Reborn as a Landlord-Chapter 618 - 318 Turnaround_1
The first update, begging for support.
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Lian Manman’s words struck a nerve in Lady Zhou’s heart.
"You little wench, you’ve learned to beat around the bush now, have you? Who’s eyes do you see turning red?" Lady Zhou, trembling, pointed at Lian Manman and then turned to look at Lian Shouxin, "Look, just look! This is the good daughter you’ve raised. Aren’t you the perfect dutiful son? Is this how filial you are? Watching your daughter defy me like this, did you teach her that?"
"If you don’t give me an explanation today, I will never let this go. I’m fighting this out even if it costs me my life!" Lady Zhou scolded, and in the process, threw herself at Lian Shouxin, reaching out to scratch and claw.
"Mother, what are you doing? Manman is just a child, and you’re much older; why stoop to her level? Besides, Manman was talking about someone else, why are you taking it personally?" Lian Shouxin defended while protecting his face and head.
He wasn’t in a good mood after arriving with all sincerity to bring gifts to his parents, only to have the items thrown in his face and to receive a furious scolding from his mother.
With a mother like her, he couldn’t bring himself to be harsh, and he felt nothing but pain and helplessness with no other choice.
"Sending gifts to the Wu Family, Scholar Wang’s Family, and Young Doctor Wang’s Family, that’s just proper social etiquette. My mother’s and my own lives were saved thanks to them, they’re our benefactors. Those who have wronged us, we’re not allowed to bear grudges, but those who’ve saved us, we surely can’t be stopped from repaying them. We’ve given as much as we could, and anyone with a shred of sense wouldn’t complain," Lian Manman continued.
"Sure, what we’ve given you doesn’t compare to what we’ve given those three families. But can this even be compared? My granny complains that my father is closer to outsiders. By saying that, isn’t she considering herself an outsider in our family? What kind of elder talks like this? The six of us in our family also need to eat; we need to survive. Will my granny be happy only if she drives my father to death, drives all of us to death?"
"Right, granny doesn’t want to drive us to death; she just wants to ruin our reputation. Wasn’t it the same thing on the day my sister got married? What more does she want from us, to hit our left cheek and then expect us to turn our right cheek as well? To trample over us and still expect us to say it feels good and ask for more?"
"Don’t listen to your granny’s nonsense; she’s just confused. You all shouldn’t pay attention to her; in this house, your grandfather has the final say," Old Master Lian said with a stern face.
Lady Zhou was already seeing white from anger due to Lian Manman’s words, and hearing what Old Master Lian said only fueled her rage.
"You’re the one who’s confused. What’s wrong with what I said? It’s this girl disparaging me right here, and you still say it’s fine? I know, everyone’s grown wings now, connected with nobles, and you’re afraid of them..."
Lady Zhou, overwhelmed by fury, began to talk nonsense.
"What are you blabbering about? Are you not ashamed enough?" Old Master Lian also lost his temper, his face turning beet red.
"Exactly, we did send some things to my maternal grandparents’ house; they have also sent us plenty of things. There’s nothing wrong with what we did, and we’re not afraid of anyone criticizing us," Lian Manman added. "We’re kind to those who are kind to us. Anyone who tries to bully us, they can forget about their future intentions."
"Right." Lady Zhang walked in, holding a kitchen knife, "What Manman said is what I taught her. From now on, we’ll do exactly that; be good to those who are good to us. Whoever tries to mold us to their liking, to belittle my daughter, my son, to ruin our reputation—I’ve been through death once, what am I afraid of? Let it all come at me. We can settle it in the street; let’s talk about how I suffered and died once and came back to life in the Lian Family," she declared.
Although she didn’t name names, everyone knew exactly who Lady Zhang’s words were directed at. This was the first time Lady Zhang had confronted Lady Zhou face to face.
Lian Manman was taken aback.
Lady Zhou was also stunned. It wasn’t clear whether it was the threat of the kitchen knife in Lady Zhang’s hand or the weight of her words, but Lady Zhou was suddenly at a loss for words.
"Dad, let’s go back," Lian Manman quickly called to Lian Shouxin.
The family of three seized the moment of shock from Old Master Lian and Lady Zhou to leave the Upper Room. As we entered the West Wing Room, we heard an earth-shattering wail emanate from the Upper Room.
"What are you howling for? Isn’t this all your doing? Have you no shame?" came Old Master Lian’s furious shout right after.
