Chapter 159 - The Old Madam's Condition
"Lixue!"
The Old Madam roared so loudly that the entire villa reverberated in fear. The maids and butlers already stepped back, not wanting to face her wrath.
"Lixue! Come down!"
The entire Jiang family gathered upon hearing the commotion. Ruomei, too, quickly rushed to the hall.
Lihua stepped down along with Wei with Jiang Xiurang and Jiang Fai on his side. Lihua said, "What's wrong, Old Madam?"
The Old Madam was so furious at her that she had an urge to strangle her at this moment. Her body was trembling in rage as she faced. "What did you say to Li Tingzhe!?"
Lixue almost covered her ears. "I can hear you! Please tone down a bit."
Wei narrowed his eyes at her. "Don't speak so loudly. You are hurting my wife."
The Old Madam puked imaginary blood in anger. "It's her fault in the first place! How dare she tell Li Tingzhe that Xiurang will divorce him if she won the proposal?"
Jiang Xiurang trembled and she instinctively lowered her head. Jiang Fai gritted his teeth and whispered in annoyance. "Oh stop it Mom! Look ahead, not down!"
Ruomei sharply gasped and covered her mouth. "What? Lixue did such a thing?"
"Who else would?"
Lihua smiled. "What did I do wrong in this? That cheater doesn't deserve Aunt. I am just showing him his place which 'you' as her mother should have done that ages back. There is a limit to his arrogance and shamelessness."
"Shut up! You are nobody to decide that! I will never let Xiurang divorce him! I will never let anything harm my reputation!"
Lihua snorted. "You know, Old Madam. You are not saving your reputation by not letting this divorce happen. Instead, you are ruining it by your own hands. Have you thought about what people would think if they know that Aunt's own mother refused to support her even though Aunt was never at fault? She didn't cheat him. She GOT cheated. Everybody will think of you as a heartless and cruel mother who never stood by her daughter's side. Instead, she is supporting the cheater who threw her away."
The Old Madam's face turned extremely red and ugly.
Ruomei indignantly said, "Enough, Lixue! There is a basic decency you should uphold while talking to the Matriarch. Old Madam is doing this for her own good. It's not easy to live alone and with a divorcee tag. They will laugh and mock Aunt all the time."
Jiang Fai glared at her.
Lihua laughed. "So you think it's easy to live with a cheater? And who said she is alone? Aunt Xiurang has the whole Jiang family with her. She will never be alone."
Jiang Xiurang slightly jolted and looked at her in stupor. Her eyes stung in tears as she felt emotional.
Lihua stepped in front of Ruomei and narrowed her eyes. "Let me ask you this. If the man you marry cheats on you one day, will you continue to live with him? If what happened with Aunt happens to you, what will you do?"
Ruomei froze.
"Come on, tell me. Will you agree to live with that cheater and that mistress?"
Ruomei stammered. "I..." Her face turned red.
Mistress? She was the daughter of the prestigious Shi family. Like hell she would tolerate a homewrecker!
But she couldn't say it out aloud.
"I, for one, know that I won't be able to live with that," Lihua said.
Wei solemnly said with a grave expression, "I will never cheat on you."
Lihua grinned. "Hehe, I know that."
Without hearing her answer, Lihua turned and faced the other women in the family.
Jiang Weiyuan's wife, Jiang Ninghong, whose sharp, calculating gaze studied Lihua, straightened up.
"You tell me. If you find Uncle Weiyuan with another woman one day, will you leave him or forgive him?"
Silence.
Jiang Weiyuan tilted his head and slightly widened his eyes. Jiang Ninghong seemed to be in thought.
Lihua observed her silence and smiled. "You are a politician's daughter, right? Wei told me."
She said nothing.
"And as a politician's daughter, it's in your nature to give calculating replies. But you see, aunt-in-law. You cannot be diplomatic all the time and give a safe answer. When it's about self-respect, you either stand at the leaving side or the forgiving side. There is no middle ground when cheating is concerned."
Jiang Ninghong raised her brow, feeling surprised. Her gaze glinted in amusement and an extremely faint smile tugged her lips.
Lihua shrugged and walked upto to the eldest daughter-in-law, Jiang Lanying. "If brother-in-law Jiang Li sleeps with a woman, how would you react?"
Jiang Lanying's delicate brows furrowed. Her husband, Jiang Li, who quietly stood by her side, couldn't help but twitch his mouth slightly.
"I..."
There was a slight hint of hesitation on her face.
Lihua smiled. She understood her answer, so she walked towards Jiang Weiyuan and Jiang Ninghong's daughter, Jiang Ruiling. "Do you want such a man as a husband in future who will two-time you?"
For a moment, her gaze shifted at one side before it fell back on Lihua again. She slowly said, "Nobody wants such a partner is what I feel."
Lihua beamed. She didn't give a direct answer, but it was enough.
As expected of a politician's granddaughter...
Lihua looked at Jiang Weizhe. "Do you expect mother-in-law to forgive you?"
Jiang Weizhe straightened up. "I will never look at anybody else but my Yubi. But hypothetically if it indeed happens, I will hand her the gun myself for her to kill me."
Lihua was taken aback. But then she broke into a soft chuckle.
The Old Madam lost her patience. "What are you even trying to attain by asking such useless questions!?"
"The useless questions where none of the women in this family actually disagreed with me?" She sharply shot back.
The Old Madam gritted her teeth.
"It's high time that Aunt gets her freedom from that cheater. You wasted eleven years of her life already. That's enough. Aunt deserves to live a life with dignity and respect."
The Old Madam laughed. "She won't get that dignity and respect by trampling upon mine. Alright. Let's do this. I believe Fai won't win anyway. So, I got nothing to lose."
Jiang Fai stared at her.
Won't win anyway...?
He never cared about the Old Madam, but he couldn't help but feel hurt by her words.
"I don't have to worry about him winning. So, let's talk about what happens if he loses."
Lihua stared at her.
"If he loses, then Xiurang and Fai will have to go back to live with Li Tingzhe again. They will leave Jiang villa once and for all!"
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