Once women marry, don’t they all revolve around their husbands and children?
Now her husband has yet to find success, she surely can’t just abandon him, can she?
To tell the truth, after so many years of affection, she really couldn’t bear to part with it.
Every time she felt aggrieved, she would recall all the good things Wan Dongcheng had done in the past, which had helped her endure until now.
Seeing Li Shiping lost in thought, Shen Mianmian gently grasped her hand and said crisply, "Sister Shiping, if you’re unhappy in the future and have nowhere to go, come to me. Even though I’m young and might not be able to help much, I am tight-lipped. Whatever you don’t want to leak out, I won’t spread."
Only by getting on good terms with Li Shiping could she accurately know her situation in the Wan family and better convey Wan Dongcheng’s actions outside to her.
Only when Li Shiping gave up herself could she break free from Wan Dongcheng.
The current Wan Dongcheng hasn’t achieved much, and he doesn’t have any women outside, so there’s nothing scandalous to expose about him.
"Mianmian, thank you. If I hadn’t come to see you, I wouldn’t even know where to go now,"
Li Shiping’s face was full of gratitude. Keeping so many things bottled up inside had indeed been very oppressive. Now that she had someone to talk to, she felt much more at ease, not as distressed as when she had just run out of the house.
Just like Shen Mianmian had said, she was young and couldn’t help much, but she was tight-lipped, which Li Shiping really appreciated.
Shen Mianmian was very sensible, not only liked by her parents and younger brother but also by her.
Shen Mianmian smiled and then tentatively asked, "Sister Shiping, do your husband’s family members treat you well?"
Speaking of her mother-in-law, Li Shiping’s expression changed slightly, "My mother-in-law used to treat me very well. Whenever she came to visit Dongcheng, she would even bring some boiled eggs for me to eat."
Those things, in her mother-in-law’s eyes, were precious, but for Li Shiping, they weren’t anything special. Still, she was moved by her mother-in-law’s sincerity.
That was also one of the reasons why, when they had just gotten married, she had generously given a lot of money whenever her mother-in-law asked for it.
"Has it changed now?" Shen Mianmian asked softly.
"Now she..." Li Shiping pursed her lips, unsure how to describe it. After a long pause, she finally said, "She has a terrible mindset now, always thinking my family has money and asking me to ask for more from them. Above all, she likes to rummage through my things each time she visits." Follow current novels on 𝓷𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓵•𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮•𝓷𝓮𝓽
No one likes their personal space invaded and rummaged through, and Li Shiping was no exception. But her mother-in-law paid no heed to these boundaries, treating every visit like a plundering raid.
When they had just gotten married, her mother-in-law would simply ask first. Although Li Shiping didn’t behavior, she didn’t want to offend her and so would give in.
She didn’t know when it started, but her mother-in-law stopped asking and would just take whatever she liked, even routinely taking her clothes for her sister-in-law to wear.
Thinking of her as an elder, she had always tolerated it, never expecting the other party to only become more overbearing.
Shen Mianmian’s gaze flickered as she deliberately asked, "She’s so excessive, doesn’t your brother-in-law say anything to his mom?"
"My mother-in-law had a hard time raising Dongcheng, and she also paid for his education. She never really lived a comfortable life, so when she comes over once in a while, Dongcheng doesn’t feel it’s right to say anything," Li Shiping explained on behalf of Wan Dongcheng, which was also the reason she would use to console herself every time.
"Sister Shiping, your mother-in-law is taking advantage of you because she sees you as too easy to bully. Many bad mothers-in-law are ; they think the daughter-in-law is easy-going, so they bully her. The more you endure, the more excessive she’ll become. Some wicked mothers-in-law can even drive their daughters-in-law to the point of drinking pesticide."