Dai Xiangwei intended to silence them with the very words they had once used to deceive her.
After hearing this, Madam Dai was speechless for a long while.
They had indeed said those things, so now she had no way to refute them.
Madam Dai still wanted to persuade Dai Xiangwei to move to the separate estate, but Dai Xiangwei gave her no chance to speak.
"All these years, I haven't lived with Father and Mother. Do you know how much I envied other children?
They could act spoiled in front of their own parents, but I couldn't.
Although I'm past the age for that now, I still yearn for family affection and want to fulfill my filial duties at my parents' side. Please grant me that wish, Mother!"
With Dai Xiangwei putting it that way, Madam Dai simply could not refuse. She said,
"We'll discuss this when your father returns."
"It seems Mother doesn't like having me as her daughter at all. Your daughter only wants to stay home for a few days and fulfill her filial duties, yet you won't even allow that.
Never mind. I won't trouble you and Father anymore.
I've been a child unloved by either parent since I was little. Now that my husband's family has cast me out, I have nowhere to go. I might as well dash myself to death at the entrance to the Dai Residence and spare you the misery of looking at me."
Dai Xiangwei turned to leave, ready to dash herself to death at the main entrance.
Madam Dai was startled. If she let Dai Xiangwei kill herself at the entrance, everyone would surely think they had driven their daughter to her death.
Who would dare do business with the Dai Family if they could drive even their