Chapter 1734: If Others Respect Me an Inch, I Respect Them a Foot 2

Jian Yixin really didn't expect that Wu Ying had actually come to return the house!

She didn't take it.

Although her expression remained serious and her tone still cold, it was a tone of concern: "How did you get hurt?"

"No, it's nothing, I bumped into something by accident."

Wu Ying's gaze darted away; she wasn't telling the truth.

Jian Yixin mocked: "Heh! Did you two bump into each other by accident? And bumped into each other several times in a row?"

Wu Ying became even more ill at ease, clutching her lapels with both hands, head bowed in silence.

"Sit down, don't make it look like I'm bullying you. My father's body is not yet cold; if he saw you acting like a mistreated little daughter-in-law in my house from the netherworld, he would blame me too."

Jian Yixin always had a way of not saying nice things nicely, and Wu Ying was used to it.

She timidly agreed: "Okay." Only then did she cautiously sit on the edge of the sofa, while Zhou Yuhang remained standing.

"Why aren't you sitting?" Jian Yixin asked.

He said defiantly: "I don't want to sit, I prefer to stand. If you want to lecture us, hurry up. Everyone is very busy, and I have to go back to do my homework after I listen."

"How are you talking to me, child?"

Wu Ying had just opened her mouth, but Jian Yixin laughed and stopped her: "Don't scold him, let him continue."

"Why do you assume I would lecture you?"

For this "dead weight" brought by her stepmother, this was the first time Jian Yixin had looked at him directly.

Because of his status as a "dead weight," she had always looked down on him and had never looked at him properly.

Every time she returned to her maiden home, Zhou Yuhang would hide in his room and not come out. When it was truly necessary to eat at the same table, he would finish quickly and return to his room immediately, not saying a single word at the table.

In Jian Yixin's impression, he was even more timid than his mother; let alone talking to her, even when their eyes met, he would immediately look away.

But it was this very child who now looked her straight in the eye without fear, speaking articulately and neither humbly nor arrogantly.

Zhou Yuhang said: "Back then, when my mother brought me to marry your father, outsiders said we were after your family's money. But I know my mother wasn't after that at all; she just wanted me to have a place to settle down, to be able to eat and dress warmly, and to have a stable environment to study—that was enough."

"The old gentleman was very good to us mother and son and even left us a house and living expenses. We should be grateful, but we greedily wanted more. It was our fault, and it is only right for you to lecture us."

He kept saying "we," indicating that he and his mother had always stood together.

Hearing her son's words, Wu Ying became anxious: "Miss, don't listen to his nonsense. This matter is entirely my fault; my son was against it from beginning to end, it has nothing to do with him..."

She was very afraid that Jian Yixin would vent her anger on her son.

She didn't.

There was no venting of anger; she didn't even have the condescending attitude she usually had toward them, but was actually quite amiable.

"I told you to sit, so sit. Stop talking nonsense."

She had the servants serve tea, wash fruit, bring snacks, and prepare a meal...

Jian Yixin suddenly realized that she had eaten many meals cooked by Wu Ying, but had never invited her to a meal herself!

Moreover, she had no idea what she and her son liked to eat.

But Wu Ying knew exactly what she liked to eat; every time she returned to her maiden home on the weekend, there were dishes she liked on the table.

"No need, Miss, you don't need to go to the trouble, we'll go back and eat!" Wu Ying was panicked and hurriedly refused.

"What? Do you want my father to be restless in the netherworld? I'm doing this for him to see; just indulge me."

Saying this was like trying to fool a ghost.

Wu Ying and her son stayed and had a meal at Jian Yixin's house.

Fortunately, Jian Yining also came, and with him there, the tense mood of Wu Ying and her son eased up a lot.

After the meal, Wu Ying and her son prepared to leave.

Jian Yixin returned the property deed and the bank card to Wu Ying's hands.

She told her to live in the house with peace of mind, as it was what her father had given her, and it was the least she deserved for serving him all these years.

The monthly living expenses would be paid from the company's account, transferred on time without a single day's delay, temporarily set at ten thousand yuan per month.

If Wu Ying married in the future, the living expenses would stop, but the house would always be hers.

Before Wu Ying married, the living expenses would follow this standard for the first year, and in the future, it would increase by eight percent every year, the same as the international inflation rate!

In addition, if they encountered any difficulties in the future, they could come to her.

Jian Yixin specifically twisted her tone as usual: "I can't guarantee I can solve them, but you can try. If it happens to be solved, it counts as one more path."

Wu Ying didn't expect this outcome; she cried her eyes out and was then sent away.

Jian Yixin didn't want to see women cry; she hated that the most. Crying is useless; only useless people use tears to solve problems.

Reconciling with Wu Ying didn't mean she would let Wu Ying's brother and sister-in-law off the hook.

As long as they didn't provoke her, they could do whatever they wanted!

She couldn't be bothered with them.

But if they provoked her and still wanted to act as if nothing had happened?

Keep dreaming.

In Wu Ying's hometown, a series of things happened.

First, a company went to their village under the banner of helping farmers, distributing free fertilizer; they registered first, then collected it with a voucher.

Every family could get two bags of fertilizer without spending a cent, except for Wu Ying's sister-in-law, who was not allowed to when she went to register.

Why?

She went to ask the Village Chief, and the Village Chief said, "I can't manage this; this matter is the company's personal behavior, you go find them."

So she went to make a scene with the person in charge of distributing the fertilizer, and the person in charge dismissed her with one sentence: "We are an activity to help farmers and alleviate poverty. You are suing the Jian Family and asking for so much money from them; you lost the qualification to receive fertilizer long ago. Get out, get out, get out!"

She returned home furious, having worked for nothing and gained nothing.

Now they couldn't even enter the residential compound where Wu Ying lived, and it was even more impossible for her to answer the phone; this time, the sister-in-law was determined to cut off all ties with the family.

There was no share for her when the village distributed fertilizer; truly, when a person is down on their luck, even drinking cold water gets stuck in their teeth!

She did not accept her bad luck, but instead conceived a wicked idea.

If I am not to have an easy time, then no one else should think of having one either.

In the dead of night.

She snuck into the place where the fertilizer was stored, used a knife to slash open all the fertilizer bags, and sprinkled salt inside them...

The next day, the villagers discovered it and immediately exploded with rage.

The whole village was filled with cursing and swearing, wishing for the evildoer to be struck by lightning and to have no descendants.

Wu Ying was triumphant and unmoved.

Let them curse.

If cursing could solve problems, then this world would be simple.

People guessed that she was the one who caused the destruction, and some villagers came to ask her, but she wasn't stupid; she would never admit it!

She even bit back: "Who saw it? Who saw it? To catch a thief, you need the stolen goods; to catch an adulterer, you need the pair. If you didn't catch me red-handed, I won't admit it..."

"Oh! This is outrageous, the whole village is bullying me alone, there's no way for me to live..." She sat down on the ground and started her usual routine of acting like a shrew!

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