Master's Untamed Wife

Chapter 761 Emotionally Charged

　　”Even if you’re stubborn, you shouldn’t go too far,” said Old Madam Yue. “Why do you have to keep bringing up Yue Yue? Can’t you just let her go? She is already dead.”

That last sentence struck straight at Zhai Kuijun’s patience and calmness. His hand slammed on the table hard making a loud bang as he stood up. His actions startled the old bones of Old Madam Yue.

”Who said she is dead? Did you see her dying? Did you see her dead body? Who are you to say she is gone?” Zhai Kuijun knew there was a such a possibility that Yue Yue was already dead. After all, he had been looking for her for years but found not a single clew. Even Xiang Hulin told him to be mentally prepared for the possibility that Yue Yue was no longer in this world. But he wasn’t ready to accept that. 

”Zhai Kuijun!”

Hearing that stern voice, Zhai Kuijun paused and looked back to see Old Master Yue standing there with a frown etched between his brows. He looked displeased with him but for once, Zhai Kuijun didn’t care about his mood at all. 

”Is that the way to talk to an elder?” asked Old Master Yue as he came to stand beside his wife and put a hand on her shoulder.

”Just because she is an elder doesn’t mean she can say whatever she wants,” retorted Zhai Kuijun without any fear. He was always submissive in front of this father-in-law of his but that didn’t mean he was weak. 

”Kuijun,” he heard his mother’s soft voice and looked at her.

”Mother, stay out of it,” said Zhai Kuijun. He turned back to Old Madam Yue and continued, “There was a time, I used to try to understand you but now, I don’t care. I don’t care whatever promises you had. None of that justifies how you treated your own daughter. What did she do wrong? If you weren’t willing to be a good mother, you shouldn’t have given birth to her in the first place. Why bring her into this world to torture her? Ah! Now, I understand maybe Yue Lan really took after you. That’s why she also knew how to torture her own son!”

”Zhai Kuijun, don’t talk nonsense,” said Old Master Yue. “You don’t get to talk to my wife like that.”

”Oh, so you do care about your wife?” Zhai Kuijun shot back. “Where were you when your Yue Lan was insulting her and embarrassing her everywhere? Now, in old age, you remember that she is your wife? If you had forgotten your dead wife earlier, Yue Yue wouldn’t have to suffer so much.”

”I have always loved Yue Yue,” said Old Master Yue in an aged voice laced with some vulnerability. His hand placed on Old Madam Yue’s shoulder shook a little. Even she knew that Yue Yue was a sensitive topic for her husband. Wasn’t that why she had been avoiding talking about her own daughter?

”Well, your love was too expensive for her!” said Zhai Kuijun. “It’d have been better if you didn’t love her like you didn’t love her mother. In that way, at least, she would have been saved from Yue Lan’s inexplicable hatred. Your love for Yue Yue was the biggest problem. So what if you loved her? When she needed you, none of you stood up for her!” 

Old Master Yue’s body swayed a little and Old Madam Yue stood up to support his body in worry. 

”Kuijun, please, stop it!” begged Old Madam Yue.

But Zhai Kuijun had really lost it today. It was like the things buried in his heart had finally found an outlet after years. It was as if he finally found the courage to confront these people. And he really wanted to shake them and ask why did they wrong Yue Yue? 

”Why should I stop?” he asked with rage burning in his eyes. “I think you all should stop. Stop hiding things from me. For once, tell me the sin that Yue Yue even committed. What kind of crime was it that she deserved to be thrown out of the house in the middle of a storm? In the middle of the night?! And what kind of parents are you that your hearts didn’t even jolt once when she kneeled outside your house for 14 hours! In the bloody storm!”

Old Master Yue’s head was buzzing but he still asked him, “What did you say? She kneeled outside the house? When did that happen?” He looked at his wife, “Did you know?” Old Madam Yue was already crying but she had the same shock on her face as she shook her head.

”I don’t know,” said Old Madam Yue. “You collapsed after you asked Yue Yue to leave. I called the doctor and stayed with you inside the room. But none of the servants told me anything.” She looked at Zhai Kuijun and said, “Master has always loved Yue Yue. No one can question that love. She was his treasure. You have no idea how much Master suffered when he had to ask his own daughter to leave. And once Yue Lan pushed her out of the house, Master fell down. He didn’t wake up for two days. So, I beg you, stop saying all that.”

Zhai Kuijun wanted to say something when someone held his arm and he heard, “Dad, take a deep breath and calm down.”

Zhai Kuijun turned his face to see the face of his son and he felt like he had suddenly come back to his senses. On the other hand, while Zhai Yanjun supported his father to sit down, he was thinking about how this was the first time he saw his father losing his temper like that. He had never seen his father act in this way before. Was he always this emotionally charged? 

Now, it seemed like he really didn’t know anything about his father at all.