Transmigration: I Have Storage Space in the Apocalypse-Chapter 106 - 104: A Guilty Conscience Can Pierce Through the Heavens [420 votes+]

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Just, Zhang Shanni helplessly discovered that their arrival was truly... well, quite timely.

"Wah wah wah~~" "Wah wah wah~~" "Mom!"

Before the group had even pushed open the main courtyard door, they heard sharp, hoarse cries of a child piercing through the sky from inside.

"Damn it, it’s all because of you, this troublemaker, that Jiefang forgot his mother after getting a wife! You—"

"Bullshit, who are you cursing at?"

Zhou Xiuhua heard the scolding among the crying from outside the yard, immediately felt a surge of anger, handed the child she was holding to her husband, and forcefully pushed open the slightly ajar courtyard door, striding over to demand, "Good for nothing Li Xiaochun, how did my Da Niu wrong you, to have you cursing at her like this?!"

Startled by Zhou Xiuhua’s thunderous rebuke, not only was Li Xiaochun stupefied, but even the three little ones, who had been wailing nonstop because of their grandma’s unreasonable behaviour, halted their crying. freewёbnoνel.com

It was as if the scene had been frozen, everyone turned to look at the Xie Family group who had abruptly arrived.

"Mom?" Xie Jinghong, protecting his child, was startled to see his mother suddenly barge in. He paused and upon lifting his head and seeing his father and new sister-in-law behind his mother, his heart skipped a beat, his eyes reddened, and in a hoarse voice he called out, "Dad, Shanni..."

"In-laws?!" Li Xiaochun, who had been cursing at her daughter-in-law, still had the words stuck in her throat when she saw Zhou Xiuhua rushing in front of her, protecting her daughter-in-law. She swallowed and stuttered out the words.

"In-laws my foot, is this how you treat my Da Niu? Where’s Jiefang? Where has he rolled off to? You all promised before, to treat my Da Niu well, is this how the Fan Family treats her?!"

"Mom, Brother Jiefang has gone to work," Xie Jinghong replied with bitterness in his mouth, looking gloomily at his parents, his face twitching, a mute suffering he could not articulate.

His mother-in-law had just arrived yesterday evening, immediately pulling her husband aside to complain for a long time, even though her husband had already given her half of the only twenty yuan they had. She was still not satisfied. Making sure her husband had gone to work, she then dared to sneak into their room to steal their money!

When she returned and caught her, the mother-in-law scolded her first.

She, merely a daughter-in-law, how could she really argue back against her mother-in-law? If it really came to that, her husband could lose his job...

Reputation really mattered at this time. If someone complained at work, it would only take a minute to find oneself ousted without knowing why.

"Good grief, Li Xiaochun, so you’re just bullying my Da Niu while Jiefang is not around, is that it? You don’t want to live in peace anymore, do you? How did my Da Niu ever wrong your Fan Family? Don’t think I don’t know what misdeeds you’ve been up to. I remember very well what my Da Niu brought with her when she married into your Fan Family!"

Zhou Xiuhua cursed Li Xiaochun, then pointed at her three sobbing grandchildren and angrily said, "Despite everything, Da Niu also gave birth to three fine grandchildren for your Fan Family. Even if you won’t respect her, respect the Buddha, for your actions, is this Jiefang’s instruction, or are you acting on your own? If you look down upon my Da Niu, we can just as well divorce!"

"No, no, it’s not like that, in-law, I, I misspoke, misspoke!" Li Xiaochun, being petite and always bullying the weak but fearing the strong, had only ever dared to boss around her eldest daughter-in-law. If her eldest son truly knew how she treated his wife and children behind his back, there would be trouble between mother and son for sure!

It was Xie Jinghong’s soft heart that led him to not assert his rightful place. It’s always said in a marriage, the one who loses interest first will end up being oppressed and bullied. That saying really made sense; had Xie Jinghong not been so devoted to Fan Jiefang, he wouldn’t have tolerated so much, unwilling to make things difficult for him or to let him lose the job he loved.

