Master Hong's Lucky Bride - Chapter 75
Chapter 75: She Couldn’t Have Gone Crazy, Right?
Cen Shuang seemed to have recovered from her shock. She wiped the tears from her face, glanced at the tombstone, and turned to leave the mountain.
In the Zhuang family’s villa, after Lan Yibai had spoken to Zhuang Hong, Zhuang Xinyan followed her back to her room. “It’s so late and she’s still not back. I think that something is keeping her out there.”
Lan Yibai turned to look at her and said unhappily, “Even though you’re older than her, you talk like you don’t have a brain. If you don’t have anything useful to say, don’t say anything. Do you really want me to get Boyan to sew your mouth shut with a needle?”
Zhuang Xinyan was reprimanded and looked displeased. “What’s wrong with me now? Why are you like this when I talk about her? I really don’t know who your real daughter is. Why am I the one with no brain?”
Her mother was really blinded by her desire for a grandson. She could not even see Cen Shuang’s true nature. She was really worried that one day, this woman would give birth to a baby that would take on another man’s surname! Thinking of this led Zhuang Xinyan to the image of Cen Shuang and the strange man hugging each other in the middle of the night. It scared her so much that she shivered.
Lan Yibai glanced at her. “She’s your sister-in-law. If you say impolite things about her, your brother might make you pay for it. Don’t even think about getting your allowance from me in the future.”
Zhuang Xinyan was so angry that she wanted to stomp her feet. “You only know how to use money to threaten me. That woman, Cen Shuang, doesn’t deserve to be in our family at all.”
It was fine if Lan Yibai was hard on her, but now that there was an outsider, and Lan Yibai was still bullying her like this. It was simply infuriating. However, the evidence she was holding had been destroyed. Zhuang Xinyan was filled with indignation. In the future, if she were to catch any more evidence, she would definitely make ten copies of it! Then, she’d see how arrogant Cen Shuang would be.
Lan Yibai glanced at her daughter and sighed. “If you were less troublesome, you wouldn’t be my daughter, Zhuang Xinyan.”
As the mother and daughter were talking, they heard the door opening, followed by the maid’s exclamation. “Young mistress, what happened to you?”
Zhuang Xinyan was stunned. She let go of Lan Yibai’s arm and ran downstairs. She was curious and excited at the thought of Cen Shuang’s current appearance.
If she was covered in hickeys, would Lan Yibai scold her then? Zhuang Xinyan thought that Cen Shuang must have been with a man since she returned so late. She did not expect to see Cen Shuang in such a sorry state. She could not help but be stunned.
Cen Shuang’s clothes were wet and stuck to her body. Her shoes had also fallen off. She stood barefoot on the stairs. Her hair was still dripping with rain. Her face was as pale as a piece of paper. She looked so haggard that it was as if someone had sucked her soul right out of her body. Zhuang Xinyan could feel the coldness she exuded the moment she got close. She could not help but shiver and asked hesitantly, “How did you end up like this?”
Although she wanted to see Cen Shuang become miserable, this wish was realized too quickly. It was even worse than she had imagined. She actually could not laugh at all. Those words that were meant to ridicule Cen Shuang and add insult to injury could not even be said.
Lan Yibai also saw her and immediately rushed over. She hurriedly took the towel from the maid’s hand and covered Cen Shuang’s head with it. Her heart ached as she said, “What happened? What happened? How did you end up like this? Weren’t you driving?”
If she were sitting in the car, she would never have ended up like this. Lan Yibai looked at the servant anxiously and ordered, “Hurry up and boil some ginger soup for her so that she can get warm.”
Cen Shuang said in a daze, “Mom.”
Her voice was not loud, but it was unpleasant to the ears and hoarse. It was so unpleasant and broken that it made one’s heart ache.
Lan Yibai regained her senses and looked at Cen Shuang. Before she could say anything, she was interrupted. “I’m so tired. Can I be alone for a while?”
Lan Yibai’s heart ached. “Sure. The guest room on the east side has been cleaned. Do you want to sleep there tonight?”
Cen Shuang nodded expressionlessly. Before Lan Yibai could ask her anything, she dragged her numb legs and slowly walked towards the guest room on the east side.
Zhuang Xinyan was shocked. Lan Yibai tugged at her to regain her senses. “Is she crazy?”
Cen Shuang had just showered and was lying on the bed. She hugged the blanket tightly and closed her eyes in silence.
Lan Yibai placed the hot soup near the top of the bed and glanced at Zhuang Xinyan, who was reluctant to leave. She said gently, “It’s cold today. I’ve already adjusted the air conditioner in the room. Xinyan is worried about you being alone. Can you let her accompany you? If you have something you don’t want to talk to me about, you can talk to her.”
After all, they were all girls of the same age, so Lan Yibai felt that it should be easier for them to communicate. However, she had forgotten that the two of them were never on the same page, so there was no response from Cen Shuang. Zhuang Xinyan, who was at the door, could not help but run over and say, “Mom, I don’t want to accompany her. She has ignored your concerns, so why should I care about her?”
What if Cen Shuang was just sad because she had been abandoned by some other man?
