"I just want my mom to help . You’ve seen the state of my body now..." Yu Tao said, pointing to her bloated figure, "I’ve seen a doctor, and they said the way I am now isn’t normal. I need to take good care of my health."
"Like my mother-in-law said, if soone else takes care of my child, I definitely won’t feel at ease. So, I’d rather trouble my own mom. The filial duty that mom owes you, I’ll take care of it!"
"And what about ?" Yu Guangjiu looked at his daughter with dissatisfaction, "Your mom will be taking care of you, so who’s going to take care of ?"
The fire in Yu Tao’s heart flared up, "My mom’s full of illnesses, and you have the nerve to make her take care of you?"
"You know your mom’s full of illnesses, so how can you have the nerve to let her help you take care of a child?" Yu Guangjiu replied.
Hearing this, Yu Tao was truly silenced. Yes, if I don’t let mom take care of dad, how could it be right to let her take care of a granddaughter instead?
It seems using this gentle thod really won’t thoroughly solve the problem. Does it an we have to genuinely fall out with each other? Although she initially thought so, she still didn’t want to go that far unless absolutely necessary.
It’s not out of concern that without the support of her natal family, her husband’s family would look down on her. In the case of the Zhou family, that possibility absolutely doesn’t exist. It’s not because she can’t let go of the Yu family, but because she doesn’t want her mom to be put in a difficult position.
In monts of anger, she thinks about breaking off with the Yu family, bringing her mom to live with her, and severing all ties with the Yu family from then on. But upon reflection, that isn’t realistic.
No matter how poorly the Yu family treats her mom, it’s the place where her mom lived for decades. Letting her leave and never contact them again is sothing her mom wouldn’t be able to accept. Even though her elder brother, second brother, and younger sister aren’t particularly good to mom, there’s no way mom wouldn’t miss them.
If she hadn’t t Zhou Xikang and ended up with him, would the Yu family be like this now? She asked herself this countless tis, but there could never be a correct answer.
When she was young, her parents’ relationship wasn’t great, but she and her siblings got along quite well. Especially between her and her elder brother, they were almost inseparable; whenever she was bullied, it was always her elder brother who stood up for her.
After her elder brother got married, their sibling bond gradually faded due to her sister-in-law. But compared to her other siblings, they were still the closest until she married into the Zhou family and refused her elder brother’s request to help him change jobs. Only then did their relationship truly hit rock bottom.
Her sister-in-law, who didn’t like her much to begin with, always looked at her with eyes as cold as ice.
The relationship between her and her second brother was already distant. Seeing that she rejected her elder brother, he didn’t even bring it up, but their relationship beca even more distant.
As for her younger sister, she had always been competing with her since they were little. When she married into the Zhou family, her younger sister often whispered in her ear, hoping she’d help find a good man for her too. The implication was, you married well, so you shouldn’t just think about yourself.
Year after year, her feelings for her family grew fainter, no matter how much she gave back to the Yu family, far exceeding what any daughter could give. The family was still unsatisfied.
In their eyes, others married into ordinary families, barely able to take care of themselves, so how could they have the ability to support their own family? But she was different, marrying into a wealthy family like the Zhou family, becoming the Eldest Young Lady of such a household. Naturally, she should raise her own family up; even if they couldn’t be on par with her husband’s family, they should be a hundred tis better than ordinary families.
In truth, in terms of everything, with the Zhou family’s support over the years, the Yu family was already much better than ordinary families, but unfortunately, this far from t their desires.
So, with such an imbalance between supply and demand, the relationship between both sides grew increasingly tense...
As for her father, she had no feelings for him. She believed it wasn’t just her; her elder brother, second brother, and younger sister felt the sa about him—whether he was in the family or not made no difference at all. In fact, without him, they would probably live better.
A gambler, a wife and child beater, never without smoke and alcohol—that was Yu Guangjiu.
But Yu Guangjiu had one rit, which was filial piety.
Anything said by Old Master Yu and Old Madam Yu, he would follow through unconditionally. Because of this, his gambling, his abuse towards wife and children, were not only ignored by Old Master and Old Madam Yu, they often even made excuses for him.
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