The Young Matriarch
Chapter 510 - Chapter 510 Chapter 510 Are You Taking My Words as Nothing but

Chapter 510: Chapter 510: Are You Taking My Words as Nothing but Wind through Your Ears? Chapter 510: Chapter 510: Are You Taking My Words as Nothing but Wind through Your Ears? Bai Guofu’s face immediately changed color as he stood up abruptly and slapped Bai Hongguang across the face, angrily reprimanding, “Insolence! Do you know who you are speaking to? And… a child? Didn’t you tell me it was aborted?”

Struck by the slap, Bai Hongguang staggered, falling to the ground with a surprisingly furious expression:

“Dad, you say I should be reverent towards her as if she were some venerated ancestor, haven’t I been since I truly found out? I’ve practically worshipped her, where have I not shown her respect?”

Bai Hongguang got up from the ground, his eyes bloodshot as he looked at Bai Chuwei, his voice filled with sorrow, “I trusted you, the ancestor, so much. All I wanted was for Xiaomiao’s child to be safe. Did she make it happen? Xiaomiao might have survived just now, but her child is gone, already removed by a forced abortion!”

The attending doctor had just come out from the operating room and the first thing he said was, “The surgery was very successful.” Who knew how happy he was at that time?

But the next sentence plunged him into hell.

Chen Xiaomiao was saved, but the child was gone.

The child, was gone.

A lover, there might be chances to secretly find another in the future, but it’s not so easy to have another child, especially when he was already in his forties or fifties–where would he find the strength to father another son?

In an instant, he was utterly despondent!

The greater his expectations for Bai Chuwei, the ancestor, the greater his despair now.

He, a middle-aged man in his forties or fifties, treating her, a young woman with the appearance of a little girl, with complete deference, what more did he have to do?

Bai Hongguang, his eyes red with rage, shouted recklessly, “Still talking about protecting everyone on the Bai Family’s genealogy? Doesn’t she count as being on it? All I asked for was a son! She couldn’t even do that, what kind of ancestor is she?”

Bai Hongguang, in his anger, spat a thick gob of phlegm onto the carpet.

Bai Guofu was nearly driven to death by this mad son of his. Had he… lost his mind?

Bai Guofu swung back with another slap and cursed loudly, “For the sake of an unborn illegitimate child, you dare to speak to the ancestor like this?”

Bai Hongguang, like a person resigned to his fate, retorted, “What’s wrong with an illegitimate child? My wife doesn’t mind having Xiaomiao give birth to him and raise him. What’s it to the ancestor to interfere so much?”

Bai Chuwei smiled faintly, “Indeed, even your wife doesn’t mind.”

Liu Man felt a sudden thump in her heart as her hands unconsciously grasped the hem of her skirt.

News reached the Bai Family’s main house, and they rushed hurriedly to the villa of the second branch. Just as they stepped inside, they heard that quiet, chilling voice jump out, “Kneel down.”

Kneel down?

Bai Guofu picked up his cane and aimed it at Bai Hongguang’s popliteal fossa, “The ancestor orders you to kneel!”

Bai Chuwei flicked her hair, “Liu Man, you kneel down too!”

Liu Man’s complexion shifted slightly as she quickly distanced herself from any suspicion, hastily pleading, “Ancestor, this matter has nothing to do with me. How could I control her, a mistress with an extramarital pregnancy?”

Bai Chuwei looked up at Liu Man with a beaming smile.

Just with that one glance, Liu Man felt a chill run through her, as though her deceit had suddenly been seen through.

Her heart faltered, her legs gave way, and she knelt down obediently next to Bai Hongguang, quickly bowing her head.

Bai Chuwei played leisurely with the ends of her hair, her tone indifferent, “Liu Man, I remember I told you before I went on my graduation trip to Imperial Capital, to stop causing trouble. Did you take my words for nothing more than wind past your ears?”

Liu Man’s heart pounded like frantic drumbeats, her voice rising as she burst into tears, “It’s tough being a daughter-in-law of the Bai Family! Mistresses aren’t allowed to be treated as shrews. They have to be slandered for having a child and called troublemakers. Why is my life so hard?”