Night Fire Lingering

Chapter 274 Why are you crying? Who are you putting on this for?

Ji Chang was met with Gu Yanci's blunt sarcasm and secretly cried in her own courtyard.

Upon seeing this, the maid who had taken care of Ji Chang for many years told Old Madam Gu about it, wanting to speak out for her master.

"Go and call the person to see me," said Madam Gu.

The servant was overjoyed, thinking that the old lady was going to stand up for Ji Chang. After all, everyone in the Gu family knew that Gu Yanci only listened to the old lady and the old master. The old lady was also particularly tolerant and loving towards Ji Chang, her eldest daughter-in-law, because she had been a widow for many years.

Ji Chang shared the same view.

She was still angry because Old Madam Gu had yelled at her in front of so many people the day before.

"Ji Chang, what exactly are you trying to do?"

Ji Chang was taken aback by Old Madam Gu's question as soon as she entered the door.

She was shocked that Old Madam Gu would call her by her full name.

"Mom, what... what do you mean?" She wasn't even angry yet, and the old lady was already questioning her?!

Madam Gu put down her teacup, and the ceramic lid made a crisp clinking sound as it was placed on the teacup, as if something was striking her heart, like a warning.

“You must respect your mother. She gave you life—that’s what you meant yesterday, right?” Most of the time, Madam Gu was gentle and loving, but now her cold expression was particularly intimidating. “Is this how you morally blackmail Gu Yanci?”

Ji Chang wanted to retort, but feeling the unusually sharp gaze of Old Madam Gu, she opened her mouth, but in the end only said, "I...I didn't..."

"You don't have any? Then why are you crying? Who are you trying to impress?"

Ji Chang felt extremely wronged: "Mom, Aci is my own son, whom I carried for ten months and gave birth to, but this son is not close to me at all. He won't listen to anything I say! When he married Wen Yan, he didn't ask for my consent as his mother. They are not suitable, and all I wanted was for them to separate, but he wouldn't listen! Do you know what he said yesterday? He meant that he doesn't want to acknowledge me as his biological mother at all!"

Resentment gradually grew from the grievances.

Old Madam Gu listened quietly to her venting until Ji Chang finished speaking and quieted down before she spoke: "Oh, so you're still blaming us two old folks."

Madam Gu's expression was calm and gentle, as she always was. But Ji Chang felt a chill for no reason.

She... she actually revealed her true feelings without even realizing it!

She is a woman who has lost her husband and son. She is able to maintain her current quality of life and social status entirely because of the love and respect of her husband's family. But now, has she... has she offended Madam Gu?

Having been Gu's daughter-in-law for decades, Ji Chang knew very well that Old Madam Gu was not as kind as she appeared.

That old lady is a wolf in sheep's clothing!

"I... I didn't, Mom. I just... I just can't understand it. I'm clearly Aci's biological mother, but Aci doesn't care about me at all!"

"Do you have feelings for him? Isn't the son in your heart Jingzhou?" Old Madam Gu looked at Ji Chang with great disappointment. "Ji Chang, your father and I were sorry for taking Aci away from me and raising him back then, but Aci is a good child. This is the last time I'm reminding you. Be careful not to ruin the last bit of mother-son relationship between you and Aci."

As Ji Chang emerged from Old Madam Gu's courtyard, the fear on her face gradually turned into gloom.

She severed her mother-son relationship with Gu Yanci with her own hands.

Isn't it true that Gu Yanci never intended to treat her as his mother from the beginning?

At this moment, Ji Chang suddenly wanted to see Jiang Huaixu, the young man who had her precious son's heart, and who, like her son, loved Wen Yan.

Since Gu Yanci doesn't treat her like a mother, then she should wholeheartedly help Jingzhou!