Now he could only swallow the bitterness alone.

Seeing that the expressions on the couple’s faces were not good, Mrs. Fan was truly petrified and kept apologizing profusely.

"What do you mean by slander? Do you think all of us from the Old Xie Family are dead? She has an older brother above her, and three younger brothers below her, yet you dare to treat her this way. What exactly did she do wrong? If you don’t give me a proper explanation today, it would be better to just break up this family!"

After Zhou Xiuhua finished shouting, she felt breathless and her entire body weakened, collapsing backward—

"Hey, in-law, you are magnanimous, I really just misspoke, it’s my fault, I shouldn’t have spoken carelessly, it’s just my nasty mouth! I admit my mistake, please take it easy!" Li Xiaochun, sweating profusely and seeing Zhou Xiuhua’s face turn pale and almost green with anger, was promptly supported by her daughter-in-law. Frightened, Li Xiaochun screamed and kept apologizing softly, her guilt strong enough to break through the sky, wishing earnestly that the in-law would not scare her anymore.

Oh my, if something really did happen to the in-law because of her, then the family of her eldest son would truly disintegrate!

Li Xiaochun, no longer daring to act superior as a mother-in-law and oppress her eldest daughter-in-law, recklessly opposed Zhou Xiuhua.

As soon as Zhang Shan Ni stepped into the yard, she promptly shut the big courtyard doors, blocking the curious eyes drawn by the shouting from outside.

She casually placed the two large baskets she brought on the ground of the walkway and, upon looking up, saw her mother-in-law being scolded vehemently and also shaking. She quickly stepped forward to support her mother-in-law’s weakening body and urgently instructed her second sister: "Second sister, quickly go and get a bowl of warm water, Mom is having a severe fit."

As she spoke, she half-supported and half-carried the elderly woman into the house and found a stick for her to sit down on. Her hands followed the movements naturally, adeptly soothing and quietly instructing her to calm her breath and not to get angry anymore.

Xie Tiesheng, holding Xiao Liu, had a face full of tension as well, watching his spouse anxiously, with a glowering expression as if ink could be wrung out of it.

At the same time, the old man suddenly understood the meaning behind his third son’s wife’s words from the day before.

It was apparent that none of the family members had the perceptiveness of Zhang Shan Ni, the newly married daughter-in-law who, after only a few days, had noticed that the old lady was unwell and should have checked and treated her condition earlier!

Because of this realization, Xie Tiesheng once again grew satisfied with Zhang Shan Ni, placing her above the status of all the other daughters-in-law.

Little Xiao Liu was so frightened that he clung tightly to Grandpa’s leg, not daring to cry or to scream, just holding back tears while angrily glaring at the old woman who upset Grandma. In his young heart, he blamed the old lady for causing his grandma’s illness.

Zhou Xiuhua’s face at this time looked truly unwell, with not only paleness but also a bluish tinge on her already sallow, wrinkled face, making anyone who saw her feel that she was in a bad way.

"Oh, um, okay, I’ll go right away!" Xie Jinghong, too, turned pale with fright after seeing her mother’s violent reaction; still dazed, it was Zhang Shan Ni who kept an eye on the old lady’s condition and timely noticed the irregularity.

After all, the years have left their mark on Xie Jinghong, who staggered into the kitchen, with a panicked face, yet, fortunately, her actions were still proper. Instinctively carrying out Zhang Shan Ni’s instructions, after stumbling and falling, she finally regained normalcy and quickly got a bowl of warm water for her own mother.

PS: The eldest branch of the family is currently in the midst of funeral affairs. Although the Xie Family has not split, mourning is the responsibility of the eldest branch. Furthermore, it is not appropriate for the elderly to leave for a daughter’s housewarming as it may bring unhappiness during this period.

Therefore, the whereabouts of the several children from the eldest branch of the family will be explained later.