Elder Madam Shangguan shrieked curses. Ever since Li Wanying and her daughter left, she had been utterly alone, with no one to confide in. Although Liu Ruoling was also good to her, she wasn't as thoughtful as Li Wanying, who always deferred to her.
Every day, she either drank tea and chatted with the people in the courtyard or listened to their incessant taunts. They said she couldn't even manage her own granddaughter or let her into the house, utterly humiliating her. Today, she encountered Shangguan Rou again. Seeing her blocked at the door, tears silently streaming down her face, and then hearing her two sons' words, an inexplicable anger flared within her. "Mom, how can you speak about Ruoling like that?" Shangguan Yu asked, his heart aching as he pulled the wronged and tearful Liu Ruoling into his embrace.
