Chapter 527: Chapter 527: Her Heart Shattered Without a Trace
Mrs. He was speechless.
She knew her son had gone looking for trouble with Sheng Yueyue. It happened after his first fight with his wife.
How did things get so tangled and messy!
The onlookers thought it was all rather unbelievable. Finally, someone stepped forward and said, "You can’t blame the Sheng family’s girl for all of this."
"Exactly. It takes two to tango. If there’s blame to go around, they’re both at fault."
"Tsk, tsk. I always see that He family boy looking so devoted to Dong Yuanyuan. I really thought he was deeply in love with her!"
"People, honestly... You can’t judge a book by its cover. When he was chasing her, he acted like her beck-and-call boy. Now that he’s married her, he wants to be the man of the house."
Mr. He saw that his wife had been argued into silence by Second Brother Sheng, and the crowd was pointing fingers at them.
He cleared his throat and said in a low voice, "Xiao Wen, it really is your sister who’s pestering my Aiguo."
"You damn old man, watch your mouth! What do you mean I’m pestering your son? Go get him over here and we’ll see what he says.
Besides, there’s no guarantee Dong Yuanyuan is even having a son. You keep going on about your ’eldest grandson.’ We’ll see who’s embarrassed in the end."
Sheng Yueyue said this fearlessly. ’So what if I’m entangled with him?’
’In the end, it’s true I wasn’t the only one making a move. Those two old codgers weren’t wrong about that.’
’If it weren’t for me and He Aiguo, Dong Yuanyuan might not have been angered into hospitalization.’
’But if they think they’re getting a grandson, that’s impossible. Dong Yuanyuan is only going to have daughters.’
’In my past life, Dong Yuanyuan only ever had two daughters. Then the family planning policy was introduced, and she gave up on having more kids for the sake of her job.’
’Meanwhile, I worked my fingers to the bone for the He family, worried myself sick, and even had to give one of my two sons to Dong Yuanyuan for adoption.’
"The child in Yuanyuan’s belly is of the He family’s blood. You’d better behave yourself and stop causing trouble, or I won’t let you off the hook."
Mrs. He couldn’t help but make threats, but she didn’t dare to actually report Sheng Yueyue. When it came down to it, her son was the one who went looking for trouble with her.
"Old hag, how exactly are you going to ’not let me off the hook’? Report me? I’m thinking of reporting your son!"
"You... you’re completely unreasonable!" Ren Xiaofang accused Sheng Yueyue, flustered and exasperated, but she didn’t dare to hit her now.
It wasn’t because Sheng Shiwen was standing by her side, but because she also had a vague idea that her son-in-law was no saint either.
Everyone was saying that it takes two to tango, so she couldn’t keep insisting it was all Sheng Yueyue’s fault.
So she turned to Sheng Shiwen and said, "Xiao Wen, you’re a sensible boy. Search your conscience and tell me, is your sister really blameless in this?"
Second Brother Sheng was at a loss.
’How was he supposed to answer that?’ He already felt a bit guilty, as he knew his sister’s character all too well.
’He believed there was no way Yueyue could actually like He Aiguo, but it was entirely possible she’d pester him just because she can’t stand to see other people happy.’
’But to admit it was his own sister’s fault? He just couldn’t bring himself to say it!’
His parents and older brother weren’t home. It was his responsibility to protect his only sister. "Then the biggest fault lies with He Aiguo. Go talk to him!"
"Xiao Wen, how can you be like this? Since when did you become so unable to tell right from wrong?"
"I’ll keep my sister in line. Now please leave!" Sheng Shiwen roared.
"That’s right! Sheng Er said he’ll control his sister. Can’t you people go home and control your son?"
"Exactly. Sheng Yueyue wasn’t being that outrageous. After all, she wasn’t the one who initiated contact with the guy surnamed He."
"It’s such a shame. That boy from the Song Family is out fooling around every day. It’s understandable that the Sheng girl couldn’t resist the temptation."
The He family was speechless.
No matter how you looked at it, the fault still lay with their son. They had no choice but to drop it.
After all, everyone had said it wasn’t Sheng Yueyue’s fault alone. And with that, the crowd dispersed.
But the rumors and gossip still flew thick and fast around the residential compound. People were saying all sorts of things.
If someone said Sheng Yueyue was in the wrong, another person would immediately and deliberately pipe up to argue that the He family’s boy was at fault.
They weren’t really trying to help anyone; they were just bored and wanted to gossip to make their own lives seem more interesting.
Sheng Yueyue was thick-skinned. She didn’t care if she overheard them and would even go up to them to chat and offer a defense or two.
She just wanted to provoke Dong Yuanyuan and get revenge for her past life. She had suffered too much in her previous life.
In the end, she didn’t even know if she had been worked to death or died of anger. In this life, she just wanted to live a life of ease, reaping without sowing.
’Who would be willing to spend their days wracked with anxiety and burning themselves out when they could live a carefree, happy life?’
Sheng Yueyue thought this, and she acted on it. But her actions brought great misery to Dong Yuanyuan.
Every day, she cried in the hospital. "Father, Mother, I’m begging you, please stand up for me.
The He family should cherish having a daughter-in-law like me, but look at how Aiguo is treating me!"
"Yuanyuan, don’t cry. It’s all that Sheng family bitch’s fault. Your mother and I both went and hit her," Mrs. He said meekly.
"SOB... I don’t want to keep this baby anymore... SOB..." Seeing her mother-in-law speaking so placatingly, Dong Yuanyuan could only cry.
"Yuanyuan, this is your flesh and blood, too. Our eldest is just running back and forth between his work unit and the hospital right now. We’ll keep an eye on him."
"Mother, what’s the use of you watching him? He needs to come to his senses on his own!"
Dong Yuanyuan could only play the victim in front of her in-laws. She had no other options. She also deeply regretted bringing up Sheng Yueyue that day.
’If she hadn’t, would she and her husband still be as loving as before?’
’At the time, her husband hadn’t even realized he’d kissed the wrong person. Afterward, he had become even more gentle and considerate toward her.’
’She never should have exposed the whole thing. She regretted it so much!’
’Unfortunately, there’s no medicine for regret in this world. If there were, she would have bought and taken it in a heartbeat.’
’Ever since she married into the He family, everyone, young and old, had treated her very well.’
’At mealtimes, everyone deferred to her tastes; the table was always filled with her favorite dishes.’
’Although the He family didn’t have meat with every single meal, they made sure to have it at least once a day. Compared to other families, her life was very comfortable.’
’Her husband, brother-in-law, and sister-in-law all doted on her, and the family was happy and harmonious.’
’She truly had no intention of divorcing, but she couldn’t accept it. How could the husband who loved her so deeply be seduced by another woman!’
’What made her even angrier was that after the affair came to light, her husband had knelt and begged for forgiveness, sweet-talking her and even slapping his own face in repentance.’
’But the moment he saw that bitch Sheng Yueyue, he got entangled with her all over again. How was she supposed to maintain any dignity?’
’So she could only use the child in her belly to vie for his favor, making a fuss every day to scare him away from seeing that bitch.’
’And yet, even so, she didn’t dare make a scene in front of him, afraid that he would get annoyed with her!’
’If he gave up on her completely, what would she do? Where would she go?’
’A husband who loved her this much had betrayed her. Would another man, a new husband, really treat a divorcée like her well?’
’After the man she had loved was crippled, she no longer wanted to marry him, and so she’d had her heart broken.’
’It was her husband who had patiently guided her through it, making her feel warmth every time. But now, her heart was completely shattered...’
