I’m a Mother-in-Law, but I Dislike Conflict with My Daughter-in-Law - Chapter 60

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I’m a Mother-in-Law, But I Don’t Want Family Conflicts Episode 60

Yulkes clicked his tongue in annoyance and said.

“Who do you think set up this shop for you? Did you do it with your own power? No, it was my money. Your success started from my help from the very foundation.”

“That’s why I’m working even harder! So that Father won’t regret his investment, I’m doing my best…!”

“Then what about my investment in raising you!”

“…What?”

“Your clothes, the food you ate, everything you enjoyed! Do you think I gave all that to you for free!”

For a moment, her breath stopped. Faced with Yulkes’ outrageous words that abandoned even human decency, Jane felt the last remnant of affection disappearing.

This wasn’t a business investment. This was an investment in a human being. He wasn’t looking at Jane’s business, but at Jane’s value.

She had become a commodity.

“You should just quietly do as you’re told, what? Success? Effort? Ridiculous! If you weren’t my child, do you think you could work in such a blessed environment? Look around you, look at the young people who can’t even buy a single cart, let alone a shop! Your success is thanks to me, and therefore I have the rightful claim to be repaid by you!”

“That…”

How utterly unreasonable those words were.

Her mind felt like it was in chaos because of Yulkes, who wouldn’t listen to any logic.

“If you have any conscience at all, come back. And conduct yourself properly, receive etiquette training! That’s all you need to do!”

“I, I don’t want to. I still have work to do…”

“You’re defying me to the end!”

Yulkes strode toward the shop door.

Bang!

When he opened the door, the attendants who had been waiting outside rushed in. Among them was Jane’s employee. He avoided her gaze with a guilty expression.

“Words won’t work. Hey, clear everything out!”

“…Yes!”

The attendants began moving the shop’s items outside.

Jane, flustered, hurriedly tried to stop the attendants, but they wouldn’t budge.

“W-wait! What are you doing! Billy! Nair!”

“We’re sorry, shop manager.”

Even her subordinate employee only apologized with words but didn’t stop moving things.

When Yulkes glared at them with his arms crossed, they even corrected their form of address.

“…No, Miss.”

“Father-!”

She urgently called out to Yulkes, but he only gestured with his chin to continue the work.

The attendants took out everything from merchandise to drawers, desks and chairs. They loaded them onto a large cart bearing the Goldrail emblem that was waiting outside.

“Captain, these documents…”

“Take them.”

The attendants even found the contracts. They took everything from the Chelosi Restaurant contract to the contracts with the Duke’s Estate.

“Ugh- Stop it!”

And when an attendant approached the box of mushrooms that was about to be packaged, Jane rushed over to stop him.

“This is for the Grand Duchess! Don’t touch it carelessly!”

“It doesn’t matter. The contract was made under Goldrail’s name anyway, not yours, so we just need to deliver and that’s it.”

When Jane wouldn’t let go of the box, the attendant looked at Yulkes with a troubled expression.

“Miss, please stop now…”

“This will damage Goldrail’s credibility too. If you change the contract terms like this, the other party won’t accept it either!”

“Tsk, so stubborn…”

As the standoff between the attendant and Jane continued, Yulkes approached her. Just as Jane was about to open her mouth, glaring at him fiercely, thinking he would threaten her again.

Smack!

Her vision plummeted to the floor.

“…Huh?”

She blinked in shock at the sharp pain she felt on her cheek. Instead of Yulkes’ angry face, she saw the shop floor.

As if she couldn’t believe she had been slapped, she slowly raised her hand to touch her cheek.

He had hit her so hard that she could feel heat from where his palm had struck.

“You don’t know to fear your father. Really, this is why we need a proper teacher. Academy scholars are too soft.”

“L-Leader…”

“What are you doing! Hurry up and move everything!”

It wasn’t that her parents had never raised a rod. The academy scholar called in as her teacher had also wielded a switch.

But this was the first time she had faced such brutal violence. Violence without affection or care, just to vent anger.

