Contentment with modest wealth

Chapter 216 You're nothing but selfish and vicious.
Lu Jia spoke slowly, but the words she uttered resounded throughout the room!
Yan Qu was "infertile"?!

How is this any different from a thunderclap out of nowhere?
Madam Yan looked utterly devastated, while the rest of the people—Yan Song and his wife—stood up at the same time. Yan Shuqing couldn't help but take two steps forward, and even Lu Jie stared wide-eyed at his maid!

Whether a man can have sex is such a private matter. Putting aside how explosive it is that it came out of the mouth of an unmarried young woman, the fact that this topic was brought up in public is already extremely embarrassing!

How was she able to say all this?
It's the Chiang family!
It's that shameless thing!
All eyes in the Yan family were now on Jiang.

"Jia-jie!" Jiang screamed, her whole body trembling. "When did I ever say such a thing to you? When did I ever say such a thing to you!"

"shut up!"

Madam Yan slapped her across the face, then her trembling hand reached right up to her nose: "You wretch, you wretch! Qu Ge'er has called you aunt for twenty years, and you, a woman in your fifties, are actually slandering a junior like this behind her back!"
"Like father, like son! Your vile mother is a slut, and you're a beast too!"

Yan Song was also in shock and anger, but he was also one of the "upper beams". Hearing this, he wanted to open his mouth, but when the old lady Yan glared at him, he closed his mouth again.

The fact that Chiang Kai-shek was repeatedly attacked is no longer important.

She's going crazy!

How long has Lu Jia been back in Beijing?
How did she find out about Yan Qu's private matters?

Madam Yan continued cursing: "If you weren't from the Yan family, would you have been able to climb such a high branch as the Lu family?"

"Without the Yan family, would you have everything you have today?"

"You've only been sitting on that high stool for a few days? You've taken so many advantages from the Yan family, and now you're already thinking about how to trample on the Yan family. You slander my son like this, you deserve to go to hell!"

What mother could bear such filth being poured on her son?
Madam Yan wished she could strangle her! She pointed at Lu Jie: "Lord Lu! Lu Lan Chu! She is now a member of your Lu family, you come and give our Yan family an explanation!"
"Otherwise, I'll go myself!"
"Don't blame me for not giving you, Minister, face back then!"

Lu Jie's calm and composed face had turned iron gray at some point.

The firelight shone into his eyes, and the light in his eyes was like a thousand arrows being fired at him, all aimed at Madam Jiang: "You are the adopted daughter of the Yan family and the aunt of Qu Ge'er. My daughter has only been back in the mansion for a few days, and you have repeatedly tried to harm her, using every means possible!"

"If I hadn't come here with you tonight and witnessed the whole story firsthand, I'm afraid I would still be being deceived by you!"

Jiang looked up at him, her face contorted in pain.

He wasn't talking about "daughter," he was talking about "my daughter."
Is he trying to distance himself from him?

Does that mean Lu Jia has nothing to do with her anymore?
Or does it mean that I no longer have to be her mother?

"Lu Jie, what do you mean by this?"

“I also want to ask you what you mean!” Lu Jie said, “As an elder, you are both Qu Ge’er’s aunt and Qu Ge’er’s future mother-in-law. Why would you secretly inquire about his bedroom affairs?”

"Why fabricate these baseless accusations to offend my daughter's ears?"
"The character you've revealed tonight, from beginning to end, the person who behaves improperly, is it Sister Jia or you?"

"Who should hang themselves, her or you?"
"Answer me!"

Jiang's face turned pale.

The one caught in adultery was Wei, and the one who committed adultery with Yan Song was also Wei. She was indeed an illegitimate child, but that was not something she could choose. Lu Jie could not divorce her because of these things.

If he does this, there will always be some negative public opinion against him.

But when it comes to her own character, it's a completely different story!
His words were practically nailing her to the label of shameless and despicable!
Is he really so heartless when he turns on you?

Does he really have no regard for the affection he shared with his wife over the past ten years?
Looking at the familiar yet indifferent person before her, she suddenly felt a shiver run down her spine—

Yes, he only agreed to marry her to curry favor with the Yan family, but now they have a new choice!

Lu Ying!
She is Jiang Mingyi's daughter!
She's also a young lady from the Lu family! With her marriage to Yan Qu, the Lu and Yan families can continue to be bound together! In Lu Jie's eyes, he no longer has any value in causing trouble!

It turns out that the affection between husband and wife over the past ten years was really just about interests!

She thought——

it is good.

very good!
She looked at everyone in front of her one by one, gritted her teeth and said, "Since we've come this far, there's no need for me to hide anything anymore!"
"Listen carefully!" She stared intently at Madam Yan. "No one is slandering your Qu-ge'er, he's just impotent! He's incapable of having sex!"

Madam Yan was furious, but Yan Shu grabbed her arm.

"He did indeed keep mistresses! Those mistresses say he's a madman, that behind closed doors he can torture women to the point of wishing they were dead!"
"Are you satisfied with this?"

Jiang squeezed out her voice through clenched teeth: "I just don't want my daughter to marry into the Yan family, I don't want her to spend her whole life with someone like that!"

"If it were your daughter, would you be willing to accept it?"

"As a mother, what's wrong with what I did?!"

After saying that, she turned to Lu Jie and said, "Do you still agree to this marriage? As a father, are you willing to let your daughter marry such a person and live a life of widowhood, and suffer his humiliation for the rest of her life?!"

Lu Jie frowned: "Even if what you said is true, if you are unwilling to let your daughter go, are you going to let my daughter go instead?"

"You proposed a marriage to the Yan family, exchanging Jia'er for Ying'er. If you hadn't mentioned these things earlier, I wouldn't have known you were so vicious!"
"Even if you don't treat Jia-jie'er like a human being, you don't treat me like a human being either?!"

"Stop trying to glorify yourself. Do you think you're so great and noble? You're nothing but selfish and vicious!"

Chiang Kai-shek was already unable to utter a sound...

Lu Jie released his hand and called out, "Guards!"

Jiang raised her eyes: "What are you going to do?"

"It's time for you to go back."

Jiang screamed, "Why go back!"

Lu Jie said deeply, "You always talk about rules and regulations. You should know better than anyone what the rules of my Lu family have always been."

"You slandered my daughter, framed her in secret, and now you've gone so far as to openly defame the young master of the Yan family!"
"Such arrogance and unscrupulous methods—if I don't give them an explanation, how can I face our ancestors? How can I face the Yan family?"

Jiang screamed, "Lu Jie, do you really have no regard for our past friendship?"

The servants rushed in.

Jiang turned to Yan Shu and his wife: "And you? What you did back then was anything but innocent! You really had no scruples?"

Upon hearing the words "not innocent," Madam Yan's gaze immediately sharpened.

Upon hearing this, Lu Jia frowned and looked at them...

"Mrs."

The Lu family is urging them.

Jiang stared intently at Madam Yan's face for a moment, then glanced back at Lu Jie before leaving with a cold smile.

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