The Apple of My Eye novel Chapter 818

Peggy asked Allen to go back to the room and then turned to Sue. She looked at her in the most generous manner and said, "Sue, please consider the family ties between you and Allen. Why not make things a little easy for him?"

"Do you mean to say that Allen is suffering a lot?" Sue's lips curved into a sarcastic smile as she spoke in an utterly cold voice, "Peggy Li, it is I who had to overcome untold sufferings and struggle in order to survive in the city. And what about Allen? He has been living a life of comfort and solace under your protection!"

She looked at Peggy coldly and continued, "Peggy Li, did it ever occur to you about sparing a bit of love and care for me, at least a fraction of the indulgence that you shower on Allen."

"Shut up!" Peggy blurted. The very mention of her love for her son completely changed her facial expression from being generous to absolutely defensive. "I have every reason to love Allen more than you!" she added in a defiant manner.

Peggy treated Sue as someone absolutely insignificant and irrelevant.

It never occurred to her that her words could even hurt Sue. She spoke her mind without any hesitation, caring least about how Sue would feel, "The fact that I gave birth to Allen uplifted my position in our family, while your birth was a bane to me. Don't you know villagers prefer boys to girls? If a woman gives birth to a girl, she will be cursed while a boy child brings respect for the mother." A glow came to her face as she justified the reason to be more devouring towards a son instead of a daughter.

"How could you say that?" Sue forced a smile and said, "Peggy Li, don't you know a woman should be duly respected?"

"A woman?" Peggy stared at Sue as if she had uttered something absolutely obnoxious. Peggy sneered at her and continued, "I have completed every duty since the day I stepped into this family after my marriage according to my father's wish. The betrothal gifts obtained from my marriage was used in establishing a house for my brother. You father was gone without regrets because I have lived up to his expectation."

Peggy put a satisfying smile on her face and continued, "It is the duty of a woman to assist her husband, bring up her children and remain occupied with household chores."

She looked at Sue coldly and continued, "I am fully aware of your new ideas that are developed by social undertaking these years. But you have to take the responsibility of assisting your younger brother. Can you make any sense out of it?"

"The responsibility?" Sue could not help but laugh coldly and asked, "What is my inherent responsibility?"

"You must do something to help your younger brother get married and settle down. And then marry a good man to live peacefully." Peggy continued her argument in a calm and gentle voice, "Let go of your wishful thinking and turn towards your inherent responsibility."

She looked at Sue coldly and said, "Your good looks can only trigger beastly courage of a man. It is not something that you are meant for."

"Stop nonsense!" Sue blurted out at Peggy. Her thoughts turned to Anthony and her abortive romance. Suddenly she felt as if Peggy had touched upon her sore point. She flared up and sneered, "Have you come here to persuade me to marry someone to serve your purpose?"

"Mind your language, Sue!" Peggy frowned and continued, "Born in a village, we are destined to marry someone and live an ordinary life."

Sue did not have words to curse her misfortune to have been born to this woman. There was a mixture of pain and frustration on her face. She sneered and said, "I would rather be adopted by someone than be raised by you!"