Chapter 456: Chapter 456: Everyone, Help Me Stop Her
*Itâs so rare to see Renee this serious. Iâm getting nervous myself.*
*Renee, go ahead and say it. Iâm ready.*
"Teacher Jessica, itâs not that your husband never had children. Itâs that..." Renee Jennings repeated what Biscuit had just told her.
*WHAT??? How could any human being do something like that? Causing her own granddaughterâs death just to play cards!*
*That damn mother-in-law! Ahhh, Iâm so furious!*
*They offered to hire a nanny, but she insisted on taking responsibility, and then she couldnât even look after the child properly!*
*That old hag still has the nerve to push her to have a baby now???*
*Ugh, as a mother, I canât stand hearing stories like this. My heart aches for Sweetie! This is absolutely terrifying!*
The viewers in the livestream were furious.
JessicaLovesLife collapsed to the floor, her face pale, her eyes vacant and bewildered. Her phone slipped from her fingers.
CLATTERâ
Seeing this, Biscuit lowered his head and picked up the phone with his mouth.
Tears fell silently from her eyes. JessicaLovesLife listlessly raised a hand to take the phone, choking out, "I was deceived... How could my mother-in-law be so irresponsible? That was a human life..."
Through her blurry, tear-filled eyes, she looked at Renee Jennings on the screen. "She even said sheâd help raise my baby when I have one. She caused Sweetieâs death, how could she still dare to say something like that..."
*Oh my god, getting one child killed wasnât enough for the Old Hag, now she wants to get another one killed?*
*Maybe sheâll learn from her experience...*
*OMG, to the poster above, how can you be so naive? âLearn from her experience?â That was a living, breathing child!*
*And the husband claimed the divorce was because his ex-wife wanted to move to another city for career opportunities. What a joke.*
*Why didnât the ex-wife call the cops and have the Old Hag arrested? What she did is no different from murder!*
Renee Jennings, however, had calmed down considerably. She asked softly, "Teacher Jessica, what are you thinking right now?"
"I..." JessicaLovesLife sniffled, her voice thick with congestion. "I donât know. My mind is a mess, and my heart is in turmoil."
*Girl, why arenât you running yet? You canât stay with a family like that! Talk to your parents, and if you have to get a divorce, get a divorce!*
*I agree, run! Run as fast as you can!*
Renee Jennings thought for a moment, then said, "Teacher Jessica, whatâs your husbandâs attitude toward his mother? The ex-wife chose to divorce him, so itâs possible that your husband sided with his mother on this matter."
"He..." JessicaLovesLife frowned deeply. "Heâs very good to his mom."
*Sounds like your husband doesnât have his head on straight. Sis, donât you make the same mistake.*
*If you donât make a clean break... youâll regret it later!*
*Forget it, sheâs just *so* in love with him. No point in trying to convince her, guys.*
"Iâm not," JessicaLovesLife quickly explained when she saw the comment. "I just donât know what to do right now."
Just as she said that, she heard her mother-in-law shouting from outside, "Jessica, take the meat out of the fridge to thaw. Let everyone have a taste of your cooking tonight."
JessicaLovesLife pressed her lips together and said nothing.
"Have you had to cook these past few days since you went back?" Renee Jennings asked.
JessicaLovesLife said in a low voice, "I have to help my mother-in-law as her assistant. Since yesterday, sheâs been saying that she wants me to cook a meal by myself today."
*Youâve only been back for a few days and sheâs already making you cook? I canât even.*
*What about your husband? Whatâs he doing?*
"Heâs having tea with his uncles." After JessicaLovesLife said this, she caught a glimpse of a figure out of the corner of her eye.
Her mother-in-law strode in. Seeing her sitting on the floor playing with her phone, not even hearing her when called to do chores, her face hardened. "Jessica, did you hear me talking to you?"
JessicaLovesLife turned her head to look at her.
The mother-in-law saw the tear stains on her face and asked suspiciously, "What are you crying for? Are you crying just because I asked you to cook a meal?"
"Oh, for goodnessâ sake!" The mother-in-law put on a look of disdain. "Back when I got married, I had to cook for the whole family the very next day. I had to go to the river to wash everyoneâs clothes, and I didnât cry. Why are you so delicate!"
Renee Jennings: "..."
*Old Hag, I really want to crawl through the internet and tear her apart!*
*Just hearing her voice makes me sick.*
*She already drove away one daughter-in-law, is she trying to drive away another? Jessica, you divorce him! Do you hear me? Divorce him!*
*Teacher Jessica, please have some backbone!*
JessicaLovesLife was already in a bad mood and now felt a strong aversion to her mother-in-law. Hearing her words, she said in a heavy voice, "Stop bringing up your past. Iâm not making dinner!"
"What did you say?" The mother-in-lawâs beady eyes widened in a glare. "Youâre not making dinner? You go outside and ask around! In which family is it not the daughter-in-law who cooks?"
*Jessica, destroy her! Please!*
*Ahhh, donât be a pushover!*
Renee Jennings also said softly, "If you give in now, theyâll just walk all over you."
"Whoâs speaking?" the mother-in-law asked.
JessicaLovesLife gripped her phone tightly and stood up from the floor. She was tall, towering a full head over her mother-in-law.
She took a deep breath and said coldly, "Is that so? Then why donât you go outside and ask around which familyâs grandmother let her own granddaughter drown to death just so she could play cards?"
As soon as these words were spoken, the color drained from the mother-in-lawâs face, her expression flickering between ghastly shades of white and green.
She glared with her beady eyes, her gaze full of venom as she stared at her daughter-in-law. "What did you say? Which damn bastard told you this?"
âMy son definitely wouldnât have said anything. So which bastard told her about this?â
Hearing this, Biscuit guiltily shifted his paws, burying his head low to make himself less conspicuous.
âGrandma canât find out Iâm the one who told her! Otherwise, sheâll definitely catch me and cook me in a stew!â
JessicaLovesLife: "You donât need to worry about who told me."
"Was it that bitch with the surname Yin?" The mother-in-law was cursing her former daughter-in-law, thinking she couldnât stand to see her son happy and was deliberately causing trouble.
"Whoâs surnamed Yin?" JessicaLovesLife asked.
"It wasnât her?" The mother-in-law looked suspicious. "Then who could it be?"
"So itâs true, isnât it?" The last shred of hope deep in JessicaLovesLifeâs heart vanished instantly.
She had been wondering if maybe Goldie had made a mistake, that this hadnât happened in this family.
But seeing her mother-in-lawâs reaction, she understood everything.
"No!" the mother-in-law retorted, her face contorted in a vicious snarl. "It never happened! Stop talking nonsense!"
"You let Sweetie die just to play cards!" JessicaLovesLife looked at her with disgust. "Donât you have nightmares every time you go to sleep?"
The mother-in-law hadnât heard that name in a long time. Her face turned deathly pale in an instant, and her breathing became ragged. "Nonsense! Iâll rip that filthy mouth of yours off!"
JessicaLovesLife never expected her to resort to violence and quickly ran out.
The mother-in-law chased after her, grinding her teeth. "You brat, stop right there! Everyone, help me stop her!"
At the mother-in-lawâs loud roar, the gossips sitting by the door immediately blocked JessicaLovesLifeâs path.
"New bride, what are you doing? How did you make your mother-in-law so angry?"
"Aiya, how could you make your mother-in-law so furious? Youâre asking for trouble."