Cheng Nuo wiped the corner of her eye with a look of heartrending grief, choked back a sob, and continued, "With no medicine at home and my husband failing to return time and time again, I had no choice but to go to town to try my luck and find him. Who could have imagined... who could have imagined seeing him behaving intimately with a woman, entering and leaving places together? Beside myself with anger, I questioned him about it, only to be pointed at and berated for being jealous. When I even told him our daughter was sick and asked him to come back just to take a look, he wouldn't even agree to that..."
At this point, Cheng Nuo was crying uncontrollably, leaning against Mother Cheng's shoulder with her body shaking continuously.
Hearing this, Mother Cheng's heart ached with pity, and she wished she could slaughter that fellow surnamed Meng to vent her anger. Just as she was about to comfort her daughter, she suddenly heard an almost imperceptible chuckle near her ear. Thinking she had misheard, she listened closely again, but the laughter was gone. However, Siniang's crying was all thunder and no rain, sounding much more like dry howling.
Chapter 55