Heiress Unmasked: Shaking the World With Geomancy novel Chapter 237

The villagers were right—the scholar ultimately married a city mouse, but she didn't have the best background. The city mouse's father—the capitalist—prepared an abundance of marriage gifts for her and handed her to the scholar.

The capitalist thought that with the help he'd provided the scholar's family in the past and his daughter's marriage gifts, she would be able to live peacefully in the village despite her background.

Unfortunately for him, a human's heart and mind didn't work in the exact way he'd expected. The capitalist's daughter didn't manage to win the hearts of her in-laws. The day after the wedding, her in-laws took all of her marriage gifts from her, claiming they wanted to keep them safe for her.

Her sister-in-law also found excuses to take away all of the capitalist's daughter's nice clothes and shoes. Overnight, the capitalist's daughter went from the daughter of an affluent family to a pitiful soul that everyone could mistreat.

She had to cook and clean for everyone in the scholar's family. She also had to cut the grass, feed the livestock, chop the firewood, and tend to the plants.

The scholar saw all this, but he felt it was only right for her to do these things. It wasn't to say that he wasn't grateful to the capitalist for sponsoring his education, but the change in identities and situations made his gratitude turn to disdain.

He was disdainful of his link to a capitalist. To make matters worse, the capitalist had forced him to marry his daughter. The scholar had agreed to marry the capitalist's daughter because of her massive fortune, but he ultimately felt that the marriage was an insult to him.

Whenever he saw the capitalist's daughter, he would be reminded of her family treating him like he was a charity case. And because of her background, his bright future had been ruined. He firmly believed everything that hadn't worked out for him was due to his wife.

So, he allowed his family members to torment her. He wanted her to be at his beck and call; he wanted her to be lowly and inferior before him. At the same time, he made it sound like he was doing it for her good. He told her that because of her background, others would only be placated if she was suffering.