She looked at Su Xingyu with a critical gaze, her disgust plain and undisguised.
However, in the presence of the elders, she rely snorted coldly and said no more.
Instead, the old lady beside her remained serene and said to Su Xingyu, "You’re the new wife Shifeng married? Co forward a few steps and let take a good look at you." Her eyesight wasn’t very good due to her age.
Su Xingyu obediently took a few steps forward.
Suddenly, the old lady exclaid, extending a withered, wrinkled hand pointed directly at Su Xingyu: "You... you...!" Before she finished speaking, her face turned an ashen gray, and she fainted weakly.
"Madam!"
"Mother!"
"Grandma!"
"A Luo!"
Voices erupted from all directions simultaneously. Mr. Lu reacted quickly, supporting the old lady, allowing her to lean into his embrace, urgently calling out to the servants: "Call the doctor to Aluo’s room! Call the doctor!"
A servant imdiately responded, sprinting off to find a doctor.
Other servants and mbers of the Lu Family hurriedly helped, as Mr. Lu protected the old lady while heading towards the room. Suddenly, he halted a few steps in and turned back to Su Xingyu: "You, get out!"
The angry shout froze Su Xingyu, who had intended to help.
Many around them heard it too, casting various glances at Su Xingyu. Who could have imagined that the newly arrived daughter-in-law would provoke the old man’s cherished wife to faint? Although they didn’t understand what had happened, one thing was clear—at the Lu Family, Mr. Lu’s weakness was the old lady, and anyone who offended her faced dire consequences!
This new daughter-in-law was in trouble, not liked by her mother-in-law, and now she’d offended the elder head of the family couple as well! It wouldn’t be long before she was divorced; being a daughter-in-law in the Lu Family wasn’t easy! Many young n and won who were speaking warmly with Su Xingyu earlier casually distanced themselves, not wanting to attract bad luck.
Only Lu Shifeng—originally helping to send the old lady to the inner house—turned back at the sound of Mr. Lu’s reprimand, glanced at Su Xingyu: "Wait for here; I’ll be back soon."
Su Xingyu’s initially anxious heart suddenly cald down.
So what if Mr. Lu told her to get out? So what if many in the Lu Family intentionally or unintentionally ostracized her?
With just one word from Lu Shifeng, she found her anchor, and was unafraid even if the sky fell.
She hadn’t even realized when she started depending so heavily on him.
She stood quietly where she was, watching Lu Shifeng and Mr. Lu, along with many others, escort the old lady to the inner house, and the main hall grew quiet, leaving only Lu Shifeng’s mother, a few young n and won, and servants behind.
Lu Shifeng’s mother—Du Shuxian—walked over to Su Xingyu with an unfriendly expression, spoke arrogantly: "Didn’t you hear Shifeng’s grandfather tell you to get out? Why haven’t you left?"
Su Xingyu hadn’t expected her to be so rude, but considering she was Lu Shifeng’s biological mother, she opted to be tolerant: "Lu Shifeng told to wait here, so I will wait. Mother, I’m sorry for troubling everyone."
"You have no right to call mother," Du Shuxian sneered, "Do you even bother looking at yourself in the mirror? You think you can enter the Lu Family? I don’t care how you enchanted Shifeng; I give you three days to divorce Shifeng, or don’t bla for being rude!"
Seeing a quarrel break out here, several young n and won from the Lu Family didn’t leave, gathering around to witness the commotion.
Su Xingyu’s complexion paled as she bit her lip and said, "I won’t divorce."
Though their marriage initially began with Lu Shifeng’s coercion, she had gradually gotten used to having him around; call her shaless if you will, it didn’t matter—she had long stopped thinking of how to escape him. If Du Shuxian had made such a demand two months earlier, Su Xingyu might have celebrated, but now she rely straightened her back, looking stubborn.
Du Shuxian laughed coldly, pointed and cursed: "Bitch!"
Su Xingyu’s clear eyes looked at her. "I respect you as Lu Shifeng’s mother and refrain from speaking harshly, but this doesn’t an you can insult . Mother, I call you mother, please don’t defa those words."
"Bah, you deserve it?!" Du Shuxian saw her daring to retort; she was so angered she could feel a pang in her lungs. She had painstakingly raised her son to be so outstanding, so noble, and how could he be wasted on this little bitch? She selected so many top-notch beauties from prestigious families for him, yet he spurned them all just to spite her, hastily marrying this worthless and impudent girl who dared to talk back to elders?!
This is rebellion!
Du Shuxian glared venomously at Su Xingyu, her gaze landing on the light red crystal callia brooch on Su Xingyu’s chest. Suddenly she smiled, "Won’t divorce, huh? Fine, let tell you why you’re unfit to be a wife of the Lu Family! Who gave you the guts to wear a callia brooch into the house? Don’t you know the old lady detests callias? If you cause her harm, not even ten lives would suffice!"
Callia brooch!
Su Xingyu’s expression changed, suddenly realizing why the old lady fainted. She instinctively lifted her head, searching within the crowd for Lu Shili’s figure; it was Lu Shili who specifically instructed her to wear this brooch!
However, she couldn’t spot Lu Shili anywhere.
The surrounding Lu Family young n and won were astonished; one couldn’t help but blurt out: "What, Grandma doesn’t like callias? How co no one ever ntioned it before?"
"There are plenty of things you don’t know," Du Shuxian said with so pride, casting a grander air over the group of young people with a glance, then glaring at Su Xingyu with disdain, "But within our Lu Family, even if many didn’t know this taboo, they never violated it. Yet, you, an outsider, committed it on your first entrance, showing you’re at odds with the Lu Family; we can’t tolerate you!"
What ridiculous excuses are those?
Su Xingyu didn’t want to argue with her. After all, she was Lu Shifeng’s mother, and a public spat between a mother-in-law and daughter-in-law would only make a joke out of them for others. Being a photographer, Su Xingyu’s sense of observation was not weak—she had long noticed a few young n and won from the Lu Family secretly laughing, their faces full of interest. It seems... this grand family isn’t as harmonious as it appears on the surface.
She slightly bowed her head, resolving not to speak to Du Shuxian further. The more said, the more errors.
Yet, Du Shuxian wouldn’t let her go: "You mute? An elder is speaking to you, and you dare not answer; such bad luck!"
She pursed her lips, lowered her gaze, and clenched her ten fingers, nails digging into her palms.
Despite such public humiliation, she didn’t retort. She had borne insults from Liu izhi in the Su Family back then, so what was there to endure from Du Shuxian now? Regardless, everything would be decided once Lu Shifeng returned.
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