Chapter 218: Mother-in-law and Daughter-in-law Relationship: Beneath a Gentle Exterior Lies an Entirely Evil Heart

Gu Shengsheng continued speaking to Mrs. Ma, "Just keep asking. Don’t overthink it."

If the answers were good, great. If they were bad, she had to find a way to avoid the consequences.

Mrs. Ma was thinking the same thing. She had already come this far; there was no point in avoiding anything anymore.

"Mom, I don’t want to go to the hospital anymore. I want to rest at home."

Hearing this, her mother-in-law’s expression changed instantly. "You’re not a child anymore. You’ve been Yaowen’s wife for so long, so why are you still so childish?"

"I won’t even mention how you disrespected me earlier with all those strange questions, but now you’re refusing to go to the hospital? Do you have any idea how close your due date is?"

"I’ve been through this before. Are you telling me you’re not satisfied with my arrangements?"

"I..." Mrs. Ma started to explain.

Her mother-in-law immediately burst into tears. "I don’t know what’s going through your head. As your mother-in-law, I’m wrong to care about you, and I’m wrong to be good to you. You just don’t like me, is that it?"

Mrs. Ma: "...Mom, that’s not what I meant at all."

Although Mrs. Ma had always been meek, she wasn’t completely oblivious now. Her mother-in-law was always like this, hammering home the same points every day. Something was definitely wrong.

Otherwise, she wouldn’t have sought out Gu Shengsheng to have the necklace appraised.

She just never expected that it wasn’t only the necklace that was a problem—even her due date was a lie.

Who would dare to continue living like this?

For once, Mrs. Ma stood her ground. "No matter what, I can’t compromise this time. For my safety and for my child’s safety, I have to stay home."

"I’ll arrange for a hospital myself. They can take me there directly when the time comes. It won’t be inconvenient at all."

Her mother-in-law grew anxious. "This is no time to be willful. Your child is the hope of this family."

"If you insist on being stubborn and something happens to the baby, I won’t have anything to do with you! And Yaowen wouldn’t want you to be like this either."

"Are you going to throw away your relationship with Yaowen and your child?"

Mrs. Ma looked troubled. "I want them both, Mom."

Her mother-in-law gazed at her belly with a hopeful, gentle expression. "If you want them, then you’ll obey. Otherwise, this family’s daughter-in-law doesn’t have to be you. There will always be others."

"Yaowen is always working, and he’s a filial son to me. You can’t manage the household, you disagree with my decisions, and you still won’t listen even though I’m so good to you. I guess we’ll just have to find a new wife."

If Mrs. Ma had clung to any hope before—hope that she had misunderstood, hope that her mother-in-law was on her side—

then that hope was now shattered. Everything felt increasingly bizarre, to the point where her hair stood on end and a chill ran down her spine.

"Mom, are you threatening me with divorce? Why do you insist on the hospital?"

"Before, I might have believed you were doing it for my own good, but not anymore."

At this, her mother-in-law glared at her. "Shut up! I am doing this for your own good."

"If I don’t want to go, I’m not going." She had always been obedient before, only because she thought her family was good to her and tried her best to be docile.

But now that she knew something was wrong, was she supposed to walk right into danger?

Mrs. Ma was no fool. "Mom, let’s go to the hospital right now and find out exactly what’s planned for tomorrow. That way, my mind will be at ease."

"If I’m wrong, I’ll admit it."

Her mother-in-law shook her hand off. "I have no idea what’s gotten into you today!"

Her attitude was now completely different from her earlier gentleness.

"You are going to the hospital tomorrow! And I won’t be going with you today."

"Tomorrow, you’ll go for an examination to see what kind of delivery method is suitable. If your body isn’t up for it, we’ll just do an early C-section."

When she heard this, her palms grew slick with sweat, and she took a step back!

She covered her mouth in disbelief.

Gu Shengsheng, listening in, sensed the shift in mood and quickly spoke into her mic, "You need to calm yourself down, and calm your mother-in-law down. Otherwise, you’ll be in danger. I’m on my way now."

The viewers in the livestream chat exploded:

"@InternetPolice, get over there, quick! The old hag is about to do something to her daughter-in-law!"

"Holy shit! I never would’ve guessed this mother-in-law was like this! Scared the hell out of me."

"The stuff she said later was so sinister. If I didn’t know better, I’d think I was watching a horror movie!"

"Fuck! Don’t tell me it’s just like the host said, and this old woman is into some feudal superstitious bullshit!? What was it, resurrection? Using a pregnant belly to resurrect someone? Oh my god, holy crap."

"I’m still staying neutral. Let’s see how this plays out."

"..."

Gu Shengsheng was now more concerned about Mrs. Ma’s state of mind, so she ran back as fast as she could.

And indeed, Mrs. Ma couldn’t take it anymore.

She stared at her mother-in-law and said, "So, Mother-in-law. What is it you want from me? Do you want me to die?"

"You want me to have a C-section tomorrow, don’t you? So you can use those twisted methods of yours. You even put a photo of my dead child in this necklace... it’s not even a real photo, it’s an ultrasound photo! And ashes... You’re terrifying. Absolutely terrifying."

Mrs. Ma kept backing away.

Her mother-in-law was also surprised that she knew so much... ’No wonder she’d been acting so crazy and defying me!’

’So she already knew.’

The old woman stopped beating around the bush.

She said, "So you do know. Do you think I’d be doing this if you could have just given me a grandson? You have no idea how much I was looking forward to it when you got pregnant this time."

Mrs. Ma recalled everything that had happened and asked, trembling, "I remember now. For a while, you were brewing all sorts of strange traditional medicines for me to drink. That was it, wasn’t it?"

"You already knew I was going to have a baby girl back then... No wonder I thought that private hospital felt so strange last time..."

She stood there, feeling powerless.

The old woman nodded. "That’s right. You’re too stupid; you’re only figuring it out now. If you weren’t so useless, do you think I would have done this?"

She was furious at her for failing to measure up. "Our Ma family has so many people, and my son is so good to you—he’s not even willing to find another woman. But your womb is completely useless."

"Mom! That’s enough!" She shoved the old woman. "Do you have any idea that my body can’t handle a C-section? It was already a high-risk pregnancy because of my age, and I have trouble with blood clotting!"

"There are so many issues, but you never paid attention to any of them. All you want is to turn the baby in my belly into a boy. You’re horrifying. You’re disgusting. Aren’t you afraid of having a death on your hands if I die?"

The old woman was pushed against a nearby counter. She clenched her fist and said, "You? So what if you die?"

"You married into this family; you’re not a child I raised. Letting you call me ’Mom’ is already the greatest gift I could give you. You’re just a daughter-in-law. If you die, I’ll just get another one. It’s not like you don’t know how amazing my son is."