Chapter 231: Chapter 231: Favoritism?
Although she had guessed earlier that it was unlikely that she could get Yuan Bao back, being directly refused by her own mother-in-law still hit Mrs. Xiao Li hard.
She sat there dazed, not moving for a long time.
Mrs. Zeng just watched silently, offering no comfort.
She was genuinely troubled by this daughter-in-law.
Day by day, she had whims and acted on them.
You’d think she was thoughtless, but sometimes she could be quite shrewd. Previously, she considered Yuan Bao, their daughter, to be a worthless burden, and thus treated her carelessly.
In Mrs. Zeng’s view, though their eldest granddaughter was indeed a bit smarter than the average child, no matter how clever, she was still a child. What outrageous things must Mrs. Xiao Li have done to force their granddaughter to choose to run away from home instead of staying near her?
Back then, Mrs. Zeng hadn’t dug deeper into the matter, but that didn’t mean she had forgotten it all.
"Mother, you’re biased!"
As Mrs. Zeng was thinking about this, Mrs. Xiao Li, who had been silent all along, suddenly spoke up, raising her head and glaring at Mrs. Zeng with angry, defiant eyes.
"I’m biased?"
Mrs. Zeng glanced at Mrs. Xiao Li accusing her and was also infuriated!
Whether it was dealing with her five sons or with the current four daughters-in-law, Mrs. Zeng didn’t dare say she was perfectly fair since even ten fingers aren’t of the same length!
However, Mrs. Zeng could confidently say she hadn’t wronged any son or mistreated any daughter-in-law.
In other families, few daughters-in-law received proper postpartum care after giving birth, but in their family, all four current daughters-in-law received full postpartum confinement care, each time personally attended by her.
As a mother-in-law, reaching this level, you’d find few equals in the world.
"Yes, you’re biased!"
"You’re definitely biased!"
Mrs. Xiao Li stared intently at Mrs. Zeng, "You and father have always favored Xiao Wu, and now, knowing that Jiaojiao is blessed, you want to adopt Xiao Wu to reap Jiaojiao’s good fortune to protect Xiao Wu?"
"Jiaojiao is my child!"
"There are no parents who aren’t biased!"
"I was wrong before; now I know I was wrong, and I’ve changed!"
"I’ve changed, so why won’t you agree to let Jiaojiao come back?"
"I am Jiaojiao’s real mother!"
"In the future, Xiao Wu will have to get married eventually. Given Xiao Wu’s situation, already having a daughter before marriage, do you think any decent family’s daughter would want to marry him?"
"Mother, even if you don’t like me, shouldn’t you at least think about Xiao Wu?"
Mrs. Xiao Li’s heart was filled with a thousand words, which burst out like popping beans at this moment.
Mrs. Zeng listened to Mrs. Xiao Li until she finished speaking, then smiled slightly and said, "Back then, adopting Jiaojiao under Xiao Wu’s name wasn’t our idea; it was proposed by Xiao Wu himself!"
"If you’ve forgotten, you can ask the fourth son!"
"Also, regarding Xiao Wu’s marriage that you mentioned, maybe you’re right!"
"But this isn’t something you need to worry about."
"Whether Xiao Wu gets married and what kind of wife he marries, that’s his own matter."
"Back then, the fourth son decided on marrying you all by himself; now, Xiao Wu’s marriage is also his own decision. If Xiao Wu’s wife cannot tolerate Jiaojiao in the future, our old bones can still raise Jiaojiao!"
"This, too, is not something you need to concern yourself with!"
Mrs. Zeng was truly infuriated by Mrs. Xiao Li.