As she spoke, she raised her knee and drove it hard into Chen Siyu’s chest.
Chen Siyu felt as though all her internal organs were throbbing with pain.
“Aunt… Auntie, save me…”
Chen Wenqiao was initially stunned with shock, but as soon as she regained her senses, she rushed over to pull Su Hanchu away.
“Su Hanchu, have you gone mad? Why are you hitting Siyu for no reason? This is no way to vent your jealousy!”
While speaking, she dug her fingers hard into Su Hanchu’s arm.
Jun Moye struggled to his feet and reached out to tug at Su Hanchu’s sleeve.
“Hanchu, what happened?”
Su Hanchu flung Chen Wenqiao’s hand away.
Then she grabbed Chen Siyu by the hair and slammed her against the wall.
Chen Wenqiao nearly stumbled and fell, but Jun Moye swiftly caught her.
“Mother…”
Chen Wenqiao felt she was about to be driven mad by Su Hanchu’s actions.
“Su Hanchu, how dare you strike your own mother-in-law!”
Su Hanchu’s attack on Chen Siyu had already drawn the attention of many onlookers.
Now, with Chen Wenqiao’s words, the whispers among the crowd grew even louder.
Jun Moye hurriedly spoke up.
“Mother, don’t talk nonsense. Hanchu didn’t lay a hand on you.”
He then turned to Su Hanchu.
“Hanchu, what happened? You wouldn’t hit someone without reason, would you?”
Su Hanchu bit her lower lip, her eyes stinging slightly. Lately, she had been far too restrained. With reddened eyes, she looked at Jun Moye, wanting to speak but finding herself unable to say anything.
The Chen Family members came over to help Chen Siyu up.
Seeing Chen Siyu’s swollen face and bloodied lips, Chen Fangshi flew into a rage.
“Su Hanchu, you’ve bullied my daughter before, and now you’ve nearly beaten her to death. If you don’t give an explanation today, our Chen Family will not let this go!”
Wei Furong, who had just entered carrying a bundle of firewood, saw Su Hanchu being cornered. She threw down the wood and rushed over.
“Do you think I, Wei Furong, am dead? Bullying my daughter just because you outnumber us? My daughter is well-educated and reasonable—she would never hit someone without cause. Before your Chen Family demands answers, why don’t you ask your own daughter what she has done?”
Su Hanchu, who had been holding back her emotions, felt a surge of pent-up grievance when she saw her mother arrive. Her nose tingled, and her voice trembled with tears.
“Mother…”
Wei Furong stepped forward and wrapped an arm around her.
“Don’t be afraid. Tell me what happened. You’re not the kind of child who stirs up trouble, and you don’t need to fear trouble either. Your mother is still here!”
In her previous life, she had been an orphan and had never experienced such warmth. Su Hanchu threw herself into Wei Furong’s arms and began to sob.
“Wuwu… Mother, Chen Siyu actually sent someone to kill me. Your daughter almost never got to see you again.”
Wei Furong’s expression turned cold upon hearing this. While patting Su Hanchu’s back to comfort her, she shot a sharp glare at Chen Siyu.
“I never imagined the Chen Family could wield such power even on this exiled journey, killing whomever they please. I wonder how the convoy escorts would handle such a murderous act.”
Chen Siyu immediately denied it.
“Who sent someone to kill her? I only told them to ruin her chastity… Mmm…”
Before she could finish, Chen Fangshi covered her mouth. Chen Fangshi never expected her daughter to be so foolish, blurting out things without thinking when provoked.
“Madam Su, why should everything your Su Family’s daughter says be taken as truth?”
Jun Moye had naturally heard the half-spoken words of Chen Siyu earlier, and his expression immediately darkened, his gaze turning icy. He had originally thought that Chen Siyu was merely spoiled by her family, with a somewhat bad temper, but he never expected a young woman to harbor such a malicious heart.
Dragging his injured body, he walked step by step toward Chen Siyu.
"Chen Siyu, what were you saying just now?"
Chen Siyu realized she had spoken carelessly.
"N-nothing. I was just saying that I didn’t hire anyone to kill her. She’s lying, Cousin. You have to believe me… I really didn’t…"
Under Jun Moye’s cold gaze, Chen Siyu grew increasingly flustered and kept hiding in her mother’s arms.
Seeing her daughter frightened, Chen Fangshi hurriedly spoke up.
"Ye’er, you only care about Su Hanchu, don’t you? Whatever she says, you believe it? She beat Siyu like this, and instead of holding her accountable, you’re blaming Siyu?"
Seeing that Chen Fangshi showed no awareness of Chen Siyu’s wrongdoing, Jun Moye felt even more disappointed. What had the Chen Family become?
"Aunt, I have ears. Don’t you know what your own daughter said?"
He then glared coldly at Chen Siyu.
"From now on, don’t appear before us again. A woman as venomous as you is terrifying. Since your Chen Family cannot tolerate my wife, let’s part ways from now on. There’s no need for our families to travel together."
Chen Laofuren, who had been helped over and standing nearby for a while, shot a sharp look at Chen Siyu and said:
"Ye’er, this is just a petty quarrel between young girls. It’s impulsive of you to sever ties with the Chen Family over this. Your grandmother has loved you all these years. Are you really going to abandon her like this?"
Chen Wenqiao also chimed in:
"Ye’er, don’t talk nonsense. Of course, we must stay with the Chen Family. It’s all because Su Hanchu is so unreasonable that she caused all this trouble."
Wei Furong could no longer hold back upon hearing this.
"Madam Jun, watch your words. How is it Hanchu’s fault? What did she do wrong? To make an unmarried girl from your Chen Family hire someone to try and kill her?"
Chen Wenqiao couldn’t immediately point out what exactly Su Hanchu had done wrong, so she turned to Jun Moye.
"Ye’er, Mother is doing this for your own good. No matter what, we will still need your grandmother’s help in the future. We are blood relatives with the Chen Family. Family should stick together."
Jun Moye looked at Chen Wenqiao, feeling somewhat disappointed.
"Mother, then you go with the Chen Family. The Jun Family will go our own way."
Chen Wenqiao stared at him in disbelief.
"What did you say? You’re abandoning your own mother? For a woman, you’d even forsake your mother…"
Jun Moye couldn’t help but feel a headache coming on.
"Mother, Su Hanchu is my wife. Naturally, we must stay together. How can we continue traveling as a group after all this?"
Chen Wenqiao spoke recklessly, regardless of the consequences.
"Jun Moye, I gave birth to you and raised you, yet I mean less to you than Su Hanchu, who just entered the family? Let me tell you, Su Hanchu can go wherever she wants. You are my son, and wherever I am, you must be there too. Otherwise, I’ll dash my head against the wall right here and now."
Su Hanchu, who had been crying in Wei Furong's arms, was stunned by this. Her tears even stopped falling. Damn, this plot is so familiar—isn't this the classic "choose between mother and wife" scenario? And I actually ran into it myself.
But since ancient times, a mother has never been a multiple-choice question—she’s the only answer.
Jun Moye also never expected his mother to say such decisive, cutting words…