"Chen Lan, do you think Rong Jing still doubts that Shixiu isn’t dead?"
"..."
These words plunged Chen Lan into an ice cellar, leaving him cold all over. Facing Su Xiaong’s dark eyes, he swallowed involuntarily.
He seed to understand sothing...
But was still a bit puzzled...
Su Xiaong continued to fiddle with the rose petals, while Chen Lan fell into deep contemplation.
————
Not long after Rong Jing left the Yin Group, he posted a ssage on Weibo, implying that the marriage between the Rong Family and the Yin Family was about to co to fruition.
Chen Lan found it and handed it to Su Xiaong to see.
Su Xiaong just glanced at it and said nothing. She had her own plans.
"Isn’t he moving too fast?"
Xiao ng pursed her lips.
Chen Lan hurriedly said,
"At this rate, we might not even get out of the Yin Family’s doors today before being surrounded by reporters and dia. How will we deal with it then? We can’t just fool the dia like we did with Rong Jing, can we?"
Su Xiaong stared at her phone, and all afternoon, her mind was not on her work.
She kept glancing at her phone from ti to ti, yet...
There was no movent on her phone all afternoon; not even a single unrelated call ca through.
She wouldn’t have spoken to Rong Jing like that if it wasn’t for the fact that Eric happened to be there when Rong Jing showed up.
Su Xiaong hadn’t forgotten that Rong Jing had previously doubted whether Yin Shixiu was really dead, and she wasn’t sure if she had completely dispelled Rong Jing’s suspicions.
Using this opportunity to dispel Rong Jing’s suspicions, at least it was a temporary asure.
Su Xiaong certainly wouldn’t be foolish enough to tell a lie in front of everyone.
Rong Jing posted such statents publicly so quickly, naturally it was to force her to give a precise answer.
He... wasn’t that foolish, after all.
"Let’s wait a bit more..."
Su Xiaong ended up saying just that.
Chen Lan pursed his lips and nodded, knowing... what Su Xiaong was waiting for.
However, neither Su Xiaong nor Chen Lan expected that while they could hold their patience, so people simply couldn’t sit still.
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In the evening, Xiao ng got ho and saw the house full of people...
No need to think much to know why all these people were here.
The two elders of the Yin Family sat on the living room sofa, Shan Minglang was playing with Shuangshuang, and upon hearing Xiao ng’s arrival, turned back and called, "Auntie, you’re back?"
Over there, as soon as Shuangshuang and Huang Huang saw Xiao ng return, they rushed up imdiately for a hug without saying a word.
Besides the two elders of the Yin Family, what surprised Su Xiaong the most was...
Grandfather Bai Fengmao was also there.
Their gazes towards her... had a bit of coldness, which made Su Xiaong’s heart sink.
At that mont, her heart felt like it was being tightly clenched, extrely uncomfortable.
"Xiao ng, you’re back! Go change and co sit."
"Oh, okay. Mom and Dad, Grandpa, you all sit down first."
Xiao ng answered and then went inside, took a quick shower, changed into clean clothes, and from behind a door, she could clearly hear the discussion of the elders outside.
She changed her clothes very slowly, as if every movent was weighed down by a thousand pounds of stone.
The blood on her face gradually faded as the people in the hall spoke...
She knew, in her heart, there shouldn’t be a trace of bla, for after all... these people weren’t her mind readers.
They didn’t know her thoughts, her plans, or what she endured outside this ho.
dia reporters, online forums, passersby...
Just based on Rong Jing’s Weibo post and the recent widespread rumors, her reputation was indeed not sounding good.
But...
Had she ever responded directly even once?
She wasn’t foolish, wasn’t a complete idiot with no sense.
Nor was she... the heartless woman that makes people feel vexed on behalf of Yin Shixiu...
Including the words spoken to Rong Jing today, they were just a form of private probing.
If even such a simple thod of psychological probing had to endure pressure from family mbers, Xiao ng... would really feel quite burdened.
No matter what the outsiders said or how they used ethics and morality to bind her, to condemn her, it was all re rumors and shadows, and she had long been too busy to deal with these daily.
These rumors left her with no ti to care, how could she spare a mont to soothe these people’s fragile hearts?
"She indeed has had it tough, after Shixiu passed, she really suffered a lot, but... if such words spread, where does the Yin Family find the face to et people?"
