Chapter 1892: Chapter 964: Heartache (2)
"If we let Second Master marry someone even worse, she won’t stop him from gambling, and she won’t live properly either, it’ll be even worse."
"Why are you taking Luo Xiaoyan’s side today? You suddenly have a lot to say." Lian Shouxin looked up at Lady Zhang.
"Didn’t Zhizhi come with her mother-in-law, along with my mother, Manman, and we talked about this for half the day." Lady Zhang replied.
"So do you mean we should help this time?" Lian Shouxin asked again.
"I was about to ask you, you make the decision." Lady Zhang responded.
"If you want me to decide, we shouldn’t help." Lian Shouxin said angrily, "Luo Xiaoyan isn’t sincere about living with Erlang, haven’t you noticed, it’s been years and Luo Xiaoyan hasn’t even given Erlang a child!... What is she worth, and why did Erlang marry her in the first place!"
Lady Zhang originally feared that Lian Shouxin would be angry, so she didn’t mention this issue. Unexpectedly, Lian Shouxin had already noticed and took it very seriously.
Erlang has Er Niuniu, and Luo Xiaoyan has Zhao Di, both of them are healthy and can have children. But after being married for years, they indeed haven’t had any children, which is strange.
"Her intentions are obvious. Isn’t she just afraid of having another child and having to support it, fearing it would affect the money given to her parents, brothers, and sister? If there is another child, especially if it’s a son, Erlang’s heart would certainly focus on the child, he’d save money for the child. She’s afraid of this. It must be her, unwilling to give Erlang a child."
"Erlang is straightforward, I even sent Luo Xiaoying away earlier and specifically asked him. He still said he and his wife are doing well, and since they are both young, children will come eventually."
"It must be that woman using some trick, Erlang doesn’t even know." The more Lian Shouxin spoke, the angrier he became, "As his uncle, I can’t ask him something like that, I can’t speak too deeply about it."
"That woman is nothing good!" Lian Shouxin cursed once more.
Lady Zhang understood that Lian Shouxin suspected Luo Xiaoyan didn’t want to have children for Erlang because of her own family, so she secretly used contraceptive methods, while Erlang was kept in the dark.
"Sigh." Lady Zhang also sighed, and to be honest, she had the same suspicion. "It’s over-the-top, I hadn’t thought about it before. When I asked Erlang’s wife to leave, she changed her expression."
"Manman also said it’s good that I pressured her." Lady Zhang recounted what Lian Manman had said to Lian Shouxin and then thought that since Lian Shouxin had already considered this, there was no need to hide other matters. Lady Zhang then told Lian Shouxin about Lady Wu Wang’s words and the situation of the Wang Family and Miss Wang.
"With a girl like that married in, can she manage a family?" Lian Shouxin frowned, "If Luo Xiaoying and his wife can’t stand firm, Luo Xiaoyan will still have to take charge. At that time, it will be Erlang who suffers!"
"Then are we going to intervene in this matter or not? If we do, how should we?" Lady Zhang asked.
"Let’s call the kids over and discuss it." Lian Shouxin thought for a moment then said, "Wu Lang sent Master Qu back to rest, he probably hasn’t slept. See if Manman is asleep, if not, call her over too."
"Alright." Lady Zhang nodded, quickly called two little maids to give instructions.
Lian Manman was speaking with Lady Li and Lady Zhang Wang and saw a little maid come in, saying that Lian Shouxin and Lady Zhang wanted to speak with her.
"You should go. Your parents definitely want to discuss something with you." Lady Li said, "It’s still early, I’ll sit with your aunt for a while longer and do some needlework."
"Okay." Lian Manman agreed and headed to the east room.
Very soon, another little maid also invited Wu Lang over. Wu Lang had already changed into his casual clothes.
"Dad, Mom, why did you call us over?" Lian Manman asked.
"It’s about your Brother Erlang’s matter." Lian Shouxin said.
"The matter your Brother Erlang and Sister-in-law mentioned today, should we help or not?" Lady Zhang added.
Lian Manman quickly glanced at Lady Zhang and Lian Shouxin, Lady Zhang seemed calm, but Lian Shouxin’s expression showed some anger, he seemed upset.
"Dad, Mom, what do you think?" Lian Manman asked.
"From my standpoint, I think we shouldn’t help." Lian Shouxin said, "That Luo Xiaoyan, her heart isn’t with your Brother Erlang."
Clearly, Lian Shouxin was very angry with Luo Xiaoyan, so he didn’t call her Brother Erlang’s wife but directly referred to her as Luo Xiaoyan. Lian Manman thought to herself, it seems that Luo Xiaoyan’s unease today was not without reason.
"Dad, you’re just saying that out of anger." Wu Lang said.
Lian Shouxin didn’t respond, Wu Lang was right, his words indeed contained a bit of irritation.
"We called you two siblings over to discuss this matter. You’ve both read more books with the teacher, your minds are better than ours. Wu Lang also has more experiences outside. What do you think we should do?" Lady Zhang asked.
"Well,..." Lian Manman and Wu Lang exchanged a look, then said, "That depends on what result Dad and Mom want?"
"We still want Erlang’s wife to properly live with Erlang." Lady Zhang quickly said, eyes on Lian Shouxin.
This was naturally said for Lian Shouxin, fearing he might say something else in his anger.
"What result could we want, we should intervene less in the matters of Old Luo’s family if we can," Lian Shouxin said, "The important thing is for her to wholeheartedly live together with your Brother Erlang."
The saying goes that an upright official finds it difficult to settle family affairs, because they aren’t always clear-cut and black-or-white. Although Lian Shouxin’s request seemed simple, it actually wasn’t. But...
"If that’s the case, it’s easy enough..." Lian Manman smiled slightly and said, as she had already thought of an idea in her mind.
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