Chapter 1237 You Should Be Ashamed


    The night was peaceful, but the same couldn''t be said for the people in Dream Garden.


    Although it waste and the city was quiet, the people in Dream Garden were still wide awake. The


    lights were still on and there were signs of activity.


    Arrogant, Melissa sat in the living room. Anger burned in her fiery eyes.


    On the other hand, Sheryl stood beside her and held Shirley''s hand. Sheryl looked serious, and a frown


    reced her usual happy face. She tried hard to hide the unease she felt.


    Silence hung like a thick curtain in the living room. However, Shirley couldn''t stay quiet any longer. She


    anxiously nced at Melissa, fear evident in her eyes. Then she turned to Sheryl and asked, "Mom, is


    Grandma angry with me because I broke her antique vase?"


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    Sheryl felt her daughter''s trembling hand as she held it and couldn''t help but squeeze it a little tighter.


    She got down on one knee and reassured her, "No, Shirley. Grandma is not angry at you. She doesn''t


    me you, but that antique vase was grandma''s favorite thing. She is not in a good mood because you


    identally broke it. So Shirley, go and say sorry to your grandma."


    Shirley fearfully looked at Melissa again and stood closer to her mother. "Mom, I''m scared," she said


    and shook her little head.


    "She is your grandma. You have nothing to be afraid about, my child," Sheryl said. Although Sheryl


    reassured her daughter, she still felt a bit worried about her. She patted Shirley''s head and encouraged


    her to apologize.


    However, she knew what Shirley was actually afraid about.


    After she made rk and Shirley return to Dream Garden, they lived there peacefully. Then Melissa


    got out of prison and came back to Dream Garden. She was nice to her grandchildren at first. She


    cared about them and was happy to be with them. But as time passed, since Melissa didn''t like Sheryl,


    she also became less fond of her two grandchildren.


    Melissa couldn''t criticize rk since he was a boy and the only heir to Shining Company. On the


    contrary, Melissa was never nice to Shirley. Shirley was not so mature as rk. Or maybe, she was


    just a girl and unimportant to Melissa, so Melissa didn''t need to care about her feelings.


    Sheryl couldn''t change Melissa''s views. She herself wasn''t on good terms with Melissa, so she couldn''t


    force her children to get close to their grandma who didn''t like them either.


    However, that night, Shirley identally broke Melissa''s favorite antique vase. Shirley was so scared


    that she cried loudly. After Melissa went to her and saw what happened, she couldn''t stop scolding the


    little girl. Shirley was afraid of her words.


    Suddenly, Melissa turned to Shirley with hatred in her eyes.


    "Shirley, this is your mistake. You should reflect on what you have done. Shouldn''t I criticize you? Aren''t


    you educated to be so rude and ungrateful like this?" she said. Then she added, "What would you like


    others to think about Lu family if you behaved like this in front of other people? How would you like to


    let other people talk about your dad if he has a daughter like you?"


    She scolded Shirley for quite a while with plenty of sharp questions. Shirley was only three years old,


    so she couldn''t really understand what many of Melissa''s words meant. And Melissa didn''t intend for


    Shirley to understand her words. She just wanted to criticize Sheryl by saying that Shirley wasn''t well-


    educated. The one who was really being attacked was Sheryl.


    After Sheryl heard all of Melissa''s words, she breathed deeply to calm herself down. She knew that


    although this was Shirley''s mistake, Melissa just wanted to use her granddaughter''s mistake to warn


    Sheryl and show her power in this family.


    ''If I continue to step back whenever she arrogantly criticizes my daughter, it will only help increase her


    arrogance. If I endure and stay silent when these kinds of things happen, my children and I will only


    suffer more and forever be under her control, '' Sheryl thought and mentally decided.


    She got down to Shirley''s eye level and said, "Your brother must''ve fallen asleep by now. How about


    you go to bed as well?"


    Although Shirley was only three years old, she was able to understand certain things. She nced at


    Melissa, who looked at them angrily like she wanted to tear them both apart. "Mom, I''m scared. I want


    my dad," she said.


    Sheryl felt so sorry for her daughter when she heard those words. Her hands gripped Shirley''s


    shoulders and held her smaller body in her arms.


    What her daughter said reminded her that she and her children suffered all these things only because


    Sheryl always stepped back when they had conflicts with Melissa. It was because she didn''t want to


    hurt the rtionship between Melissa and Charles. She was so considerate that she didn''t want her


    husband to be troubled with matters concerning his wife and mother. So unless she had no choice but


    to tell Charles what happened between them, she wouldn''t bother him with these issues.


