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Tearing Apart
T/N: Translated by Jen on Broken Jinsei! Please do not repost my translations! All translations outside of Broken Jinsei are stolen and reposted without permission!
Luo Old Madam patted Jing Wan’s hand, “Wan Wan, why don’t you go back first.”
Jing Wan nodded and stood up, “This granddaughter bids farewell.” She’d just walked two steps when she paused again, “Why don’t elder sister-in-law also come with me.” She pulled along Sun Yi Jia’s hand, slightly exerting some strength, carrying a bit of forcefulness.
Sun Yi Jia ultimately went along with her and left. Just, that line of sight from beginning to end, stayed on the Ding Duchess. Those eyes contained unspeakable pain, and also endless coldness. Afterwards, little by little it turned to indifference, all the way until her line of sight was completely blocked, seemingly already having her feelings towards her mother thoroughly severed. In that moment, towards this mother of hers, Sun Yi Jia no longer held any hope. In her heart, she as expected wasn’t anything.
Because of Sun Yi Jia’s gaze, the Ding Duchess’s heart uncontrollably shivered, but she didn’t understand why. However, she was also rather angry. Was that a look a daughter should have towards her own mother?
Jing Wan’s departure, in Sun Yi Lin’s eyes, was practically just like bidding farewell, “Jing Wan…………” He subconsciously wanted to chase after her, yet was obstructed.
Seeing that painful to the point of nearly collapsing look on Sun Yi Lin, Miss Shen’s heart jumped. She seemed to have committed a huge blunder. Just based on that level of care he has towards his fiancee, even if she enters the Ding Duke Manor, afraid it all won’t bring her any good. She tightly clenched the embroidered pouch at her waist. How could she not know she was being used by the Ding Duchess. Right now, what should she do? Was it to just give up to win back a tiny bit of his good sentiments, or even if it makes him hate her to death, still insist on legitimately becoming his woman? The heavy pain in her lower abdomen grew came even more intense.
That Miss Shen’s heart may be in complete disorder, but her di mother, the Right Commander-in-Chief’s madam, however was very clear in the head. Without a second word, she first apologized to Luo Old Madam, lowering her stance greatly. Regardless of how they’re going to fight with the Ding Duke Manor, towards the Luo family, their family was indeed the ones in the wrong. If at this time, she was still unable to recognize this bit, then she can be considered to have been sitting on this position as the Right Commander-in-Chief’s madam for nothing. In the past, she even thought that the Ding Duchess was evenly matched with her, but through this matter, she suddenly felt, fighting with her here and there in the past was practically an embarrassment.
That’s right, the role the Ding Duchess played in this matter, she also became aware of in the shortest amount of time.
The Right Commander-in-Chief’s madam’s attitude actually made Luo Old Madam’s complexion improve a little, but it was also just that little bit. Her icy gaze landed on that Miss Shen, “Move a chair over for Miss Shen, remember to add a cushion, then go invite the manor’s doctor over to check Miss Shen’s pulse. Else, if something were to happen to the child in her stomach, who knows whether or not rumors of ‘our Luo family being tyrannical, unable to tolerate others, already starting to act against the outer mistress’s child before our family’s young lady even marries in’ will spread.”
Luo Old Madam’s words weren’t polite in the slightest, and the ones to be embarrassed definitely weren’t just one or two people.
The most angry was definitely Sun Yi Lin. He ultimately didn’t believe this child was his. He usually doesn’t drink very much, with a light capacity for alcohol, and indeed gets drunk very easily, but he has never been drunk to the point of complete unconsciousness before. Moreover, regardless whether it was in the city, or outside of the city, there were always people by his side. This mere shu daughter of the Shen family, how great of an ability did she have to be able to reach his side? Never mind the people by his side having always been loyal to him, even if bribed, it’s not like he was a dead person. If someone crawls into his bed, letting him sleep with, would he not have the least bit of impression at all?
“Old Madam………”
Luo Old Madam waved her hand, “You don’t need to say anything. What exactly happened, you should have an understanding inside. You and Wan Wan’s engagement, initially, was also our Luo family’s fault.” It was their side that chose Sun Yi Lin, voluntarily seeking him out.
Sun Yi Lin already made out the implied meaning, instantly turning deathly pale, “Old madam, this girl, I simply don’t even recognize, and the child in her stomach further can’t be mine.” Sun Yi Lin anxiously explain, carrying frailness in his eyes, and a plea in his voice. He didn’t want to be sentenced to death just like this. The marriage fate that he’d finally obtained with great difficulty, he didn’t want to lose because of some strange reason. He clearly didn’t do anything, didn’t do anything………….
