The Villain's Wife

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Old Man Yu sneered at his daughter's reaction. Because of his responsibilities to the organization, he and his wife were forced to keep these secrets to their graves. After all, her wife used the organization's influence to do those deeds.

However... seeing Yu Yanwan act so mightily, declaring that she deserves everything that he and Lu Xialu earned, is infuriating him. Slowly, a sadistic smile appeared on his face. His daughter's mental state is weak. Would she be able to live knowing that she hurt her mother, who actually protected her in the shadows?

"Yanwan... you will be miserable for the rest of your pathetic life." He uttered in a low voice. "Even in your mother's dying state, she said nothing hurtful to you. She never mentioned what she did and even asked me to keep this as a secret."

True, Lu Xialu was not compassionate and was not really close to their children. However, unlike him, she did her best to support them in the shadows. In front of him and her children, Li Xialu was cold and strict. However, she was a mother. She gave birth to her children. She might not be physically close to them however, this does not mean that she really abandoned them.

"How does it feel, Yanwan?" he asked. "Does it liberate your anger? Does it make you feel happy, brave, and strong?"

"What are you talking about? Are - Are you insane?" she balled her hands into a fist. Disbelief clouded her gaze. Now that she thought about it. Everything that Old Man Yu mentioned is true. Those events happened in the past... those unexplainable events. "You can't fool me." She uttered. Her mother was the type of woman who always supported her husband's decision.

Yu Yanwan never heard her mother argued with her father even once. She never heard her fought against the man for the way he raised them. All she did was support her own husband while making sure that her kids were alive. So... how could Old Man Yu claim that Lu Xialu did something to help her out?

How could Yu Yanwan accept these words? She hurt her mother simply because of what she did in the past. She thought that this is her retaliation. This was her mother's karma. Once again, she stared at her father's aged eyes, and slowly, her gaze wavered.

Tears started falling on her cheeks. He was not lying. The old man never lied to them. He would rather hurt their feelings than give them false hopes. This was the reason why he told them about the blank will.

Yu Yanwan swallowed her nonexistent saliva. Guilt flooded inside her, threatening to engulf her sanity.

"You can leave now." The old man said as he finished his tea and leaned against his chair. "From now on... think about all the things that magically appear in your life while you were away. Think about all the conveniences and coincidences that happened in your life. Then... think about your mother."

"Yu Yanwan... you are such a disappointment. You and I... we will rot in hell together." The old man said before he gestured for her daughter to leave him alone.

...

Not long after Yu Yanwan left, her mother passed away. The woman holding Old Man Yu's sanity passed away.

Contrary to the expectations of the people attending the matriarch, Old Man Yu never utter a word. Not a word of goodbye or any apology to her wife. He just... sat there.

For years, the old man wondered what will happen if she left him. After all, he was a terrible human being. For years, he feared that one day, he will wake up without her by his side. All those years, he never thought that losing her would be this... unbearable. Her death only made her realize how wrong he was. He never thought that losing was like having his heart ripped out of his chest.