books44 Chapter 166 Qualifying Match ( )
Chapter 166 Qualifying Match ( )
Spring came after the New Year. One day, Qiu Niang saw Daya sitting on the steps eating braised pork and suddenly felt extremely desperate.
"Da Ya, what are you eating?"
Upon hearing the voice, Daya immediately stood up: "Miss, it's braised pork, it's so delicious, do you want some?"
Looking at Daya, who was holding a plate and whose face was covered in oil, Qiu Niang felt that her life was just like this plate of braised pork.
Thinking about it this way, my body began to sway.
Daya put down the plate and went to help her up: "Miss, should we call a doctor?"
Qiu Niang called the doctor every few days, and the Chen family got used to it.
"No need, I'll sit in my room for a while. Don't let anyone come in and disturb me."
This time, Qiu Niang refused Daya's suggestion to call a doctor, emphasizing the word "ten thousand".
Daya looked puzzled: Didn't you run out and talk to me first?
But since the other party was her master, Da Ya wasn't so naive as to nod and indicate that she understood: "I won't let anyone in."
In her room, Qiu Niang first cried in despair, then cut up all the embroidery she had been working on with scissors and smashed all the furniture.
Da Ya was speechless. Qiu Niang was similar to herself; both of them had been sold to the Chen family by their parents.
How could she have such audacity?
Is it really just based on that blood relationship that is so distant?
Da Ya arrived late and didn't know that Qiu Niang used to be pampered by the two men in her family.
Previously, Liang Huanying thought she would rely on her son in the future, so she didn't dare to offend them too much.
Now that the two people who could protect her are gone, even though she still receives more care than others, Qiu Niang can't bear the difference.
The more she thought about it, the more she became fixated on it. She picked up the scissors she used for embroidery and slashed her wrist hard.
After cutting his wrists, the scissors slipped to the ground with a crisp sound.
There was blood on the blade, and a few drops splattered around the scissors.
The cut on Qiu Niang's hand was much deeper than before, and drops of fluid dripped from her wrist onto various parts of the room as if they were free.
Daya heard the noise outside the door, but remembering Qiu Niang's orders, she didn't ask any questions.
It wasn't until a servant woman heard that Qiu Niang hadn't left the house all day, hadn't asked for food, and hadn't made a sound that she realized something was wrong and went to check on her herself.
Everyone then discovered a blood-soaked figure lying in the room and quickly reported it to Gu Shijiu.
Gu Shijiu ran over to see what was going on. Had he committed suicide again?
Once you've seen enough excitement, it loses its value. In just over a year, Qiu Niang has attempted suicide three or five times.
Thinking of this, Gu Shijiu slowed down.
When the doctor arrived, Qiu Niang had stopped bleeding, so it seemed that the artery had not been cut.
Gu Shijiu looked at the bloody wound and didn't know what to say.
To be honest, she still prefers girls like Daya and Chen Wangnan.
Upon seeing this, Qiu Niang's expression darkened: "Madam, I want to go home."
Gu Shijiu had no recollection of ever having a family: "You still have family members?"
The maidservant stepped forward and whispered, "The young lady was originally going to be sold by her uncle, but you couldn't bear it and took her to the Chen family."
Every word and sentence says that Qiu Niang doesn't know what's good for her.
Qiu Niang could tell, but she really didn't want to stay in the Chen family and wanted a change of scenery.
"Madam, your uncle and aunt are both here, and there are also several nephews and nieces at home."
Gu Shijiu certainly wouldn't stop her, but she was a little curious—
"If your uncle tries to sell you, and you go back, will he sell you again?"
Qiu Niang was speechless again; she was fed up with these words that were hitting her sore spots.
“My family was poor before, and my uncle had no choice. In recent years, our family’s situation has improved, and my uncle has been quite good to me.”
"Okay, sure," Gu Shijiu readily agreed. "Then will you come back?"
She was just asking casually, but Qiu Niang didn't know how to answer.
Secretly, Qiu Niang wanted to wait for the Chen family's sons to come back to find her, so that she could return to the Chen family with a legitimate reason.
This time she definitely won't be so foolish. If she can marry the eldest son, that would be the best, and she can become the matriarch of the Chen family in the future.
If all else fails, marrying the second son wouldn't be bad either; after all, the wife wouldn't mistreat this son.
Now that she's temporarily leaving the Chen family, she can avoid people and environments she doesn't like.
With the Chen family as her backing, her uncle's family didn't dare to do anything to her and would only treat her well.
After all, he had managed to extract some small change from her over the years.
Unexpectedly, Gu Shijiu directly asked her what she was going to say, that she would come back in the future, and that she couldn't swallow this insult.
If they don't come back, they'll have to take everything with them. Someone like my uncle will definitely steal it all.
After thinking for a long time, Qiu Niang finally stammered, "I'll go to my uncle's house to relax for a while."
Chen Wangnan snorted coldly: "I thought you had some backbone, is that all?"
Gu Shijiu didn't care: "The world is in a bad state right now, let Daya stay with you."
Qiu Niang was so annoyed by Daya that she didn't want her to come along.
Gu Shijiu usually doesn't force others without reason. Seeing that she was determined to leave, he sent a car to take her.
Qiu Niang stayed for two months.
Chen Wangnan would often sow discord between Gu Shijiu and others: "We've raised her for over ten years, and she just ran away like that."
"Mom, I just found out that this ungrateful wretch actually gave money to her uncle's family secretly."
Gu Shijiu wasn't interested in these things: "She didn't steal any money from our family. In fact, our family has saved money since she left."
"Isn't everything she eats, wears, and uses provided by our family?" Chen Wangnan became angrier the more he thought about it.
"If she gives it to her maternal uncle's family, wouldn't she be short of money? Anyway, she won't be going back to the Chen family. Why do you care whether she uses it herself or gives it to someone else?"
Gu Shijiu didn't understand what her adopted daughter was fussing about. Did it make any difference to the Chen family whether the child was given to Qiu Niang or her uncle?
“This…” Chen Wangnan stared at her blankly.
Ever since the incident involving the eldest and second brothers, Mother's mind seems to have lost its sharpness.
They understand absolutely nothing about social etiquette and interpersonal relationships.
Chen Wangnan wouldn't admit it, but he knew it in his heart.
After all, the Chen family had raised her for so long, and the two of them had grown up together since childhood. How could they possibly have no feelings for each other at all?
Chen Wangnan was frustrated with his son's lack of progress.
She hated Qiu Niang for wasting her life in melancholy and for seducing the Chen brothers, and she also hated Qiu Niang for taking the money the Chen family gave her to her uncle's family.
Feelings are complicated.
Ultimately, it's because Chen Wangnan has feelings for Qiu Niang, and his intense hatred is also a form of emotion.
Unfortunately, Gu Shijiu didn't have any.
She seems to have no feelings for Qiu Niang, nor for her own son. What about herself?
Chen Wangnan dared not think about it.
She could only work harder and harder, fearing that she would also be kicked out of the Chen family by her mother.
Although my mother no longer manages the household, she seems even more authoritative than before, and her mere presence commands respect.
Although the rules at home are more relaxed now, the servants are much more obedient.
After all, mothers really do know how to hit people; the scene was quite something.
Chen Wangnan shuddered involuntarily as he recalled the scene of Gu Shijiu punishing the servant who had molested the maid.
That person is still in jail.