“Are you really my biological father? You know perfectly well I have no say at home and only get what my sister doesn’t want, yet you still ask me.”
Wen Chuxia’s eyelashes trembled slightly as she voiced the question she had wanted to ask before her death in her previous life. Now, she was quite satisfied with the outcome.
But she didn’t want Wen Xiuyuan and Wen Yuyan to think she had taken advantage. She quickly put on a perfectly fitting expression of grievance.
“You ungrateful girl! How dare you doubt I’m not your father? Everyone knows you and Yanyan are twin sisters,” Wen Xiuyuan roared angrily.
The morning light in the room was just right, allowing him to clearly see the icy coldness in his eldest daughter’s eyes—a gaze like winter ice, chilling him to the bone.
Looking more closely, his eldest daughter now wore a pitiful, wronged expression. Wen Xiuyuan decided the earlier look must have been an illusion.
His two sons and youngest daughter looked very much like him—was it wrong to favor them a little?
Only his eldest daughter looked exactly like his wife, as if carved from the same mold.
If she weren’t born as a twin with his youngest daughter, he might have doubted whether she was truly his own.
Now, to be doubted by his eldest daughter about being her biological father—this filled Wen Xiuyuan with a rage he couldn’t vent.
He irritably kicked Liu Cuihua and shouted, “What are you crying for? Useless thing, all you know is crying. You’ve cried away all the family’s good fortune. Hurry up and pack your things, take this wretched girl and get out. Old Huo the Third said he’d drive over to pick you up.”
If it weren’t for being targeted by enemies seeking revenge, he wouldn’t have wanted to divorce Liu Cuihua either. After all, all these years, the family hadn’t been allowed to hire a maid.
It was she and her daughter who had taken care of him and his sons so comfortably, attending to every detail with meticulous care.
“Dad, how dare you kick my mom? Do you really think we don’t know why you want to divorce her?”
Wen Chuxia quickly stepped forward to help Liu Cuihua up, looking coldly at Wen Xiuyuan as she asked with visible anger.
“You ungrateful girl, since you’re so capable, take your mother to the Huo family now and enjoy their wealth and luxury. Get out, just get out!” Wen Xiuyuan snapped in shame and anger.
“Fine, we’ll leave. Mom, stop crying. Hurry and pack up the money that belongs to you. We’ve worked as maids in this house for over ten years. Since I was seven, I’ve been washing clothes and cooking. Why shouldn’t we take the wages that are rightfully ours?” Wen Chuxia said coldly.
From the time she understood things, she had always looked at her father with adoring eyes—gentle, refined, always wearing a snow-white shirt, the very image of an intellectual.
Today was the first time she had so clearly expressed her disgust for someone.
That disgust hung on her face like dark clouds, utterly unconcealed.
“You ungrateful girl, what nonsense are you spouting? Those household chores were your duty. Don’t even think about taking anything from our Wen family.”
Wen Xiuyuan was provoked by his eldest daughter’s look of disgust. For a daughter to despise her father—it was simply turning the natural order upside down.
Yesterday afternoon, he had already packed many valuable items, intending for his wife and youngest daughter to take them, since he and his sons couldn’t carry them all.
His youngest daughter had a conscience and cared for him, unwilling to leave him to go with her mother to the Huo family. Since he had painstakingly prepared everything, thinking his eldest daughter and wife were soft-hearted and easy to manipulate, he figured he might as well let them take the items. They would likely help him out later anyway.
But now, seeing the resentment on his eldest daughter’s face, he would rather let his enemies benefit than let this detestable mother-daughter pair gain anything.
“Wen Xiuyuan, since you don’t want to give it, then I don’t want it either. When I married into this family, I came with nothing but myself. When I leave, I won’t take so much as a needle or thread from the Wen family. You forced me into this divorce, and now you won’t even let me take money to support myself. Don’t regret this later.”
Liu Cuihua said with tear-filled eyes. She was a traditional woman; ever since her marriage, her husband and children had been her entire world. Having not worked for many years, she couldn’t even support herself after the divorce and could only follow Wen Xiuyuan’s arrangements to marry the third son of the Huo family. This way, she could save her children and avoid ending up on the streets. Back then, for some unknown reason, her parents had suddenly moved away. They sent her into the Wen family, saying the Wens were wealthy and Wen Xiuyuan was handsome, telling her to settle down peacefully in the Wen household.
From the moment she entered the Wen family gates, she had genuinely loved Wen Xiuyuan and wanted to grow old with him. But now he suddenly didn’t want her anymore. Liu Cuihua felt as if her world had collapsed.
Ever since receiving the divorce certificate yesterday afternoon, she had been crying nonstop. Who gets divorced one day and remarries the next? If the Huo family hadn’t agreed to help the Wens, and if she hadn’t been forced to think of her children, she would have truly wanted to end her miserable life.
“Dad, why can’t we take what rightfully belongs to us? I’m also your daughter; I have the right to a share of the Wen family’s assets. If I can’t stay in the Huo family and have no money on me, how will I survive? Would I have to come back and beg you?” Wen Chuxia asked righteously.
“With Elder Sister’s good temper and diligence, how could she possibly not last in the Huo family? Once you go over, you’ll be an official’s daughter—not only will you have Mother’s care, but you’ll also gain a grandfather, a stepfather, and three stepbrothers. It’s truly enviable,” Wen Yuyan said with a beaming smile. Looking at Wen Chuxia’s calm and fearless face, her hands unconsciously clenched into fists. This foolish sister lived carefree and unburdened, while she herself was weighed down by a heart full of resentment, unable to find any peace.
“Since Younger Sister envies it, then you should go instead. After all, I’ve always given you the best of everything since we were little. Such good fortune naturally shouldn’t fall to me,” Wen Chuxia said calmly.
“That immense wealth was always meant for Yanyan. It’s only because Yanyan is kind-hearted that she’s letting you have it. And now you still want our family’s money? Dream on!” Second Brother Wen’s furious voice rang out from the staircase. For the past two days, the Wen father and son had been suspended from their duties and didn’t need to go to work. He had slept until the sun was high in the sky before waking up. Standing upstairs, he had listened for a long time, only speaking out in anger when his elder sister started demanding a share of the family assets.
Seeing Wen Xinghe again, Wen Chuxia’s gaze fixed on him, wishing she could step forward and stab this ungrateful wretch to death. But she quickly suppressed her hatred. “Since Second Brother is so dissatisfied, then let Younger Sister go enjoy the blessings of the Huo family.”
“That’s more like it. It should have been Yanyan going from the start…” Wen Yuyan urgently interrupted Wen Xinghe’s words. “Second Brother~ How can we change what Dad has already decided?” She tugged at Second Brother Wen’s arm, acting coquettishly. “I’m Dad and my brothers’ dear little treasure. I would never be like someone else, greedy for wealth and recognizing a thief as a father.”
“Wen Chuxia, see? This is my good sister. You should just go to the Huo family with Mom!”
“Since I’m not your good sister, then it’s even more reason to give me my share of the family assets. If you really don’t want to give it, then we’ll have to sever family ties. Otherwise, it just doesn’t make sense!” Wen Chuxia said, looking directly at Wen Xinghe.
“Want to cut ties? Not a chance. You haven’t even flown up the branch yet and already want to abandon your own father and brothers. I’ll beat you to death right now.”
Wen Xinghe roared as he charged toward Wen Chuxia. The siblings chased and dodged, with Wen Chuxia taking the opportunity to beat Second Brother Wen until he howled in pain.