Humiliated by my mother-in-law, I married into a wealthy family with my son four years later

Jiang Man knelt beside him, feeling the occasional curious glances. She lowered her head and knelt with Su Heng to thank the guests. Occasionally, she looked up to see Su Zeqi glaring at her from across from her. She immediately lowered her eyes again, not daring to meet his gaze.

Gradually, fewer and fewer guests came to pay their respects, and the mourning hall became quiet.

Chen Hao stood up, dusted off his knees, and stretched. "I'm going to rest first."

When Chen Mei heard this, she quickly grabbed him, "Chen Hao! How can you sleep now? Hurry up and keep watch for grandma." While speaking, she glanced at Su Zeqi from time to time, and then quietly shook her head at her son.

Chen Hao looked at his stern-faced father behind him and smiled: "Night watch is the job of the descendants of the Su family. My last name is Chen, not Su, so how can it be my turn!"

After saying this, he walked out of the mourning hall lazily without caring how his mother glared at him.

Although Su Zeqi was also angry with his second son, he also felt indebted to him. After all, he didn't even have the Su family name, which was a thorn in Su Zeqi's heart! Because of this, no matter how Chen Hao acted outside, Su Zeqi turned a blind eye.

Su Heng acted as if the person opposite him didn't exist. He turned his head to look at Jiang Man, and seeing her pounding her legs from time to time, he said, "Go upstairs and rest for a while."

Jiang Man quickly shook his head, "No, I'm not tired."

Su Heng raised his eyebrows slightly, "There's no need for you to be so stubborn right now. Just go and rest."

Jiang Man's cheeks flushed slightly, but she still listened to him and prepared to go upstairs to rest for a while. But just as she was about to stand up, she heard a dry cough from the other side, "Ahem!" The voice was filled with anger.

Jiang Man was startled, met Su Zeqi's eyes, and sat down again, "I'll stay with you for a while, I'm not tired anyway."

Su Heng said nothing and turned to look at his father. At this moment, his cold eyes made Su Zeqi frown.

Su Heng said calmly, "I'm the one marrying me, so you just need to be loyal to me. You do whatever I say. As for other people's words, you can listen if you want to, and ignore them if you don't want to."

Jiang Man's heart raced. His words were full of tension and provocation. Anyone could tell it was a warning to his father. But Jiang Man didn't dare respond. He could only stand there, looking at him with some worry.

Su Zeqi was so angry that his face turned red. What happened in the afternoon had just happened. Now, his authority as a father was being challenged. How could he, who had always been proud, bear this?

Su Zeqi suddenly stood up, took two steps forward, and pointed at him: "You unfilial son, today in front of your grandmother's spirit, I want to ask you, do you regard me as your father?"

Jiang Man was afraid that Su Heng would get into another conflict with Su Zeqi due to an impulsive move, so he quickly went over and tugged at the corner of his clothes, whispering, "Don't forget, today is grandma's death anniversary. Let's talk about it another day."

Su Heng turned a deaf ear to him and looked at his father coldly, a hint of mockery on his lips. "You think I treat you as my father? Then, have you fulfilled your responsibilities as a father?"

"What haven't I done?" Su Zeqi kicked the brazier over in anger, and the sparks flew everywhere, almost splashing on Jiang Man. Fortunately, Su Heng reacted quickly and blocked her with his body.

Jiang Man looked at him standing in front of her, and when he was closest to her, her heart beat faster involuntarily.

His facial lines were already tense, his eyes narrowed, and his aura was changing. Realizing something, she grabbed his hand without a second thought: "Su Heng!"

Su Heng raised his eyes to look at her, and Jiang Man kept shaking her head: "Grandma definitely doesn't want to see you become like this."

Hearing her words, Su Heng pursed his lips tightly, then took a deep breath, turned around, and looked at the person opposite with a calm gaze, "I don't want to argue with you."

But at this moment, Su Zeqi was already furious, as if he was ready to teach him a lesson at any moment. He growled, "It was your mother who abandoned us back then! She was the one who destroyed this family, not me! But what about you? You blame all this on me! Is that fair?"

Su Heng just watched coldly, but his hands on both sides of his body were clenched into fists.

"Even if you hate me, what did Mei'er do wrong?" Su Zeqi vented the frustration and misunderstanding in his heart for so many years, and today, when his mother just passed away, he completely exploded.

Chen Mei kept crying beside him, "Stop it, Zeqi, stop it..."

"Why don't you say it?" Su Zeqi pointed at Su Heng and grinned, "Today I want to let him know why he threw his pain to us? How have we ever wronged him?" He turned his head again and looked at Su Heng with a sneer, "Yes, I did rely on your mother to get to where I am today! But I have done my best for her! She despised me and abandoned me! Why do you turn around and accuse me of greed for her money? Didn't I contribute? I work like a slave for this family and never complain! Isn't this what I deserve?"

Su Heng continued to watch coldly, but his fists were getting tighter and tighter, and his knuckles were already turning white.

Su Zeqi seemed to want to pour out all the pent-up emotions he had accumulated over the years. He laughed, and gradually, sadness was mixed in with his smile. "From the moment you were born, you have been the hope of our family, the future heir to a large enterprise! But what about Chen Hao? My poor Chen Hao, he is also my own flesh and blood! What did he get? Forget property, I can't even give him a surname! Am I still worthy of being a father? Am I still worthy of being a man?!"

He waved his fists in anger, and finally sat down on the ground helplessly, breaking down and crying.

"Zeqi... don't do this... don't do this..." Chen Mei went forward and hugged him, but her tears fell like beads from a broken string.

Seeing the couple hugging each other and crying in front of Old Madam Su's coffin, Jiang Man frowned. She did not feel much sympathy for the couple, but instead looked at Su Heng with worry.

Perhaps, as Su Zeqi said, Su Heng was destined to have an extraordinary life from birth. Everything he possessed was something that ordinary people could only dream of but could never achieve. But did Su Zeqi ever consider that it was precisely these excessive expectations and responsibilities that pushed Su Heng to the forefront early on?

They only saw the halo above his head, but ignored his loneliness standing at the top, a loneliness beyond that of ordinary people.

When they were wronged, they could still cuddle with each other and lick their wounds together. However, they never thought about the struggle and pain Su Heng was going through! When he was lost or sad, who had ever gently asked him "How are you?"

Looking at them, Jiang Man felt a surge of disgust in his heart.

At this moment, Chen Mei wiped away Su Zeqi's tears and said gently: "Zeqi, as long as you have us mother and son in your heart, I can bear any pain or sin!" As she said that, she snuggled in his arms.