing so all along, and didn't even think I was wrong."

  You can fight in the business world, in the officialdom, and with any family, including the Wen's family, I have no opinion. However, I am also a human being with emotions. After marrying into the Wen's family for so many years, I know how they treated me in my heart.

  It's precisely because I feel guilty that I put on a cold mask to deal with them. Dad, yesterday, if Wen Yan hadn't happened to bend down to pick up the fish, the Wen family would now be sending off their white-haired elders to mourn their black-haired young ones. Are you especially looking forward to seeing such an ending?

  In Old Master's eyes, a complex and inexplicable expression flashed by, followed by a sigh: "Xiao Miao, I really don't know about this matter, but I admit that someone has inquired about it with me. I didn't expect them to use such tactics, fools!"

  You just admit it. This marriage, I have thoroughly lost, not to mention that Wen Tong cannot forgive me, even if they don't mind, I also have no face to go back.

  I trust my father and family, you asked me to stay within the bounds, I did. You asked me what, I answered. However, my bottom line is that I cannot harm life.

  That's my husband's family. Between them and me, there is only a lack of blood ties. Originally, I thought that after this treatment, I could be as happy as a normal woman, but unexpectedly... Yu Miao smiled wistfully: "The red dust of the world is not worth a single lamp of green light. Forget it!"

  "Xiao Miao, what...what do you mean by that?" Yu Lao Tai Tai hastily grabbed her daughter's arm: "Mom won't let you do stupid things."

  "I'm not doing stupid things, I'm atoning for myself, atoning for my family. Mom, my daughter will pray for you. If there's a next life, I only want to be your daughter, not the daughter of the Yu family!" Yu Miao said as she forcibly pulled away from the old lady's grasp.

  "Little sister..." Yunara lived in Miao's house for a moment and didn't know what to say. As the daughter of the Yu family, she understood the hardships of the Yu family daughters very well.

  Fortunately, she is much happier than her younger sister, because her parents are more open-minded than her grandfather and do not want their daughter to sacrifice her happiness for the sake of the family.

  Originally, when Grandpa wanted to propose a marriage between her and Ye Jia, she and her parents were extremely worried. They thought of ways to dispel Grandpa's idea, but unexpectedly, news soon arrived that the Ye family already had an expected granddaughter-in-law.

  When this news came, she and her parents secretly rejoiced for a long time. No matter how excellent the other party is, marriage and happiness are hard to come by, and it's unrealistic to quarrel between the two families.

  The news that the Ye family was going to marry into the Xiao family, the daughter of the younger aunt's family, had also been investigated by the Yu family. The younger aunt had told her about it before, saying that the girl's conditions were far inferior to hers. To be honest, Auntie was quite pleased with this, and she herself felt a little ashamed of this subtle feeling.

  "From today on, you're not allowed to step out of this house. If you want to eat vegetarian food and chant Buddhist scriptures, you can go to the backyard's fasting hall, no one will stop you." Old Master Yu got up and dragged his stout body back to the study.

  "Little aunt, grandpa is just in a bad mood, it will be fine after these two days. You shouldn't be too sad either. I'll go and persuade your uncle, what do you think?" Yu Hang advised, as the only child of the family, he was also helpless about such things, but in his heart, he felt that little aunt was making a big deal out of nothing.

  "It's nothing, Xiao Hang. Don't think I'm being unreasonable or losing my temper. You've never been betrayed by your family before, so you can't understand this feeling."

  Seeing Wen Tong's all-knowing eyes, I realized for the first time how far off the mark I was these past years. What's the difference between me and a spy?

  "Your grandfather's attitude just now shows that he never thought he was wrong to treat his daughter this way. In his heart, his daughter is just a pawn to be used and discarded. Of course, you're his grandson, so you can't understand the feeling of being used and sold out by your own family." Yu Miao turned to Yu Na: "Na Na, I hope you'll be happy in the future and never follow in my footsteps."

  "Little sister, maybe after a while your mood will calm down." Yu Na gently stroked the little sister's back, sympathizing with her marriage and secretly making up her mind to fill out the college application according to her own wishes.

  ……

  The car was about to arrive at the Wen's house when Wen Tong received a call from Old Master Wen, asking them to go back through the back door without giving any reason, and then he hung up.

  Wen Tong thought for a moment and pulled Liu Shu over: "Uncle Liu, my dad told us to go around the back door. What's going on at the front door?"

  "The Third Master, I don't know what's going on, but it's been spread that the Wen family allows tourists to come and participate. Now there are over a thousand people gathered at the main gate, and Xiao Yu and others have locked the main gate from the outside and are watching."

  "Nobody making trouble?"

  "No, it's just that those people said that some tourists saw the entrance to the Wen family's old mansion and they also wanted to come in. They even held up a banner saying that the Wen family should open up their old house again and relocate, and that ancient culture belongs to everyone, the Wen family can't be too selfish."

  "Alright, I got it." Wentong hung up the phone and furrowed his brow, telling everyone about the situation in detail. Wen Yan immediately pointed out the key to the matter: "Young uncle, this thing is definitely being manipulated by someone. The fact that my dad is the mayor and a member of the Wen family is not a secret."

  Lu Ye suddenly remembered that when they turned back yesterday, the taxi driver was holding his phone, excitedly pointing and gesturing towards Wen's residence. He then looked at Wen Tong: "Little uncle, when we entered yesterday, the taxi driver might have thought we were tourists. This thing may have been spread by him notifying his colleagues, and someone with ulterior motives took advantage of this to make a story out of it."

  "It's probably like that." Wen Tong patted the driver: "Xiao Wang, speed up, these people are really brain-dead, they can actually use such a rotten trick."

  "Right, why don't they all contribute their own houses and precious antiques?"

  Wen Nan's sister made a ghostly face: "Sister, with your tone of speech, I thought you were going to say that you would contribute your wife and son as well."

  "Little Pumpkin, are you looking for a fight?" Wen Ke was so angry that he grabbed his little brother and gave him a good scolding.

  "Sister, Uncle suggested taking a medium-sized van so that everyone can talk conveniently, not to make it convenient for you to bully me! Hurry up and stop it, even if you're older than me, I'm not afraid of Auntie and Uncle laughing at you!" Wen Nan covered his head and muttered, which made Wen Xin, who was initially worried, relax a lot. It seems that over the years, there have been many things happening in the family, otherwise, the children wouldn't be so relaxed in this situation.

  Special thanks to 'A Xing Ya Tou' and 'Han Xia 5520' for their rewards, special thanks to Pink Warmth for the genuine subscription, love you guys.