The Challenge of a Farmhouse Son-in-Law
Chapter 773 - 767 Waking Up Once

Chapter 773: Chapter 767 Waking Up Once

Jie, the Second Young Master, said, "I have settled matters with you, but I still owe Mr. Du and Madam Du. They entrusted their daughter to me, and I failed to treasure her, even causing her to suffer, which is one issue. The second is, after we got married, I never once paid my respects to our elders, making me unfilial. Even though we have no relation now, a debt owed remains a debt owed, and I hope my offering today is not too late."

Du Xintong sneered coldly but did not speak.

Late? Why isn’t it considered too late? If regret and apologies were effective, the world would truly be turned upside down.

The burns on Du Wanqing’s body, once frozen by the harsh cold, became painfully itchy and unbearable, and she was unwilling to step out of the carriage. After Du Xintong finished burning the paper offerings, she personally led people to pull Wanqing out.

"Du Xintong, what are you trying to do? I don’t want to go out, my face feels awful, I don’t want to go out."

"On the first day of the New Year, as a daughter you must offer ceremonial worship to your dad and mom. It’s not up to you whether you go out or not, move."

A few robust maidservants dragged Du Wanqing out of the carriage, all the way to the graves of Mr. Du and Madam Du.

Jie, the Second Young Master, stiff in the knees from the cold, supported himself to stand up and looked in astonishment at Du Wanqing, who was rolling on the ground in a tantrum, unwilling to approach and worship at the graves of Mr. Du and Madam Du.

He only then realized how muddled he had been these years; Du Wanqing had never once come to worship Mr. Du and Madam Du, and from this alone, it was clear she was a person of cold nature.

Her own mother had passed away when she was only a few years old, yet she remembered her for a lifetime, whereas she had completely forgotten about Mr. Du and Madam Du, who had raised her.

It seemed that her annual worship of her biological mother was also because of him.

"My Lord, why have you also come?" Upon seeing the man standing beside the grave, Du Wanqing finally ceased her struggling.

Jie, the Second Young Master, glanced at Du Xintong and said, "I should have accompanied Xintong here, but I never did in all these years; now that I’m here, I hope to obtain the elders’ forgiveness."

"You... forgive what?" Wanqing asked in utter surprise.

Jie, the Second Young Master, with a hint of anger on his face, said, "Forgive what? Don’t you understand very well?"

Du Wanqing’s eyes widened, and shaking her head in disbelief, she said, "No, impossible, you once said you do not acknowledge the marriage to Du Xintong, so you refused to pay respects to the Du family members who had arranged the marriage. But it was they who arranged it, are you confused?"

"Silence!" Jie, the Second Young Master’s face turned pale as he took a deep, slightly trembling breath, and then stealthily glanced at Du Xintong, saying, "Yes, I was confused, but not now. Now I am unusually clear, realizing what kind of person you are, what kind of person she is. I only regret that I went to the Du Family and got to know you."

"My Lord!"

"Don’t! Don’t call me that," Jie, the Second Young Master interrupted her, saying, "You can call me Jie Zhonglin, or the Second Young Master, we’ve long had no connection, the only reason you’re still alive is because Xintong spoke up for you. And our Jie Family, by good fortune, owes her, owes the Du Family!"

"You..." Du Wanqing looked at Jie Zhonglin, then turned to look at Du Xintong. She suddenly realized the way Jie Zhonglin looked at Du Xintong was what she had schemed to acquire yet still lost.

She understood all too well what such a look meant.

He regretted it, regretted divorcing Du Xintong, and now the person in his heart was no longer her, Du Wanqing, but Du Xintong.

But why?