Chapter 296 Tang YixiaoâDonât be silly!â Tang Ming bangs the table. âWhy donât stay at home but in hotel when you come back? Let outsiders know it, they will think that I donât let you come home.â
Tang Yixiao presses her mouth and does not speak. Tang Jie mediates the dispute. âDad, Yixiao just comes back. Donât blame her too much! Yixiao, itâs not appropriate for you to live outside on the Spring Festival. Be obedient. Follow me to tidy up the room.â
Tang Yixiao glares at Tang Ming and goes upstairs with a straight face.
âYou donât blame dad. He doesnât mean to vent anger to you. Rui and Ziyan are both lying on the sickbeds. He went to the house of the second branch a few days ago to ask for justice and was injured.â Tang Jie sighs. âThere is no one in the family to take care of routine matters during the Spring Festival. Otherwise, he wouldnât have called you back.â
Tang Yixiao pushes open her room. The decoration inside does not change. She hasnât been back for so many years, but the room is clean and has no peculiar smell.
âMom lets the house maid clean and ventilate it every day. The quilts and other things are new.â Tang Jie puts the suitcase away for her. âTidy up your clothes yourself? Iâll go downstairs to see dad first, and weâll eat at home at noon.â
âIsnât your wife here?â Tang Yixiao asks.
âShe went abroad with my parents-in-law, because her brother graduated.â Tang Jie says. âFirst Sister-in-Law takes Kai to accompany our eldest brother in Mi Country. Alas! There are only three of us in the family.â
Tang Yixiao opens the suitcase and hangs the clothes in the wardrobe. Tang Jie is about to leave and he hears Tang Yixiao ask again when he closes the door.
âTang Rui and Tang Ziyan deserved it. Who did they want to harm?â
âYixiao⦠Thatâs your own brother and sister.â Tang Jie frowns. âYouâ¦â
âForget it, Brother Jie. You donât have to perform a good brother in front of me. Everyone knows whatâs going on.â Tang Yixiao looks up with a mocking smile. âBesides, I wonât eat at home at noon. I have an appointment with friends.â
Bai Susu suddenly asks to add dishes at noon. Yan Hua asks curiously. âIs there any guest coming?â
âYixiao has come back.â Bai Susu smiles and says with a complicated expression. âShe just gets off the plane and wants to see me and your grandmother.â
Yan Hua is not surprising. In the words of Chang Peiâe, Tang Yixiao is the only good child in the first branch, but it is a pity that she was ruined by Tang Ming.
âYou used to have a good relationship with her.â Bai Susu says, âAlthough your relationship was plain on the surface, it seemed that you had some private contacts.â
Yan Hua gets a fright. âThen⦠Then what shall I do? What if she says something I donât know later?â
âItâs all right. Yixiao is not the kind of inquisitive person.â Bai Susu touches her hair. âIâm just curious, too. One of you was cold and indifferent while the other was as proud as a peacock at that time. How could you have contacts in private?â
Bai Susuâs words make Yan Hua anxious, so she runs to the study to find Lang Ruoxian.
âMom said it was okay.â Lang Ruoxian comforts her. âAccording to the information from the investigation, Tang Yixiao is indeed open and aboveboard. As a businesswoman, she never uses intrigues and has a good reputation.â
Yan Hua thinks for a moment and is somewhat complacent. âIt seems that I am with a good eye and all my friends are good people with correct values.â
Though she says so, she is still nervous. In case Tang Yixiao finds out that she has no memory, and then she will in troubleâ¦
âComing!â Bai Susu hears the doorbell ring.
The house maid opens the door and a slim woman stands at the door. She wears a black cashmere coat, with beautiful curly hair. Her facial features are slightly heroic, and the red lipstick is imposing.
Yan Hua compares her with the photo. Eh! Indeed as expected she is the kind of goddess with very elite style.
âSecond Aunt!â Tang Yixiao smiles, which makes her temperament immediately become gentle. She walks a few steps to come in and then embraces Bai Susu. âSecond Aunt⦠Long time no see. By the way, where is grandma?â
Chang Peiâe shouts, sitting on the sofa. âHere I am! Here I am!â
âGrandma, happy New Year!â Tang Yixiao comes over and hugs Chang Peiâe. âGrandma, I miss you so much, so much.â
Chang Peiâeâs eyes are wet and she pats Tang Yixiao several times. âYou said you missed me, but you didnât come back to visit me. You even didnât call me.â
âYes, yes, itâs all my fault.â Tang Yixiao cries and turns to look at Yan Hua.
Yan Hua tightens her body and is about to smile when Tang Yixiao flatly says. âI knew you wouldnât die. Why would god take back a person who only knew how to eat, drink and be merry? It would waste the path to rebirth.â
Yan Hua is speechless.
âYou look good. It seems that the man you married is also good.â Tang Yixiao stares at her carefully for a long time, probably to make sure that Yan Hua really leads a good life. And then Tang Yixiao turns to talk to Chang Peiâe with smile.
Yan Hua and Bai Susu look at each other and smile.
If it werenât for the obvious concern in Tang Yixiaoâs eyes, she really canât see that this woman has a good relationship with herself. How firm in speech but soft in heart she is!
Is this how two women used to get along before?
