Chapter 22
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“Are you leaving or not? If you don’t leave, I’ll abort the child!”
I couldn’t be bothered to explain anything to her. I simply tossed out those words and turned my head away.
“Fine!”
In the end, Yu Jin spat out a single word and left with the people of the Yu family. Of course, my parents-in-law were extremely unwilling, but that had nothing to do with me anymore.
Once they were gone, the place fell quiet. No one spoke again, and for a moment the atmosphere was strangely eerie.
Lying on the bed, I actually felt rather at ease. Whatever bond I had with the Yu family had come to an end. Now that I was carrying the Yu family’s flesh and blood, leaving probably wouldn’t be so easy. With new upheavals at home as well, if I were to abort the child at this time, the Yu family—driven into a corner—would at worst end up in a situation where both sides were badly hurt.
I no longer had the slightest bit of feeling for Yu Jin, but when it came to this child, I simply couldn’t bring myself to do it.
It wasn’t just because this child was now the last straw for both the Yu family and the Meng family; it was also because, after all these years, I had seen things clearly. I no longer had any capital to look for another man. I might as well divorce Yu Jin and raise the child myself—at least I’d have something to live for.
I had long since seen through the warmth and coldness of human relationships. This marriage, for me, had already entered its grave. I had no thoughts left for it at all.
Yet at that moment, I had no idea that taking the money to save my younger brother was not the end of the matter, but rather the beginning of another tragedy.
And just when I thought I could finally catch my breath, another thing that would push me onto a dead-end road was already slowly brewing.
I never could have imagined, even in my dreams, that my younger brother, Meng Yanzhi, would be so resolute.
After the matters with the Yu family settled down, I managed to enjoy a few days of peace. Although I still had to borrow money to pay Meng Yanzhi’s medical bills, compared to the constant turmoil before, it wasn’t bad.
After all, money can be earned again. Being able to live a few peaceful days was the greatest comfort to me at that time.
However, I never expected that after Yanzhi’s condition improved, my stepmother would let slip the fact that I had been borrowing money.
Hot-tempered Yanzhi directly proposed selling the house. The two of them argued so fiercely that it set off the whole hospital neighborhood. It wasn’t until the flames burned right in front of me that I realized things had reached an irreconcilable point.
“Meng Yanshuang! I’m telling you, the house is mine. Since you’re already married off, don’t even think about laying a finger on the Meng family’s house!” The moment my stepmother opened her mouth, I was left at a loss.
It turned out that after Yanzhi discovered that I had been the one borrowing money all along to pay his medical fees, he decided—so that I wouldn’t have to endure people’s cold looks—to sell the house to repay the money I had borrowed.
Moved as I was, anger rose in my heart as well.
This house was the Meng family’s property. Even if Yanzhi couldn’t be allowed to act recklessly and sell it, since when did it become her, a stepmother, who got to meddle in it—let alone claim that the house was hers?
A person who had lived more than half her life—how could she still have the nerve to say such things? Wasn’t she afraid of becoming a laughingstock in the village?
After all, where we live, houses are passed down to one’s children. I’d never heard of a woman who married in later being entitled to a share of the house.
“Sis, don’t get involved in this. It’s all my fault—I caused this trouble. You’ve already suffered enough. I can’t drag you down too!” Yanzhi rushed in. The bandages on his body hadn’t even been removed, and he looked like a tightly wrapped zongzi.
A chill rose in my heart. I never expected that even in this condition, Yanzhi was still thinking about helping me repay the money—nor did I expect my stepmother to make such a scene and drag me into it.
“You little bastard! This house is mine! None of you are allowed to sell it!” My stepmother blocked the two of us unreasonably, yelling at the top of her lungs.
“This house belongs to our Meng family. When Dad passes away, the house will be left to me. Since when did it become your place to point fingers? My sister has already suffered enough over at the Yu family, and you still have the nerve to make her go borrow money. What will the neighbors think of us? I, Meng Yanzhi, can’t afford to lose that kind of face!”
