The Herbal Scents of Farm Life
Chapter 1978: Gaining No Benefit

Chapter 1978: Chapter 1978: Gaining No Benefit

Indeed, that unfilial son Yue Chushui was born to be my nemesis!

"Yue Chong, for the sake of that woman Luo Mianyi, you have already alienated so many people. Do you really want to deny your own son as well?"

Old Madam Yue looked at him, asking in deep sorrow and earnest pain.

"Or perhaps, you want Chushui to deny you as his father? It’s true, now it seems just so. Chushui doesn’t see you as his father at all, as if you don’t exist.

You, do you not fear that in the dead of night, when dreams return with a hundred twists, the spirit of Qiu Yi will come seeking you out to settle scores?"

"I..."

Upon hearing the name Qiu Yi, Yue Chong felt a pang of guilt.

But after all, Luo Qiuyi had been dead for so many years, and he had his wife Luo Mianyi by his side; the feeling of guilt was fleeting and soon vanished.

"What scores could she possibly have to settle with me? Having given birth to such an unfilial son, does she still have any reason to be right?"

"You—"

Old Madam Yue was so infuriated that the veins on her forehead bulged.

"Yue Chong, do you really think that nobody knows how Qiu Yi... how she died?"

The last five words, she uttered in a hushed tone, audible only to the two of them, her expression growing uglier.

"Mother... what nonsense are you saying."

Yue Chong, upon hearing this, was thrown into disarray and stood up.

"Hmph!"

Old Madam Yue snorted coldly.

"Do you really think that your wife, after all these years, why can’t she gain any favors from her own family? Do you truly not understand the twisted intricacies involved?"

She questioned.

"I..."

Yue Chong opened his mouth but was unable to utter a word.

Naturally, his heart had its suspicions, fearing that there was something fishy about the death of Luo Qiuyi which Old Madam Luo had noticed.

Thus, over the years, Luo Mianyi did everything possible to curry favor with her maternal family but could not gain any advantage, even directly being told by Old Madam Luo.

She said that all the possessions that she had, other than those left for her son, would be left to Yue Chushui.

Even back when nobody knew that Lin Tianyu had been switched at birth, despite Luo Mianyi’s extraordinary kindness to Lin Tianyu, Old Madam Luo did not give her anything.

Now, looking back, he couldn’t help but suspect that Old Madam Luo might have suspected early on that Lin Tianyu was not Luo Qiuyi’s son, hence why she gave nothing to Lin Tianyu either.

In fact, Yue Chong’s suspicions were excessive.

Old Madam Luo didn’t give anything to Lin Tianyu simply because she saw that Lin Tianyu was too dependent on Luo Mianyi, his mother. She felt that even if the possessions ended up in Lin Tianyu’s hands, they would ultimately fall into Luo Mianyi’s.

Therefore, she kept the possessions for a few more years, thinking that when Lin Tianyu came of age, she would then give her daughter’s dowry to this grandson.

Who would have thought that before Lin Tianyu reached adulthood, it was revealed that he was not the Yue Family’s child, but had been switched.

Of course, Lin Tianyu naturally ended up with nothing.

"Mother, Mianyi didn’t do it on purpose, she never thought that Qiu Yi... that she would just... Mianyi has been feeling uneasy about it all these years too. Besides, she did it out of love for me. Can’t you just let this matter go?"

He took a deep breath and asked his mother.

"Heh."

Old Madam Yue let out a cold laugh.