"Xiao ng indeed didn’t handle this appropriately, I’ll talk to her properly when she cos out."
The one who spoke with a sigh was Grandfather.
"Grandfather, Grandmother... will Auntie really marry another man in the future?"
Minglang asked the two elders of the Yin Family.
The two elders exchanged a look, ultimately ending in silence.
Such a question was exceptionally sensitive to all the elders sitting in the hall at the mont.
"Si Xian, Chengji, we don’t expect Xiao ng to keep a widow’s vow for Shixiu all her life, it’s just that before this marriage discussion ca up, Shao Hui and I never even considered this issue..."
"..."
"Shao Hui and I’ve already regarded Xiao ng as our own daughter, so when this topic arose, Shao Hui and I were genuinely... aggrieved."
"Mr. Yin, Mrs. Yin, we understand your feelings. But... Xiao ng just hasn’t responded to such remarks; perhaps she has her own considerations..."
"Even if she has her own considerations, shouldn’t she also take into account the family’s thoughts?"
Yin Shaohui pursed his lips and said,
"With such terrible things being said outside, I don’t understand, what reason does she have not to imdiately clarify?"
"..."
"Brother Bai, Xiao ng is still young, I know, the Yin Family doesn’t intend to tie her down for life, looking at all she’s done in recent tis, we are also reluctant to let Xiao ng keep a widow’s vow for Shixiu for life."
"But... it’s been barely two months since Shixiu passed, and already there are talks of her remarrying..."
"The Yin Family Old Mansion has fallen into the hands of people we can’t even trace, ng Qin and I have no face to et the ancestors underground, and now Xiao ng is..."
Yin Shaohui sighed profoundly.
Bai Fengmao looked at the two elders of the Yin Family, also knowing that these two elders’ concerns weren’t unwarranted.
Now, Xiao ng is increasingly mature and increasingly has her own opinions; even Bai Fengmao can’t quite fathom Xiao ng’s thoughts.
"I’ll make sure Xiao ng gives the two of you an explanation for this matter."
Yin Shaohui nodded,
"Brother Bai, believe us, we don’t an to bla Xiao ng, it’s just... fear of the Yin Family, and fear of her being criticized in the future. Such a pitiful reputation, how many can withstand it?"
"I can withstand it."
Su Xiaong finally ca out of the room.
As soon as she ca out, she picked up on Yin Shaohui’s words.
These words...
Yin Shaohui’s expression stiffened, "Xiao ng, do you really intend to marry into the Rong Family?"
The whole room wore expressions of disbelief, their looks at Su Xiaong filled with suspicion and inquiry.
In her heart, Xiao ng was actually very hurt, but she couldn’t help but show understanding towards these elders, so even if these distrusting gazes stabbed at her heart, she had to respond with a gentle, understanding smile...
"Dad, Mom, Mr. Yin, Mrs. Yin, Grandfather, and... Minglang..."
Xiao ng walked to them, took a deep breath, and knelt down.
"Xiao ng!"
Su’s mother rushed forward, but Su Xiaong raised her hand to stop her,
"Mom, let finish. It’s my fault for making the elders so uneasy. I didn’t think thoroughly, completely disregarded the impact this matter would have on the family."
"ng ng... say what you have to standing, stand up and speak!"
Su’s mother couldn’t bear to see her daughter kneel like this, it was as if she was kneeling on her own flesh, the pain was unbearable.
Xiao ng insisted on kneeling,
"I can swear to everyone present, once married into the Yin Family, if Shixiu lives, I’m the daughter-in-law of the Yin Family; if Shixiu dies, I’ll keep a widow’s vow for him for life. Should I break this vow, may I die a terrible death."
"..."
"ng ng..."
Everyone inhaled deeply unconsciously.
"He said, people face unexpected happenstances, life is so long... now, I stay with you, love you, care for you, and protect you, just to let you know, in the future, should I bleed, you’ll also have to lick my wounds."
Su Xiaong murmured, and as she spoke, the mist of tears in her eyes reflected the tender care and love Yin Shixiu had when he said these words to her,
"If I beco penniless, you have to share a bun with . If I beco disabled, you have to take care of my every need, if I can’t move, you have to push the wheelchair and show the world, and if I die..."
"You have to keep a widow’s vow for , for life."
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