Chapter 406 - 353: Make Him a Eunuch
Chapter 406: Chapter 353: Make Him a Eunuch
"I wouldn’t dare! And I wasn’t shouting, I was just reminding you: this was absolutely true in my past life! Bai Lihua and Wu Xiaowen shared a villa on Baihua Road. I heard it with my own ears—Bai Qingyue was pressuring Bai Lihua, telling him that no matter what, he had to act all lovey-dovey with his wife, all because Tang Qingyun had discovered something. They were deliberately putting on a show for him! In this life, you can’t just let your own father get cuckolded again, can you?" Yang Liu’er pouted and muttered under her breath.
Xiao Man felt like she was going to faint. Her face was burning. ’Who wouldn’t feel awful hearing such a scandal about their own parents? Even if I don’t want to acknowledge them as my family, that doesn’t change the facts.’
"How many times have you told me this? I’m not deaf! From now on, you’re forbidden from bringing this up again. If you do, we’re through!"
"I know, but... Ugh, forget it!" Yang Liu’er shook her head and sighed. ’She’s the daughter and she doesn’t even seem to care. Why am I getting worked up over nothing?’
Xiao Man was suffocating with frustration. ’How could I not care? I just don’t know what to do about it yet.’
It was just as Yang Liu’er would have realized. Tang Qingyun was part of the Tang Family. And even though Xiao Man had severed her father-daughter relationship with him, Tang Haocheng was still their son. Scandals like this were common among wealthy and powerful families; as long as they were suppressed and kept secret, it was fine. But if word ever got out, it wouldn’t just be Tang Haocheng who would be humiliated—the entire Tang Family would be disgraced.
’I despise Wu Xiaowen, and I utterly loathe that Bai Lihua,’ she thought. ’No matter how in love you two were, that’s all in the past. You both started your own families and had children, so you should have been responsible to your spouses and your kids. But no, you chased your own selfish pleasure without a thought for the consequences or anyone else’s feelings. What kind of behavior is that? A pair of scumbags!’
Xiao Man knew her grandfather had spoken with Hao Hao about Tang Qingyun and Wu Xiaowen. Recently, Hao Hao had also been trying his best to avoid seeing Wu Xiaowen. It seemed her grandfather had already made a decision about Tang Qingyun and Wu Xiaowen’s marriage.
Whatever the outcome, Xiao Man had no intention of letting this go. She might not be able to do anything to Wu Xiaowen, but she was going to make sure Bai Lihua paid a price. ’Moral depravity. He’s guilty as charged!’
Xiao Man began carefully studying the andrology sections of the Sun’s Medical Books. She started developing a special medicine for Bai Lihua. ’Let him spend the rest of his life as a eunuch!’
After they had walked a bit further, Yang Liu’er glanced back and grabbed Xiao Man’s arm. "Hey, another woman just walked over to join them. That girl looks a lot like Wu Xiaowen. Look, do you think it’s her sister?"
Without turning her head, Xiao Man replied, "I don’t know. You’re the one with memories from a past life. Don’t you recognize Wu Xiaowen’s sister?"
"I’ve really never seen this girl before... Oh, wait, I remember now! In my past life, I overheard Wu Xiaowen and Bai Qingyue talking over tea one day. They were discussing Wu Xiaowen’s siblings, and Wu Xiaowen mentioned that she had a younger sister who had sadly died of an illness in the countryside."
Xiao Man sneered inwardly. ’Died of an illness in the countryside? Give me a break. Going by the hereditary rotten nature of the Wu Family—Wu Yu Xuan abandoning his fiancée to save his own skin at Lin Aizhen’s urging, Wu Xiaowen abandoning her own daughter for being too ugly—that younger sister was probably disfigured in the past life, or got into some kind of disgraceful trouble. The Wu Family, terrified of gossip, must have just thrown her away!’
Yang Liu’er was still rambling on. "Could it really be that younger sister? This life is so different! You showed up, Manman, and now she’s back in Beijing too!"
"What’s so strange about that? Your ’past life’ was just a dream. Of course a dream is going to be different from reality."
