Chapter 1809 - 1809: Separated lovers
But before that, she had to take care of her uncle’s matters. She turned to look at her aunt, who was bristling with anger, and said to her, “I am thinking of taking my uncle back with me.”
Since she had already decided, there was no need for her to waste anymore time by beating around the bushes.
“Ah? But why?” Xiao Chuxia asked, looking surprised and shocked. She really didn’t think that Yu Dong would actually say such a thing. “Is it because of the rumours? I promise that I will take care of them. There is no need to worry about Yu Fei. I promise to keep him happy and safe.”
Yu Dong gave Xiao Chuxia a white look. Did she not use her head or what?
“Aunt have you forgotten that my uncle has forgotten you? What are you going to do after keeping him here? Your presence will only agitate him further,” Yu Dong said to Xiao Chuxia without saving any face. “Since that is the case, it is better for him to stay with someone he knows and is familiar with him. If you were to keep him with you, he will only find it problematic.”
She paused and added, “Whats more, you work in the fields that are assigned to you by the village head. You cannot stay with uncle all the time and Uncle Cai is not necessarily strong enough to fend against Village Head Zhou.”
“If she tries to harm Uncle Fei, do you think you can protect him?”
By the time she finished speaking, Xiao Chuxia felt like her heart had been stabbed by multiple knives. She might have as well thrown her on the ground and hit her because her words were no different than her punching and slapping her face.
“Then I will come with you,” Xiao Chuxia did not want to leave Yu Fei alone for even a second. How could she stay away from him when he was in this condition? If this went on, then her husband might never remember her.
Yu Dong rolled her eyes once again. She shook her head and tried to control her temper before saying, “I am afraid that this won’t do. Firstly, you have no money to buy land at our village, and even if you somehow manage to buy a piece of land, how are you going to fill your stomach? How are you going to pay for the treatment of my uncle?”
“Don’t forget that you left your home and only have limited resources in your hands, and that’s not all; you have a brother as well. Do you want to drag him to suffer with you? Think about it carefully, aunt. You are no longer young; you cannot be impulsive and do things as you like.”
Xiao Chuxia’s face was burning in shame. She had to admit that what Yu Dong said was indeed correct. She was the only woman in the family; how could she just give up the land that she had purchased and then move to the Big River Village?
And even if she was to move to the big river village, how was she going to survive? She only had thirty silver taels. Though it was enough to live a comfortable life, if she was to throw in the expense of buying a land as well as including the fees of Yu Fei’s treatment, Xiao Chuxia had to admit that these thirty taels of silver were not enough.
Seeing that she had understood what she was trying to tell her, Yu Dong heaved a sigh of relief. She said to Xiao Chuxia, “You should stay at the Zhou village and leave uncle to me, aunt. No matter what, I will still try to help him get better as soon as possible.”
“But—”
“I know what you are worried about,” Yu Dong interrupted Xiao Chuxia. “But you have already heard what the physician has to say about Uncle’s memories. There is no point in forcing him to remember you. Since that is the case, then you might as well leave everything to fate. After all, what happened between you, even if you try to mend it now, is not going to change anything.”
Though Xiao Chuxia was also fooled, what can be done? She was a victim but had no way to prove herself that she was misled. Yu Fei’s heart had been broken, so she might as well give him the time to accept and slowly digest the changes.
Xiao Chuxia’s lips curled into a derisive smile. She wanted to refuse but found that she had no way to refuse. What was she supposed to say? What Yu Dong was saying was indeed correct; Yu Fei’s trust had long been lost in her, even if she tried to regain his trust—it won’t happen so soon.
So she might as well prove it with her actions.
“Then—I will stay with him for a few more days… can –can you let him stay with me?” Xiao Chuxia had no reason to refute Yu Dong; she knew that what Yu Dong was saying was correct, so she had to accept this forced separation.
“Very well,” Yu Dong nodded, and Xiao Chuxia opened her mouth to say something, but soon she shook her head and closed it. She turned on her feet and walked towards the room where Yu Fei was staying, looking ten years older.
Xiao Cai looked at his sister, who looked like a lover who had lost the will to live but said nothing. Back then his brother-in-law suffered; no matter what kind of bewitching spell that mer cast on Xiao Chuxia, Yu Fei’s pain and sufferings were real.
Since that was the case, then it was only right for his sister to suffer like this!
Yu Dong did not waste any time; she asked the messenger to bring the message of Yu Fei’s arrival to the Yu family.
And when the messenger arrived at the Yu family and relayed the news, it went without saying that chaos erupted all over the house.