The sickly son died young? After the marriage exchange, I will bring prosperity to his entire clan f

"What does this have to do with you? It's all that wretched girl's fault. She's not willing. She's doing well in the Ling family. If she just asked, things would definitely work out. She just doesn't want to."

Widow Chen blinked and forced out two tears. "It's all my fault. If I hadn't married you, she wouldn't hate you so much, and she wouldn't have abandoned you, her own father."

"What does this have to do with anything? It's none of your business." Du Youtian thought about how he was all alone now, and how he had finally found someone who cared for him and was looking out for him again, so he naturally didn't want the other person to suffer any injustice.

“It’s all my fault. If the second child were your biological child, even if we weren’t from the same mother, she would definitely take care of him. Now… forget it, how about I give you another son and let’s just let the matter of the second child go.”

When the topic of having a son came up, Du Youtian's eyes lit up dramatically. "Okay, okay, let's have our own son."

Widow Chen held Du Youtian's hand tightly, "As long as you treat me well, I will definitely give you a son."

"Don't worry, as long as you give me a son, I'll definitely get things done for the second child," Du Youtian said, his throat tightening.

Widow Chen sighed, "Whether it can be done or not, so be it. Actually, the main reason why the second son can go to school is to think about the future. I married you because I want to live a good life."

“If the second child is successful in the future, our own child won’t have to suffer. With his older brother protecting him and the two of us watching over him, the child will have a very good life.”

Thinking about what the future would hold, and considering the age gap between the two children, Du Youtian felt that Widow Chen was genuinely good to him. "Don't worry, I will definitely get this done."

“Actually, if we had money, we could go to study elsewhere, but… you know, the reason I wanted the second son to go to Du Mingxian’s place was to make Du Mingxian upset. With someone like that always around, who wouldn’t be annoyed?”

"You're absolutely right. Don't worry, I'll definitely get this done."

"Your parents are with us today, why don't you go by yourself tomorrow or the day after? After all, I'm her stepmother, and if I go with her, she'll definitely feel upset. Let's appease her first, and then we can deal with the rest later."

Du Youtian felt that Widow Chen was truly devoted to him and always thought of him. He was overjoyed. "Yes, I have to handle this myself."

"It's just that you haven't fully recovered yet, and I don't have any money on me. How about I borrow a cart and we, the second brother, take you there together?"

"OK?"

“What’s wrong with that? You treat your second son like your own child and work hard for his future. What’s wrong with him pushing your cart for you? Don’t worry, you rest for a while, and I’ll go tell your second son right away.”

"it is good."

After comforting Du Youtian, Widow Chen headed straight back to her own home.

Although she married Du Youtian, she did not bring her children to the Du family. When Ling Silang asked someone to come to her door, she thought that she would go back to her own home after the Du family matter was over.

No one's home is as comfortable as one's own.

When she got back, she saw her second son sitting listlessly in the yard. When he saw her return, he only looked up once before lowering his head again, looking very disappointed.

"Angry?"

"No, I just can't figure it out."

"what happened?"

Chen Lao Er said in a muffled voice, "Didn't Mother say that she had agreed with the Ling family to send me there to study? How come we all went together but the matter didn't go through? Can I still go to school?"

"Of course, don't worry. It's just that some things can't be done too easily. If you do them all at once, it will arouse suspicion. What you need to do now is to please Du Youtian. You don't need to think about anything else."

While Ling Silang was at home, he asked Du Mingxian, "You and Widow Chen didn't discuss this beforehand. After all, she's just a woman. Aren't you afraid she won't listen to you?"

"No, she's very smart." If she weren't smart and didn't have some tricks up her sleeve, how could she have raised several children in the village?

"I'm afraid she'll think you're deliberately rejecting her."

"Then let's see if she can figure out what I mean. As long as she's smart enough, there won't be a big problem."

In her previous life with Wu Daniu, after her mother died, she hated Du Youtian and Widow Chen very much. But later she slowly realized that she did not hate Widow Chen, but instead laughed at Du Youtian for being a big fool.

