Rebirth of an Abandoned Woman

Part 2
“Though I think not in the past, but it now seems that lass has definitely set a new
standard of beauty!”
“The Sang family sure are lucky!”
“An unimaginary amount of riches! Soon, the Sang family will be basking in them!
They sure hit a lottery this time around!”
While the crowd were gossiping among themselves, Sang Wan had already stepped
out of the carriage. The crowd’s gaze immediately landed on her. Dressed in a bright
red, she wore a traditional jacket over her dress and the sleeves of her dress were
embroidered with gold. A twin magenta rabbit was sewed onto the foot of her

dress to carry the word of the double happiness. The dress was tailored perfectly
for her slender and delicate figure! Sang Wan stood majestically for a moment. A
beautiful peony flower was slipped neatly onto her temple and her hair bun was
decorated brilliantly with ornaments made with pearls and jade. Her brilliance
shone right past the crowd, yet they could not not their eyes off of her. The
ornaments she wore were not something they had ever seen before, but they
recognized the pair of ruby earrings, which were as large as the base of a thumb, as
they swayed from her movements. In all, her appearance was exceptionally eyecatching.
The Sang doors squeaked open and Sang Wan was welcomed by her elder brother,
followed by her lovable nephew and niece, Sang Quan and Sang Nuan, who were
holding on to their mother’s hand.
“Ah Wan, welcome back!” Sang Hong rubbed his hands as he came forward. All
could see that he was somewhat nervous.
“Big Brother!” Sang Wan smiled as she led Shi Fengju to meet her elder brother.
Shi Fengju cupped both his hands and greeted with a “big brother”, and Sang Hong
quickly greeted back.
Sang Quan and Sang Nuan were very comfortable with Sang Wan. Though the lady
in front of them looked wealthy, her attitude remained gently like before.
Immediately, they greeted “Auntie!”. Lettng go of their hands which were held
tightly onto their mother’s, the two launched themselves forward into Sang Wan’s
arms and giggled together with her.

“That ——” Sang Hong gave a dry cough and invited the young couple into the
humble courtyard. Suddenly, they heard a middle‐aged man driving the crowd away
rudely. “Hey, hey hey, what are the lot of you gathering around here for? Shoo,
shoo, there’s nothing for you to see here! Before the lot of you offend the
important guests, shoo! Disperse, the lot of you!”
“Qiè!” The crowd spat in distaste and slowly dispersed. Those who spotted their
children at the scene immediately pulled them away, and in a blink of an eye, the
scene became empty.
Sang Wan could not help but frown a little. Her heart dropped on the thought,
“Second Aunt and Uncle had arrived!”

But before Sang Wan could react, Second Uncle, Sang Pingliang, took the initiative
to come forward and exchange a warm handshake with Shi Fengju. As he did so, he
grinned from ear to ear, “Keke, this is the new member of our Sang family! What a
talented and young man you are! The villagers know not for the regulations and
may have disturbed my new nephew, but I hope my new nephew is an

understanding man. Still there is no need for a person of your standing to be around
people like them! Come, come, have a sit inside the house! I’ve prepared some
good tea for you to enjoy; quickly please my good nephew, quickly!”
With that, he glared at his daughter‐in‐law who was having a conversation with the
two wives, whom came along with Sang Wan for the homecoming, and chided,
“What are you standing there for? Quickly invite the important guests in and serve
him!”
“Āiyō! I just felt a little muddled after feeling happy for our Sang Wan! Ladies,
please come in! Ai, and the men standing there too, come in!” Li Shi clapped her
hands and warmly invited the group into the house.
However, Shi Fengju felt a little disgusted with the Sang Pingliang’s excessive flattery
and frowned a little. Both his hands were tightly held by Sang Pingliang which
added to his discomfort. Though he tried a few times to shake his hands off from
the grasp of Sang Pingliang, it was all to no avail. It would’ve been even more
awkward if he had exerted a little more strength to shake those hands off and thus,
he smiled helplessly on the spot. But to be honest, though those loud flattery
echoed in his ears, he had no clue what Sang Wan’s uncle just said.
Sang Wan secretly cursed bitterly to herself. Though she made several winks to
signal her elder brother, all he did was nibble his lips; he simply had no means to
stop Second uncle.
Seeing her Second Uncle and Second Aunt sang as they led Shi Fengju and the
group to their own house, Sang Wan became anxious. She remembered this
incident clearly from her past life. Second Aunt and Uncle slyly led Shi Fengju and
the group to their house; even all the gifts were moved there. Once sister‐in‐law

returned and saw the situation, she immediately scolded Sang Wan for lacking of
conscience, to have forgotten who’d helped her with her wedding day! The two
weren’t so easy to deal with too; they bickered with sister‐in‐law and Sang Wan
ended up with tears trickling down her cheeks due to the anxiety and
shamefulness. The Shi family members on the other hand, stood at the sidelines as
they relish the scene…
“Second Aunt and Second Uncle, that’s the wrong direction. Our house is right
here!” Sang Wan could not wait any longer and stepped up to intervene.
At the same time, while Sang Pingliang was giving Sang Wan a cold glare, Shi Fengju
took the chance to retract his hands away from him and hurriedly went up to Sang
Wan, “Then let’s go in!”
Sang Pingliang and Li Shi stared at each other for a brief moment.
“My dear Sang Wan, those words seemed a little aloof, don’t you thing? What’s
with this ‘your house’ and ‘our house’? Are you not Sang Pingliang’s niece? Can I
not show some good hospitality to your husband? For father is long gone, and since
that’s the case, shouldn’t a good uncle like me show hospitality in his stead? No
need to feel modest. Com, come, uncle’s house is just up ahead!” Sang Pingliang
gestured gently while trying to hold back the crease on his forehead as deep down,
he chided that ungrateful niece of his for not knowing her own family position.
Sang Wan laughed coldly to herself. In these few years, when had this ‘uncle’ ever
taken care of her and her siblings? It was more of an utter insult to even have him
as an uncle!

An uncle who always complained and scolded her and her siblings about how her
own father was not fate to become an official but still pursued that useless dream
of his which resulted in their family’s current financial state! He even chided her
brothers for not only following the footsteps of their own useless father, but also
tutoring others! Might as well return to plow the fields; that way, there’ll at least be
rice on the bowls! In short, his attude towards them was, “If you don’t listen to me
and end up starving, I will not care nor will I be bothered to, so don’t ever find me if
that were to happen!”
When Second Brother finally received a few students and became their private
tutor, Second Uncle demanded for half the meagre wage he earned, saying that
those students were found by him.
Second Aunt was no different. She went around gossiping about Sang Wan; going
around saying that the Shi family would one day ask her to leave; and that Sang
Wan should have taken a better look in front of a mirror as her becoming the
daughter‐in‐law of the Shi family is nothing but wishful‐thinking!