Back To The 80s: President's Doted Wife

Chapter 548: Chapter 548: I’ve Tolerated Your Family Long Enough

Cheng Su dashed into the bedroom to grab her bags and start packing, but Qi Taiguo followed closely behind, snatching the luggage from her hands.

”Susu, what are you doing?”

Cheng Su reached for the bags and scoffed, ”What am I doing? Of course, I’m going back to my mom’s house. Is there even a place for me here anymore?”

”It’s just that your aunt got carried away, you know. It’s been less than a year since Weidong passed, and hearing news about a widow remarrying, of course she panicked. The kids are still young!” Qi Taiguo explained, ”She’s uneducated, culturally unaware; just a peasant consciousness, a village old lady. You, having seen the world and done big business, are cultured. Are you still fussing with her?”

”Did you see how it all went down just now? I think she clearly won’t allow my cousin-in-law to remarry. She wants to trap her for life, which is laughable. What era are we in? Whether to remain a widow or not should be a personal choice, yet she wants to coerce someone for life? As if we’re still in the Great Qing Dynasty!” said Cheng Su, her voice dripping with disdain.

”So she’s ignorant. Alright, can you calm down, please?” pleaded Qi Taiguo.

”I can’t calm down; I’ve been holding this anger in since the moment we arrived. Your aunt, attacking me indirectly, and now this injustice—I can’t stand to look at her face anymore, and nobody wants to either,” Cheng Su said as she grabbed her clothes and continued, ”And your mom, I didn’t settle things with her from last time, and now without regard to right or wrong, she expects me to apologize, piss on that! Do they think I’m a clay figure to be shaped and molded at will?”

Qi Taiguo made a pained expression.

”Didn’t you hear what your aunt said about me? She called me sharp-tongued and disrespectful to my elders, lacking upbringing. She said no one would want me with such poor manners, that I shamelessly clung to marrying you, trapping a promising young man like you!” Cheng Su said with a stern face, ”Her insulting me is one thing, but insulting my parents—unacceptable. My parents haven’t done a single thing to wrong her.”

Hearing this, Qi Taiguo replied, ”Just think of it as her talking nonsense. I’m fond of you for wanting to ensnare me—that’s fine by me.”

”No thanks, your whole family seems to think I’m shamelessly clinging to you. To be honest, if it weren’t for the protective measures of a military marriage and the hassle of the procedures, I would have divorced you long ago to save myself the accusations of shamelessly hanging onto you!” Cheng Su said as she snatched the luggage back, stuffing her clothes in hastily and picking it up to leave.

”Cheng Su, haven’t you caused enough trouble? It’s the New Year’s; that’s enough. It’s getting dark. Even if you’re upset, there should be a limit,” Qi Taiguo said as he pulled her back.

”Please, what’s the limit? Your domineering aunt is too much for me, can’t I at least avoid her? Didn’t you see her attitude just now? If I really let her go, by tomorrow Xiashui Village will be buzzing with talk of me being unfilial and driving an elder away.”

”If you know that, then why leave?” Qi Taiguo said with a dark expression.

With a smirk, Cheng Su responded, ”If she doesn’t care about kindness, neither will I. Let everyone see, she comes to visit her relatives but ends up driving her nephew’s wife back to her parents’ home. I want to see if she can keep up her domineering act!”

”You...” Qi Taiguo said, his headache intensifying at her childish tone, ”Susu, consider this me begging you, can’t you just give me this face?”

”Qi Taiguo, I’ve given you plenty of face. Last time in Qing City it was the same with your mom, and it’s the same now. Tolerating your mom, tolerating your whole family, I’ve had my fill of it. If I endure any more, I’m going to explode!” said Cheng Su emotionlessly, ”I’m going to my mom’s first, and in a few days, I’ll head directly back to Qing City. Come if you want. If you don’t, then go back by yourself.”

With those words, she grabbed her luggage and left.