Chapter 42 : Their Conversation Was Very Strange… (Full Chapter)
"Xuerong, what do you mean by that?"
After hearing Tang Xuerong's outrageous words, Tang Meixin's attitude turned cold. An invisible pressure spread throughout the entire hall.
As the only one in the family with decent martial arts talent, Tang Meixin—although not comparable to true geniuses—had reached the Third Realm before the age of thirty through sheer diligence, enough to serve as a high-level martial arts instructor outside.
It was just that she was usually gentle in her dealings, so everyone had forgotten that she was a martial artist.
!!!
Tang Xuerong naturally felt the terrifying pressure and instinctively felt fear.
However, when it came to Tang Xianxi, she still clenched her lower lip, forcibly using pain to suppress the fear!
"I didn't say anything wrong! Xiao Xi is our younger brother! Tang Qingmo is the destroyer of our family! If it weren't for Tang Qingmo, why would Xiao Xi have to give everything up? Why would Xiao Xi be so heartbroken!"
Tang Xuerong's reaction also struck Tang Ruoling as strange.
"Xuerong, Xiao Xi is of course our younger brother, but aren't you being a bit too emotional?"
She recalled that whenever Tang Xianxi was suspected of having been bullied outside, Tang Xuerong would lose all reason and rush off to settle scores.
Just like earlier—Liu family's head had merely said that Tang Xianxi was a fake and inferior to Tang Qingmo, yet she had exploded and directly confronted him!
Whenever it involved Xiao Xi, Xuerong easily lost her rationality!
This was really strange!
!?
Tang Ruoling's words snapped Tang Xuerong back to her senses.
That's right—if she got too emotional, people would start to find it suspicious!
And it would be easy for her sisters to discover her feelings for Xiao Xi…
"Xuerong?"
Tang Ruoling stepped forward in confusion, but the next second Tang Xuerong turned around, her back facing everyone.
"In any case, I've said everything I need to say. I will never acknowledge Tang Qingmo as my younger brother! I only have one brother—Xiao Xi. Anyone who dares bully him, I won't let them off!"
With that, Tang Xuerong fled the scene in apparent panic.
She didn't dare stay any longer. If Tang Meixin and the others really noticed something, it would be trouble!
Watching Tang Xuerong's retreating figure, a bad premonition rose in Tang Meixin's heart.
But she immediately shook her head.
No!
She must be overthinking it!
It must be…
After Tang Xuerong left, the atmosphere once again turned stiff.
This time, however, Bai Hualian slowly stepped forward and asked with her head lowered,
"Meixin, do you think… I was wrong?"
"Because I didn't care about Qingmo, that's why he became like this…"
"Mom…"
"These past two days—if Qingmo hadn't thrown a tantrum, I wouldn't have known that during the three months he's been back, he was living in a storage room and only had five hundred a month… If only I'd cared a bit more during that time…"
[Bai Hualian's Regret Value +200!]
[Bai Hualian's Regret Value +200!]
As Bai Hualian spoke, her eyes reddened again—but this time Tang Meixin didn't step forward to comfort her.
Because she didn't know what to say either…
The storage room. Five hundred a month.
It was far too much.
She couldn't endure even a single day of that—yet Tang Qingmo had endured it for three months…
Clearly, Tang Qingmo was her real younger brother. She was the one who had found him and brought him home!
So why hadn't she noticed his predicament?
Why had she ignored him during this time and allowed him to suffer such injustice?
Why…?
[Tang Meixin's Regret Value +200!]
[Tang Meixin's Regret Value +200!]
"Mom, Meixin, don't blame yourselves anymore." Seeing Bai Hualian and Tang Meixin like this, Tang Ruoling stepped forward and patted their shoulders.
"No matter what, we're still family. Qingmo is just angry with us for now. Once he calms down, we'll definitely return to how things were before."
Hearing this, Bai Hualian and Tang Meixin both nodded, their hearts easing slightly.
Tang Meixin clenched her fists.
"That's right. As long as we wait a bit longer, he definitely won't be angry with us anymore."
Bai Hualian wiped her tears.
"Yes… it must be so…"
Tang Aili, standing to the side: ...
She felt something about the conversation was off, but seeing her mother and Tang Meixin stabilize emotionally, she remained silent.
And she suddenly recalled how she used to prick Tang Qingmo with thin needles.
Why had she become so cruel?
Even if Tang Qingmo had done something wrong, she shouldn't have treated her own younger brother so harshly, right?
Tang Aili rubbed her hair in pain, feeling irritable and slightly headache-ridden!
This heavy atmosphere lingered all the way until dinnertime.
Until Tang Jianren returned from the company—and the moment he entered, he sensed something was wrong…
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Since Aunt Wang was resting and the other servants had all left, Tang Meixin ordered takeout for dinner.
Nowadays, food delivery platforms were extremely convenient. As long as you tipped a bit more, delivery drivers would even deliver to remote wilderness areas—let alone a residential community where wealthy families lived!
The Tang sisters silently placed the takeout dishes on the dining table. After finishing cultivating his skill, Tang Qingmo also arrived in the hall on time and sat down without saying a word.
Neither side spoke. The awkward atmosphere between them was unmistakable.
However, when Tang Jianren sat down, he noticed Tang Xianxi was missing.
He frowned.
"Meixin, where's Xiao Xi?"
Although Tang Meixin was a martial arts instructor, facing the head of the household who had educated her since childhood still triggered a subconscious fear.
She replied cautiously,
"Dad, I went to call Xiao Xi earlier. He said he didn't have an appetite…"
"No appetite? Is he sick?"
"Heh…" Tang Qingmo let out a mocking chuckle.
"So is the reason he has no appetite because of me again?"
"The moment there's even the slightest emotional disturbance on his side, you immediately put the blame on me."
Tang Jianren's brows remained tightly knit, while Tang Meixin immediately said,
"Qingmo, how can you think that way?"
Tang Xuerong also became agitated.
"Are you saying Xiao Xi is wrongly blaming you? Why don't you think about what you did this afternoon first!"
"Xuerong…!!" Tang Ruoling didn't want Tang Jianren to know what had happened in the afternoon—but it was already too late!
Tang Jianren immediately asked,
"What happened this afternoon?"
Recalling how he had deliberately left Tang Qingmo at home in the morning to spite him for hitting Tang Xianxi at the hospital the previous night—while taking the rest of the family out—Tang Jianren felt uneasy.
He had returned to the company shortly after and didn't know what happened afterward.
Now, seeing Tang Aili and Bai Hualian's pale faces, clearly hiding something, he slammed the table hard.
"What exactly happened? Speak—now!"