Chapter 96 : What Kind of Blessing Is This? It’s Clearly a Curse! (Full Chapter)
"What exactly is going on!?"
Seeing his nephew suddenly fall to the ground, Liu Xueye's expression darkened.
Everything had been fine just a moment ago—so how did he suddenly fall? And right in front of Tang Qingmo, no less!
Zhou Ting, who had been furious after hearing Tang Qingmo's words earlier, was just about to complain to her mother and uncle.
However, the moment she stood up, Tang Qingmo beat her to it and calmly admitted—
"I tripped him."
"What!?" Liu Xueye and Madam Zhou were both shocked.
"What's wrong with you, kid?" Tang Jianren clenched his teeth. He hadn't taken his eyes off Tang Qingmo for long, yet trouble had already started again!
But Tang Qingmo showed not the slightest trace of guilt. Looking down at Zhou Sheng, he sneered, "Because this young master wanted to hit me, I tripped him. Otherwise, I'd already be the one lying on the ground."
"So this counts as self-defense, doesn't it?"
Those words made Liu Xueye and Madam Zhou look extremely uncomfortable, while the panic in Tang Jianren's eyes suddenly lit up.
If it was self-defense, then that made sense!
"That's not true at all!"
Naturally, Zhou Ting refused to accept Tang Qingmo's explanation and immediately rushed in front of him, shouting, "It was because you insulted us that my brother couldn't hold back and struck!"
Tang Qingmo smiled lightly. "Oh? Then Miss Zhou, why don't you explain why I insulted you?"
"Well, that's because we—!"
"Xiao Ting!" Zhou Sheng, still lying on the floor, immediately stopped her, cutting her off.
!?!
Overwhelmed by emotion, Zhou Ting had nearly fallen into Tang Qingmo's trap and almost let something slip.
She hurriedly covered her mouth—but no one present was a fool.
It was obvious who had provoked whom first: the Zhou siblings.
Meanwhile, Liu Ruyin, who had been sitting silently, clenched her fists in fury…
"Well, Qingmo, how about we…" Seeing the atmosphere completely freeze, Liu Xueye quickly stepped in to smooth things over.
But Tang Qingmo ignored him entirely and looked straight at Madam Zhou. "Madam Zhou, may I ask—are they your children?"
Madam Zhou, who was helping Zhou Sheng up, was startled and slowly nodded.
Tang Qingmo said coldly, "Then please discipline them properly. I don't even know them, yet the moment they spoke to me, they accused me of stealing other people's things and called me a beggar who grew up outside."
!!?
Tang Jianren and Liu Xueye were both stunned. Madam Zhou stared at Zhou Sheng and Zhou Ting in disbelief, causing the siblings to avert their eyes guiltily.
Tang Jianren frowned deeply.
Three months ago, he too had thought the newly returned Tang Qingmo looked dirty and disheveled like a beggar—but that was an internal Tang family matter!
Now that the Zhou siblings were saying such things about his son, wasn't that the same as trampling on his dignity!?
Tang Qingmo continued, feigning confusion, "Isn't that strange? I clearly don't know them, so why would they humiliate me the moment we met?"
Liu Xueye: !?
He immediately caught the implication in Tang Qingmo's words and secretly glanced at Liu Ruyin, whose face had gone stiff.
Wasn't Tang Qingmo implying that the reason the Zhou siblings targeted him—despite not knowing him—was because someone close to them, Liu Ruyin, had instigated it?
"So that's why I 'blessed' them," Tang Qingmo continued calmly, "hoping that one day they'd experience the same thing as me—and be forced to return everything they had taken to its rightful owner."
"But it seems my blessing was a bit too powerful, since Young Master Zhou ended up wanting to beat me up~" Tang Qingmo said with a radiant smile.
Yet his words made Madam Zhou and Liu Xueye's faces turn extremely ugly.
What kind of blessing was that? It was clearly a curse!
But since the Zhou siblings had been the ones to provoke first, the elders found themselves at a loss for words.
"Qingmo…" Tang Jianren, seeing how awkward things had become, instinctively tried to step in and smooth things over.
But before he could say more than the name, he was interrupted.
"Family Head Tang, if you want me to just let this go, then please don't speak."
"..." Having his intentions predicted, Tang Jianren fell silent.
Tang Qingmo sneered. "You should understand—right now, it's not just me who's being insulted. It's the entire Tang family, including you. If I don't talk back, wouldn't that only encourage them?"
"Of course, if you're willing to let others humiliate us at will, then I'll stop talking."
"How could that be allowed!?" Tang Jianren blurted out immediately.
What he cared about most had always been the family's honor!
The Zhou family was weaker than the Tang family in Demon City—yet their heirs dared to humiliate his son like this!
Wasn't that indirectly slapping him in the face!?
Tang Jianren immediately turned to Liu Xueye, his tone cold. "Brother Liu, Madam Zhou, I need an explanation."
Seeing that Tang Jianren was truly angry, Liu Xueye hurriedly said, "Brother Tang, it's just children bickering—please don't take it to heart."
"So the Liu family head thinks this is just a joke."
As if he had already anticipated Liu Xueye trying to smooth things over, Tang Qingmo smiled lightly and said, "Then I'll speak plainly. The last time Liu Ruyin came to the Tang family, she behaved exactly like a crazy woman."
"All to defend a fake, she made herself neither human nor ghost—just a lunatic idiot fairy."
"You bitch—what did you say!?"
As expected, upon hearing Tang Qingmo's insult, the previously silent Liu Ruyin slammed the table heavily and glared at him in a towering rage.
"It's just children bickering—you don't need to take it to heart~"
"You…!!"
Liu Ruyin immediately looked at Liu Xueye, who was both embarrassed and speechless.
He had invited them over to help cultivate feelings—but now, forget cultivating relationships, they were on the verge of coming to blows!
In the end—
"Zhou Sheng, Zhou Ting! Apologize to Qingmo—now!" To quell Tang Jianren's anger, Liu Xueye sternly scolded the Zhou siblings.
"Uncle!?" The two stared at him in shock. They never expected their usually doting uncle to force them to apologize to Tang Qingmo!
"Now!" This time, Liu Xueye did not back down.
Even though Madam Zhou wanted to say something, one look from Liu Xueye made her swallow her words.
With no other choice, the two lowered their heads…
"S-sorry…!"