Chapter 699 - 603: Silenced
Chapter 699: Chapter 603: Silenced
Xiao Man raised an eyebrow. In this life, she had decisively left Liu Fengying’s home the day she awakened her past-life memories, and many things had changed as a result. Mo Xiaosu’s malicious plans had backfired—she failed to continue her education, was imprisoned, and ended up stuck in the village, married to Huang Baoshan. ’Logically, since they’re married and about to have a child, they could have avoided this fate if they had just settled down and stopped causing trouble. But no, they had to court death, and he still ended up following the same trajectory as my last life, getting arrested for breaking into cars to steal. Huang Baoshan’s destiny is certainly unyielding.’
In her past life, Huang Baoshan had died not long after being imprisoned. The story was that he got involved in a prison brawl and was beaten to death on the spot.
Xiao Man sat at the dining table eating breakfast, listening to Mo Xiaosu’s hoarse cries from outside. Before, she was yelling for Grandpa and Grandma, but now she had switched to cursing. She hurled all sorts of vicious and filthy insults at Aunt Jia Bao and Xinghua, and even started cursing Xiao Man, who hadn’t even shown her face.
Mixed in with the curses was another voice, gleefully adding to the clamor and cheering Mo Xiaosu on. It even loudly prompted Mo Xiaosu: "Call that Tang Manman out! Tang Manman is rotten to the core! She knows black magic and plays ghostly tricks! She won’t let us into Grandpa’s house, and she’s definitely the one who framed Huang Baoshan for this! You should splash dog’s blood on her, right on her head!"
Xiao Man’s hand paused. ’Wu Qin? She’s got some nerve, not fearing my intimidation and daring to show up!’
Releasing her Divine Sense, she took a look. Wu Qin was sitting on the ground near the crowd. People, disgusted by her strong odor, had tried to move away several times, but she just followed them closely. In the end, since everyone was eager to watch the spectacle, they resigned themselves to letting her be. Those who couldn’t stand the smell simply covered their mouths and noses.
Xiao Man sneered. ’It seems Wu Qin’s time with Gongsun Ruxue wasn’t a total waste; she really does seem to know a tiny bit about Mystic Skills. Hiding in a crowd, does she think there’s safety in numbers, that I can’t do anything to her?’
And then there was Mo Xiaosu, flailing and shrieking on the road like a shaman in a trance. ’Is that how you ask for help? If someone in her family died right now, I bet she’d drag the corpse over here and make up some reason to coerce Grandpa. Mo Xiaosu is definitely capable of something like that!’
Xiao Man finished her breakfast at a normal pace, cleared and washed the dishes, and after a word with Grandma, went upstairs. Over the years, Grandma had grown as cold as ice toward those prize specimens from the Mo Family Courtyard. The mere sight of Liu Fengying, Wu Qin, and Mo Xiaosu disgusted her. She especially didn’t want Xiao Man going to the gate to deal with them and was eager for her to go upstairs quickly.
Xiao Man went straight to the rooftop. She leaned over to glance at the crowd on the road outside the wall, then went back inside. Two or three minutes later, the clamor outside gradually faded. Mo Xiaosu seemed to have run out of energy; she stopped crying, wailing, and jumping around, and collapsed limply against Second Aunt Mo. Both angry and anxious, Second Aunt Mo shouted for Liu Fengying to come help. Liu Fengying, however, was reluctant and pretended to go to the back of the crowd to look for Wu Qin. It was only then that everyone noticed that Wu Qin, who had been cheering so energetically moments before, had also fallen silent. She was sprawled on the ground with the whites of her eyes showing, her mouth opening and closing without a single sound coming out.
Everyone assumed Mo Xiaosu had exhausted herself and that Wu Qin had shouted so much she’d ruined her voice. Since the show was over, there was no reason not to disperse and go home. Even though it was cold and there wasn’t much to do in the fields, there were still chores at home.
With the audience gone, the actors lost their motivation. Liu Fengying and Second Aunt Mo saw that Yu Wumei and her daughter, Xinghua, didn’t even deign to give them a cold glance before turning around, going back into the courtyard, and bolting the iron gate. They deflated like punctured balls and had no choice but to round up their children and head home.
They had argued and caused scenes countless times over the past few years, but they could no longer get a shred of sympathy or pity from Grandpa Mo. This was especially true after he had found Mo Jiabao and brought him back to be formally recognized by the family. Although Liu Fengying and Second Aunt Mo would never admit it, they understood perfectly well in their hearts: their two households had completely lost Grandpa Mo’s support.
That was why Mo Xiaosu and Wu Qin were now the ones at the forefront, crying and begging, while Liu Fengying and Second Aunt Mo were no longer so proactive. Today had ended in failure once again. The two sisters-in-law were dejected and had nothing to say. Liu Fengying dragged Wu Qin by the collar, while Second Aunt Mo called to her younger daughter and struggled to support Mo Xiaosu as they trudged slowly home.
Yet no one in the group paid attention or wondered: why had Mo Xiaosu and Wu Qin suddenly gone mute? They were clearly trying to talk, their mouths moving, but they just couldn’t make a sound!
Two days later, Second Aunt Mo realized Mo Xiaosu wasn’t just being lazy and staying in bed; her legs were so weak she was paralyzed and couldn’t get up to walk. She hurried to ask Mo Youfu to come examine her, but Mo Youfu had already gone to the Yue Family’s home with his wife. The barefoot doctor watching over the clinic helped take a look. He said it might be a symptom related to her pregnancy and recommended they go to a big hospital in the city for a proper diagnosis to find out exactly what was wrong.