Seeing him like this, Luo Old Madam also felt somewhat unbearable inside momentarily, but this engagement must be cancelled. In the beginning, when discussing the marriage, the Ding Duchess’s conducts have already made her very displeased. But what happened in the end? In less than ten days, she began causing trouble again. Thus, if Wan Wan really were to marry over, would she still be able to have peaceful days? Besides, if this engagement doesn’t get withdrawn, Luo Old Madam can’t guarantee that Jin Qinwang won’t directly have Sun Yi Lin killed. After all, his previous few fiancees, aside from Sun Yi Jia, not a single one ended well. And for Sun Yi Jia to be able to escape unscathed, afraid it was still because of Jing Wan. It can be seen, just how ruthless Jin Qinwang was to the people that blocked his path.
And as for Sun Yi Lin’s denial, for Miss Shen, it was undoubtedly like a sharp blade directly stabbing into her heart, making her tremble in pain, “Gentleman Lin, it doesn’t matter if you deny knowing me, but this child is indeed yours.”
Sun Yi Lin coldly looked to her, “Mine? What evidence do you have to prove that it’s mine?”
TN: All translations outside of Broken Jinsei are stolen and reposted without permission!
“There’s a red mole on the inner side of your thigh.” Miss Shen blurted out.
Once these words came out, in addition to Sun Yi Lin’s expression momentarily distorting, it was more than enough to prove that her words were true. Everyone all subconsciously believed that the child should surely be Sun Yi Lin’s. After all, such a private place, if not someone in which one had an intimate relationship with, how would they know?
“So what, it’s not just one or two people that know about this bit.” Indeed, the mole on his leg, he’s had since he was born. Never mind his mother and wet nurse, even quite a few servant girls knew, and also those people that served him in his youth, which one didn’t know.
Miss Shen seemingly had no way of refuting, her tears falling in despair.
“For better or worse, you’re still the publicly accepted number one gentleman of the capital, this is having eaten yet unwilling to acknowledge? Although she’s a lowly girl, but for better or worse, her surname is still Shen. Could it be that Gentleman Lin thinks our Shen family is easy to bully, seducing our family’s young miss and even thinking of not taking responsibility?” The Right Commander-in-Chief’s madam coldly spoke. Then looking again to that shu daughter of hers, “To be pulled onto the bed by someone this easily, did he not give you a bit of something?” Her gaze swept over the embroidered pouch on that Miss Shen’s waist. For her to be clenching it in her hand this whole time, to say it wasn’t important, that was impossible, “What is it, take it out.” The Right Commander-in-Chief’s madam’s meaning was already very clear, and her gaze also carried a threatening look.
The Right Commander-in-Chief’s madam’s words made the Ding Duchess instantly explode, “Clearly it was your family’s young miss that didn’t know shame, crawling into my son’s bed. To actually dare accuse my son?! For better or worse, you’re still a madam of a Commander-in-Chief, isn’t this a little too shameless?”
Speaking of which, did the Right Commander-in-Chief’s madam not know how this child came to be? No, she more or less was still able to guess it. To say Sun Yi Lin voluntarily seduced and deceived this shu daughter of hers, she didn’t believe at all. Just based on this little slut from their family, this slut really didn’t have that ability to make Sun Yi Lin take fancy to her. But at this time, regardless of which aspect to consider from, she must reverse the situation, “Exactly who is shameless?” So what if she’s a little shameless, no matter what, it’s still much better than a certain someone having a broken brain. “Did you hear me, have the thing taken out.”
Miss Shen once again tightened her grip on the embroidered pouch. There was definitely an important thing inside. She ignored her di mother’s threat, and only foolishly stared at Sun Yi Lin. But, in Sun Yi Lin’s eyes, there was only disgust and deep hatred. Such heartlessness…………
She opened the embroidered pouch, having the thing inside brought out.
Seeing that piece of warm jade that has followed him for more than ten years, Sun Yi Lin’s mind blanked, instantly turning his head towards his own mother.
“Gentleman Lin gave me this. He said, during his first birthday, this is what the previous Ding Duke gave him as a birthday present. It’s a piece of extremely rare warm jade, and on it even carved the character for ‘Lin’ (霖).” That’s why, for women who’ve been hurt by heartlessness, they were all able to go all out. Originally, she once thought of withdrawing a step, but Sun Yi Lin’s gaze ruthlessly stabbed her.
The Ding Duchess was about to go crazy from anger. How dare she, how dare this little slut say this!? “Little slut, you dare to speak nonsense!?” The Ding Duchess went forward wanting to slap her.
But the Right Commander-in-Chief’s madam wasn’t a pushover either, swiftly grabbing the Ding Duchess’s wrist, “What? Your son had his personal item given to someone, so you just fly into a rage out of humiliation, wanting to take your anger out on the innocent?”
