River and Clouds

Before she met Jian Shichu, Ye Qingci had always been a jinx. After meeting Jian Shichu, the heavens seriously told her there was no such thing as most jinxed, only more jinxed!

She had hardly agreed to Jian Shichu's request to bear him a child, a spitting image of him, and begged to be spared further trouble.

The gentleman just raised an eyebrow, "You're thinking too much! One child is not enough. You need to give birth to at least a whole soccer team!"

Ye Qingci: ...Jian Shichu, why don't you go marry a sow!

Rumors had it that the devastatingly beautiful and rich Seventh Master Jian had no interest in women. It was later that Ye Qingci found out he was just not interested in any woman but her.

Domineering Marriage: Addicted to Pampering Wife

Lost in her chaotic thoughts, she pushed open the living room door and walked in.


She caught sight of Zeng Meiru sitting on the sofa, speaking with Ye Yazhi.


As she walked a few steps forward, she called out, "Mom."


With a "smack," Zeng Meiru picked up a teacup from in front of her and hurled it at Ye Qingci's feet, shattering the delicate cup into pieces.


Ye Qingci was startled and dared not advance any further.


Zeng Meiru sprang up from the sofa like a gust of wind, rushed up to Ye Qingci, and slapped her hard across the face. "Ye Qingci, kneel down for me!" she demanded.


Ye Qingci staggered backward, falling to the ground. After a moment of silence, she moved slightly and, with her head bowed, knelt on the floor.


There was no help for it—Zeng Meiru was her foster mother, her elder.


The Ye family had bestowed upon her the grace of upbringing; kneeling before Zeng Meiru was her rightful duty.


Chapter 50 One Step Forward is the Abyss_1