Chapter 44.2 : Compared to a Fourth Sister Who’s Already Paralyzed, Wouldn’t It Be Better to Marry Me Instead?! (Part 2)
But Tang Ruoling still frowned in confusion and asked, "What do you mean by that?"
"Love."
Tang Qingmo sneered. "Didn't I already say this before? Whenever anything related to Tang Xianxi is involved, Tang Xuerong completely loses control of her emotions for no reason at all. If that's not love, then what is?"
!!!!!
His words instantly brought a sudden realization to everyone present!
Did Tang Xuerong… really love Tang Xianxi!?
It actually wasn't that hard to guess, but since they had grown up together as siblings, how could their family ever think in that direction?
But now that Tang Qingmo had bluntly exposed it…
Everyone in the Tang family began to think along those lines.
And then they realized that, ever since long ago, there had been many signs that Tang Xuerong harbored special feelings toward Tang Xianxi!
Tang Qingmo continued coldly, "It's precisely because she wants to engage in incest that she has tormented and humiliated me in every possible way—because I took the position of the 'beloved younger brother' she treasured most!"
"..."
Hearing this, everyone was reminded of something.
Back when Tang Qingmo had been brought back into the Tang family, the loudest objections had come from Tang Xuerong and Tang Feifei…!
Now, looking at it this way…
Everyone present stared at Tang Xuerong, their gazes filled with confusion and fear.
Especially Tang Xianxi…
He wore a shocked and bewildered expression, as if he could never have imagined that the sister he grew up with would harbor such feelings toward him!
!?
That look stabbed deeply into Tang Xuerong's heart. She immediately denied it in agitation:
"No! Tang Qingmo, you bastard—what nonsense are you talking about?! I don't like Xiao Xi at all! I only treat him as my younger brother!"
"If that's the case, then Tang Xianxi is willingly marrying Tang Feifei. What objection do you have?" Tang Qingmo shot back.
"I…"
Tang Xuerong froze.
If Tang Xianxi had been forced, she could still find excuses to argue back. But now Tang Xianxi himself had said he was willing!
Her mind raced as she stammered, "I just think it's a pity for Xiao Xi… because Fourth Sister is disabled, so… so…"
Her voice grew softer and softer, and her words had completely lost any persuasive power!
Just as Tang Qingmo said, Tang Xuerong looked at Tang Xianxi's stunned face with unbearable shame, then turned her head away in pain.
But the very next second—
Smack—!!
Without saying a word, Tang Jianren stepped forward and slapped her hard across the face!
Tang Xuerong's face instantly swelled red, a clear handprint stamped across it!
"Ahhh!!" Bai Hualian screamed in fright.
The other three Tang sisters were also shocked by the slap. Yet at this moment, none of them dared to move, only standing silently to the side and watching.
"You beast! Ungrateful, rebellious daughter!!"
Even after the slap, Tang Jianren was still not appeased. His chest heaved with anger as his trembling finger pointed at Tang Xuerong.
"Xianxi is your younger brother! And yet you actually… actually harbored such thoughts toward your own brother…!"
Even if Tang Xianxi wasn't related by blood, that fact had only been discovered three months ago. For the past eighteen years, he had been Tang Xuerong's biological younger brother in every sense!
How could Tang Xuerong develop thoughts that violated basic moral principles toward her own brother?!
With one side of her face swollen, Tang Xuerong clenched her teeth tightly.
Since her secret love for Tang Xianxi had been exposed, she might as well go all out and stop pretending!
"Xiao Xi is so wonderful! What's strange about me liking him? He's going to marry into our family anyway! Compared to a Fourth Sister who's already paralyzed, wouldn't it be better for him to marry me instead?!"