Chapter 700: A New Height of Making Trouble

Shi Youxuan looked around, and before she could ask the question on her mind, Wan'er said, "Are you wondering why I didn't set up a nursery?"

In families like theirs, they basically all set up dedicated nurseries for the children, connected to the parents' bedroom but not in the same room.

The nursery would have a dedicated maternity matron and a baby nurse to provide twenty-four-hour care.

The parents could go over to see them at any time, making it convenient for care while still having their own independent space.

Before Shi Youxuan could answer, Wan'er sighed and said, "Actually, you should be able to guess—it's all because of my mother-in-law that I keep the children with me."

Shi Youxuan had always known that Lady Jian was skilled at making trouble.

But Wan'er's complaints made Shi Youxuan realize that Lady Jian had reached a new height of making trouble!

Not being allowed to eat salt during the postpartum confinement period was just the tip of the iceberg among the various bizarre things she had done!

When Wan'er first came home from the hospital, the children had their own separate nursery.

But one time she went in and was shocked; the temperature in the nursery was too high.

The room had the heater on, the air was stale, and there was an unpleasant smell.

Actually, the weather in Jiangzhou at that time didn't require heat, but the maternity matron said it was the old lady's order, fearing the children would catch a chill.

So she wouldn't allow the windows or doors to be opened for ventilation, to maintain the room temperature.

There was a thermometer on the wall, but she ignored it entirely, stubbornly believing that the higher the temperature, the better.

How could newborn children possibly endure such an environment?

Seeing the babies' flushed little faces and their incessant crying, Wan'er had a huge argument with her mother-in-law during her confinement.

She won the argument.

And she replaced the maternity matron hired by her mother-in-law with someone she hired at a high salary, who would only take orders from her.

She thought that would be enough, but she still underestimated her mother-in-law's "ability."

Not two days after the new maternity matron was hired, she came to resign to Jin Wan'er.

She said there was an emergency at home and she couldn't do it anymore.

At first, Wan'er didn't pay much attention; who doesn't have things come up at home?

So she agreed.

She asked the confinement center to send someone new, but the maternity matron who came this time stayed for an even shorter time; she resigned after only half a day, saying she couldn't do it.

When she tried to replace her again, there was no one left to use.

Her mother-in-law naturally arranged for her own people to come in!

She even argued righteously: "They are my Jian Family children; would I harm my own granddaughter? It was just my momentary confusion at the beginning; such a situation won't happen again, everything will be up to you..."

Wan'er was uneasy; her mother-in-law had always said one thing and done another.

So she had no choice but to keep the children in her bedroom.

Although doing this meant less privacy, with nannies and maternity matrons coming in and out of her room, the children could be under her nose twenty-four hours a day, and she could only feel at ease if she watched them herself.

Her mother-in-law wouldn't let this matter go.

She said her daughter-in-law didn't trust her.

Guarding against her as if she were a thief was too much...

Then she demanded more authority: "If you won't let me manage the children, I can manage you, right?"

For the sake of the children, Wan'er had to swallow her grievances.

As for the various bizarre demands her mother-in-law made, as long as they didn't involve the children, she mostly chose to endure them.

A Ning was also doing things for his own sake outside; not looking at her mother-in-law but looking at A Ning, Wan'er tried her best to accommodate her.

It was just that the more she accommodated her, the more excessive she became.

Lady Jian's methods of making trouble were only getting stronger, not weaker.

They were even being upgraded.

The three Baobao definitely didn't have enough breast milk.

Yet her mother-in-law wouldn't allow formula, saying the best food for infants was breast milk, and accused Wan'er of wanting to keep her figure and not wanting to feed the babies.

She made her eat without salt and forced her to drink greasy soups and broths.

That wasn't all; later it got even worse—she used lard mixed with boiling water and made her drink it, saying it was a folk remedy with miraculous effects for milk production!

It is very normal for young children to cry.

