Rebirth: Contract Husband Falls in Love with Me
Chapter 137 - 69 Carry the Palanquin Back

Chapter 137: Chapter 69 Carry the Palanquin Back

Sang Wan quickly nodded her head, "Yes, mother! Your daughter-in-law would never dare to deceive you! To tell the truth, it is indeed my fault for not taking the initiative to show concern for my husband. Perhaps that would have prevented such an incident. If my husband has to socialize in the future, I’ll make sure to inquire clearly about the proceedings, and if he doesn’t return late at night, I’ll send someone to check on him, to persuade where necessary and to speak what needs to be said. I’ve taken your instruction to heart!"

Mrs. Wang’s brow furrowed slightly and she hurriedly said, "There’s no need for that! It’s very common for men to socialize outside. Won’t it cost him face if you inquire about him all the time? In the future, if he comes home late again, just wait for him! And if he comes home drunk, you’ll have to persuade him!"

"Mother thinks of everything, I’ve learned my lesson! I will keep it in mind and there won’t be a next time!" Sang Wan showed deference and expressed her resolve while simultaneously offering her mother-in-law a metaphorical high hat.

Mrs. Wang then sighed, waved her hand, and said, "Alright, get up! Stop kneeling! As long as you understand, that’s good. Mother isn’t heartless, but you think, who is it that we rely on for our comfortable lives of silk and jade? Isn’t it the men who toil and run about outside? What does it matter if they come home and sleep late occasionally? With how hard men work outside, if they can’t relax and unwind at home, or lack someone to attentively and meticulously look after them, what would that be like? Don’t you care about your own man?"

In her heart, Sang Wan thought to herself that if it wasn’t her own man, she wouldn’t have been one to care about him. Outwardly, she quickly and meekly agreed, gently rising, and repeatedly expressed her determination to Mrs. Wang, whose expression finally softened completely.

Mrs. Jiang, watching with a cold eye, couldn’t help but marvel to herself and thought: I didn’t see it coming, but Lady Sang Wan is really something! With just a few words, she calmed the madam’s anger! Even Gu Fangzi couldn’t do that so easily.

As a trusted senior maid, Mrs. Jiang understood Mrs. Wang’s temperament even more than Mrs. Li did. Mrs. Wang was prone to getting caught up in her thoughts and nagging without reason, and aside from Gu Fangzi, she hadn’t seen anyone who could so capably coax her with just a few words. And even Gu Fangzi wasn’t able to do it with such ease.

Just as the situation was getting resolved here, Shi Fengju hurried over after receiving a message from Mrs. Li. Seeing that the atmosphere wasn’t as tense as he had feared, he let out a quiet sigh of relief and couldn’t help but glance at Sang Wan as he stepped forward and greeted his mother with a smile.

Mrs. Wang’s just-extinguished anger flared up again, and she ended up scolding Shi Fengju with a mix of anger and heartache. Shi Fengju, with his wealth of experience in dealing with his mother, soon cheered her up again.

"What exactly happened to you? You’re not one who loves drinking! You’ve never done this before—what happened? Speak!" After venting her anger, Mrs. Wang started to investigate the cause and the consequence.

"It’s nothing," Shi Fengju said with a nonchalant smile. "Just that friends whom we haven’t seen for a long time got together, and I happened to drink a few more glasses in the excitement."

"Lies!" Mrs. Wang snorted. "Didn’t you have a gathering just the other day? Why another gathering yesterday?"

Shi Fengju had no choice but to answer: "The other day, it was a group of friends. Yesterday, it was just me and Young Master Zhuang from the Zhuang family. He was, well, a bit upset and insisted on me accompanying him to drink. One thing led to another and before we realized it, we both got drunk..."

Shi Fengju pushed the entire blame onto Zhuang Weixian!

Hearing that he was with someone from the Zhuang family the night before, Mrs. Wang became even more displeased and couldn’t help but snort: "Not a single good person comes from the Zhuang family! And yet you enjoy associating with that young master of theirs! Humph, he probably didn’t have good intentions. Just as you come home, he called you out and forced you to drink excessively!"

"Mother," Shi Fengju could only vaguely answer with a laugh: "Isn’t our family doing business with theirs?" Fearing his mother would continue to nag endlessly, Shi Fengju then gently rubbed his forehead, showing a hint of discomfort on his face without meaning to.

Mrs. Wang, seeing this, truly felt sorry for him and quickly said, "Are you still having a headache?" She couldn’t help but scold Zhuang Weixian a few more times before urging Shi Fengju to go back and rest.

Shi Fengju agreed and stood up, casting glances towards Sang Wan.

"Miss Wan, you should go back too! Aren’t you going to support your husband?" Mrs. Wang, as expected, then said.

"Yes, mother!" Sang Wan obediently stood up, approached, and gently supported Shi Fengju’s arm. Shi Fengju felt a strange emotion wash over him and couldn’t help but give Sang Wan a side glance, seeing her with a serene and untroubled countenance like a tranquil painting, which unexpectedly made him feel a sense of loss.

"Wait," Mrs. Wang suddenly called out again, turning to Shi Fengju and asking, "Even if you came home late yesterday, why didn’t you go back to Ningyuan, but instead to that deserted study?"

Seeing her mother-in-law bringing up the past issues indirectly, Sang Wan felt like crying but had no tears, her palms tightening with tension.