Chapter 391-392

The screams and the sounds of the beating that was going on in the living room stopped. Yun Xi looked at her father and her mother blankly. After having been severely beaten by Yun Yuanfeng, Liang Xiuqin collapsed to the ground, weeping. None of her three daughters sympathized with her. Yun Xi was pleased to see that. Yun Ziling was selfish and only cared about herself, and Yun Chuhan seemed even gleeful to see her mother suffer. Standing by the sofa, Yun Xi looked at her pitiful mother with cold eyes, and she felt nothing but indifference.. 　 　 It wasn’t that she had no conscience, but that her conscience toward her mother had been completely destroyed. In her last life, her mother had treated her so poorly, and their relationship had been dissolved by a glass of sulfuric acid. Was she being cruel? If she hadn’t become this cruel, then she would have been the one lying on the ground now covered with bruises, or even worse. Being kind to the enemy was being cruel to oneself. There had never been much love in this family. Yun Yuanfeng had a massive headache, and even beating Liang Xiuqin hadn’t relieved his anger. He had no idea what was going to happen to him in the future. Liang Xiuqin was a burden to him now. But he couldn’t get a divorce at the moment. A divorce would be detrimental to his image, especially if he wanted to be promoted. If bad rumors started circulating about how a mistress had caused his divorce, there would be a lot of gossip. Especially now when everybody loathed men who played around on their wives, personal ethics had become a standard of assessment. And now, right before his promotion had been finalized, Liang Xiuqin had caused such huge trouble for him. 　 　 In the living room, Yun Xi watched her second aunt use sweet talk to try and persuade her grandpa to move outside the villa complex. The old man couldn’t bear to leave, so he was in a bad mood. He sat on the sofa sulking and didn’t speak. He looked as if he had gotten a few years older. Yun Xi felt a little guilty. This was all because she had set up her mother. Everyone else had only gotten dragged into the mess. After hesitating for a while, she turned to look at Yun Yuanfeng, who was smoking fiercely. Now that her goal had been achieved, she decided to put forward her conditions. “Dad, I’ve heard Madame Chen say that she and our grandfather are old friends. I will try to ask the Old Madame for help. Perhaps for the sake of Old Madame Chen, Madame Feng will let us stay in the villa complex. Grandpa is getting old, and if he can’t get good rest after moving, it won’t be good for his health.” When Yun Yuanfeng heard that there was some hope, he suddenly raised his head and looked at Yun Xi eagerly. “Then the Su family...” Yun Xi’s lips twitched. She knew that to her father, family wasn’t important. His career was more important. When there was hope, the first thing that came to his mind wasn’t how to make their family comfortable, but rather his own future. “I’m afraid it won’t be so easy to handle the Su family. You know, the four prominent clans have been in Jingdu for so many years, and they have always minded their own business. I am afraid that the Chen family won’t intervene with the Su family for us.” 　 　 How could Yun Yuanfeng not understand this? It was exactly because he knew this that he’d wanted to kill Liang Xiuqin, the idiot. “Yun Xi, are you sure you can convince Madame Chen?” Her second aunt looked at her with worry. She felt distressed and helpless. Obviously, Yun Xi was the most wronged one of all, but, in the end, it was she who had to clean up the mess made by her mother. She had never seen such a mistreated daughter. “I will try my best.” Yun Xi looked at her grandpa and made her own request. “Grandpa, my mother has made such a big mistake, so I’m afraid that she can no longer be in charge of this family. Otherwise, if something like this happens again, our whole family will suffer unknown consequences.” The old man looked at his only useful granddaughter and sighed slightly. “Yun Xi is right. From now on, the main control over this family will be handed over to my second daughter-in-law. You will be responsible for the finances this year.” When Liang Xiuqin heard that the old man was about to revoke her authority in the family, she struggled to get up. Even in her wounded state, she managed to give Yun Xi a vicious glare. “Dad, I know I was wrong. I won’t make any mistakes ever again. I will take good care of this family.” ********** 　 Although the Yun family wasn’t large and didn’t have much power, Yun Yuanfeng and Yun Mingfeng were wealthy, and they each handed 1 million yuan a year to the person in charge of the family’s finances. All the expenses in the family were paid by this person, although Yun Mingfeng paid the salary of the housekeeper separately. Living expenses averaging more than 80,000 yuan a month had been at Liang Xiuqin’s disposal. The water, electricity, gas, and grocery bills cost a few thousand yuan at most, so the rest of the money had gone into her pocket. With such a large sum of money at stake, how could she not try to hold onto it? 　 　 