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Yang Shanshan endured the pain as she watched Yang Zhenwei leave. Just as he walked out the door, she suddenly spoke, “In your heart, are the three children more important than me?”
“It’s not a matter of who is more important. It’s about your actions crossing my bottom line, especially what you’ve done to the three siblings. What you did is not something a mother should do; it’s worse than a beast. Even a tiger doesn’t eat its own cubs, but you…” Yang Zhenwei didn’t scold Yang Shanshan because the children were more important, but because what she did was truly outrageous.
Yang Shanshan looked at Yang Zhenwei, “They didn’t say anything. Does Dad have to intervene too?”
Yang Zhenwei turned to look at Yang Shanshan, observing her at this moment still trying to defend herself. His expression was grim, “Do you find it meaningful to say such things, Yang Shanshan? Why didn’t they say anything? Because you’re their mother. What can they say?”
“Do you really not know how much the three children hate you now? You just don’t want to admit that you were wrong.” Yang Zhenwei angrily rebuked in a low voice.
At this point, Yang Shanshan still thought that the children not saying anything meant they didn’t blame her.
“Also, it’s not that I want to intervene; it’s Xiao Yu who wrote a letter to me to complain,” Yang Zhenwei said coldly.
“The purpose of his complaint, if you have a brain, you won’t ignore it.” Yang Zhenwei, for the first time, realized that Yang Shanshan had become the kind of person he hated the most.
“Yang Shanshan, doing something wrong and hurting your own children is not the scariest part. The scary part is that you, knowing you were wrong, don’t repent and continue to harm your children. Is this what a mother should do?”
“You knowingly did wrong and went so far as to harm your own children even more. Why? When you conspired with Su Qin, knowing Xiao Yu was innocent, you still targeted him. You nearly killed him when he was already seriously injured. Tell me, why did you do that?” Yang Zhenwei brought out all the dirty secrets in Yang Shanshan’s heart.
Yang Shanshan’s self-righteousness seemed feeble in the face of Yang Zhenwei’s words.
“I…”
“Have you ever seriously taken care of the children since they were born? If it’s not Su Xi or me taking care of them, then who? I don’t blame you for not taking care of them with Su Qin, but what about you two?” Yang Zhenwei didn’t want to hear Yang Shanshan’s evasive words and cut her off when she was about to speak.
Yang Shanshan and Su Qin fell silent, their eyes revealing realization. Did they really not take care of the three children?
“Yang Shanshan, as the children grow up, it’s not the time when you can do whatever you want. They hate you now and don’t want to reconcile with you. This is your own doing. Don’t blame others. You and your husband, take care of your own mess.” Yang Zhenwei finished speaking and didn’t want to bother with her anymore, turning away with his people.
When he reached the door, he suddenly stopped, turned his head, and looked at the heavily injured Yang Shanshan, “How do you feel now? That’s how Xiao Yu felt back then. He’s pain is even greater.”
Yang Shanshan watched helplessly as Yang Zhenwei left.
Su Long crossed his arms, watching Su Qin hurriedly go find a doctor while holding Yang Shanshan, a hint of sarcasm in his eyes.
He remembered that after Yang Shanshan hit Xiao Yu, they left without instructing anyone to call a doctor for him. It was only when Yuan Bao discovered it and ignored everything to take Xiao Yu to find a doctor.
She just got beaten up a bit; was there a need to be in such a hurry? Xiao Yu had been beaten much more severely back then. Why wasn’t he in a hurry then?
It’s truly ironic.
The news of Yang Shanshan being beaten by Yang Zhenwei quickly spread in both Su and Yang families. Those who knew she had hit Su Yu in the past thought she deserved it.
Having once used a whip on her own son, she was now ruthlessly beaten by her father. Wasn’t this considered karma?
After leaving the Su family and getting on the carriage, Yang Zhenwei sighed helplessly, “She was such a good child. How did she end up like this?”
“Master, Miss…”
“Enough, Yang Fang. You don’t need to make excuses for her. Whatever the reason, it doesn’t justify her harming the children.” Yang Zhenwei waved his hand, stopping Yang Fang from continuing. There was no point in going on about these matters.
Yang Fang fell silent. It was a fact that the young miss harmed the young master and the others. It wasn’t something that could be explained in just a sentence or two.
“Let’s go find Xiao Yu.”
After hearing the news of Yang Shanshan being beaten from Su Lang, Su Mingche immediately wrote a letter informing Su Yu.
Upon receiving the news, Su Yu not only didn’t feel happy but found it bitterly ironic. Yang Shanshan hit him because of a matter involving his father. Wasn’t it meddling when the old man hit her?
That was truly something Yang Shanshan would say.
Tearing the letter to pieces, he went out to find Wang Jinhe.
The wine bottles and glass wine cups he had asked for were already delivered a few days ago, and Wang Jinhe was busy with the task of filling the bottles.
Though it had only been a short while, the aroma seemed even better.
“Such a fragrant smell.” Su Yu walked over and commented.
“Try it. See if the taste has improved.” Wang Jinhe scooped a cup of wine for Su Yu to taste.
After tasting it, Su Yu’s eyes lit up. “Indeed, it’s better now, even more enjoyable than when it was freshly brewed.”
“This year, besides the portion we’ll give to the Emperor, let’s take out a hundred catties to sell. We could earn tens of thousands of taels of silver.” Wang Jinhe suggested to Su Yu.
With four women in the house who need to drink it and Su Yu developing a liking for grape wine, it made sense to keep a little extra.
“After this, we won’t sell any more grapes. Let’s keep them to make wine, alright?” Su Yu looked at Wang Jinhe and said earnestly.
Thinking about the grapes that had already been sold, Su Yu felt a headache coming on.
“Okay, the winery is also set up. Later, we can start brewing other types of wine. We can sell those. As for fruit wine, I’ll consider it later.”
“Sure, for strong liquor, brew as much as you want. The success of grape wine has given me great expectations for strong liquor,” Su Yu said, looking forward to it.
“Aren’t you planning to store liquor?”
“We’ll definitely store some liquor, but the ones we plan to sell, we should sell.” Su Yu wiggled his fingers, smiling.
Ignoring him, Wang Jinhe couldn’t be bothered with Su Yu.
Since the house was built on Su Yu’s side, Qiuchan and the others had been living there.
The old house had been dismantled by Wang Jinhe, and a new one was built for the maids. It was still under expansion, and after completion, they might need to hire a few more people for the winery business.