Picking Up a General to Plow the Fields

Chapter 511: I am not you

TN: Prepare to get very annoyed! *Crying Laughter*

No, he is not such an impulsive person! He has to take care of his reputation and maintain his good image of being polite.

He suddenly remembered what Lian Che had said just now: I’m not you!

Feeling complicated and a little heavy, Lian Hai’s heart was full of an unexplainable, unpleasant emotion.

His aunt was not a smart person, she didn’t hear his sarcasm at all and immediately said: “I’m not tired, I’m not tired at all! Hey, nephew, let me help your mother.
Why don’t you hurry up and settle accounts with those two brats?”

What a vulgar and stupid woman!

Lian Hai rolled his eyes coldly and turned his body to block his mother, stabbing his aunt with his mouth: “I will help my mother by myself I have something to say to her in private.
Could auntie go out for a while?”

While speaking, Lian Hai especially stressed the word ‘private’, for fear that his aunt would not be able to understand.

Seeing that his expression was cold and remote, Madam Qiao’s sister-in-law smiled awkwardly and walked out.

Silently, Lian Hai helped Madam Qiao, who was still crying and sniveling, into the main room.
Fetching some water, he helped her wash her face and tidy up her clothes.

Even after cleaning up, she was still in tears as Lian Hai sat down to talk to her.

Madam Qiao was still very angry.
After cursing for a few minutes, she asked him to vent her anger and get revenge for her.

Lian Hai agreed and then asked her what happened.

His mother was not his opponent and she fully believed that she hadn’t done anything wrong.
She had no reason to hide this matter from her own son, so she quickly told him everything.

As soon as he heard the full story, Lian Hai’s face went dark.
Coldly, he demanded: “Mother! What were you thinking?! How could you do such a thing!”

“Isn’t it just a marriage!” Madam Qiao scolded him, “It’s barely anything, how can you speak to me like this!”

Lian Hai was trembling with anger.
“If you really want to arrange a marriage for Fang Zhou, fine! Why not have Aunt and Uncle invite a matchmaker to come and propose openly? To use such low-level methods… Mother, how many times have I told you!? Don’t provoke Fang Zhou! Don’t provoke her! You don’t listen!”

Madam Qiao scowled: “Are you still my son? You don’t help me, but actually help outsiders beat me? I raised you for nothing! How can you do this? I just wanted to test her feelings, she’s the one that made a fuss and took the opportunity to beat someone! Yes, she deliberately misunderstood your cousin to have an excuse to hit my face!”

Lian Hai closed his eyes weakly.
His mouth was so bitter that he couldn’t open his lips.
Lifting his hand, he wiped his face from top to bottom with his palm and after enduring a hundred and twenty seconds of patience, he said: “I am begging you, begging you, okay? Can you please stop causing trouble? Do you want to destroy me? Are you really that unwilling to see me succeed?”

He was completely heartbroken.
The pain, helplessness, and conflict in his eyes was overwhelming that even Madam Qiao could see it.

Obviously he was at the prime of his life, with a tall, slender body and a scholarly air.
But at this moment, he looked so pale and weak, it was as if he was ten years older.

Madam Qiao panicked!

At a loss, she waved her hands uselessly and muttered in a daze: “I, I didn’t harm you, how could I harm you? I am counting on you to make me proud! How could I harm you?”

Her heart was extremely sad and confused.

But more importantly, she was hurt.

She didn’t understand her son’s thoughts at all.
She only knew that she hated Lian Fang Zhou and wanted to teach her a lesson, she didn’t understand how this translated to hurting her son.

Because she didn’t understand, she was even more sad and wronged.
Her heart felt cold, completely disheartened.

Lian Hai didn’t know what to say, he only sighed heavily.

Hadn’t he told her before? The prestige of Master Ding, the Cui Family, the Su Family… no matter which one you looked at, they would be beneficial to his future career.
Getting in touch with them would be great but to do so, he needed to go through Lian Fang Zhou!

He had tried every means to build a good relationship with Lian Fang Zhou but his mother kept making it worse every time!

But in the end, this person was still his mother.

What else could he feel except despair and depression?

Madam Qiao was completely stunned.
Lian Hai’s sigh echoed in her heart like a heavy blow! It crushed her fighting spirit and wiped away her resentment.

Seeing her proud son become like this because of her, Madam Qiao’s heart felt like someone was twisting a knife in it.
She felt ashamed, even though she still did not understand why.

It suddenly felt as though everything was meaningless.

If she had known her son would react like this, she definitely would not have dealt with Lian Fang Zhou, no way!

“I’ll listen to you, I’ll listen to you, son!” Madam Qiao whispered.
“Ah Hai, I understand! I will listen to you, I swear.
I will never talk to those siblings again, I won’t talk to them anymore.
When I see them, I’ll run away and never provoke them again.
Okay?”

Lian Hai looked at her quietly, suddenly very irritated: What was the use! What was the use of talking like this now that things had gotten to this point.

The more he thought about it, the more irritated he became.

“Send my aunt and cousin back, let them go home now.” Lian Hai said.

“But—”

Lian Hai’s eyes sharpened: “Send them back and tell them to be honest! Don’t talk nonsense, it’s best to forget everything that happened today.
As for Fang Zhou, don’t even think about it! It is absolutely impossible for my cousin to marry Fang Zhou! If you mess this up again, don’t blame me for reminding you!”

Hearing her son clearly refer to her as ‘you’, Madam Qiao felt her already broken heart shatter into tiny pieces!

She no longer argued.
Nodding, she got up silently and went to talk to her sister-in-law.

Hearing what Madam Qiao told her, her sister-in-law’s eyes went wide.
She couldn’t believe it! This was completely opposite from what she told her before!

What was going on, how did things suddenly become like this?

Her sister-in-law refused to leave.

Madam Qiao had successfully aroused her greed.
She already considered Lian Fang Zhou as a fish on the chopping block, her family’s property at her disposal— after all, what could she do besides accept her fate?

How could Madam Qiao’s sister-in-law be willing to go back like this?

Moreover, her son was injured so he couldn’t leave.

Madam Qiao couldn’t be bothered to be polite and had a huge fight with her.
The two of them argued fiercely, almost getting physical.