Chapter 861: No Peace Even at the Funeral

"Ze Rong, it's not that I'm criticizing you, but with your family's vast wealth, are you really short on the money to hold a funeral? Your mother was, after all, a descendant of a prestigious family; to have such a shabby funeral when she died, aren't you afraid of people stabbing you in the back?"

Sheng Zerong remained expressionless: "This was my mother's wish. If you have any objections, Uncle, go and take it up with my mother."

"However, you didn't even visit once in all the years my mother was ill, so you don't really have the face to say anything now, do you?"

"You..."

The uncle turned bright red and retreated.

Immediately after, the aunt stepped forward to stir up trouble: "You didn't visit your mother while she was alive; only I went to see her. Your mother was so pitiful, all alone in the mental hospital, envying others for having children and grandchildren, but she was just by herself, and only came out after she died."

"My sister, your life was so bitter... It would be better to have no children or grandchildren at all than to have such unfilial ones. My poor, bitter sister..."

The aunt wailed miserably, her cries loud enough, yet not a single tear fell.

Sheng Zerong felt annoyed, but didn't know how to deal with it.

Although they were called relatives, there was no affection at all, but at a time like this, he couldn't just drive these people away.

Jian Yixin patted her husband's shoulder, offering him comfort with her gaze, and signaled for him to step back before she walked up to the aunt: "Second Aunt, is it? Please stop crying for a moment; crying won't solve the problem, will it?"

"Tell me, what would you consider appropriate?"

They had come specifically to find fault, intending to wait for their nephew to soften his stance and make demands for benefits.

But they hadn't expected the nephew's wife to throw the question back at them, and for a moment, they didn't know how to answer.

"Huh? How would I know what to do? In any case, a funeral this simple just won't do."

"Also, my sister had quite a large dowry when she got married. Now that she's gone, you need to return the dowry."

"Ha!"

"The requirements for the funeral were requested by my mother-in-law herself. Now that you say it won't do and want to change it, may I ask, should we listen to my mother-in-law or to you?"

The dead are to be respected.

If the simple funeral was truly Bai Xue's wish, it would confirm that they were just here to stir up trouble.

But this wasn't the end; Jian Yixin continued to ask: "My mother-in-law and father-in-law have been married for over thirty years. I've only heard of people asking for dowries back during a divorce; I've truly never heard of a case where, after living a whole life, the maternal family ignores them during times of hardship, only to want the dowry back after the person has passed away."

"I don't believe my eldest sister would have said such a thing. My eldest sister was the person who cared most about appearances; she liked things to be grand and always insisted on pomp. She wouldn't have asked for it to be simple."

To make her claim sound credible, she even blurted out a lie: "When I went to see my eldest sister last week, she even said she wanted to give all her dowry to me."

The uncle became anxious immediately: "Second Sister, did you leave anyone out? What about me?"

Jian Yixin smiled faintly: "We recorded a video before Mother passed away, which contains some of her final instructions. Mother-in-law said that in all these years, not one of you ever visited her, except when you wanted money."

"Mother-in-law also said that for her funeral, you should just come to offer a stick of incense and then leave, and that we shouldn't listen to anything you have to say. She had long since seen through you."

"Nonsense, my sister wouldn't say such things."

The aunt was stubborn, but her confidence was clearly waning.

Jian Yixin: "Why don't we play the video for everyone to see? Otherwise, those who don't know might think we're in the wrong. Who is right and who is wrong will be clear once we watch the video."

She took out her phone, and the aunt suddenly raised her arm in agitation, causing the phone to fly out and crash to the ground.

"Ouch!"

The aunt-in-law pretended to slip, fell in a very clumsy manner, stepped on the phone, and ground her heel into it several times, rendering it completely unusable.

"Don't you dare bully my mother."

Moli saw the old woman in front of him knock his mother's phone away and, thinking she was going to hit his mother, charged forward and slammed his head into the aunt's stomach.

"Ouch!"

The aunt fell to the ground; she wasn't pretending this time, as she landed hard on the solid marble floor and nearly fainted from the pain.

"Moli, come here. How could you bump into someone? Your great-aunt was just joking with Mommy; she didn't mean it. Quickly, apologize to your great-aunt."

She was complaining about the child on the surface, but in reality, she felt warm inside.

In a critical moment, it's still one's son who is the most heartwarming.

"I'm sorry."

Moli apologized.

"You children are too much, you're just lacking in upbringing..."

"You're at such an advanced age, yet your own character isn't much better. I will teach my own child; there's no need for others to do it."

"By the way, it doesn't matter if the phone screen is shattered; the video inside can still be saved after it's repaired."

This sentence made the uncle and aunt panic, and the rest of the funeral went smoothly, with no one else picking faults.

Sheng Family.

Fang Jie was beaming with joy as she solemnly handed a bright red Invitation to Shi Youxuan: "Madam, my son's wedding is on the eighteenth of this month. I invite you and Sir to attend."

"Good, we will definitely go. Where is the wedding being held?"

"Four Seasons Hotel."

"Good, our whole family will be there."

This respect had to be given; Fang Jie was an old hand in the household, and although they were nominally mistress and servant, they got along just like family.

On the day of the wedding, the weather was clear and cloudless.

The Sheng Family brought their whole family to attend the wedding.

There were also many familiar faces at the wedding—people from the Fishing Village.

Fang Jie's daughter-in-law, Yafang, was from the Small Fishing Village. Fang Jie's son and husband had met her while working on the Island, and later, when they returned to Jiangzhou, Yafang came back with them.

Usually, Fang Jie worked at the Sheng Family, while her husband worked at the Resort restaurant with two young people.

Since Yafang was getting married, no matter how far away it was, her maternal family had to come.

Seeing people from the Small Fishing Village on Jiangzhou soil, everyone felt very close, and there was one person who was bound to come up in conversation—Yafei!

Sheng Hanyu didn't mention her, so Shi Youxuan asked on his behalf: "How is Village Chief Yafei doing lately? Her brother is very concerned about her. Is Godfather in good health?"

"Uncle passed away last year, you didn't know?" Yaqiang asked in surprise.

"The old man is gone? I didn't know."

No one had told him.

His health had always been poor, so he wasn't that surprised to hear the news of his passing, but he felt very sad.

"Village Chief Yafei also has a terminal illness. Since Uncle passed away, her health has been getting worse and worse. She has seen many doctors and taken a lot of medicine, but nothing helps. Now she is just hanging on, and she doesn't have many days left to live..."

The wedding ended.

Sheng Hanyu discussed it with his wife; he wanted to send someone to bring Yafei out for medical treatment, either to Jiangzhou or the United States would be fine, as the medical conditions here are much better than over there.

Shi Youxuan said, "You should go yourself."

"What did you say?"

"I said you should go to the Small Fishing Village yourself to bring Yafei out. Don't you know what her temper is like? It would be useless for anyone else to go."

Yafei is stubborn, very stubborn.

In this life, she only listens to Yano.

"You aren't jealous? Or maybe we should both go together."

When his wife gets jealous, it is terrifying, and the consequences are very serious.

He once made her jealous many years ago, which nearly caused him to lose her forever.

The lingering effects from back then have still not healed even now, so when his wife is this magnanimous, he instinctively feels resistant!