Have to say, the one whose heart has chilled the most right now was still Sun Yi Lin. That piece of jade, he although didn’t carry with him everyday, it was still something he carried at least fifteen days out of a month. Three days ago, he’d just switched it out, yet now it has become a ‘love token’, landing in the hands of a girl he didn’t even recognize, who even says she has his child. How laughable. And the most laughable part was that this jade, nine times out of ten, was ‘gifted’ away by his own mother. Was she really his actual mother? How was she able to go this far?
Sun Yi Lin wanted to cry, but he simply wasn’t able to cry. His grandmother was right, it’s not like Luo third miss refuses to marry anyone but him. Even if she were to have deep feelings towards him, there was still a year or two until the wedding date. With just his mother repeatedly trying to humiliate her again and again, no matter who, all won’t want to marry in anymore, unless it was those purely pursuing a political marriage, completely disregarding their own family’s young miss’s feelings. But was the Luo family like this? Absolutely not! Clearly it was their Ding Duke Manor that wanted to rope in the Luo family; clearly it was him that had deep feelings towards their young miss……….
Luo Old Madam coldly watched from the side. She actually didn’t expect that the Ding Duchess would have this great of an objection against Wan Wan. In that case, even if this Miss Shen didn’t come looking for them, and even if there were no Jin Qinwang, she still wouldn’t let Wan Wan marry into the Ding Duke Manor. The darling treasure that she held cupped in her hand like pearl, like jade, wasn’t something for others to humiliate and degrade.
Luo Old Madam’s anger right now surged like never before, her expression turning ever the more cold. With a light push of her hand, she just had the teacup by her hand pushed onto the floor, shattering with a crisp sound. This also made the two that were tearing at each other look over, instinctively retracting their hands at the same time. Luo Old Madam used a brocade handkerchief to wipe her hand, appearing very absentminded. “Apologies, my hand slipped. The manor’s doctor still hasn’t arrived yet? Quickly invite him in, and have him properly examine Miss Shen. For better or worse, it’s still the Ding Duchess’s grandson.”
The Ding Duchess just felt greatly humiliated, but at this time, she suddenly was unable to speak. Not just because of Luo Old Madam’s expression, but further because she inadvertently saw hatred from her son’s eyes.
“Yo, quite lively in here.” Luo Pei Shan returned.
T/N: That last line from Grandpa Luo felt a lot like ML lol
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I thought it was ML too! Haha.
Hey, this mother she lost the love of 2 children and one is an animal, the second was neglected by her… This is……..
RIP Teacup.
I have a suspicion that when SYL was drunk and lamenting that WanWan was first engaged (and acting out of sorts all around) that the Shen girl climbed into his bed, possibly with a little help from someone behind the scenes. He said he really doesn’t drink that much and he doesn’t think he ever drank enough to black out, but would the Ding Duchess really be willing to bring in an illegal child that ISN’T her son’s? Hrmm. Although, I feel like, if the kid isn’t his, and this future concubine and illegal child would be totally removed from her son’s heart, maybe that would make her happy.
Also, ooh, I get it. The tearing apart is the Ding Duchess losing all emotional ties her children felt for her. It sounds like this situation is going to cement the idea that has been rattling around inside SYL (which I think is him moving out). If history goes the way it did the first time, the Ding Duke’s house is going to fall and not one of her kids is going to care what happens to the Ding Duchess.
Yo, I finally caught up! 😂
I’ve been itching to say my thoughts about the current scheme because I just have this gut feeling and I could be completely wrong, but the more I read the more I felt like I might’ve caught something. Jen translator-san isn’t helping with all this foreshadowing commentary ahaha.
I was thinking, Ding Duchess’ scheme is a half-truth half-lie, and that Shen girl is pregnant with an illegitimate child from her son, but not SYL. After all, that Shen girl wouldn’t be daring enough to pull her face down and bet all or nothing if the baby in her stomach wasn’t blood related to the Ding Duke manor. The Duchess isn’t that nice or daring either, having to take in a girl with a complete outsider in her stomach.
As for which of her sons, it can’t be SYL, because not to mention that SYL won’t ever do it, this obsessed helicopter mother won’t ever let any random girl “sully” her child. A shu low born coming from an enemy family isn’t anything acceptable for her son. By how much indifferent she is to that fetus, she couldn’t care less and might be just as indifferent if not worse to that particular son of her’s that’s the real father. And anyone that might be willing to cooperate is just one, and this particular one if I recall is the only one that’s emphasized or mentioned so far: Sun Yi Bin.
As for his reasons, well his particularly unusual animosity and obsession towards SYL this thorn is more than enough. Aside from maybe taking pleasure in ruining SYL, his goals would be to not ever let our Luo third miss ever entering the manor and be SYL this nemesis’ person, but if can’t be avoided, have MC be one of those useful but can’t be used pieces. MC is fat meat that could be vital to the battle of the throne, and being SYL’s wife gives SYL a formidable advantage in the Ding Duke heir battle (if that could even be called one). Besides, he’s also not very… bright in a sense, blinded by his obsession for the heir title, can’t think far ahead.
