Hearing that she was going to celebrate the New Year in the hospital, Mary almost passed out with anger. Essie's children were all bastards. If it weren't for them, Essie wouldn't have been able to have a foothold in the Rong family and be superior to her.
Seeing the coldness on Zac's face, she knew that he couldn't count on him, so she could only complain tearfully in front of Walt.
"Walt, are you just watching your brother bully me like this? You don't even allow me to go back during the Spring Festival, leaving me alone in the hospital."
"Mommy, you have been injured to the bone. It will need a hundred days to recover. This decision is for your own good. You need professional care now. It's better to stay in the hospital," Walt persuaded. In his opinion, the reason why Essie sent her little son to Phoenix Road was that she was on guard against her mother-in-law. As soon as she came back, his son had to leave him again. He still wanted to spend the New Year with his son.
Hearing this, Mary was depressed. She forgot one thing. She raised Walt from an early age, taught him by words and deeds, and the same as her. He put his own interests above all interests, so he would naturally think of himself first.
"You two unfilial sons, I have raised you for nothing. You are both ungrateful," she cursed angrily.
"Mommy, I just want you to stay in the hospital for two more days. Since you don't like Essie and the children, it's better for us to be separated, so that everyone can feel comfortable. Don't you think so?" Walt comforted her.
"I'm her mother-in-law. If she can't please me, she should get out. How can I move out?" Mary said angrily. Since ancient times, mother-in-law had always been the most important person in a rich family. When did a daughter-in-law surpass her mother-in-law?
"You are my mother-in-law, but you have a mother-in-law above you." Walt shrugged his shoulders. What he meant was clear. The two elders wanted their granddaughter in law and great grandchildren. Who dared not to obey?
The corners of Mary's mouth twitched violently. The plot was completely different. She couldn't deal with Essie in the same way as she dealt with Luce.
Zac looked at her indifferently, without saying a word or expression. No one in this family abandoned her. It was she who chose to abandon herself.
The Rong Mansion was harmonious without Mary, at least on the surface.
As soon as the two little kids saw that Albert was at home, they immediately called Mrs. Rose and asked her to come here.
"Grandma Charlotte, you used to take care of Dawny. Can you still help Mommy take care of him as before?" Mili begged.
"Yes, Dawny miss you so much. You are not here. Grandma Lucy is not here as well. He always cries, which makes mommy unable to do anything," Dot said.
Essie had seen through the minds of the two cunning little kids. They must have some ulterior motives. But it was the Spring Festival now, which was different from before. There were many rules and etiquette in the family. It was not polite for Mrs. Rose to celebrate the New Year in the family as her relatives.
She had arranged it before that Mrs. Rose and Irene would celebrate the New Year with their parents in Phoenix Road.
Rose also understood this point. She gently stroked the children's heads and said, "I will come to see you when I'm free. There are many things during the Spring Festival, and I'm very busy. I have to make sausage with your grandma Lucy tomorrow."
"Yes, grandma Charlotte will spend more time with you after the new year," Essie said.
Mili and Dot looked at each other and realized that there was something wrong with the time, so they had to give up for the time being. They would talk about it after the new year.
On Minor New Year, several uncles came. After dinner, Essie, Zac and several aunts went to the hospital to visit Mary. In her heart, she was unwilling to go, but as her daughter-in-law and the new hostess of the Rong family, it was unreasonable for her not to go with them.
At the sight of her, Mary's face suddenly darkened, even if her uncles were present. She was full of hatred and resentment. She had kept the grudge of that slap Luce gave her in mind all the time. She would seek revenge for the smallest grievance. She would get even with Luce for that slap no matter what she said.
When the uncles and aunts were greeting and asking, Essie had been sitting silently next to Mary, peeling fruit for them.
"My daughter-in-law is awesome. She trampled me under her feet. Other mothers in law are the most important, and our daughter-in-law is the most important. As a mother-in-law, I have to listen to my daughter-in-law in everything. When I see her, I have to bow," Mary said in a voice dripping with sarcasm.
Hearing this, the uncles and aunts just smiled without saying anything. There was no secret in the world. Although they were not in Dragon City, they were still close relatives. They had heard about the conflicts between Mary and Essie.
Aunt Camille took a look at the mink overcoat that aunt Chris were wearing, and deliberately changed the topic. "Is this the new year's gift of the hostess?"
"Yes, I like it very much, so I put it on," Aunt Chris said with a smile.
"Aunts, my wife designed this new year's gift for you in person. Each of them is unique," Zac said.
"Really?" The aunts' eyes lit up. They were all rich ladies with noble status, so they naturally hoped to be different. "My nephew's wife is really considerate."
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