But as long as the children cried, she would accuse Wan'er of not feeding them enough and would soon bring over a bowl of lard soup...

This led to Wan'er now wanting to vomit whenever she smelled lard.

There was more.

Her mother-in-law's two nephews were always running over here.

They often used the excuse of seeing the children to barge into her bedroom without knocking.

Their gazes were malicious, always looking where they shouldn't look...

The two of them had been scolded away by Wan'er several times, but instead of restraining themselves, they even said Wan'er was seducing them.

Her mother-in-law then resorted to veiled abuse, scolding her for not being able to endure loneliness.

Fortunately, her father-in-law was still a reasonable person; he backed Wan'er up, chased the two of them away, and told them never to step foot in their house again.

Wan'er had never told anyone about these things.

It was truly uncomfortable to keep it bottled up inside, and now that she had let it out, she felt much lighter.

"That old woman is too much, I'm going to go settle the score with her." Shi Youxuan was so angry her lungs felt like they were going to explode; she opened the door, ready to go out.

But she was stopped by Wan'er: "Sister, don't go. The matter has already passed. I just wanted to talk to you to feel a bit better. If you go find her, she won't admit it, and A Ning will be caught in the middle between us, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, in a difficult position."

Shi Youxuan:...

Alright then.

She admitted that what Wan'er said made sense.

But could she just swallow this insult?

"Wan'er, you all should move out immediately; don't live with your mother-in-law. Continuing to live together is no good for the child."

The child was still young, and they couldn't leave for the time being; they all had to live in Jiangzhou.

In the less than one month they had been away, Lady Jian had stirred up so many things; she feared that if they continued to live together, even a sane person would be driven mad.

Wan'er gave a bitter smile: "A Ning proposed moving out as soon as he returned, but my mother-in-law cried, made a scene, and threatened suicide, so he was left with no choice."

Jian Yining had no way, but Shi Youxuan did.

That afternoon.

Lady Jian's two nephews were beaten by someone.

Their heads were swollen like pig heads, and they were carried home from the outside!

Lady Jian's younger sister cried miserably and called her sister for help: "Sister, you know your nephews are honest. They don't know who they provoked, but they were beaten, beaten terribly. If anything happens to my two sons, how am I supposed to live the rest of my life..."

"Don't cry, have you sent them to the hospital?"

"Sent them, sent them to your family's hospital..."

The nephews were sent to their own hospital, and after a full examination—there were no major issues, just external injuries.

They just needed to rest and recover well.

Because the two didn't know why they were beaten, they naturally couldn't find the person who did it, so all the expenses were charged to the Jian Family!

Medical care was free, and they were served good food and drinks.

However, these two weren't well-behaved in the hospital either; they were hitting on the young nurses.

The nurses knew they were the Chairman's relatives; if they couldn't afford to offend them, they could at least avoid them, right?

So, resignation letters were submitted to the dean's office, with the reasons for resigning stated truthfully.

The dean reported it to the Chairman, and Jian Yixin took the opportunity to kick the two out of the hospital.

It wasn't a serious illness anyway, so they could go home and recover.

After the two were kicked out of the hospital, her younger sister went to Lady Jian again to cry and complain!

She complained that her niece had no regard for family ties and didn't leave them any face at all...

If it were anything else, Lady Jian would have helped her sister.

But since it concerned her own daughter, she naturally stood firmly on her daughter's side.

Lady Jian immediately retorted: "It's those two who are useless. They were beaten into such a state, and they're still thinking about women? People say a rabbit doesn't eat the grass by its own burrow; those two things of yours are just good-for-nothings who specialize in eating the grass by their own burrow..."

The younger sister was already full of grievances.

As a result, instead of receiving comfort, she was scolded head-on, and she became unhappy immediately.

She said sarcastically: "Oh, now you despise us for eating the grass by our own burrow? I don't know who it was back then who begged at my door, asking my son to seduce her daughter-in-law who could no longer lay eggs..."