When Widow Chen entered the family three months after her mother's death, she was already pregnant. She gave birth to a boy, and Du Youtian wanted to give all the good things to his only precious son.

But as the child grew up, she discovered that the child did not resemble the Du family at all; half of the child looked like Widow Chen, and she didn't know who the other half resembled.

She also spent time with Widow Chen, a very shrewd woman who knew how to bend and stretch.

The first time Widow Chen was alone with herself, she reminded herself that it was because Widow Chen's eldest daughter wanted to marry Wu Daniu as a concubine but failed and eventually left with her lover.

She still clearly remembers what Widow Chen said to her back then.

"You resent that your father tormented your mother to death because of my existence, but that's not true. Your father has always had a deep-seated obsession with having a son, and that son could be me or someone else."

“Your father is a cold-hearted and selfish person at heart. He only loves himself. I just used a little trick to make him believe that the child in my belly is his.”

"You're angry that I married him, but you should actually thank me. If I hadn't cuckolded your father, who would have avenged you?"

"Why not just watch him laugh at the fact that the son he cherishes like a precious gem isn't his own? You're his daughter, you can't do anything to him, but I can make him uncomfortable."

"Think about it, the person he cherished his whole life turns out to be not his own son. What's the difference between that and having your heart ripped out?"

Since that incident, Du Youtian has never bothered her again. However, after she became the wife of a general, even for the sake of appearances, she would still send people back with many gifts during festivals, just to make it look good.

She knew that the fact that Du Youtian and his family were able to stay quiet was all thanks to Widow Chen.

In this life, Ling Silang found Widow Chen ahead of time, which disrupted the development of his previous life. Widow Chen was not with Du Youtian to find someone to take over her life.

Widow Chen became one of their people, their spy planted in the Du family, saving them from many problems and resolving many conflicts—a win-win situation.

"To receive such praise from you, I hope Widow Chen won't disappoint us." Ling Silang stared at her with eyes full of affection. He found himself increasingly fond of looking at her, and... he couldn't get enough of looking at her.

Du Mingxian was very confident, "I bet this matter will be accomplished in less than three days."

Three days after these words, Du Youtian came forward, and he was the only one who came by, leaning on his crutches. As soon as he entered the door, he looked at Du Mingxian pitifully and said, "Mingxian."

The medicine bowl in Du Mingxian's hand wobbled; the sound was truly disgusting to her.

Quickly calming himself down, he took the medicine inside to Lin Hu, then led him to the main room and got straight to the point, "What brings you here?"

"Dad misses you."

Du Mingxian got goosebumps all over her body instantly. "Just say what you have to say. I almost threw up my breakfast."

When Du Youtian arrived, he was thinking about how to appeal to Du Mingxian's emotions, but seeing her in such a miserable state, all the emotions he had prepared vanished, and his tone became stern, "Your brother's matter must be taken care of."

“My father told you that you can study at the Ling family’s clan school if you want to, as long as you pay tuition. You shouldn’t be asking me about this.”

"I'm your father. Don't you know whether I have money or not?"

"I don't know. You should ask Du Mingwei about this. She's the one you truly consider your good daughter."

Seeing that she was unyielding, Du Youtian was about to explode with anger. "Tell me, what will it take for you to let him into the clan school?"

"I can't make the decision."

"How could you not be able to make the decision?"

"I'm just a daughter-in-law of the Ling family, what right do I have to make decisions?"

Du Youtian's chest heaved violently, and it took him a long time to calm down. "Fine, I'm your father, you should give me money for my old age. I'll use this money to help him pay for his tuition."

Du Mingxian sneered, "Fine, then let's make it clear in black and white that I can oversee his studies for ten years... but your future life, health, and death are none of my concern, and we will sever all ties."

"Ten years won't be enough."

"Why not ten years? If he wants to study for the rest of his life, am I supposed to support him for the rest of my life?"