Rebirth: Contract Husband Falls in Love with Me
Chapter 110 - 55 Thunderclap on a Sunny Day_2

Chapter 110: Chapter 55 Thunderclap on a Sunny Day_2

Seeing Mrs. Jiang giving a signal with her eyes to dismiss the maids, Sang Wan’s expression also became solemn. She stood up and said to Mrs. Wang, "Mother, if you have any troubles, why not share them with your daughter-in-law? Even if I am not capable of resolving them for you, speaking them out loud might make you feel a bit better!"

Mrs. Wang was so preoccupied that she hardly noticed Mrs. Jiang’s expression. Upon hearing Sang Wan’s words, she hurriedly responded, "Miss Wan, this matter indeed does concern you! To solve it, we must rely on you!"

"Me?" Sang Wan was utterly bewildered.

Mrs. Wang gestured for her to sit back down and asked with a kind smile, "Tell me honestly, Miss Wan, how have I treated you as your mother-in-law?"

Sang Wan promptly tried to stand up again, but Mrs. Wang insisted that she remain seated. With no other option, she stayed put, saying, "You have been extremely loving and attentive towards your daughter-in-law, offering guidance in everything. I am truly grateful and sincerely dutiful towards you!"

"Are those words true?"

"Indeed! Miss Wan would not dare to lie!"

"Hmm," Mrs. Wang nodded, satisfied, and then asked, "How do you find Fangzi as a person?"

As soon as Mrs. Wang mentioned Gu Fangzi, Sang Wan’s heart involuntarily clenched, and she stiffly nodded with a forced smile, "Cousin Fangzi... she is very good."

Mrs. Wang then seemed to breathe a huge sigh of relief and said, "As long as you too think she’s good, then I am reassured! Miss Wan, you have been married into the Shi family for some time now. That matter, ahem, between Fangzi and Fengju, you... must know about it somehow, right?"

Sang Wan felt a rush of mortification and bashful panic, her heartbeat pounding furiously, making her speech somewhat faltered, "You... why bring this up suddenly..."

Having broached the most difficult topic, Mrs. Wang no longer held back and straightforwardly said, "Fangzi will definitely marry Fengju as a concubine; there’s no hiding it from you. Miss Wan, you don’t have any concerns, do you? You are a good woman. The principle of a married woman following her husband I need not explain—you understand it."

Sang Wan’s face flushed with heat and embarrassment. She struggled to hold back the heaviness in her nose and spoke in a low voice, "Miss Wan understands, as long as my husband likes her, Miss Wan—will not say a word against it!"

"That’s good," Mrs. Wang said as she started to speak. Immediately, Sang Wan’s body uncontrollably shivered, and she felt a chill enveloping her, plunging into deep fear. She had a premonition that the words Mrs. Wang was about to say were the ones she least wished to hear, haunting her like a nightmare from a past life.

However, Mrs. Wang’s voice continued steadily, "I was thinking, since Fangzi is going to join our family eventually, it would be better for her to enter our household sooner. At least that way you could get to know each other quicker and get along better in the future! Plus, having Fangzi managing affairs would also be more proper. What do you think, Miss Wan?"

What do I think? What can I possibly say? Sang Wan did not respond; she bit her lip fiercely, trying to control the sob that was about to burst through. A maelstrom of humiliation, embarrassment, anger, resentment, and helplessness swept over her, squeezing her heart almost to the point of suffocation!

She had been married into the Shi family for less than two months! Was her mother-in-law so eager to bring Gu Fangzi into the household that soon? Everyone seemed to be considering Fangzi’s feelings, but who spared a thought for her?

If the Shi family held such disdain for the Sang family, why didn’t they break off the engagement in the first place? Was marrying her considered a great favor that she should feel lucky and eternally grateful for? The Sang family had never been eager for this union! Nor had she, Sang Wan, ever longed to step into the threshold of this wealthy household!

At this moment, Sang Wan resented her mother-in-law, Mrs. Wang, even though she knew that behind her mother-in-law’s decision, Fangzi’s scheming was undoubtedly at play.

"Rest assured," Mrs. Wang said, thinking Sang Wan had concerns and guaranteed, "You are the legitimate wife brought into the Shi family with a proper marriage ceremony. No one can take away your position as Grandma Shi’s wife!" In the future, even if Fangzi bears a son and is promoted to legitimate wife, she still has to call you "sister."

Mrs. Wang was about to say something else but swallowed her words, thinking they might be inappropriate at the moment. She continued, "I will also instruct Fangzi to respect you! You are educated and reasonable, and she is clever and agile; you two will surely get along! Having both of you by Fengju’s side is his good fortune!"

"Yes," Sang Wan managed to say, concealing her aching heart. She took a deep breath and said with a strained voice, "Everything will be as you decide, Mother."

Mrs. Wang hesitated slightly and spoke haltingly, "It would be better if you take the lead in this matter. That would truly show your virtue and magnanimity! I think, once Fengju returns, you should bring it up proactively. Then, Fengju will surely see you in a new light and respect you even more! What do you say?"

Sang Wan felt a bone-chilling coldness, her face turned ghostly pale, and she almost couldn’t catch her breath!

Virtue? Magnanimity!

It was a bitter pill forced down her throat, and yet she was expected to smile and say it tasted good! And all this was supposedly for her benefit?

Sang Wan suddenly felt an unprecedented disappointment and sorrow. She had thought that everything would be different and had indeed seen signs of a different trajectory, yet after going in circles, it seemed fate had made its designs. A full turn later, and she was back to where she began!

Could it be that in this life, too, she could not escape a fate of desolation and loneliness?

So be it! Having endured such hardships in her past life, she could forego her dignity in this one. Worse comes to worst, she could leave after a year, not believing the world lacked a place for her.

Even if she died, her life could not be worse than it had been in her past life.

"What Mother says is right, Miss Wan understands! When my husband returns, I will surely speak to him personally," Sang Wan said, suppressing the turmoil and pain inside her, her voice barely audible.

"I knew you would be the most sensible! Not like those short-sighted ones who only know how to be jealous and make a fuss!" Mrs. Wang was overjoyed, taking Sang Wan’s hand and patting it before raising her head and laughing towards the partition, "Fangzi, come out quickly!"

Sang Wan was taken aback and looked up to see Gu Fangzi wearing a begonia-red dress, coming over with a shy smile, twisting her body to call out "Auntie!" while the corners of her lips were slightly raised.