" Argh!"
The tray along with the bowl fell on the floor with a crash as Su Jiu looked at his wife while cupping his cheek in shock. Though he was not shocked when Madam Lian slapped him but what shocked him was that the woman actually hit him so hard that he ended up tasting blood in his mouth.
Madam Lian had indeed beaten him many times before but each time she would make sure to not use too much force since she was worried that others would notice the wounds on his body and thus find out that he was being domestically abused by her. This was the first time she hit him so hard that he tasted blood!
" You damned mer, how many times have I told you not to stutter? Are you a broken record why do you stutter so much? Can't you say something properly?" Madam Lian scolded her husband with a glare as she looked down at him like he was trash that she could not be bothered about at all.
Su Jiu knew that his wife disliked him which was why he did not fight back and simply lowered his head in fact he long knew that his wife had another family behind his and Mo Yan's back. The reason she was hiding that mer and his daughter was because she was worried that one day if Mo Yan were to find out about her treason she will make things difficult for her beloved mer and his daughter which was why she deliberately chose to hide her daughter and that mer.
As for him, she did not care about him at all which was why she was not at all bothered by the fact that in case Mo Yan was to find out about her treason, she will come looking for him. In fact, Su Jiu was sure that his wife had long planned to make him a stepping stone for her run such that she will be able to escape from Mo Yan's grasp while she chased after him.
"… I apologize."Su Jiu knew that there was no point in fighting with his wife which was why he bowed his head and accepted his fault, he did not want to quarrel with his wife since he knew that no matter what he said, she will still find fault with him.
Madam Lian wanted to say a bunch of things to Su Jiu but when she saw that he had apologized so early, she could only stifle her anger and roll her eyes many times. Though she was suppressing her anger, she still did not wish to let go of Su Jiu so easily, she knew that this mer of hers had no place to go in fact she was the only one whom he could rely on. Her in-laws were gone and Su Jiu only had an elder sister who stayed in the imperial star and her husband was one of the top socialites.
What was more, her sister-in-law was a very well-known lawyer. She had a prestige to maintain if her brother returned after getting a divorce there was a chance that she might feel burdened by his presence after all no matter what time it was, most men and women despised marrying a mer who was once divorced.
Of course, this was all, Madam Lian's thoughts which she instilled in the head of her husband to make sure that he will never run away from her. She brainwashed Su Jiu until the latter even started to question the way he ate making him believe that he was nothing even being used as her stepping stone was a matter of pride for him.
And after years of continuous brainwashing, Su Jiu was indeed like a good dog who wouldn't dare to stand if she was to tell him to sit down.
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