The house maid asks everyone to go to the dining room for dinner. Tang Yixiao and Yan Hua lag behind. Tang Yixiao glances at her. âWhere are your husband and son?â
âMy husband is in the study. He will come down immediately. Your uncle, my father took Tang Cao, Gungun and Wuyou to visit his friends today.â
Tang Yixiao frowns. âTo be honest, I really didnât expect you to adopt a child. Arenât you most afraid of trouble?â
âI was amnesicâ¦â Yan Hua eyes flutter.
Tang Yixiao crosses her arms across her chest and smiles. âItâs good for you to lose your memory. At least I think you are not as a proud peacock as before.â
â⦠Thank you for your praise.â Yan Hua twitches the corner of the mouth.
âLook, you even understand politeness. You could never say thanks to me before.â Tang Yixiao looks at her. âVery well, it would be better to lose the memory again and get rid of the problem of loving dressing up.â
Yan Hua glares at her. âWhatâs wrong with loving dressing up?â
âWaste of resources.â Tang Yixiao reaches out and pokes at her ear. âThis is the new model of the G Brand, with a total of three colors. You must have bought all of them again?â
Yan Hua doesnât know why she blurts out. âYou must have been late again and didnât buy any, right?â
âAs expected⦠You are still a perisher!â Tang Yixiao snorts and leaves, swinging her arms.
Yan Hua blinks where she stays. She seems to understand the way she gets along with Tang Yixiao. Speechless.
âRuoxian, this is Yixiao.â As soon as Lang Ruoxian enters the dining room, Yan Hua introduces Tang Yixiao to him.
After Lang Ruoxian sits down, Yan Hua secretly says. âShe is a nice person!â
âNice to meet you, I am Lang Ruoxian.â Lang Ruoxian flatly says hello.
Chang Peiâe smiles. âDonât mind it, Yixiao. Ruoxianâs temperament is just like this. He is not enthusiastic to everyone except Hua.â
âThis is very good.â Tang Yixiao doesnât care. âMen should be like this. It is ok to be enthusiastic for his wife. Whatâs the point to be enthusiastic for others? Heâs not the sun so he doesnât need to cast his light on everything!â
She seems very satisfied and nods to Lang Ruoxian. âItâs hard for you to bear this woman Tang Duo. You are a good man.â
Yan Hua squints.
âBut I heard that you met her when she lost her memory. That was really her good luck. Otherwise, if you had known her true self first, you would have been scared away.â
Tang Yixiao continues. âBut whether she has memory or not, her taste for men has not changed.â
Yan Hua is speechless.
âWhat is my taste for men?â Yan Hua originally didnât want to talk because she was afraid of revealing herself, but this womanâs mouth was justâ¦
Tang Yixiao squints at her. âYou have no taste. You just need to look at their faces. A face judger.â
ââ¦â Yan Hua feels that she is beaten. How did she get along with this woman before?
But she canât lose!
âWhatâs the matter with face judgers? Of course, people like us who are good-looking like good-looking things.â She snorts. âHow can people like you who are not very good-looking understand the thoughts of our good-looking people?â
After saying that, she would also like to ask for help. âIsnât it right, honey?â
âYes.â Lang Ruoxian hugs her and the two of them bare teeth at Tang Yixiao together.
âHahaha!â Chang Peiâe laughs out tears. Bai Susu also canât help laughing.
Tang Yixiao rolls her eyes. âYou are worthy of being able to like face judger. You two are really made for each other.â
âIs the bicker over?â Bai Susu smiles and shakes her head. âIf the bicker is over, we will eat. The food is going to get cold.â
After the meal, everyone chats with each other in the sitting room. Yan Huaâs mobile phone rings and she says sorry to answer the phone.
âYixiao, how have you been these years?â Bai Susu asks. âYou havenât contacted with us. When you left, I said that if you had difficulty, you must call us, but youâ¦â
âSecond Aunt!â Tang Yixiao touches the earring. âLook at me. Do you think that I am not living a good life?â
Chang Peiâe looks at her. âWhether it is good or bad, it is in your heart, but we canât see. Have the members of Chen Family been kind to you? And how about your husband? Although it was to get connections through marriage, I did inquire about him at that time, at least he didnât have messy faults.â
âMy mother-in-law and my father-in-law are very kind to me. They retired when they went to Australia. I have been in charge of the company.â Tang Yixiao says slowly. âChen Yihe and I donât like each other, but we get along better, just like friends.â
Bai Susu opens her mouth. âYixiao, havenât you tried to cultivate feelings?â
âSecond Aunt, we are impossible.â Tang Yixiao shakes her head. âItâs good to be friends.â
Chang Peiâeâs eyes are red-rimmed again. âIsnât this committing a sin, good girl? What are you going to do in the future? Do you want to live your whole life like this and have no one to like?â
âGrandma, this is quite good!â Tang Yixiao hugs the old lady. âYou see, even without Chen Yihe, there would be someone else. I donât have the right to choose my own marriage. Now this is the best result.â
Bai Susu sighs. This saying is right. At least Chen Yihe doesnât have a mistress outside and doesnât have any illegitimate children. Speaking of children, Bai Susu asks again.
âYou canât always live like this! You have to have a child. Otherwise when you get old, you will be alone.â
Tang Yixiao shows a complacent smile. âI am not alone! When I get old, I will live opposite Tang Duoâs house and let her son take care of me. Itâs a pity that Gungun is not here today. Otherwise we can improve our relationship.â