As for how Shen girl got pregnant I have no idea hahaha! I just feel like Shen girl one way or the pther got pregnant and inadvertently got used for something stupid because the Duchess wanted to play evil mother-in-law.
If my guess is completely wrong, well I’ll just hide in a corner and reflect 🙈 very excited with how this arc ends!
Thanks for the chapter!
Lol analyzing the clues is part of the fun in a mystery ahahah it’s also fun for me to read everyone’s deductions.
Grandpa is finally here to watch the show!
His arrival made me laugh, what a great drop in tension. The ding duchess truly has some screws lost in her head, with her around no matter what creature marries into her family it will never be up to her standards. I feel really bad for SYL but with his mom around I doubt he can ever find a normal girl.
Lol it’s fine as long as he marries a very high status super virtuous wife that he doesn’t love at all. Then his mother will be content.
I was “haish…”-ing in almost every sentence, and then when Grandpa showed up I nearly blurted out, “Grandpa! You’re here!” 🤣
Thanks for the chapter! 😘
……..I actually want to cry for SYL 😭
His feelings were realer than real, but nobody gave a shit. Now he’s gotta go back home and once again, suffer a broken heart and an idiotic mom.
I really really hope the Ding Duchess gets the karma she deserves after pulling this stunt.
Honestly, this type of matters, it will all be on SYL’s disadvantage. With the way Ding Duchess deal with things, then who would be so brave marrying over to Ding Duke Manor with such crazy mother-in-law in prospect? It doesn’t matter if SYL is the no.1 gentleman, his house is full of thorns and snakes.
Just… what kind of crazy, twisted love the Ding Duchess have to go as far to compete affections with her own erxifu?
I feel ache for SYL. He really didn’t do anything wrong. But maybe underestimate his mother’s jealousy, which actually pretty clear from the beginning. 😭 and SYJ too. Her mother really didn’t put her or SYL in her heart.
What a selfish power hunger mother… Thinking of her son’s love for his future wife could be stronger than his filial heart toward her. She killed any loving feelings from both her children. Pitiful.
Thanks
Grandpa Luo , that was so badass
Hmm, so could it be that part of this scheme is to get SYL to thoroughly hate his mother? (Because possibly, she didn’t give Miss Shen that jade). To completely destroy their relationship? So in the future when LHY is on the throne, SYL won’t really have any objections if LHY wanted to do something to the Ding Family? It could also have something to do with whatever it is SYL has been contemplating on doing (c. 122 talks about Ding Duchess’ attitude reinforcing certain thoughts of SYL. We’ve yet to find out what those thoughts are.) I’m really curious as to what other purposes are behind this scheme.
Poor SYL, he thought he had his ‘love’ in his hands, only to lose her because his mother is a brainless idiot. But, truth be told, he never had her because there’s a shameless man out there who long so “claimed dibs” on the girl. 😅
In addition, dear Jen, in the paragraph starting with “ Sun Yi Lin wanted to cry…” you misspelled “again.”
Thank you for the chapter, Jen! 😘
Fixed~
Lol trust me the purpose really isn’t that deep, it really is very straightforward ahahah but probably too obvious that it’s easy to overlook.
No it’s his mother that gave it to her, the reason she got angry at the Shen girl was because she didn’t want her to bring it up in front of SYL. It’d be fine if SYL wasn’t present, but with SYL present he’ll know immediately what she did, and that’s what she wants to hide from him.
Ahhh, ok ok. This novel has a way of making me overthink where I shouldn’t and not think enough where I should. 😅
*happy because Jen-sempai responded to me * ❤️
Dont worry, you’re not the only one afflicted. It’s got us all thinking in loops now that when something straightforward comes up, we’re sure there’s got to be more to it and deeper than it really is hahahaha
So SYL’s mom pushed this stupid plan, not knowing she’ll incur the hate of both SYJ and SYL?? SMH. 😞
She must have forgotten her daughter married into the Luo’s and most families would want to rope in the Luo family by marrying JW. SYL is indeed a good catch, but the old Luos wouldnt let their darling grand daughter suffer under such a hateful mother-in-law even if a certain prince wasnt eyeing JW.
Yes, she is that stupid. It honestly makes you wonder how they ended up with two good legal children when the father’s an idiot, the mother’s braindead and the firstborn legal son inherited their stupidity.
lol it’s called inviting good teachers for their children.
The SYL’s mum is probably just having a one-diamensional thought of trying to shame Wan Wan thinking of using this to bring her down a notch…. totally foolishly not realising that SYL will hate her for setting this up once he sees the warm jade and whether the Luos may turn against her daughter doing a tit for tat like her ( thank goodness, the Luos are kinder and smarter )