Huo Mei Shu also felt heartache when she heard this. She thought about how she didn't know anything before and was so harsh to Rong Dai. She felt guilty in her heart.
She reached out to take some tissues and handed them to Rong Dai, her voice apologetic, "Sister-in-law, before...I was ignorant and argued with you...I'm sorry."
Rong Dai didn't expect Huo Mei Shu to apologize to her. She couldn't help but sigh lightly in her heart. Well-educated people are just different.
Looking at the whole thing, although she was the victim, the original owner was also a victim. But after all, it was the original owner and her mother who took advantage of them first.
However, they were able to distinguish right from wrong.
This is the biggest difference in upbringing.
She wiped away her tears. Her eyes were still red as she shook her head, "I should be the one to say sorry. I'm very sorry about this matter. It was me and my mother who deceived you first. And now even the Huo family is affected."
Huo Mei Shu thought of her elder brother who had been living all these years for their family.
Although Rong Dai's affairs were inconceivable, as long as her elder brother liked her and didn't give up on Rong Dai, she could certainly accept it.
Besides, she had never seen her elder brother so alive before. To have someone make him live with joy, anger, sorrow and happiness, this was a very good thing.
All these years, they had been trying to make the elder brother happy, but he always remained cold and aloof.
Although there were unhappy events after their marriage, through this incident, she felt the change in her elder brother.
She only wished the best for her elder brother. Since he liked Rong Dai, she would support him unconditionally.
"It's your own stupidity. Since my brother has chosen you, he won't care about so many things. Unless you really have a problem with your orientation, that would truly hurt my elder brother."
Huo Mei Shu looked at her, her eyes gentle but mixed with some resentment.
"If you had told us from the beginning, even if my brother wouldn't choose you as his wife, considering your mother once saved our grandmother, he wouldn't just stand by on this matter."
Huo Mei Shu shook her head helplessly at her, "If you had spoken up then, this wouldn't have happened. If you didn't have the strength to resist Zuo Ran, she really could have pulled you to die with her! Or you could have fallen to your death!"
"Since you knew she was insane and so vicious, and that she would hurt you, you should have spoken up earlier."
Rong Dai could only silently nod. What else could she say?
She didn't know what the original owner was thinking at the time. Or perhaps the original owner was truly too inferior and might have really fallen in love with Huo Shao Ting.
She thought she was dirty and unworthy of Huo Shao Ting, so she chose to conceal it.
As for herself, she only wanted to survive. She didn't have any improper thoughts about Huo Shao Ting. That's why she provoked Zuo Ran, leading to the current situation.
Although the matter was appalling, it wasn't without benefits for her.
At least she didn't need to worry about such outrageous things happening again.
"Let bygones be bygones. With elder brother and second brother handling this, just focus on recovering. Don't think too much about other things. I can respect you and treat you well, but the premise is you have to be good to my elder brother."
Huo Mei Shu comforted her.
Rong Dai found her comfort a bit laughable and cryable at the same time, but she understood Huo Mei Shu's mentality.
In her previous life, she had seen too many things like this.
They would only respect you because your husband's family was excellent enough, or your status was noble enough.
Whereas she currently had nothing - no skills, no talents, no job. She was a good-for-nothing.
On top of that, she had gotten into such an inconceivable matter, tarnishing the Huo family's name. For the young sister-in-law to say these words to her was already giving her a lot of face.
This kind of respect still had to be earned by herself.
"Does Grandma know about this? I...I'm afraid she would be very sad if she knew. And mother, she must be very angry."
Thinking of these matters, she thought of the old lady and mother-in-law.
There was no need to mention the mother-in-law. She was originally dissatisfied with the original owner. Now with such a scandal, she would surely be angry if she wasn't.
As for the old lady, she sincerely wanted the original owner to be her daughter-in-law.
Otherwise, with such a prestigious family like the Huo's, if Huo Shao Ting wanted to find an equally excellent woman of similar status as his wife, there would be countless options. Why choose the original owner?
She wasn't afraid of the mother-in-law being angry. She was afraid of hurting the old lady's heart.
"Grandma is overseas now so she won't get the news so quickly. We won't mention it either. But you'll have to choose a time to tell Grandma yourself. Grandma really likes you, although I've never understood why."
Huo Mei Shu spoke with blunt honesty that Rong Dai couldn't help but feel embarrassed.
"As for mother, how could she not be angry? If you were in her shoes, wouldn't you be angry if your daughter-in-law hid such a big matter?"
"Certainly angry." Rong Dai answered very honestly.
"But being angry is one thing. We're still family. She'll just be angry for a few days. When you've recovered, give her some gifts and coax her, then things will be fine."
Huo Mei Shu gave her suggestions, sighing lightly, "Actually, mother is very easy to coax. She just cares too much about elder brother. Because elder brother suffered a lot since he was little, mother feels she let him down and just wants to make up for it as much as possible."
"But she forgot elder brother is already a grown up now. He is more capable than anyone, and elder brother doesn't need her to make up to him either. We just need to support him. As long as you treat elder brother well, she'll feel assured. She'll be too busy coaxing you to be angry at you!"
After hearing her words, Rong Dai felt some relief. It seemed easier to handle things this way.
But she couldn't help being curious about Huo Shao Ting's matters. That man was excellent and rational enough. For such a big incident, most husbands would have all sorts of accusations upon encountering this kind of thing.
Yet he didn't. Instead, he did his utmost to handle the matter properly, although she was very clear he would require her to give him a satisfactory personal explanation afterwards.
"Mei Shu, can you tell me about your elder brother? I want...to understand him."
