Chapter 1636: The Family Power

The next mistress of the Bo Family is under watch both on the inside and outside.

Wen Ya spent her whole life being pampered, yet she couldn’t manage the household and was not qualified to take economic control. Even having a son didn’t change the fact that she was a concubine, and her son had died early on. Her grandson, Bo Shuxian, was not aligned with her; despite the Old Master Bo being bedridden in recent years, Wen Ya didn’t dare bring it up directly, but tried various indirect methods, all in vain.

He seemed occasionally muddled but was actually clear-headed, having no affection for Old Lady Bo. Due to Bo Yanching’s threats, he had to show Old Lady Bo respect and dignity concerning her status, and no one could bypass her.

The family power was previously given to Bo Yanching’s birth mother. Shortly after the old lady stepped down, the daughter-in-law fell ill and her condition worsened with time, ultimately becoming incurable.

When a person is on the verge, they somehow sense it. During her last serious illness, the entire Bo Family was plunged into a panic. Despite her weak body, she vanished from under the nose of so many masters and servants.

No one knows to this day whether she is alive or dead, but the doctor asserted she would hardly live beyond a month. While in the Bo Family, she survived on rare medicinal herbs, but outside the family, even an Immortal couldn’t save her.

Bo Yanching has always refused to believe his mother passed away. He searched for years but to no avail. Bo Mu was also grief-stricken, depressed for years. Later, the Bo Family declared Bo Yanching’s mother dead to facilitate Bo Mu’s marriage to a compatible partner that would bring benefits to Bo’s. Upon hearing this, Bo Mu returned home in outrage and impulsively married his longtime confidant, Deng Chan.

Once he calmed down and considered reneging, he thought it was foolish and couldn’t bring himself to speak.

Deng Chan didn’t mention it either. They were married, and to her, it was just a marriage. At that time, she needed a husband publicly and a marriage she could announce.

They mutually assisted each other, each meeting their needs, neither gaining nor losing.

Who knew over time, despite their sporadic companionship, years of togetherness would inevitably breed emotions, gradually developing into a relatively safe relationship balancing between love and kinship. At the time of their marriage, they agreed that should either find someone more suitable, they would part ways, and if not, it would be fine to remain friends.

But neither encountered such a person, so they made do with each other all these years. Once certain of each other’s feelings and understanding their significance to each other, they had a candid conversation.

Deng Chan always appreciated Bo Mu as a gentleman. His devotion to his late wife was no flaw; if he had sought a new love soon after her death, Deng Chan would not even regard him. Since he was honest, she didn’t hold back, and they agreed to continue living together but not have children.

After the death of Bo Yanching’s birth mother, Old Lady Bo regained control of the family. When Deng Chan married in, Old Lady Bo intended to pass the family power to her, but Deng Chan declined, unwilling to be constrained. She barely spent several days a year in Rongcheng City, flying off to unknown places, unreliable to the extreme, almost causing the Old Lady to have a heart attack out of frustration. With no one suitable to take the reins, she had to keep managing.

Eventually, there was no point in being angry as Deng Chan wouldn’t argue with her. Even if they did bicker, Deng Chan could make her laugh with just a couple of sentences.

Outsiders think holding the family power of the Bo Family is like holding a gold nugget; who would have guessed the Old Lady didn’t want it, only kept it because no one could take it from her.

Now, Bo Yanching and Nan Jiaojiao are about to marry, yet Old Lady Bo still hasn’t relinquished her authority.

Inevitably, it stirs speculation.