Chapter 810: Responsibility

"Someone’s trying to sabotage me," Zhou Mei said, aggrieved.

She covered her face in grievance, wanting to cry, but when she saw Yang Aihua’s furious face, she forced the tears back.

That Old Mrs. Xu is absolutely despicable!

After her uproar, now the entire military compound knows about the discord between the second and first branches of the Yang Family, and even how they’ve done such shameful things in private.

And Yang Aihua, without even asking, slapped her twice on the cheek right in front of Shen Lingyu as soon as he came in.

Now, she could feel the burning pain and swelling on her face.

Clearly, Yang Aihua was furious.

"All right, don’t be mad anymore. Strictly speaking, it isn’t really Zhou Mei’s fault," Ma Zhenxian said calmly.

"Mom, don’t speak for her," Yang Aihua said angrily, "Do you know? The old man kicked open my office door today."

Yes, he kicked it open.

"If we ever pull something like this again, he can place me in this position, and he can just as easily strip me of my uniform immediately," Yang Aihua said coldly.

The old man’s bias is boundless.

Originally, he was supposed to remove his uniform and submit a professional report, but after repeatedly promising and apologizing, he barely agreed to observe further.

After all, this time, he really didn’t know about it; at most, it was due to not managing his wife strictly enough.

Zhou Mei felt somewhat resentful.

Yang Aihua said that she should consult Ma Zhenxian for opinions on every matter, and this time it was even Ma Zhenxian who agreed. Yet in the end, she bore all the blame.

For whom was she doing this?

Wasn’t it for the good of this family?

"Actually, there’s nothing wrong with this," Shen Lingyu stood there and said.

Zhou Mei looked at her daughter-in-law with excitement. She hadn’t been very fond of her before, but today, she first saved her from Old Mrs. Xu and now stood up for her as a mother-in-law.

Zhou Mei thought that she should treat this daughter-in-law better in the future.

At least better than before.

"I mean, tearing apart relations isn’t necessarily a bad thing; it saves you from being overly cautious all the time," Shen Lingyu said, ignoring Zhou Mei’s excitement. She wasn’t saying this to earn Zhou Mei’s gratitude.

They just happened to have a common enemy.

"But regarding the old man..." Yang Aihua hesitated.

Shen Lingyu sneered internally.

With this attitude of fearing everything, does he expect to achieve great things?

No wonder the old man’s bias sways toward the first branch.

She hadn’t interacted with Yang Aiguo, but she had heard the elders in the family discuss him. Except for being a little afraid of Wang Shuyun, he’s quite capable otherwise.

He has means when needed, intelligence when needed, and decisiveness when needed.

Even her own father said that aside from some family issues, Yang Aiguo’s achievements might surpass his father’s in the future.

Her father rarely praised anyone like that.

But looking at the father-in-law in front of her, he had been educated by Ma Zhenxian to the point of lacking any independent thought or sense of responsibility.

Whenever something comes up, he blames either Zhou Mei or complains that the old man is too biased.

"Anyway, no matter what we do, the old man won’t side with us," Shen Lingyu said with a cold smile. "Otherwise, just listen to him and do nothing at all."

But how could that be possible!