Xiao Qianâs visit delivered a heavy blow to Miss Yu.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
If Xiao Qian were to do exactly as she said, Miss Yu would be helpless, basically rendered useless.
For many days to come, Miss Yu would live in a state of fear and insecurity.
Xiao Qianâs method was the same as what Miss Yu had used against Xiao Qian.
However, Miss Yu hadnât inflicted the slightest blow on Xiao Qian, whereas Xiao Qian had grasped Miss Yuâs weakness.
Xiao Qian left Miss Yuâs house and went straight to Qiang City, handing in her recorded conversation with Miss Yu to Mother Yu and Father Yu.
From the conversation with Miss Yu, she selectively recorded the parts that were favorable to her.
After both Mother Yu and Father Yu finished listening, they were furious. Especially the straight-arrow Father Yu who, after listening, simply muttered something about the nonsense and then angrily slammed the living room door.
Mother Yu was also quite angry. Xiao Qianâs recording was very skillful and she took liberties with the facts, downplaying her own jab at Miss Yu while emphasizing Miss Yuâs confession to messing things up.
To any listener, it looked like an understanding Xiao Qian versus an unreasonable Miss Yu.
Father Yu angrily left the room while Mother Yu was pacing back and forth, fuming.
âIâm so mad! This is outrageous!â
âItâs my fault, aunt, I should have been more patient.â Xiao Qian apologized insincerely.
âThis has nothing to do with you. Youâve done everything right! Iâm mad because Miss Yu is so unreasonable! How can she act so immaturely at her age? Itâs simply outrageous!â
Mother Yu was in a rage.
Xiao Qian stood with her hands down, looking as innocent as a baby.
She secretly thought that although her actions were a bit manipulative, she had no choice. Considering the number of tactics Miss Yu had used, she had to respond in kind to suppress her.
Taking the moral high ground meant she would end up clean, and she could use Mother Yu and Father Yu to deal with Miss Yu. Their anger would also be vented, and Miss Yu must be scared to death by now.
Xiao Qian weighed the pros and cons. Though it would be satisfying to tarnish Miss Yuâs reputation as she suggested, it could also cause endless trouble down the road.
There are no walls without ears. If this gets to Father Yu, who values family ties, it would leave an impression of her being vicious in the Yu family.
Ming Lang is very protective. He wouldnât blame Xiao Qian for this, but who knows what the other Yu family members might think. Even though Miss Yu was in the wrong first, Xiao Qianâs direct action against her might turn the tables against her favor.
After scaring Miss Yu, she came to Father Yu and Mother Yu seeking resolution. Not only could this ensure Miss Yu wouldnât play any more tricks, but it could also win the favor of Father Yu and Mother Yu. When it comes to cunning, Miss Yu couldnât compare to Xiao Qian.
âItâs good that youâre sensible. If you werenât, and with your Miss Yuâs behavior, who knows what trouble she might have caused. You handled this very well. I promise Iâll make sure justice is served. When she was young, I tolerated her to some extent, but now that sheâs older and still canât act appropriately, she even wants to meddle with our family affairs, I wonât let her off the hook!â
Mother Yu was filled with new and old resentments against Miss Yu, unable to contain her anger.
âWhat about Uncle, would he have any objections or thoughts?â
âHis opinion doesnât matter! Half of Miss Yuâs outrageous behavior is all because of these useless old masters spoiling her! Iâve long asked him to control his sister, but heâs too soft. See what happened now?! At the end of the day, itâs all this old manâs fault!â
Mother Yuâs voice slightly raged, and Father Yu, whoâs smoking in the living room to keep calm, came in angrily, pointing at Mother Yu and retorting.
âHow is everything related to me? If she makes a mistake, you can criticize or teach her however you want, what does that have to do with me?â
âYou old man! Donât mince words! Is it enough to just criticize and educate her for what she does?! If it wasnât for our smart Xiao Qian who knew how to control the situation, wouldnât our family be a joke now? Wei Guo, whatâs your stand on this? Iâve been putting up with this for a lifetime and I wonât say anything more, but if you ask my daughter-in-law to do the same, I will not live with you anymore!â
Father Yu wanted to throw his burnt cigarette in anger, but seeing Mother Yu glared at him with a try-if-you-dare look, he decided not to.
Father Yu couldnât find a place to throw it, so he took a big drag to calm his nerves. Then, he continued, â Can you be a bit reasonable? Youâre talking about divorce just because I voiced my opinion? This is an external conflict, we can discuss it together and resolve it. Please stop threatening with divorce!â
Mother Yu was furious before, but suddenly she laughed at Father Yuâs statement. Xiao Qian, watching intensely from the side, was almost scared by Mother Yuâs sudden laugh.
Mother Yu, pointing at Father Yu, said proudly, âWei Guo, dear old Yu! Finally, youâve admitted it! So sheâs now an external conflict? Youâre not taking her side anymore? Not saying weâre all a family anymore?â
Father Yu was embarrassed. This old woman, could she please not bring up the past in front of the child? It was as if her dignity was shatteredâ¦
âUm, Iâm going to step outâ¦â With good timing, Xiao Qian decided to withdraw from the scene, but Mother Yu stopped her.
âXiao Qian, donât leave. Weâre in the right on this issue, why should you, the party involved, avoid it? Stay here and observe! Our great leader teaches us, to discard the coarse and take the essence, to weed out the false and retain the true, to proceed from the shallow to the deep, and from the periphery to the center. This problem is severe, unavoidable, and must be solved!â
âThe Great Leader also taught us, there is no unfounded love, nor unfounded hatred. Xiao Fanâs behaviors this time are severe and unavoidable, but they can still be corrected with education! We need to trace the origin, uncover her motive in order to strengthen the education and correct her mistakes!
âGet out! The Leader also said, if they want to fight, we will annihilate them all! Thatâs the gist of it. When they attack, we annihilate them and theyâll feel good. Annihilate a little bit, they feel a bit good; annihilate a lot, theyâll feel even better; annihilate all of them, theyâll feel great! When they hit, we hit back. Weâre fighting for peace!â
Both of them lived through the same era and recited the rhetorics fluently, neither conceding to the other. Xiao Qian, watching the scene, found it amusing.
Seeing Mother Yu had Father Yu utterly speechless, puffing away at his cigarette in frustration, Father Yu, usually respected, had fallen because of his own sisterâs issue. Father Yu had never been so humiliated in his life. But who was to blame for raising a troublesome sister?
The power balance at home was precarious! Seeing the couple about to start fighting, Xiao Qian felt it was about time. She must play the good guy and drop a bombshell.
She must appease Mother Yu and also win over Father Yu, whoâs swaying in his stance.