Rebirth: The Courtyard Bride Is Cool and Radiant

Chapter 840: Chapter 840: I Was Drunk—My Drunken Words Can’t Be Taken Seriously

Wu Lijuan knew she was in the wrong, but feared facing the consequences, so she murmured vaguely, ”There was water where she stood, she couldn’t keep her balance.”

Having said that, she ran out following the others.

Qin Hongling looked at the scene, doubting the second daughter-in-law wasn’t the impulsive type; there was definitely something wrong here.

He just pushed open the door to the old man’s room on the first floor, saw no one inside, probably had gone out to find someone to play chess.

He glanced upstairs and heard sounds from above, so he lifted his feet and went up.

As soon as he got to the second floor, he heard the third daughter-in-law angrily shout, ”If you think she’s so good, why don’t you marry her then? Why did you marry me?”

Qin Hongling, as the father-in-law, shouldn’t be meddling in his son and daughter-in-law’s affairs, initially intending to turn away and leave, and wait for his wife Wu Lijuan to handle it when she returned, but Long Yueyue’s words grew increasingly harsh: ”Back then you wanted to climb up to our Long Family, and tried every way to please me. Now that you’ve succeeded, you think I’m not as gentle as your former fiancée. What were you thinking in the first place?”

Qin Jianghui, perhaps the alcohol had worn off, argued, ”Yueyue, I drank too much, drunken words can’t be taken seriously.”

But Long Yueyue refused to believe, ”You think I’ll believe that? It’s only because you were drunk that you spoke truthfully from your heart. You can’t deceive me.”

Qin Jianghui looked exhausted, ”Yueyue, let’s not fight anymore, shall we?

I just heard Mom and second sister-in-law’s voices, let’s go down and take a look, in case something’s happened.”

Long Yueyue heard this, replied coldly, ”You can hardly protect yourself, yet you still have time to care about others. Qin Jianghui, you’re something else, you never truly cared about me, Long Yueyue; I really misjudged you.”

With that, she opened the wardrobe, ready to pack her things and return to her parents’ home.

Qin Jianghui got anxious, jumped off the bed, not even bothering with his shoes: ”Yueyue, don’t be like this, okay? You know you’re the only one in my heart. If I really liked Chuyunyi, given how much the Gu Family and Hua Family value her, how could the engagement be canceled?

Besides, I’ve already told you before, Grandpa compensated her for breaking off the engagement. Though I don’t know exactly what Grandpa promised, I’m sure it was costly, but this matter hasn’t been openly discussed.”

The compensation matter for Yunyi wasn’t openly talked about because they feared the several households would kick up a fuss over it.

After all, a house isn’t a trivial matter, just worried that the households might grow animosities due to this.

But Long Yueyue’s thought process was different: ”Oh, so it’s not just you who can’t forget about her. Do even your family think I robbed her position, feel sorry for her, and thus gave her material compensation?”

Her voice wasn’t quiet, scaring Qin Jianghui to quickly say, ”Ah, my little ancestor, lower your voice a bit. Should other households hear this, wouldn’t it stir up a storm?”

This didn’t calm her down, but instead enraged Long Yueyue: ”I see, you just don’t want me to demand things back from Chuyunyi, die for feeling guilty for moving on, huh?”

Qin Jianghui was almost losing his mind: ”Yueyue, what nonsense are you talking about? I had no feelings for her, where does this moving on thing come from? I’ve only ever felt for you.”

However, when he said this, he suddenly lost confidence, indeed, as he said, he only had affection for Long Yueyue, but who would have thought the sweet pre-marriage days turned into endless quarrels post-marriage, he was really weary of this kind of life now.