USWHC -Chapter 250 Why Is It You? (Part 10)

Sister-in-law You found it amusing and couldn’t help laughing along, but then she added, “The Sun family said she’s good for childbearing. They fancy that big butt of hers, saying she’ll definitely give birth to a big, chubby son!”

“No way? The Sun family really has heavy tastes!” Zhu Jie looked at the sedan bearers carrying the bridal chair and almost felt sorry for them. Of course, she also felt sorry for Sun Shaoyan. A perfectly fine young man who clearly liked delicate, pretty girls—yet the one carried back home turned out to be an oversized, blotchy-faced woman. How was he supposed to live with that?

It had to be said that Princess Pingning was truly ruthless toward her own man.

“Isn’t this like sticking a fresh flower into cow dung?” Old Madam Ji said with a sly grin.

Ji Mei immediately shook her head. “Mother, that’s wrong! It’s not a flower stuck in cow dung—it’s cow dung splatting onto the flower. How’s the flower supposed to stick then?” After saying that, Ji Mei burst into proud laughter, clearly delighted at the Sun family’s misfortune.

“But why hold the wedding procession at dusk? Why wasn’t there any commotion at all?” Old Master Ji asked suspiciously.

Sister-in-law You didn’t even have to answer before the eldest Ji brother chimed in first. “Think about how sensational Hua Feixue’s case was! What happened in the end? It was a total slap in the face. Why make a big fuss again this time? So everyone can compare this new bride?”

Hearing that, Old Madam Ji burst into laughter. “No wonder our Mei wasn’t good enough for them! Turns out they wanted that kind. Truly unique!”

Of course it was unique, Zhu Jie thought with an inward chuckle. What the Princess Pingning wanted was a child. Naturally she wouldn’t allow a woman who might compete with her for her husband.

Just then, however, the eldest Ji brother shook his head with a wicked grin and said, “Sigh, how does that Sun boy even manage it? Won’t he have nightmares at night?”

“What’s the problem?” Old Madam Ji mocked. “Turn off the lights and it’s all the same! Don’t look at the face—just get on with it!”

“That still won’t work!” Ji Mei giggled mischievously. “The feeling’s different!”

As soon as she finished speaking, the entire Ji family burst into laughter. Their laughter instantly blew away all the gloom that had hung over them. Ji Mei’s wounded heart seemed to heal at once. Yes—it wasn’t that she wasn’t good enough. She just wasn’t what the Sun family wanted.

Zhu Jie, however, sighed softly. She wondered what fate ultimately awaited that woman. Being married in so secretly like this—perhaps she too would eventually fade away quietly, unnoticed.

“Mei, don’t worry. Your mother will definitely find you someone better—at the very least, a family without such a tigress in it!” Old Madam Ji declared confidently, thumping her chest.

Ji Mei said with heartfelt relief, “Heaven really helped me this time. Otherwise, I’d be the one crying now.”

“Sigh… now the Hua family is the unlucky one,” Sister-in-law You suddenly remarked.

“The Hua family? What happened to them?” Old Madam Ji immediately asked, excitement lighting up her face. It was hard to tell whether she was worried or thrilled—either way, she was clearly eager for gossip.

Sister-in-law You sighed again. “Since the Sun family ended up marrying someone like that, people have started saying behind their backs that Feixue was sent back because she couldn’t bear children and even brings misfortune to her husband.”

“Who’s spreading such nonsense?” Old Madam Ji snapped angrily. After all, Hua Feixue was her niece. And besides, those words indirectly insulted Ji Mei too, since she had also been half-rejected as the Sun family’s former fiancée. Wasn’t that basically calling Mei someone who brought misfortune to both husband and children?

But to her surprise, Sister-in-law You sighed again and said, “They’re saying the same thing about Mei behind her back.”

Just as Old Madam Ji had feared—people’s idle gossip was truly not to be underestimated. The moment she heard this, Old Madam Ji jumped up angrily. “Which damned person said that? I’ll tear their mouth apart!”

Watching her shout like that, Zhu Jie stared at her in astonishment. Honestly, Old Madam Ji must truly be Ji Mei’s real mother—only a real mother would react like that.

“Erhan, you must pass the xiucai exam this time!” Old Madam Ji suddenly shouted boldly. “Let them see what kind of family we are!”

Zhu Jie couldn’t help laughing, then seized the chance to say, “Mother, the registration fee for the xiucai exam alone costs two taels of silver. So… could you reimburse that first?”

When Old Madam Ji heard that even registering required money, her eyes widened immediately. “Money? What money? I don’t have any!” She hesitated for a moment, though, as if simply refusing outright didn’t seem right. After all, she couldn’t just take the benefits without giving anything in return.

Finally, she sighed heavily, looking as though she had made a huge decision.

“How about… I provide the sweet potatoes that day?”

Zhu Jie burst out laughing. Sweet potatoes again? The most generous thing Old Madam Ji could ever part with was still just sweet potatoes!