Chapter 1385: Chapter 1383: Humiliated and Enraged
Wu Lihongās intuition was spot on, Madam Zhouās words made him widen his eyes, simply not believing what he heard.
Did she just say that, was he hallucinating?
"Say that again?" Wu Lihongās face turned cold.
Madam Zhouās gaze was calm; no one noticed her hand was clenched into a fist under her sleeve, as she resolutely said, "I will not take the children back to your home. Wufu and I have already agreed, once the child in my belly is born, I will return to Huayang. Rest assured, I will put all my heart and effort into raising this child, after all, I managed to carry Wufu against all odds back then. Especially now that life is easier!"
She revealed a slight smile, gently caressing her belly, and said, "I will have him take my last name, take care of yourself."
"Nonsense!" Wu Lihong erupted in anger, pointing his index finger at her: "Do you know what kind of rubbish youāre spouting? How can the blood of the Wu family wander outside, Meiniang, how did you become like this? Is it Wufu, that rebellious girl, who is coercing you?"
"No one is forcing me, I simply donāt want to follow you back to the Wu family, nor do I want to wrong the children!"
"Wronged? Just a few months ago, you didnāt say such things, and now you say wronged? Could it be that all your affection towards me was fake?" Wu Lihong was furious, feeling as if heād been played like a fool.
The child in Madam Zhouās belly was his, yet she said she wouldnāt bring him to recognize his ancestors, what did that make Wu Lihong? Merely a seed donor?
Ridiculous! Utterly absurd!
This was an enormous humiliation; he had never felt so degraded at this age, it was utterly, utterly...
Wu Lihong, ablaze with anger, also began to speak without care: "We agreed before coming to Changan, yet now you are going back on your word, I highly doubt, were your so-called thoughts of me just lies? I never thought you were this kind of person, and to think I considered you so kind and gentle, but youāre just like those other women, wearing a fake mask?"
"Zhou Meiniang, I misjudged you!"
Madam Zhou watched him, ashamed and angry, rampaging like a clown, she couldnāt help but chuckle. He misjudged her? Had she not also misjudged him!
"Letās just consider that we both misjudged," Madam Zhou did not want to argue with him, and said: "I met you today just to make this matter clear, now that itās said, you should leave, and donāt come back! I will care for the children well. In any case, you have plenty of other children, you wonāt miss these two, and the two children staying with me also honors the good times we shared!"
"You, youāre truly so heartless, with no regard for old ties? Are you really this cruel, forcing him to become a child from concubinage without seeing his people?" Wu Lihong, seeing her determined face, panicked, and said, "I agreed already, alright, Iāll marry you as my second wife, isnāt that good enough?"
Madam Zhou looked at him: "Why? Are you so determined truly for us, mother and son? Or for something else!"
Wu Lihong was at a loss for words, his eyes showing some evasion.
Madam Zhou saw it clearly, feeling a bit chilled, "Is it for what Wufu possesses?"
"Donāt talk nonsense, I just canāt see the offspring of the Wu family outside!" Wu Lihong argued: "Big families value heirs, I have you in my heart too!"
"Having me in your heart would mean rushing to bed with a new woman?" Madam Zhou mocked with a smile: "Valuing heirs, didnāt you want my daughter to become a servant, a slave? Is this what you call valuing? Wu Lihong, Iām not bright, but Iām not stupid!"