The Delicate Darling with Her Rough Man

Village Chief Xu was serious this time.

At noon, while everyone was gathered, he announced the news.

Xu Chongfeng and Xu Chongshan only heard about it when they got back, and their faces immediately flushed red with shame.

They were mortified!

Leng Yuan was their brother, and Xu Wenwan was their sister. Their sister had tried to seduce their brother, and both of them were already married. They were too ashamed to even bring it up.

’But surely this wasn’t enough for their father to talk about disowning her!’

Chen Xiaoli couldn’t help but speak up. ”Dad, you...”

When Xu Chongfeng saw his wife start to speak, he immediately cut her off. ”Xiao Li, Dad and Mom are tired. Let’s not disturb them.”

Hearing this, Chen Xiaoli fell silent and followed Xu Chongfeng out of the room.

Xu Chongshan left as well. Once outside, he said a quick word to the other two before returning to his own room.

Yu Fangfang was still sitting in the room, a spread of snacks on the table before her.

She didn’t know what had happened, only that her parents-in-law had summoned everyone. When she saw Xu Chongshan return, she couldn’t help but ask, ”What’s wrong?”

Xu Chongshan explained what had happened.

Yu Fangfang fell silent.

’She couldn’t believe how much more ridiculous Xu Wenwan was getting.’

She then glanced at her husband. ”You didn’t plead her case?”

Xu Chongshan replied helplessly, ”If I had dared to plead for her, Eldest Brother would have beaten me up for sure. Besides, Dad has already made up his mind. Pleading would have been useless.”

”Besides,” he said, ”disowning her is for the best.”

’At least he wouldn’t have to feel so guilty when facing Leng Yuan.’

Yu Fangfang heard him but didn’t call him out on it.

’She was certain her husband was miserable right now.’

’When he first found out about the mix-up at birth, he’d felt incredibly guilty toward his younger sister. He was always talking about how he would treat her well and make it up to her once she returned.’

’Who would have thought things would end up like this?’

He had been so full of anticipation, and now she was being disowned. There was no way Xu Chongshan wasn’t hurting.

Silence fell over the second son’s household.

Meanwhile, in the eldest son’s home, Chen Xiaoli couldn’t hold back the moment she walked in the door. ”Why didn’t you let me speak back there?”

Xu Chongfeng shook his head. ”Didn’t you see the look on Dad’s face? And his tone was so resolute. He’s clearly made up his mind; pleading would have been useless.”

Chen Xiaoli immediately rolled her eyes. ”Who said I was going to plead for her? You seem to have the wrong idea about where your sister and I stand.”

’As if she would plead for Xu Wenwan. She wasn’t crazy.’

Xu Chongfeng was taken aback, then asked, puzzled, ”Then what were you going to say?”

Chen Xiaoli walked over and sat on the edge of the bed. ”Are you dense? It’s not like this is the first day Xu Wenwan has had designs on Leng Yuan. They never talked about disowning her before. I bet something else happened after Mom and Dad took her home. Something that completely broke their hearts.”

Xu Chongfeng hadn’t actually considered that.

He mulled it over for a moment and realized his wife had a point.

’Since Dad was handling it, he would surely just teach Xu Wenwan a lesson. It definitely wouldn’t escalate to disownment. Especially since this incident was nothing compared to what happened on the donkey cart. At worst, it was just a little more embarrassing.’

’Besides, Xu Wenwan was already married, so it wouldn’t have a huge impact on their family.’

’So Xu Wenwan must have done something else.’

Seeing her husband lost in thought, Chen Xiaoli looked exasperated. ”Stop wracking your brain over it. I cut ties with Xu Wenwan a long time ago. So Mom and Dad disowning her now doesn’t affect me one bit.”

’She’d made her peace with it long ago. If Xu Wenwan had the nerve to threaten cutting ties, then she was perfectly fine with that.’

’Worst case, they would just split from the main family and live on their own.’

’He could work a little harder, endure a bit more, and still raise their child.’

’That way, they wouldn’t feel so guilty when facing Jiaojiao.’