Witty Wife, Better Life

Chapter 200 - 200 193 Soft-hearted

?Chapter 200: Chapter 193 Soft-hearted Chapter 200: Chapter 193 Soft-hearted That night, Qiu Shuping tried every trick in the book to squeeze more money out of her daughter-in-law, Shen Yunfang. She dragged Yunfang into lengthy discussions, exhausting all manner of persuasion—soft approaches, hard approaches, good arguments, and bad. Yunfang’s mouth went dry from the relentless haggling, and Qiu Shuping even gave her specialty of making a scene a small try.

“Wailing, ‘My life is so miserable! When the children’s father went off to the army and never returned, I had to play the roles of both mother and father. I raised the kids all by myself, attending to every diaper change, bathing them, and eating the barest minimum, so as to leave food for my children. It was such a struggle to bring up my sons… Hongjun was the naughtiest one. When he was little, he was either chasing someone’s dog or getting into fights with other kids. His father would chase him around the village, shoe in hand, and I’d have to hold him back from hitting the boy… And now Hongjun’s grown up enough to join the military. He’s made something of himself, but how could he be so heartless as to marry and forget about his poor old mother…’ Wailing, Hongqi is your own flesh and blood, born from the same belly. How can you be so cruel? Wailing…”
Listening to her mother-in-law ramble on about the past, Shen Yunfang didn’t quite buy it. She didn’t know about Li Hongjun’s childhood antics, but she was well aware that joining the army had been entirely his own doing. At that time, aside from Li Wangcai, not many in the Li Family were supportive of Hongjun. Now, she saw her mother-in-law taking all the credit for herself.

Yet, Yunfang wasn’t completely heartless. Seeing the elderly woman in tears before her, despite the large age gap, Yunfang couldn’t help but feel some compassion. Besides, her mother-in-law was right about one thing—no matter what, she was indeed Hongjun’s birth mother, an undeniable fact, even if the Li Family had already divided their household.