TFWYH – Chapter 336 I am his mother

This old hag Liu was nothing but a blood-sucking leech. If she found out the family was rich now, wouldn’t she cling to them for dear life?

Although remarrying would hurt her reputation, it was still better than dragging the children down.

Thinking this, Jiang-shi followed Tang Wan’s words and said, “Old Madam Liu, Wan-niang is right. Cangshan has been dead for so many years, and I’ll soon be taking my children to remarry into another family. You’re no longer my mother-in-law, and I have no reason to support you.”

Old Madam Liu was dumbfounded. Trembling, she pointed at Jiang-shi, and after a long while finally found her voice. “You… you actually… you dare to remarry?”

Tang Wan mocked her. “Father has died, Mother is a widow. Why can’t she remarry? As for my husband, Yue’er, and A-Chen—don’t say they’re still seeds of the Ling family. Their new father has already accepted us and even registered us in the clan genealogy. Even if you take this to the authorities, it’ll be useless.”

Even if she really went to the authorities, that was Ling Yu’s territory—whatever was said would still come down to Ling Yu’s word.

Tang Wan wasn’t worried at all about being exposed.

Old Madam Liu’s vision went dark; she was so angry she nearly spat blood.

Seeing this, Ling Yue felt secretly delighted and couldn’t help adding, “In the end, it’s all your fault. If you’d shown even a little affection back then, my mother wouldn’t have completely lost heart toward your Ling family. And now you still want support money? Sorry, you have nothing to do with us anymore. Old Man Ling and your youngest son have even less to do with us. We won’t give you a single coin!”

Old Madam Liu flew into a rage and jumped up to hit Ling Yue.

Tang Wan reacted quickly and grabbed her hand, staring at her darkly. “You still dare to strike someone?”

Old Madam Liu shuddered in fear and immediately wilted.

She looked at Tang Wan, then unwillingly glanced at the people of the second branch, and gritted her teeth. “Remarry then! Our Ling family doesn’t want a shameless, fickle slut like her!”

“Say one more word of nonsense and I’ll kill you, believe it or not?” Tang Wan twisted her wrist hard, and Old Madam Liu immediately howled in pain.

“Wan-niang, forget it. She’s basically a stranger now,” Jiang-shi said, unable to watch any longer.

Only then did Tang Wan release Old Madam Liu’s hand and snort coldly. “If I ever hear you curse my mother or bully Yue’er again, I’ll slice the flesh off your body piece by piece.”

Knowing she could no longer cling to the second branch, Old Madam Liu stopped wasting time on them and immediately turned her target to Ling Canghe, glaring at him. “Jiang-shi is remarrying—what about you? Don’t tell me you’re remarrying too. Are you giving me the money or not? If you don’t, I’ll go straight to the yamen and sue you.”

Ling Canghe’s face darkened. After thinking for a moment, he still took out a banknote for one hundred taels and handed it to her.

As soon as Old Madam Liu saw the banknote, she grabbed it.

Qian-shi was so angry she was about to explode. “Husband!”

Ling Canghe waved his hand and gave her a bitter smile.

Seeing this, Qian-shi couldn’t bring herself to scold him anymore. Leaning against her son, she silently cried.

Her husband was suffering too. She couldn’t help him at all—how could she still blame him?

If a man couldn’t even care for his own mother, could he still be considered human?

Just as Qian-shi was comforting herself like this, Old Madam Liu tucked the banknote into her bosom and then shrieked, “There’s still another hundred taels. Hurry and hand it over.”

Ling Canghe: ?

This time Qian-shi couldn’t take it anymore. Crying, she shouted, “Don’t push us too far! Why should we give you two hundred taels?”

Old Madam Liu sneered coldly. “Because I’m his mother!”

“You—”

“Enough!”

Ling Canghe wearily waved his hand to stop Qian-shi, then looked at Old Madam Liu and said, “I’m just an accountant at Zuixian Restaurant. I earn only two taels a month, and every month I send one tael home. I only have one tael left on me. This hundred taels is all the savings I’ve accumulated over these years. There’s no more. Even if you go to the authorities to sue me, there’s nothing left. From now on, I won’t even be able to provide monthly support anymore!”