bayedsolid Chapter 434 Jun Qixian's Memories 1
Chapter 434 Jun Qixian's Memories 1
My thoughts drifted back to the past.
That year, she was about to come of age and sat shyly in the room.
She meticulously embroidered her wedding dress, each stitch filled with anticipation for the future.
Suddenly, a commotion broke out in the courtyard as a group of uninvited guests barged in.
As soon as these people came in, they started hurling insults without any explanation, using extremely foul language.
They called her mother a shameless mistress and called her a lowly wretch who was even worse than a concubine's daughter.
She and her mother were caught off guard by this sudden turn of events.
Those people's wanton mockery sent humiliating words flying like arrows at the mother and daughter.
Before they could find out what had happened, the Huang family's butler threw down the torn-to-shreds marriage certificate.
"My young master has broken off the engagement..."
break off an engagement?
The Huang family took the initiative to propose marriage back then.
With their wedding date approaching, are they going to call off the engagement?
Moreover, the person sent by the Huang family to annul the engagement was just a steward from the outer courtyard; the real masters did not show up.
This shows their attitude towards her family.
The mother and daughter looked at the torn pieces of paper, as if they were a reflection of their fragmented lives.
Breaking off the engagement—what an utter disgrace! It would cost her her life!
Not only that, these people also ransacked their house, taking away many valuable items.
As she was leaving, the housekeeper threw down a vicious remark, saying that all of this was paid off by her so-called "father" to settle debts.
Debt settlement?
What debt is being settled?
Her family's business can be described as booming.
Although my father is often away from home, but... but what?
After those people left, before the mother and child could react...
Seeing that things were not going well, the servants and maids in the house also took advantage of the chaos to steal valuables from the house.
As they left, they said, "The master has already given them their indentures."
Ha ha……
What does it mean?
This sudden change all points to her "father".
Staring at the messy house, it felt like a lifetime had passed.
It startled the southward-flying geese, causing people to scatter like birds and beasts; disaster struck from the sky...
She and her mother only found out when her brother returned home disheveled and covered in dirt.
My brother was expelled from the academy and was also disqualified from participating in the scientific expedition.
The reason is that the household registration address and other information he reported were all false.
fake?
This house is the ancestral home of the Jun family.
How could it be fake?
The father's name is also fake.
How ironic that the father who gave birth to her and her brother had a fake name.
Looking at her mother, whose face was ashen and who was utterly despondent, and her eldest brother, who was completely listless and utterly dejected.
It's truly a case of misfortunes never coming singly, and a delayed boat encountering a headwind.
She was filled with despair, and the thought of ending it all by dying was growing wildly in her mind.
Her gaze, as if drawn by a magnet, was fixed on the unfinished wedding dress.
The fine stitches once sewed in her boundless expectations for the future.
Each stitch is a depiction of her life as a devoted wife and mother, a life of mutual respect and harmony.
Every thread is imbued with her longing for marital harmony and growing old together.
But now, those beautiful dreams have been shattered by the reality of her husband's family's heartless annulment of the engagement and the resulting humiliation.
Like a colorful bubble, it burst completely with a "pop," turning into a heart full of anger.
In an instant, the humiliation, resentment, and despair that had been building up in her heart overwhelmed her like a surging tide.
Like a maddened beast trapped in a cage, she rushed over without regard for anything else.
With trembling hands, she suddenly grabbed the scissors and frantically cut and stabbed at the wedding dress.
With each scissor cut, fragments of her wedding dress fluttered down, mirroring her life, shattered beyond repair.
When her wedding dress was torn into a pile of unsightly rags by her frantic tearing, the surging tide of despair completely engulfed her.
Her eyes were empty and lifeless, her tears long since dried, leaving only endless numbness and deathly silence.
In this extreme despair and pain, she slowly raised the scissors in her hand.
The sharp blade gleamed with a chilling light, reflecting off her pale, paper-white face.
Without the slightest hesitation, she used all her strength to plunge the scissors into her own chest.
It seems that only in this way can this nightmarish life be ended.
"It's over, my life is over..."
Her voice was as faint as a withered leaf about to fall from a branch in late autumn, carrying endless sorrow and despair.
The echoes reverberated in the empty room, but no one responded.
"Xian'er!"
The mother's shrill, desperate cry pierced the air like a thunderclap carrying rolling dark clouds.
At the critical moment, he forcefully pulled her back from the cold embrace of death, who was hovering on the brink of death.
"what……"
Since then, my mother and brother have been like frightened birds, never daring to relax for even a moment.
She was still immersed in her own world and unwilling to come out.
Her mother's eyes, already bloodshot from the family's misfortunes, were constantly watching her every move.
Her brother also put aside everything he was doing and took turns with their mother to stay by her side, afraid that if they weren't careful, she would once again embark on that dead end.
The days passed slowly in oppression, but the streets and alleys were never at peace.
How ridiculous and ironic that this disaster for her family came from her own "father".
Ever since her "father" ran off with all the family's belongings, there has been no peace and quiet at her doorstep.
I remember that day, when her mother and brother were not around, she wanted to hang herself on the magnolia tree in the yard.
Several nosy women gathered at a street corner separated by a wall and began to gossip in high-pitched voices.
She quietly approached the small door and peeked at them through the crack.
"Have you heard? That son-in-law of the Jun family has taken all of the family's assets and disappeared without a trace!"
One of the plump women was gesturing animatedly with her eyebrows raised.
“That’s right!” another thin woman quickly chimed in, a hint of schadenfreude on her face.
"I also heard that the son-in-law of the Jun family is never home and is obviously no good person."
The Jun family has had the worst luck in eight generations, letting a wolf into their house.
Otherwise, why would the Huang family have so decisively called off the engagement? This matter is now the talk of the town, known to everyone, and has spread throughout the entire prefecture!
"That's right, that's right. When Master Jun was alive, that Chen fellow was fairly well-behaved, but now..."
“I also heard from people at the dock that her son-in-law used to do hard labor at the dock in his early years.”
"How did Master Jun come to take a liking to her?"
"Who knows? To be honest, having a son is more reliable. How many sons-in-law who marry into a family are truly sincere?"
"Ah, it's a pity that these two are still around. That Rui-ge'er was still a scholar."
"What good is a scholar? He's just a bookworm, and he was still abandoned by his own father."
"When Master Jun was alive, that son-in-law who married into the family wouldn't dare to act like this, but now... tsk tsk."
A younger woman nearby chimed in, not to be outdone, "I heard from my husband that the Jun family girl was jilted because of this scandal."
That girl used to come and go, always acting all high and mighty and arrogant.
Now she's finally getting her comeuppance. Let's see how she'll ever be able to hold her head up again!
Perhaps the Jun family was cursed by her, which is why they've ended up in this state.
"Don't add fuel to the fire. She's a lady from a respectable family."
She's proficient in all the arts—music, chess, calligraphy, and painting—so even if she had to work in a place like that in the future, she wouldn't starve.
"Ha ha……"
The crowd chimed in, their words like sharp blades, carrying with them malice and curiosity.
They wantonly eroded the dignity and respectability of the Jun family, and those unsavory rumors spread like wildfire.
Like the biting winter wind, it swept through the streets and alleys, penetrating everyone's ears.
Those busybodies seemed to have found a great amusement, and they would gather at the gate of their yard every few days.
They craned their necks, pointing and gossiping about her yard.