Chapter 242: Chapter 242

The Gong Tao family lived leisurely, while the Gong Family’s days became difficult.

Wu Rui felt more and more that life was hard. Although she had a grandson, so what? According to Zhang Lan, the family didn’t lack grandsons.

Initially, Zhang Lan was quite looking forward to this little grandson, after all, he was Gong Zheng’s child. But earlier, Gong Zheng had a quarrel with Zhang Lan because of Wu Rui.

Afterwards, Gong Zheng went to work in a branch factory far away. Although there was no future here, he had no choice but to leave, yet Zhang Lan felt it was all Wu Rui’s fault.

"Why cry, why cry? Can’t you take care of the child?" Zhang Lan became impatient when she heard the little grandson crying.

"If you can’t take care of the child, why don’t you go to the Old Wu Family? Isn’t the child’s grandmother saying the Wu Family will take care of you two?" Zhang Lan remembered when her daughter-in-law gave birth and complained to her relatives; Gong Zheng heard this and once again showed her a bad face, which made Zhang Lan furious.

In Zhang Lan’s eyes, since Gong Zheng thought she was a biased mother, this grandson would also be taught to favor the Wu Family by his parents. Since he would eventually be a Wu Family child, why would Zhang Lan want to put in too much effort taking care of the child?

Early on, after Gong Zheng went to work elsewhere, Wu Rui knew her days would be hard. Her mother-in-law would not treat her well, and she never expected the mother-in-law would refuse to take care of the grandson.

After all, this is a grandson of the Gong Family. "Mom, I don’t know why the baby is crying."

As strong-willed as Wu Rui was, it was her first time being a mother. Because of the job issue, her family had various disputes with the Gong Family. Her own mother wanted to come, but Zhang Lan’s unpleasant demeanor made her reluctant.

If she didn’t want her family to take care of them, then the mother-in-law should take care of them equally. But the fact that the mother-in-law stubbornly pretended nothing was happening made Wu Rui feel all kinds of sadness.

"I don’t know, I don’t know. Are you a pig?" Zhang Lan was annoyed, feeling dazed by the grandson’s cries.

"If the child is crying, it’s either hunger or a wet diaper, can’t you see?" After saying this, Zhang Lan stomped off to her room, leaving Wu Rui to care for the child. It was impossible.

An ungrateful brat, just looking at him made her angry. "Get the child to sleep quickly."

Wu Rui watched her son wailing and couldn’t help but cry, "Baby, why are we so unlucky?"

Wu Rui couldn’t help but wonder how others spent the postpartum period. She didn’t know, but during her own period, she had to wash the diapers herself, and the food was mediocre. If she hadn’t seen the old lady giving away eggs meant for her to Gong Xiaoyu, she wouldn’t have known that while she wasn’t looking, the rest of the Gong Family was enjoying good food.

Even though her father-in-law later instructed that Wu Rui should have an egg every day, what did it matter? Wu Rui deeply resented Gong Dajiang.

Living under one roof, Wu Rui didn’t believe Gong Dajiang was unaware of Zhang Lan’s excessive behavior, but he didn’t stand up for his daughter-in-law, not until she made a fuss did Gong Dajiang claim to support fairness. Hmph, that’s justice she didn’t care to see.

At present, it’s just that her situation wasn’t good. Once she recovered, Wu Rui vowed to take revenge and let the in-laws and big brother-in-law know her strength.

"Once I’m through with the postpartum period, I’ll apply for a job transfer." Initially, Wu Rui hadn’t agreed to a transfer because she was planning to have a baby. No matter what, it was a Gong Family child, and she hadn’t expected them to be so heartless as to not care at all.

Since they didn’t care for her and her son, Wu Rui didn’t want to see Gong Dajiang’s face either. The branch factory was under construction. Going there would make her a veteran, and when the factory develops, she would be eligible for a promotion.

Wu Rui remembered what her old man and Gong Zheng discussed about why to go to the new factory. People should be tough on themselves. Wu Rui resolved that even if life was tough there, she would persevere.

Wu Rui touched her son’s face. She couldn’t help but cry when she touched it. Her son had become so thin. When he was born, his face was chubby, but after more than half a month, he was thin. What does this mean?

It means this postpartum period was done poorly. Wu Rui decided to bring it up once Gong Zheng returned from his trip.

When Gong Zheng returned to see his wife and son, he cried seeing how thin they were. He knew that the family might not treat them well, but he hadn’t imagined it would be so excessive.

"Dad said he would take care of you two." When he left, Gong Zheng was worried about all sorts of things, but he had no choice and entrusted Wu Rui and their son to Gong Dajiang. To his surprise—sigh—Gong Zheng regretted it immensely.

Gong Dajiang, take care of them? Wu Rui let out a cold laugh. "If there was any care, it was after I made a fuss that Dad intervened, making Mom give me an egg a day."

"I should thank him, or I wouldn’t know if I could hold on." Wu Rui recounted her daily struggles. As long as her son’s miserable appearance was there, Wu Rui was confident Gong Zheng would believe her. Official source ıs novelꜰire.net

How could Gong Zheng not believe it? He looked at his wife and remembered how the second sister-in-law had looked after giving birth to Gong Ruwen and Gong Ruini. That situation was even more miserable than his wife’s.

With Wu Rui bringing it up, Gong Zheng’s first reaction was that his mother disliked his wife Wu Rui after already disliking second sister-in-law Cai Meina.

"Then let’s leave. Lock the house up." Since his wife didn’t want to stay there, they would move. After all, the dormitory was approved, and his wife and son wouldn’t be without a place to live there.

Gong Dajiang knew about the tension between Zhang Lan and Wu Rui. From his perspective, a mother-in-law showing her daughter-in-law some temper was no big deal, but he didn’t expect Wu Rui would disregard Zhang Lan’s face and leave with her child.

"Can’t you stay?" In the end, Gong Dajiang helplessly asked Gong Zheng.

Gong Zheng shook his head, "No." If they stayed here, he really feared for his wife and child’s well-being. "Dad, you should know how Mom treated my wife and son."

"Our son was a month old, and his weight hadn’t increased much. I see Gong Xiaoyu gained quite a bit." No money for the new mother to eat well but money for the eldest grandson’s food—did they really think everyone was foolish?

To such biased parents, Gong Zheng was utterly disappointed, "I don’t care how much Mom wants to give Gong Xiaoyu in the future."

After saying this, Gong Zheng picked up the suitcase, and Wu Rui, carrying her son, left.

As Wu Rui turned to leave with her son, Gong Dajiang saw his little grandson and was stunned to see how thin he had become.

Earlier, he had only heard Zhang Lan complaining about how difficult Wu Rui was, and now he realized it was his wife who had slandered his daughter-in-law in various ways.

How dare she do this? Gong Dajiang didn’t have the face to call Gong Zheng back, as he had promised to take care of Wu Rui and her son, but how had he carried out that promise?

Considering he had handed the responsibility over to Zhang Lan and hadn’t seen Wu Rui since, everything was based on Zhang Lan’s accounts. According to her, everything was fine, which reassured Gong Dajiang greatly, not realizing that this old wife was once again openly defying and covertly messing with things, making Gong Dajiang furious.