"She was pissed off by Essie and the kids in Kiwi Island. Mili was spoiled. She was arrogant, domineering and disrespectful to the elders. She kept contradicting mommy. Mommy was so angry that she taught her a lesson. Before she could hit her, she was besieged by the Yi family. The members of the Yi family were so arrogant that they didn't take Mommy seriously at all. Essie's mother hit mommy, which made her so angry that she fainted with a heart attack." Taking advantage of the moment that Zac went upstairs to see Mary, Leila added fuel to the fire.
Alena glanced at her and said, "You haven't married into our family. Don't get involved in our family's affairs." Although her tone was light, the meaning behind her words was even heavier than lead balls. It was obvious that she regarded her as an outsider.
Leila's face turned pale and blue, and the resentment in her heart was like a torrent. Back then, she had knelt outside the Rong Mansion for half an hour, but she didn't get the consent of the two elders of the family. Now she finally got the title of a fake identity as Mrs. Laura, but she didn't expect to be still treated as an outsider. It was really annoying!
After Albert came back, the two elders held a family meeting.
Mary came in with the help of two servants. She pretended to cough as she walked, looking very weak.
Seeing that Leila didn't come in, she ordered uncle Li to call her, but was stopped by Alena, "You haven't been the hostess for too long. Have you forgotten the family rules? She hasn't been admitted by us yet. She hasn't worshiped the ancestors. She can't be considered a member of the family."
"Mom, back then Essie hadn't worshipped our ancestor, didn't you make an exception to treat her as the daughter-in-law of the Rong family? Why can't Laura?" Mary complained.
"She is not qualified," Alena said rudely. Although they were in Switzerland, they knew what had happened in the Rong Mansion.
"Why isn't Laura qualified enough? She is obedient, sensible, virtuous and reasonable. I think she is much better than Essie. " Mary pouted.
"Whoever is obedient to you is good, isn't it?" Alena snorted and looked gloomy.
"If I don't like a daughter-in-law who is filial to me, shall I like the one who makes me angry all day long? The mother and son are not polite and do not respect me. They won't stop until they piss me off to the day I die," Mary grumbled, covering her mouth and pretending to be uncomfortable.
"After the Spring Festival, you can move back to another garden. So everyone is quiet!" Albert frowned and felt disgusted with her.
Mary's heart jolted and her face changed slightly. She wouldn't move back to the other garden no matter what happened. As soon as she left, Mrs. Rose and Lucy came. Perhaps it was at that time, the love between Albert and Lucy was rekindled.
It was a special time. She couldn't leave and make way for the two gods of plague.
"Albert, you want me to leave, right? Then you can stay with your old lover, Luce," she complained with resentment.
"You are making trouble out of nothing!" Albert shouted.
"Why did you give her the watch in secret?" Mary questioned. She did it on purpose to shift the contradiction and make herself to take the initiative. It was Luce's fault, not her.
"I don't need to explain myself to you. You can think whatever you like." Albert was furious.
"You are guilty. You can't explain it." Mary snorted. If they wanted to blame her, she would first take Albert and Luce as a blame.
"Mommy, it is daddy's friend who asked him to bid for that watch. The one at my mother in law is a copycat," As Zac said, he took out two watches and put them in front of her. He had already guessed that his mother would use this as an excuse. "One is Essie's and the other is mother in law's. You can check it yourself."
"You two are trying to collude with each other to cheat me, aren't you? I'm not that stupid. You said your father took the watch for a friend. Which friend? Tell me. I'll look into it!" Blue veins were rolling on Mary's forehead. Her husband was on the side of an old tramp, and her son on the side of a little tramp. If she wanted to win her home back, she had to fight with all her might.
"Unreasonable!" Albert couldn't stand her anymore.
"I'm unreasonable. You and Luce..." Mary still wanted to argue, but was stopped by Alena, "That's enough, Mary. You should know the rules of our Rong family all the time. Don't mess around for these unimportant things."
Mary's anger was held in her throat. Alena's words were very clear. Men were allowed to have several wives in the Rong family. Even if she fought for it, no one would help her.
"I asked you to come here today for the kids." Abel began to go straight to the topic. "Whoever caused the trouble, it's up to her to solve it. On Friday, if I can't see my granddaughter in law and the children, you don't have to come back to the Rong family."
The family affairs were usually handled by Alena, and Abel usually listened to them beside. He didn't say anything easily and only spoke when he was making the decision. His sharp eyes were intimidating, which made Mary's heart beat faster.
It was obvious that he wanted her to make an apology. As a grandmother, it was natural for her to teach a bitch a lesson. Why should she, an elder, apologize to the younger generation.
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