Chapter 22: Chapter 22: Fury
She, Su Yunjin, actually returned the silver she had gotten her hands on?
Mrs. Zhang’s face twisted with anger!
A surge of fury shot up rapidly!
Mrs. Han was also furious! At first, she accused Su Yunjin of being wrong for returning the money, then turned to Mrs. An and said, “Mother, I knew my third sister-in-law was no good. Look now! We finally had a bit of money, and she just returned it?”
Mrs. Zhang and Mrs. Han took for granted that the money Su Yunjin’s eldest brother gave her belonged to the Gu Family. Mrs. An had originally felt that taking the money was not quite right; now that Yunjin had returned it, Mrs. An didn’t say much else, just remarked, “Let it be! If it’s returned, then it’s returned. That money wasn’t really ours to begin with. It’s fine that the third daughter-in-law has returned it.”
It was so late, and everyone still had to work in the fields tomorrow. It was the busiest time for farming, with the whole year’s harvest depending on the few acres of crops on Gu Family land.
Mrs. An urged everyone to go back to their rooms and rest, “Since the matter is already clear, let’s all go back to our rooms and rest! No need to stand around in the third couple’s room anymore.”
“Mother, I don’t believe the third brother’s wife returned the silver,” Mrs. Zhang persisted stubbornly, “Hmph, she definitely didn’t want to take out the silver, so she deliberately said such words to fool us all!”
Mrs. Han wasn’t ready to let go of the silver so easily and echoed Mrs. Zhang, “Mother, eldest sister is right, that third sister-in-law is very crafty! Who knows if she’s hidden the silver somewhere. We can’t just let her trick us .”
Mrs. Zhang looked at Su Yunjin and directly demanded the money, “Third brother’s wife, where’s the money? Hand it over! You can forget about deceiving us with your lies.”
Su Yunjin was almost amused by their brazenness. Did they think she was a soft persimmon, easily handled?
Su Yunjin looked Mrs. Zhang up and down and let out a cold laugh, “You have such a thick face? Why don’t you just go rob someone?”
“You—!” Mrs. Zhang was choked by the retort, her face turning almost black with anger. Gu Ya then said, “Eldest sister-in-law, mother, Yunjin really did return the money to her elder brother and second sister. I helped Yunjin give it back.”
With Gu Ya declaring the money had been returned, Mrs. An no longer doubted, and when Mrs. Han and Mrs. Zhang tried to speak again, they were directly sent away by Gu Ya, “Alright, Yunjin has just woken up from a faint, and she is still weak. She needs to rest now. Mother, please take eldest sister-in-law and the others out.”
With that, eldest sister-in-law Mrs. Zhang and the others were sent out by Gu Ya. Initially, they didn’t want to leave, but Gu Ya firmly ushered them out and shut the door behind them.
After Mrs. Zhang and the others left, the house could still hear the sounds of Mrs. Zhang and Mrs. Han cursing and complaining; none of it was pleasant to hear.
Listening to those words outside the door, Gu Ya raised an eyebrow and said to his young wife, “Yunjin, eldest sister-in-law and the wife of the fourth brother are just like that. Don’t bother arguing with them and harm your health.”
Gu Ya, being a man, wasn’t very adept at comforting women, and merely said the most common thing.
Why would she argue with two such unbearable individuals?
Before Gu Ya could speak again, Su Yunjin got up and said, “Rest assured! I’m not going to argue with them.” Argue with those two unbearable individuals? Unless her head had been kicked by a donkey!
“Yunjin, you’ve been wronged,” Gu Ya evidently misunderstood Su Yunjin’s intentions. After a moment of silence, he suddenly looked at Su Yunjin and said such a sentence.
Su Yunjin didn’t feel wronged at all.
She had never taken Mrs. Zhang and Mrs. Han seriously!