Yet Wild Goose Jade persisted in kneeling.
But in the end, Wild Goose Jade fainted after nearly two days of kneeling.
All of this was brought upon herself by Wild Goose Jade; An Jing didn’t feel guilty at all and didn’t even bother to check on her. She was simply enjoying time with her husband and children.
And for those two days, An Jing had thoroughly ignored Wild Goose Jade.
An Jing truly found this kind of person, who coerces others into submission, repulsive.
"Who are you to us? Do we have to comply with you just because?"
After kneeling for two days, Wild Goose Jade was extremely weak, and naturally, her injuries worsened. She lay in bed for several days before she could get up again, and as soon as she did, she thought about kneeling once more.
But this time, neither An Jing nor Xiao Changyi opened the courtyard door to let Wild Goose Jade in.
Wild Goose Jade didn’t insist and just knelt outside the courtyard gate.
Though An Jing did not open the gate, she spoke through it to the person outside: "There must be a limit to pestering people. We kindly saved you, and now you cling to us? Seeing you have the energy to kneel at our house all this time, you must be almost recovered. We won’t keep you any longer; farewell and safe travels."
These words clearly meant she was driving the person away.
Wild Goose Jade, kneeling outside the door, felt extremely humiliated upon hearing An Jing’s unwelcoming words.
However, to take her revenge, she, like every other time she was humiliated, pretended not to hear and continued kneeling there.
Seeing through the crack in the door that Wild Goose Jade was still there, An Jing said nothing more and turned back to the house.
Xiao Changyi was in the hall looking after the four children. As soon as An Jing entered, she said irritably, "What sort of person is this? We provided her with food, with drink, even someone to watch over her. I don’t expect her gratitude, just that she gets well and leaves sooner. But no, she’s become a nuisance instead!"
"She was supposed to leave six days ago, yet not only did she not leave, she made her injuries worse. Now she’s kneeling on our property all over again. Do we look like saints, ready to continue providing for her for free and let her pester us endlessly?"
"Who is she to us that we should do this?"
"We’re not mad, to take in a disciple whose background and intentions are completely unknown! Besides, we clearly told her you do not take disciples, and yet she continues this relentless pestering, which is truly exasperating!"
"If her presence here leads to any trouble that affects our four children, see if I won’t make her regret ever coming into this world!"
"Let’s just forget about her from now on; let her fend for herself. We have done everything with a clear conscience. It’s her own doing, wanting to struggle ! If she dies from it, it’s her own fault!"
Xiao Changyi pulled An Jing to sit beside him and only after she finished speaking, he disagreed, saying, "Why get worked up over someone so trivial?"
An Jing laughed, "I’m not worked up; I just find her unbearably tactless."
"Also," An Jing continued with a laugh, "we don’t know anything about her background. It’s clear she wants to learn your skills and leave. How is that different from using you and then tossing you aside? How foolish would we have to be to agree to her ridiculous demand? Even if you took disciples, she would not be one of them. I really don’t know where she gets the confidence from, believing that if she just keeps kneeling, you will change your mind and accept her as a disciple... Ha ha, who does she think she is?"