Yao Ying owned a company and had received a drug factory as a dowry. Both of these companies were cash cows. She had no shortage of money and couldn’t care less about some trifling tens of thousands of yuan. But for Liang Xiuqin, it was different. She had no financial support and no family. After the charity auction, she had no patrons either. All the wealthy ladies that she used to have as clients avoided her now, and no matter how hard she tried, these relationships were irretrievably broken. She had to attend social events with wealthy women in order to pave the way for Yun Ziling’s future, so she really couldn’t save any money. If even this little bit of pocket money was gone, then she and Yun Ziling would have to live frugally. She was used to spending money lavishly, so of course she couldn’t bear having to live frugally. It would be so humiliating. Grandpa Yun had been truly frightened moments before and hadn’t quite recovered yet, so he didn’t bother to pay attention to Liang Xiuqin’s plea. “Ever since Yun Xi has returned, you have been causing trouble for this family, and this time it has been completely unforgivable. Since you are unable to take good care of the family, I’ll give the responsibility to my second daughter-in-law. She can take care of this family and will have to come to this house more often.” Yao Ying glanced at Liang Xiuqin’s livid face, and she felt gratified. “Dad, I have been married to Mingfeng for many years, and our children have grown up. Mingfeng’s illness was cured by Yun Xi this year. We want to travel while we’re still young enough. As for taking care of the Yun family, I will come during this period of New Year’s, but, once Yun Xi has finished her college entrance examination, I think it would be better to leave the charge of the household to Yun Xi. For the present, she can stay with me and study and learn about running the household. She is the eldest granddaughter and will become an adult next year. It’s time for her to take charge of the household. What do you think?” 　 　 The old man realized that it had been Yun Xi who was always helping the family resolve all the trouble that had happened recently. She’d gone around asking for leniency and begging people to forgive the Yun family’s errors, so she must have felt truly put upon. She was the eldest granddaughter, and she indeed should take care of the household in the future. During this period of time, she had dealt with social affairs in a very well-rounded manner, and the elders of the Jiang family and the Chen family had become very fond of her. Her abilities weren’t inferior to any of her younger siblings in the family, and she was indeed the Yun family’s eldest daughter. Thus, it was right that she should take on these big responsibilities. “Okay, we’ll do as you suggest. Yun Xi, during this time, stay with your second aunt and learn from her.” Yun Xi nodded and didn’t refuse. “Okay, Grandpa.” Yun Xi glanced at Liang Xiuqin. That bitter look in her eyes was really gratifying. Her mother had caused such huge trouble, and she didn’t really care what her father would do with her. Now that her second aunt was in charge, her mother shouldn’t even think about regaining control. It was never going to happen. Things that had rightfully belonged to Yun Xi were going to return to her sooner or later. The Yun family had become just an empty shell, containing scandalous figures like her mother and younger sisters. But as long as Grandpa wasn’t dead and the Yun family was in her hands, this family could get stronger, and she was going to have the final say about that. 　 　 Grandpa had just said that she could be in charge of the family, and she wanted to make it completely different. When people in Jingdu mentioned the Yun family in the future, she wanted everyone to think of her, Yun Xi, instead of the others. Even without having the advantage of being one of the four major clans, the Yun family could develop like the Feng family. Then, the mention of the lady of the Yun family would give people qualms. This was the motive behind her return to the Yun family. The messy way the Yun family acted now wasn’t what she wanted for the Yun family in the future. ... Although she had said she would go to see Madame Chen, Yun Xi didn’t really go to the Chen family for help. As soon as she left the courtyard of the villa complex, she saw Qi Yuan waiting by his car on the side of the road. She stepped forward and opened the door of the back seat and got in. The car drove all the way to the Mu Mansion on the top of the mountain. It wasn’t appropriate for anyone to intercede if they had offended the Feng family, except for one person: the high and mighty Young Marshal Mu Feichi.