Chapter 236: Chapter 143: Heartbroken / Stirring Up Trouble
"Presumptuous!" Mr. Yu suddenly sat up straight, and Uncle Zhang hurriedly brought him tea: "Master, your blood pressure is a bit high, you must not get angry."
Yu Hang gave Yu Na a look, and she quickly put down the chess piece she was holding and pulled Yu Miao to sit on the sofa: "Nana, look, Grandpa surely wants Nana to be happy, drink some water."
"Nana, it’s not your business, don’t meddle blindly," Yu Miao dabbed her tears and waved at the servants: "You all, go out."
Yu Hang quickly stood up: "Nana, let’s go to the side hall."
"Everyone stay, it’s okay for the Yu Family to hear," Yu Miao stared blankly at Mr. Yu: "Dad, could you explain the cold shots against the Wen Family?"
Mr. Yu, whose anger had already subsided, stared sharply at his daughter: "What kind of attitude is this? Do you think I was the one who shot?"
"Of course, I know it wasn’t you or anyone arranged by you, but Dad, this matter definitely concerns you. Don’t treat me like a fool, using even your own daughter, don’t you find that too much?"
Mr. Yu suddenly laughed: "How have I used you?"
Tears glimmered in Yu Miao’s eyes: "Since childhood, the Yu Family’s teaching has been to prioritize family interests above all, and I have indeed been doing just that, never even feeling that I was wrong.
You can compete with any family in the market or the official field, including the Wen Family, and I have no objections. But I am a human too, a human with emotions. Having been married into the Wen Family for so many years, I know well how they treat me.
Because of the guilt in my heart, I wore a mask of indifference towards them. Dad, yesterday, if Wen Yan hadn’t bent down to fetch the fish, the Wen Family would now be mourning their dead. Are you especially eager to see that kind of outcome?"
Complex emotions flashed in Mr. Yu’s eyes, followed by a sigh: "Miaomiao, I really didn’t know about this matter, but I admit, someone had asked me about it, I didn’t expect they would resort to such means, fools!"
"Good that you admit it. This marriage, I’ve completely lost it now. Not to mention that Wen Tong can’t forgive me, even if they didn’t mind, I wouldn’t have the face to go back.
I trusted my father, trusted my family, thus, you asked me to be an insider, and I stayed; you asked me something, I answered. But my bottom line is that I cannot harm lives.
They are my husband’s family, the only thing missing between us is a blood connection. I thought that after recovering from my illness this time, I could be happy like a normal woman, but never expected..." Yu Miao gave a sorrowful smile: "A myriad of mortal affairs, not worth a single lamp, enough said!"
"Miaomiao, what...what do you mean by that?" Old Mrs. Yu anxiously grabbed her daughter’s arm: "Mom won’t let you do anything foolish."
"I’m not doing anything foolish; I am redeeming myself, redeeming sins for the Yu Family. Mom, your daughter will pray for your blessings, and if there is a next life, I just want to be your daughter, not a daughter of the Yu Family!" As she spoke, Yu Miao forcefully pushed Old Mrs. Yu’s hand away.
"Nana..." Yu Na caught Yu Miao, at a loss for what to say. As a daughter of the Yu Family, she understood very well the plight of the Yu Family daughters.
Fortunately, she was much happier than Nana; her parents were more enlightened than grandpa and didn’t want their daughter to sacrifice happiness for the family.
Initially, when Mr. Yu thought to propose a marriage alliance with the Ye Family, she and her parents were very worried and thought of ways to dispel grandpa’s idea. Unexpectedly, news soon came that the Ye Family already had a prospective granddaughter-in-law.
This news brought her and her parents secret joy for a long time. No matter how excellent the other party was, arranged marriages and happiness are hard to reconcile, and causing a rift between her married and natal families was not realistic.
The fact that the daughter of Ye’s mother-in-law was to unite with the Ye Family was also known to the Yu Family, and Nana’s aunt had told her that the girl was far inferior to herself in every aspect. Honestly, her aunt’s words made her quite happy, which was an embarrassing feeling she felt herself.
"From today on, you are not allowed to step out of this house. If you want to practice vegetarianism and chanting, you can go to the vegetarian hall in the back courtyard; no one will stop you." Mr. Yu got up and dragged his plump body back into the study.
"Little aunt, Grandpa is just in a temper; it will be alright in a couple of days. Don’t be too upset. I’ll try to talk to your husband; what do you think?" Yu Hang advised, being the only child in the family, he felt helpless about this kind of situation, but he thought that his aunt was making a mountain out of a molehill.
"No need, Hang, don’t think that I am just being temperamental. You’ve never been betrayed by your own family; you can’t understand this feeling.
Seeing Wen Tong’s all-knowing look, I realized for the first time how absurdly wrong I’ve been these years. Really, what’s the difference between me and a spy?
Your grandfather’s attitude just now made it clear; he never thinks he’s wrong in treating his daughter this way. In his heart, a daughter is just a chess piece to be thrown out. Of course, you, as his grandson, can’t understand the feeling of being exploited and betrayed by your own family." Yu Miao turned to Yu Na: "Nana, your little aunt hopes you can be happy in the future, please don’t follow in her old path."
"Little aunt, maybe your mood will improve after some time." Yu Na gently stroked her aunt’s back, sympathizing with her aunt’s marriage, and secretly resolved to follow her own wishes in filling out her college entrance application.
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As the car was about to reach Wen’s Mansion, Wen Tong received a call from Old Master Wen, instructing them to go around to the back door without explaining why, then abruptly hung up.
Wen Tong thought for a moment and called Uncle Liu, the butler: "Uncle Liu, my dad told us to go around to the back door; what happened at the front door?"
"Third young master, I don’t know exactly, but there’s a rumor that the Wen Family allowed tourists to participate, and now there are thousands gathered at the front, and Xiao Yu and the others have locked the front door and are keeping watch."
"Is there any disturbance?"
"No, but those people say they saw with their own eyes tourists entering Wen’s Mansion for a tour, and they insist on entering as well, they even brought banners demanding the Wen Family to open up the old mansion and relocate it, saying the ancient culture belongs to everyone and the Wen Family shouldn’t be so selfish."
"Alright, I know." Wen Tong hung up and frowned slightly, and shared the details with everyone. Wen Yan immediately pointed out a key issue: "Uncle, there’s definitely someone instigating this. My dad being the mayor and a Wen Family member is no secret."
Luo Ye suddenly remembered the previous day when he turned back and saw that taxi driver holding his phone, excitedly pointing at Wen’s Mansion while making a call, then he looked at Wen Tong: "Little uncle, when we entered yesterday, the taxi driver might have thought we were tourists; maybe he notified his colleagues, and the news spread from there, and someone with an agenda used this situation to stir trouble."
"Most likely it is so." Wen Tong patted the driver: "Xiao Wang, speed up, these people really have no sense, using such a lame trick."
Wen Ke sneered: "Yeah, why don’t they just donate their houses and all their antique treasures?"
Wen Nan made a face at his sister: "Sis, with your biting tone, I thought you were going to suggest donating wives and children too."
"Little Pumpkin, are you asking for a beating?" Wen Ke angrily grabbed her brother and started twisting him.
"Big sis, Uncle suggested riding in a medium-sized RV for ease of talking, not for making it easy for you to twist me, stop it now, aren’t you afraid Aunt and Uncle will laugh at you for using your size to bully me?" Wen Nan, holding his head, mumbled, which somewhat eased Wen Xin’s worries. It seems there were quite a few issues the family had faced over the years, otherwise the children wouldn’t be this relaxed now.
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