    "Shirley, don''t be afraid. Mom is here for you. Go to your room and sleep. If you behave well, I will go


    and be with youter. How about that?" Sheryl managed a smile and tried tofort Shirley. She tried


    to look normal when she talked to Shirley so that her daughter wouldn''t worry about her.


    The little girl nodded at her mother. She looked angrily at Melissa again and then walked back to her


    room. Her eyes repeatedly nced back at Sheryl when she went back, as if she was worried about


    her mother.


    After Shirley''s figure disappeared behind the corridor, Sheryl sighed in relief. As long as her daughter


    wasn''t around, she didn''t have to worry about whatever would happen or how angry Melissa would be.


    Melissa heard Sheryl sigh and smirked. "Stopping faking your kind-mother face. If you want to call


    Charles back, then call him. It is a good time for us to show your real face to him," she said.


    Sheryl didn''t respond to her provoking words. She slowly walked towards the sofa in front of Melissa


    and sat down. "Mother, if you feel anything unsatisfactory about me, you can tell me. I will try my best


    to change them," she calmly said. "But tonight, Shirley did not mean to break your antique vase. Please


    forgive her for that," she added.


    "Forgive her?" Melissa asked incredulously. "No, there is nothing to forgive. I definitely won''t me her.


    She is the daughter of my son and a girl in the Lu family. She has my blood in her veins. Although she


    has a bad mother, as long as she is educated well, I believe that she will be different from you in the


    future." However, Sheryl wasn''t mad at Melissa''s words. Augh escaped her lips.


    "On behalf of Shirley, I thank you for thepliment from her grandmother. And I am also grateful that


    you see Shirley and rk as members of your family," Sheryl said.


    Melissa''s lips only curved into a smirk once more. "I don''t need your gratitude. It''s none of your


    business. It is natural for me to see my grandson and granddaughter as my family members. But I have


    to warm you that as long as you are Charles'' wife, you have to understand what your position and


    social status mean. You have to remember what you shouldn''t do and what you cannot do. If you make


    mistakes that you shouldn''t have made or do things that you shouldn''t have done, you will be losing the


    face of Lu family," she said.


    Her words were obviously sharp and meant to criticize. It was in that she wanted Sheryl to feel


    ufortable. No one would''ve endured the things she said, because all her criticisms weren''t


    reasonable at all.


    However, Sheryl didn''t respond. She wasn''t even angry at all. She sat on the sofa with a nk face.


    After all of their conflicts, Sheryl learned something. As long as she didn''t go directly against Melissa


    whenever she criticized her or gave her a hard time, the older woman would eventually stop. Melissa


    could say anything she wanted and Sheryl just needed to say that she got it, then she was good to go.


    This night, however, Sheryl didn''t intend to do the same. She realized that she didn''t get any respect at


    all because she always endured everything and kept a low profile. She always took a step back every


    time Melissa criticized her because she thought it would protect the rtionship between Melissa and


    Charles. But, things didn''t turn out the way she expected.


    Melissa took her gestures for weakness instead of kindness. She became more pompous and stared to


    torment everyone in the house, including rk and Shirley. She even started to show her wicked


    attitude and acted viciously in front of her grandchildren. She showed her anger to everyone without


    caring for anyone''s feelings.


    Therefore, Sheryl couldn''t stand her anymore. She refused to be under her any longer.


    The sounds in the living room seemed to drown in Sheryl''s ears as she remained silent. "Have you


    heard what I said? It is useless for you to sit there like a dead body," Melissa said loudly. When she


    saw that Sheryl still didn''t respond, she became angrier.


    Finally, Sheryl smiled and said, "Mother, I''ve heard what you had said. May I say something now?"


    Melissa''s smug face smirked once again. "What do you want to say? You should be too ashamed to


    say anything at all," she said and red at Sheryl with displeasure. Even then, Sheryl still wasn''t angry


    at all.


    "After I moved to Dream Garden with my children, our lives were peaceful and harmonious," she calmly


    stated. "And after you got out of prison and moved in to Dream Garden, I treated you as if you were my


    own mother. I know that you think I''m not good enough for your son because of some reasons. But


    after all this time, I can honestly say that I have never done anything wrong to you. Didn''t that reduce


    your hatred towards me?"