Reborn as an Ugly Wife in the Countryside

These words made Xiaotian’s body stiffen. She knew she was wrong, terribly wrong. No matter how you talked about this, it was all her fault. She could only admit it. She immediately knelt and knocked her head on the ground, speaking in a choked voice, "Mother, I was wrong, I was wrong."

Seeing Xiaotian like this, taking all the blame onto herself and not mentioning the fake marriage at all, Madam Guo’s expression finally eased a little. She sighed and said, "So you’ve really decided to stay at Guo Mansion and not leave with the child?"

"Mm." Xiaotian answered without getting up.

After getting Xiaotian’s confirmation, Madam Guo made a prompt decision and said, "Since that’s the case, then you can’t keep pretending this marriage is fake!"

At these words, Xiaotian once again widened her eyes and lifted her head to look at her mother‑in‑law. She was a little stunned, completely unaware what this "fake marriage" her mother‑in‑law spoke of was about.

Just as she was still puzzled, she heard her mother‑in‑law continue, "You’re both adults, yet you could even come up with this fake marriage nonsense? Is it that just because you say it’s fake, it becomes fake? Your household registration is already under our family’s register. Even if you say verbally it’s a fake marriage, it’s still a real marriage. You need to see that clearly."

"You can’t use this as an excuse to keep refusing to consummate the marriage with my son. You’re standing in the position of Young Madam Guo, yet you’re not fulfilling the duties of that position. When will our Guo Family ever be able to branch out and spread?"

Hearing this, Xiaotian felt as if she had been struck by lightning. No wonder her father‑ and mother‑in‑law had temporarily accepted her. So Guo Feng had told them that theirs was a fake marriage?

She bit her lower lip, her heart a mix of five different flavors. Guo Feng’s kindness to her was really a bit excessive.

It clearly wasn’t a fake marriage. Clearly, back then when she found she was pregnant and had nowhere to turn, in order for the child to have a legitimate status, Guo Fu had suggested the two of them marry. Back then, no one had said it was a fake marriage.

She had always believed it was a real marriage, yet now Guo Feng, for her sake, to make things easier for her in front of his parents, had admitted to this "fake marriage" matter.

Only by calling it a fake marriage would his parents perhaps not make things too difficult for her.

Tears gushed out like a spring, and her heart was deeply moved.

"I’m not afraid to tell you the truth. Just based on the fact that you’re not a virgin, you’re not worthy of my son, not worthy of being the Young Madam of the Guo Family. But I only have this one son. All these years, his obsession with you, as his mother I’ve seen it clearly. If I forced you and the child to leave, what my son might do, I think you should be even clearer than I am."

Madam Guo paused, then continued, "We haven’t been dealing with each other just a day or two. You should know at least something of my methods. So don’t think you can play any tricks with me. Since you’ve decided to stay, then properly be the true Young Madam of the Guo Family, do what a Young Madam should do. Otherwise, you’d better leave early and not delay my son."

Madam Guo’s words couldn’t have been clearer. Xiaotian wasn’t dull; she was even somewhat clever. This meant that she could accept her and Little Yueyue, but the precondition was that she consummate the marriage with Guo Feng and bear descendants for the Guo Family.

Tears surged out again. Guo Feng’s kindness to her, Guo Feng’s kindness to Little Yueyue, Guo Feng helping her get back Dongfeng Restaurant and Li Mansion—everything, all of it, had come to the time for her to repay. Since she couldn’t leave and had already decided to stay here for a lifetime, she ought to fulfill her duties as a wife.

Having made up her mind, she said, "Mother, I know what I should do."