"Tang Manman! You’re putting me down again! I told you it wasn’t a dream!"
"It’s boiling out here. Are you coming or not?"
"Okay... Hey, wait up! Don’t walk so fast, I’m in high heels!"
At the school gate, Lin Aizhen saw her younger daughter and asked in surprise what she was doing there. Wu Xiaorui smiled, explaining that she had been out shopping when she spotted them and decided to come over.
They had barely exchanged a few words before Wu Xiaorui asked Lin Aizhen for money to buy clothes. Lin Aizhen pushed her away irritably. "Do you think money grows on trees? You can’t have it just for the asking."
Wu Xiaorui shot a sidelong glance at Wu Xiaowen, who was standing quietly nearby. She hooked her arm through Lin Aizhen’s and started to wheedle, "Mom, please just give it to me. It’s only five hundred yuan! Hurry, it’s the last one! If we wait, someone else will buy it!"
Lin Aizhen swatted at her. "What do you mean, ’only’ five hundred yuan? That’s way too expensive for clothes!"
"If it’s not expensive, it won’t look classy! It’s imported! Besides, Mom, you’re the one making me go on that blind date next week. You have to let me dress up for it, don’t you? Since the guy is coming back from overseas, he’s bound to have high standards. If he takes a liking to me and proposes, I’ll marry him on the spot. Then I’ll be one less problem for you, right?"
"I already gave you three hundred yuan for clothes the day before yesterday. Didn’t you buy anything? Where did that money go?"
"I bought two outfits, but when I saw this one today... it’s just so perfect, it makes my figure look amazing... Mooom!"
"You only got two outfits for three hundred yuan? Child, you spend money like water. You have your own salary, you know."
"What’s my pathetic salary good for? It’s not even enough to buy my friends a soda. So, are you going to give it to me or not? If you don’t, I’m leaving, and I’m not going to the blind date next week!" Seeing her mother just nagging her instead of handing over the money, Wu Xiaorui dropped her arm in a huff.
Lin Aizhen hesitated, patting her pockets. "I left my money at home. I don’t have enough with me."
"Aren’t you here to see Tang Manman? Were you planning to take her to dinner or buy her something? My sister must have money on her. Just borrow it from her!" Wu Xiaorui turned to look at Wu Xiaowen again.
When Wu Xiaowen heard Wu Xiaorui eagerly preparing for the blind date, she was swayed. She couldn’t wait for Wu Xiaorui to get married. Once she did, she would get the hell out of her house, and things would finally be quiet.
She immediately opened her purse. "Fine. I have some. Here, take it."
Lin Aizhen quickly tried to stop her. "That won’t do. When we see Manman later, we ought to give her some money."
"It’s fine," Wu Xiaowen said. "Manman is a student, and she’s from the countryside, so she isn’t used to spending money. She won’t use much."
If Xiao Man had heard this exchange, she probably would have coughed up blood from rage. ’As if I’ve ever spent so much of your money!’
Wu Xiaorui couldn’t care less about any of that. The moment the money was in her hand, a brilliant smile spread across her face. Without so much as a thank you, she said, "Bye-bye," and turned to leave.
Lin Aizhen called after her, "Don’t you forget, you have to pay your sister back for that!"
Wu Xiaorui shot a meaningful glance at Wu Xiaowen. "I know, Mom. I’ll definitely pay her back!"
Wu Xiaowen’s heart sank when she met that gaze. She waved her hand dismissively. "Forget it, forget it. Your salary is low, and you don’t have much money. You don’t have to pay me back."
Wu Xiaorui just smiled. "Are you looking down on me, Sis? I know how capable you are. You married a great husband but still managed to keep your old flame on the hook. You have two men giving you money! Your little sister might be a bit pathetic right now, having to rely on you for a little pocket money. But you know what they say: fortunes can change. We’re sisters, after all. If you can do it, why can’t I? Maybe I’ll do even better than you someday. Just you wait. I’ll go hook myself a rich heir, a real prize. Then I’ll pay you back with tons of money!"
"You!" Wu Xiaowen’s face went pale with rage.