Before dawn arrived.
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"Qiyan ca by?" Zhao Yulan looked at her daughter with a face full of surprise, "She didn’t co back during the New Year, your second uncle is really worried...," realizing she hadn’t answered her daughter’s question, she quickly smiled and reassured, "Don’t worry, I know what to do."
Little Jing ca over: "Third Young Madam, the person has been brought to the side hall."
"Mom, wait a mont, I’ll go speak to Grandma and the others first..." Chuxia turned around and whispered a few words to Old Madam Zhou, waited for her nod, and then whispered a few words to Lin Yanqiu.
The elders are easy to talk to, not aning she can act without respect. In matters like these, Chuxia has always been very careful. After reporting to the elders, she returned to take Zhao Yulan to the side hall.
The originally short and chubby Zhao Qiyan was now beyond just fat. With a seven-month pregnant belly on her plump fra, she looked horizontally bigger than vertically.
Upon hearing footsteps, Zhao Qiyan quickly raised her head, her swollen and bloated face eting Chuxia and Zhao Yulan’s gaze, her eyes were red and puffy, clearly, she had not just swollen from pregnancy but had been crying.
"Little Aunt..." At the sight of Zhao Yulan, Zhao Qiyan burst into tears, quickly rising to hug her, crying like a child.
Zhao Yulan gently patted her back: "Alright, alright, Little Aunt knows you’ve been wronged. Don’t cry, for the child’s sake, you must try to be happy. Sit down and tell what happened? Child, after the New Year, you didn’t go back or even write ho, your dad and mom are worried sick."
"Little Aunt, I now know who truly cares for , but it’s too late, Little Aunt, why is my life so hard, is my whole life going to be ruined by ?" Once her emotions steadied, Zhao Qiyan began to pour out her grievances.
"What happened?" Zhao Yulan anxiously asked again.
Zhao Qiyan looked at Chuxia, who had been sitting silently to the side, and squeezed out an awkward smile with so trepidation: "Xia, you’re not still mad at , are you? I’ve realized my mistake, truly, I have long felt I was wrong, just too embarrassed to admit it to you, please don’t be mad, okay?"
"Mm." Chuxia responded with just one syllable, disinclined to say more, not needing to guess, she knew it had to be problems between Zhao Qiyan and Liu Zhenqiang’s marriage.
Last ti Luo Xiaoqiong t Zhao Qiyan, Liu Zhenqiang’s attitude towards Zhao Qiyan had already shown issues, now, it seed to have reached an irreparable point, for Zhao Qiyan to think of coming to her.
Honestly, towards Zhao Qiyan, she truly felt no sympathy. Frankly, whatever predicant Zhao Qiyan found herself in, she had brought it upon herself.
Zhao Qiyan also knew she had wronged her cousin too many tis, truly hurting her heart. It was impossible to expect forgiveness with a simple apology.
But she also understood that focusing only on Little Aunt was useless, for it was her cousin who married into the Zhou family, not Little Aunt. Pleading with Little Aunt would only make things worse.
If it had been the Chuxia she knew as a child, she could have just poured out her troubles to Little Aunt. But since last year, her cousin’s personality had completely changed.
She was acutely aware of what Chuxia’s personality shift signified because of her own self-centered nature. So, she was silent for a mont, then forced a wry smile again: "Xia, I’m sorry!"
"Mm." Chuxia responded blandly once more, still saying nothing.
"When we were young, I perford better in school than you did, and my mom always praised , making truly believe I was the best. At that ti, you only knew how to play and didn’t listen, so I really looked down on you. Plus, Grandpa and Grandma (Chuxia’s maternal grandparents) always favored you, making dislike you even more, feeling that you had stolen the love that should have belonged to .
You know my mom’s character, she especially disliked Grandpa and Grandma giving things to Little Aunt. So, what she nagged about by my ear was always about how Little Aunt was no good, nor was your family as a whole.
Over ti, my disdain for you beca deeply rooted, believing you’d grow up to marry into the worst family and lead the worst life, even thinking no one would marry you.
Now it seems laughable, but at the ti, I truly believed that when I saw you at the recruitnt event. I found it particularly amusing, wondering how soone like you with such conditions could possibly be chosen?
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