Jane finally realized that her father, the trading company leader, had no intention of accepting her at all.

She sat down in a daze, watching the attendants moving busily.

‘If they take that contract, tomorrow’s work will be disrupted.’

The attendants carried out the office desk.

‘That’s flour to be delivered to the Grand Duchess. The delivery person will come soon.’

Items that needed to be delivered before noon at the latest were loaded onto the cart.

‘The sales ledger needs to be written now to be organized by month-end.’

All evidence of her work was disappearing.

Jane, unable to get up from her spot, slowly opened her mouth.

“…Father.”

“What?”

“Please… I’m begging you.”

She didn’t even notice that tears were flowing from her eyes.

“Give it back. It’s- mine.”

Even though his daughter was crying, Yulkes scolded her in a dry voice.

“Nothing was ever yours from the beginning. Foolish thing.”

The father who had never once called his daughter by name took away everything that belonged to her.

When an attendant asked what to do about the young miss, Yulkes left behind the irresponsible words “She’ll find her way back” and departed.

Jane was left behind in the shop that had been emptied in an instant, with its broken door, fallen storage cabinet, and floor dirtied with flour.

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Wilhelmina arrived half a day later.

The attendants had started moving the shop’s items, but there was nothing Johan could help with.

And since this was Goldrail’s household matter, Johan, judging that the guards wouldn’t be able to help either, ran straight to the Duke’s estate.

He thought that if it was the noble from the annex building who Jane said had shown her kindness, they would help her.

So he arrived at the annex building and said to Anna.

“Sister Jane’s shop has been robbed!”

Though nobles were scary, his courage to help Jane came first.

He trembled with fear about being punished for coming without permission, but the one who greeted him was Wilhelmina, the guest from the annex building he met in the garden every week.

“Huh? Why…”

Before he could ask why she had come out, Wilhelmina said with a stern face.

“Explain the situation. Quickly.”

“Th-that is…”

Though he was flustered by her commanding demeanor that he’d never seen before, the clever Johan quickly organized the situation and laid it out.

Thinking it would be better to convey things as they were rather than make unnecessary assumptions, he repeated the conversation between Yulkes and Jane exactly as it happened.

After hearing the entire story, Wilhelmina frowned. When she heard that Jane had been slapped, there was even the sound of her grinding her teeth.

“Yes, you did well to come find me. Go rest.”

“Y-yes…”

Wilhelmina immediately called for a carriage and left the annex building. Watching the carriage disappear into the distance, Johan realized her identity.

‘Could it be that I…’

Leaving behind a gaze filled with anxiety, anticipation, and worry – the carriage headed quickly toward the city.

Inside the carriage, Wilhelmina narrowed her brow as if displeased and looked out the window.

The weather was dark. It looked like snow or rain would pour down at any moment.

Nata, who had followed along for guard duty, carefully spoke up.

“Wouldn’t it be better to go to Goldrail’s main store?”

“…We have no justification. Even if he’s that kind of person, he’s still a noble.”

“Then…”

“I could use my status. I could throw a tantrum too. But.”

Her navy blue eyes turned toward Nata. In her gaze that had sunk heavier than before, an unfamiliar hostility could be felt.

“That would be venting my anger, not Jane’s.”

Understanding her meaning, Nata fell silent.

The carriage raced quickly down the road. As the carriage arrived near the market, rain began to fall from the dark sky.

It was fierce rain for spring rain. Despite the cold weather, rain that couldn’t become snow poured down like a summer monsoon.

People on the street disappeared one by one due to the sudden rain, and the carriage stopped in front of Jane’s shop in a corner of the now-empty market.

Jane was standing in front of it.

She was cleaning around the shop with slow movements.

She organized the broken door to one side and moved what appeared to be furniture debris outside.

Even though the heavy rain was soaking her entire body, she silently moved her hands.

Wilhelmina, who had been quietly watching that scene, extended her hand to Nata.

“Sir Nata, the umbrella.”

“I’ll hold it for you.”

“No, I’ll go alone.”

“But…”

“If you’re really worried, stand in front of the carriage.”

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