radicalducati Chapter 1368: Dealing with Nanny Ji
Chapter 1368: Dealing with Nanny Ji
"As for Zhuzhu, she is the legitimate eldest granddaughter of the Xie Family, and should be raised in the Xie Family. However, you are her biological mother, so I will send her to stay with you for three months every year."
He added, "You don’t need to worry that Zhuzhu will be bullied by her stepmother."
He won’t remarry; being tormented once by her is enough, and he doesn’t want to be tormented a second time.
Xie Cheng said a lot, but Mrs. Ji stared at him blankly and asked, "Did you see me on the painted boat? When did this happen?"
"Ji Zhenniang, are you completely ignoring what I’m saying?" Xie Cheng was furious, thinking whether this woman has any emotions at all. He had given her the divorce paper, they were about to divorce, yet she still had the mind to ask about such old matters.
But Xie Cheng still answered Ji Zhenniang, "It was during the Chongyang Festival five years ago, on your family’s painted boat along the Huai River."
At the time, river bandits were rampant, and General Guo wanted them to learn to swim, so they would have the strength to fight if they encountered river bandits.
He had just become a Company Commander then, eager to earn merits, and so even when visiting family elders in Linhe Prefecture, he would take time to swim in the Huai River for two hours.
Who knew he would encounter this disaster, being tormented for years alive.
"So it was at that time." Ji Zhenniang suddenly realized, somewhat shocked that they had met before marriage, like the story of a scholar meeting a young woman in a tale.
Xie Cheng nodded, "Yes, back then, you were charming, even when angry you looked adorable and pleasing. I liked it very much, so I sent people to inquire, found out you were the granddaughter of the Ji Family, and then went home to seek my parents’ approval to travel all the way to Linhe Prefecture to propose."
He was truly attentive to her, despite the uncertainty of the outcome, he made his parents travel to Linhe Prefecture.
"Even when angry you looked adorable?" Ji Zhenniang was a bit pleased, raising her head to look at him and asked, "Really? Then why are you so fierce with me now?"
Xie Cheng closed his eyes, shook his head, and after a moment opened them, crouched down and asked, "Zhenniang, we are about to divorce. Do you think it’s still necessary to argue about these things now?"
Divorce, divorce!
Ji Zhenniang then remembered, he had just thrown her a divorce paper, she hurriedly took it and opened it, the words on it shocked her.
Xie Cheng actually returned her dowry in full, gave her the Xie Family’s house and manor in Linhe, and even swore that if he ever remarried, he wouldn’t marry anyone from the Surnamed Ji family.
In other words, he really didn’t like her concubine sister and wouldn’t marry her sister.
"Have you seen clearly? Our Xie Family does not covet your dowry." Xie Cheng said and then sighed, "Our connection ends here. In the future, you need to be sensible and don’t act willfully anymore, otherwise, there won’t be anyone to help you."
His words were clearly said softly, not fierce at all, but Ji Zhenniang cried, sobbing uncontrollably, feeling incredibly wronged.
Xie Cheng frowned, not wanting to coax her anymore, turned to leave the carriage, but was grabbed by Ji Zhenniang by the arm, "Didn’t you say even when I’m angry I look adorable? Yet you still don’t want me? You heartless man!"
Xie Cheng felt like hitting someone, "Ji Zhenniang, are you reasonable? When did I become heartless? Clearly, you despise me, make a scene every day, I only decided to divorce because of you."
Ji Zhenniang was silent for a moment, then bewilderedly said, "But I gave you everything, even gave birth to your child, if you don’t want me, I will be laughed at by my family."
"So just for face, you want to torment me for a lifetime?!" Xie Cheng held back his reluctance, pulled away Ji Zhenniang’s hand, and countered, "Don’t you despise me for having killed someone? After our divorce, you won’t have to sleep next to a murderer anymore."
Ji Zhenniang was still very afraid when he mentioned killing, but at this moment she feared the return home after divorce more, hurriedly said, "You, you killed bad people, it doesn’t count as wrongdoing..."
Xie Cheng’s heart felt like scorching summer exchanging with severe winter, sometimes cold, sometimes warm, truly tormented.
After a moment, he turned back to ask her, "Then you’re not afraid of me anymore?"
Ji Zhenniang’s fear visibly crawled across her face, causing Xie Cheng’s heart to fall again into an icy abyss.
"Afraid, afraid!" Ji Zhenniang slowly moved back to the corner of the carriage, glanced at Xie Cheng, and said, "But you can’t blame me... It’s too terrifying, I haven’t died of fright already very impressive."
Xie Cheng looked at her appearance, listened to her words, and knew she was truly scared, then he lifted his garment and began to play pitifully, "Look at my injuries, these wounds were inflicted by the people I killed. You need to remember, it’s not that I am cruel, they did too much evil, if I don’t kill them, I will die."
This time Ji Zhenniang finally dared to look at his wounds, seeing the scars that were either protruding or recessed, her tears fell, she was angry, "They are too evil!"
She added, "At the time, must have hurt like hell."
She cried when pricked by a needle while embroidering, he suffered such heavy wounds, wouldn’t the pain make him vomit blood?
Truly unbearable!
Xie Cheng cursed once in his heart, pitifully looked at Ji Zhenniang and said, "It’s still painful now, if you touch them, maybe it won’t hurt anymore."
Ji Zhenniang rolled her eyes at Xie Cheng, very cleverly said, "Liar, do you think I’m stupid? How could it still hurt now?"
Xie Cheng, "You don’t understand, being cut by a knife is different from being pricked by an embroidery needle. Mine reached the bone, and for life, whenever it’s windy or rainy it will hurt. Look outside, it’s snowing, I’m in unbearable pain."
Ji Zhenniang didn’t know what kind of pain being cut by a knife was, but she felt Xie Cheng was her husband, four years they knew each other, and had a daughter Zhuzhu together, she believed his nonsense, moved closer to touch his scars, asked, "Is it better now?"
Xie Cheng, "Much better."
Ji Zhenniang was very happy, and tentatively said, "See, I can help you, keeping me is useful, still thinking about divorce?"
Ji Zhenniang knows how tragic it is for a divorced woman returning home, her aunt had divorced and went back, hadn’t stayed in the family house for two days before being sent to the countryside manor temple to cleanse, can’t even eat meat during New Year, abysmally tragic.
Some families who care a lot about face, even arrange for supposedly ill or deceased divorced women.
Girls like her who are good-looking, would be taken to serve as concubines for old men, contributing the last bit of effort to the family.
Ji Zhenniang looked at Xie Cheng... Honestly, Xie Cheng was quite handsome, although six years older than her, compared to being a concubine to old men who were twenty years older and exceedingly ugly, she’d rather be Xie Cheng’s official wife.
Being an official wife is much better than being a concubine!
After hearing this, Xie Cheng really wanted to bow to Mr. and Mrs. Qin San Lang, Gu Family’s pretense is too effective, Zhenniang began to curry favor with him.
However, Xie Cheng did not immediately agree with Ji Zhenniang but said, "You’re not genuinely willing to be with me, and so, it’s better to separate."
Ji Zhenniang shouted, "No separation, no separation, I, Ji Zhenniang, am the legitimate granddaughter of the Ji Family in Linhe Prefecture, how could I be divorced and returned home?!"
Xie Cheng’s heart was pulled, damn it, indeed she still cares more about face.
He was angry for a while, then took the opportunity to ask her for favors, "You don’t want to divorce, that can be done, but you must agree to let me deal with Nanny Ji and Hong Xiang. These demon people have troubled us a lot, if they’re not removed, life will be impossible!"