“I… I didn’t,” Grandma Wu said helplessly, facing this daughter-in-law.
This daughter-in-law came from a wealthy background and had always looked down on her. Ever since she married her son, Grandma Wu had hardly ever lived with them.
“Go back to the countryside immediately. Don’t stay here and embarrass yourself,” Mrs. Xiao scolded angrily.
“Grandma came to Jiangcheng to live with me. What does that have to do with you?” Xiao Chen stepped forward and stood in front of Grandma Wu protectively.
Song Ziyan knew very well how strange Xiao Chen’s family was. She pulled Grandma Wu aside and let her sit down.
“Xiao Chen?” Mrs. Xiao was already full of anger with nowhere to vent it. Seeing Xiao Chen only made her angrier. “I was wondering why your grandma suddenly ran off to Jiangcheng. So you were the one who instigated it. What are you trying to do? Do you want outsiders to laugh at our Xiao family?”
“Stop talking about your Xiao family as if it’s some great noble household,” Xiao Chen said coldly. “You’re just running a lousy company, yet you act like the whole world has to flatter you. Anyone who hears your tone would think you’re the matriarch of some powerful family in Yanjing.”
“Xiao Chen, you…” Mrs. Xiao had not expected him to speak like this.
“What about me? Grandma isn’t in good health. She was alone in the countryside with no one to take care of her,” Xiao Chen said icily. “As her daughter-in-law, you’ve ignored her all these years. Fine. But now even when I want to take care of Grandma, you interfere? If you won’t take care of her, you won’t even let me?”
“Xiao Chen, shut your mouth,” Mrs. Xiao finally exploded.
She pointed at Grandma Wu and shouted, “Look at him. This is what you’ve taught him. You did this on purpose to make him go against me.”
“Go against you? Aren’t you overthinking it?” Xiao Chen sneered. “If you people from the Xiao family would stop showing off your intelligence all the time, I’d already be grateful.”
“There’s nothing else to say. Leave now. Don’t come here again. Grandma and I can live just fine on our own.”
“Xiao Chen, you…” Mrs. Xiao’s face turned pale with anger.
She never imagined that the son who used to obey her in everything would become like this.
“Brother, how can you talk to Mom like that? Mom is just worried about you and Grandma,” Xiao Ming said in a sugary, affected tone.
“Why don’t you and Grandma come back with us? Dad and Mom will forgive you.”
“Can you shut up?” Xiao Chen raised an eyebrow. “This isn’t your place to speak.”
“Brother, I… I…” Xiao Ming looked at Mrs. Xiao with teary eyes. “Mom, I just wanted to persuade Brother.”
Sure enough, Mrs. Xiao fell for this act immediately. She shouted angrily, “Xiao Chen. He’s your younger brother. What kind of tone are you using with him?” Follow the newest chapters on g.com.
“I don’t have such a sickly younger brother,” Xiao Chen sneered. “Crying at the slightest thing like a little girl. It’s bad luck just looking at him.”
“Xiao Chen…” Mrs. Xiao was about to explode. She pointed toward the gate and shouted, “Get out. Get out right now.”
“Get it straight. This is my home,” Xiao Chen said, raising his brow. “If anyone should get out, it’s you.”
“Right now. Immediately. Leave my house. And don’t come again in the future. Otherwise, I won’t be polite.”
“What did you say? You’re telling me to get out?” Mrs. Xiao looked incredulous.
This was her son, yet he dared to tell her to get out.
“That’s right. Get out,” Xiao Chen pointed toward the gate.
“Vulgar. Unfilial. Xiao Chen, I should never have given birth to you,” Mrs. Xiao snapped.
“You’re right. You shouldn’t have given birth to me,” Xiao Chen said coldly. “Someone as self-righteous as you can only scold people with words like vulgar and unfilial.”
“Want me to teach you something better?” He leaned closer and sneered. “You should say, ‘I shouldn’t have gotten pregnant with a bastard like you,’ shouldn’t you?”
“You… Xiao Chen, you…” Mrs. Xiao almost fainted from anger, nearly unable to catch her breath.
She could never have imagined that the son she gave birth to would speak such crude words.
She came from a privileged background and had always held herself above others, looking down on her mother-in-law. She could not bring herself to say foul language, yet she had never fulfilled her duties in this mother-in-law and daughter-in-law relationship. In Xiao Chen’s words, she was hypocritical.
“Haha, as expected from a scholarly family,” Xiao Chen said with a laugh. “Even the word bastard is too shameful for you to say?”
“Let me give you some advice. Stop crazily interfering in my life.”
He glanced at her and said calmly, “If I get serious, all of you in the Xiao family combined still won’t be enough to match me.”
“Mom, let’s go. Brother is so scary right now. I’m afraid he’ll hit us,” Xiao Ming said, holding Mrs. Xiao’s hand in a soft, pitiful tone.
“Fine. Fine. Xiao Chen, you’re something else,” Mrs. Xiao’s face turned green. “From now on, just live with this old woman. If you have the ability, then never come back to the Xiao family again.”
“From the moment I walked out of the Xiao family, I never planned to return,” Xiao Chen said coldly. “It’s you people from the Xiao family who keep coming to harass me.”
“Let me make it clear again. I’ve severed ties with the Xiao family. I will never go back.”
“Fine. Fine… Xiao Ming, let’s go,” Mrs. Xiao said and turned to leave.
She was afraid that if she stayed one more minute, Xiao Chen would anger her into a heart attack.
Xiao Chen helped Grandma Wu back into the room. Meanwhile, Song Ziyan looked Xiao Ming up and down.
Xiao Ming rolled his eyes and showed an innocent smile. “Hello, pretty sister. My name is Xiao Ming.”
“Yes, I’ve heard of you. You’re Xiao Chen’s younger brother,” Song Ziyan nodded.
“Pretty sister, are you very close with my brother?” Xiao Ming asked.
“Yes, very close. We eat together and go to school together,” Song Ziyan nodded again. “He also tutors me.”
A trace of jealousy flashed in Xiao Ming’s eyes.
Ever since childhood, anything that belonged to Xiao Chen, he wanted to snatch away. Anyone close to Xiao Chen, he would interfere and drive them away, isolating Xiao Chen completely.
He smiled shyly and said, “Pretty sister, actually my grades are very good too. I study at Yanxi High School.”
As he mentioned Yanxi High School, he was afraid she might not know about it, so he added, “Yanxi High School is a prestigious school in Jiangcheng. The annual tuition is over 200,000. It has the best educational resources, and every year it has the highest admission rate to top universities like Qingbei.”
“Oh, really?” Song Ziyan looked at him as if he were an idiot.
Her uncle was one of the board members of Yanxi High School. She was already considering whether to have this fake and pretentious boy expelled.
Seeing her eyes turn thoughtfully, Xiao Ming felt delighted, thinking she was interested in him.
He continued eagerly, “Pretty sister, my grades are excellent. I can tutor you. The one-on-one home tutors my dad hired for me are all master’s graduates from top universities.”
“Whatever subject you need help with, you can come to my house and study with me.”
“No need. Xiao Chen’s tutoring is good enough,” Song Ziyan said calmly, watching him put on his show.