Ch. 129 - Pure Beauty
“Fuck! Fuck! Fuck!”
“Bro, we’re Song Junzhu’s family. Can’t we really sign papers to have her committed to a mental hospital?”
“The chances of her having you committed are much higher.”
“......”
Silence was the atmosphere in the reception hall today.
Song Junzhu had left quite dashingly, leaving Song Yaozu and Song Xinmei furious.
The most painful thing in this world is not having an enemy, but having to force a smile at that enemy.
This feeling was as uncomfortable as having to force yourself to praise a capitalist boss for being exceptionally kind.
Song Yaozu listened to Song Xinmei’s increasingly ridiculous ideas and immediately warned, “Don’t think about these stupid schemes.”
“Setting aside the fact that Grandma’s will stipulates we need Song Junzhu’s signature to apply for more money from the trust, just think about Song Junzhu’s current status in the national project.”
“If she’s gone, none of us will have a good end!”
Song Xinmei reluctantly nodded.
“She really is clever enough to know that with this inheritance, she’s a target, so she secured the full support of the state.”
(TL: Here it's said "Hugged the thigh of the country" but it's a Chinese saying and may confure someone so I changed it to this, in the future I might translate it more literally but we'll see.)
Song Yaozu said irritably, “If you wanted to, you could have done the same. Isn’t it just that your brain doesn’t work well?”
Hearing this, Song Xinmei was displeased.
“Bro, that’s a meaningless thing to say. Is your brain any better?”
“Why did all the intelligence genes in our family go to Song Junzhu? So annoying.”
“Besides, you didn’t exactly hesitate to cause trouble for Song Junzhu back then, did you?”
Song Yaozu also grew anxious.
“At least I didn’t run to Mom and Dad and complain that she hit me just because she wouldn’t write my test paper for me!”
Song Xinmei’s shortcoming was exposed, and her defenses broke:
“Then at least I didn’t instigate boys to confess to her! And spread rumors about her everywhere so she had no friends!”
“Right, right, you’re so pure. You definitely didn’t join forces with the girls to ostracize her!”
“You’re no better! Weren’t you the one who told Mom and Dad that Song Junzhu always wanted to get revenge on them?”
“You......”
“You......”
A quarrel of mutual accusations officially began.
Song Yaozu sneered repeatedly.
“You’re quite good at talking now. Why didn’t you say any of that just now?”
“If I had said it, wouldn’t she have known why she was beaten so many times for no reason? And why didn’t you dare to say it?”
Knock, knock, knock.
A knock on the door sounded.
The two of them instantly stopped talking, only hearing the butler’s kind voice from outside.
“Two guests, do you need me to lead you to the door?”
This was clearly the meaning of kicking them out.
“Wait a moment,” Song Yaozu said in a loud voice.
The butler remained calm. “Okay, sir.”
Song Yaozu grabbed Song Xinmei by the collar, lifted her up, and said coldly.
“We did all these things when we were young. No one should talk about anyone! The most important thing now is to please that damn lunatic, make her return to our family, and then willingly take out the money!”
Song Xinmei rolled her eyes. The fake eyelashes she had just gotten were long enough to poke someone to death.
“How is that possible? She basically lacks nothing!”
“I think the most likely thing is that we should exercise more and strive to live longer than her. Then when she dies, we can inherit her inheritance.”
Song Yaozu let go of Song Xinmei’s collar and walked to the window, adopting a profound look with his hands behind his back.
“No, she does lack something.”
“She lacks love. She lacks warmth.”
Song Xinmei still felt it was unreliable. She didn’t want to come in the first place: “Come on, can’t she just find the warmth of love? Does she have to find it in family?”
Song Yaozu let out a cold laugh.
“She’s basically asexual. An arrogant person like her, how could she possibly look at anyone?!”
“Compared to her knowing what love is, I think it’s more reliable for the national soccer team to win the World Cup.”
Song Xinmei was speechless. “You’re quite dirty when you curse, insulting two different parties at once.”
(TL: She is insulting both Song Junzhu and The National Soccer Team, this is quite surprising for me as Chinese Novels nearly never critique Chinese National things.)
Song Yaozu felt that the slap on his face still faintly hurt. “Damn, this Song Junzhu is a lunatic. She was abused as a child, and now she’s so manic!”
“In short, let’s go back to the Capital and talk to Mom and Dad about this first. Looking at Song Junzhu’s attitude, I think we need to make a new plan to reform her.”
Song Xinmei scoffed. “She won’t even go back to the Capital. Are we supposed to move the whole family to Haicheng?
"It's always been the smelly beggars from outside who go to the capital to beg. I've never seen anyone move to Haicheng!"
Most importantly, her social circle was all in the capital. She definitely didn't want to leave!
Song Yaozu waved his hand.
"You don't have to worry about this. The country has a new project recently. She's one of the top talents they want to invite. She will definitely go back to the capital, and she won't be able to come back to Haicheng for a year and a half."
"What we need to do now is to think about how to make her let go of the past and willingly take out the money."
'Exchanging money for family affection, very reasonable, right?'
A person is ultimately troubled for a lifetime by the things they could not have in their youth.
'Song Junzhu lacked family affection as a child. Can't we just make it up to her now?'
Strike a snake at its seven-inch mark. What's the big deal!
...
Evening.
Master Lu, who had been writing on test papers for a long time, stretched his back, his bones crackling.
Seeing Song Junzhu come down from the study, Lu Xing scrambled up and said with full energy.
"Professor Song, do you want to eat dinner? I'll cook tonight."
Please.
'Please don't go into the kitchen again.'
Okay? Okay.
These were the words Lu Xing most wanted to hear at this moment.
Song Junzhu was wearing a red satin dress, with a thin silver necklace on her collarbone, which further accentuated the fairness of her skin. She had her hair tied up. Although she was wearing pearl earrings, they were far from having the strong impact of her exquisite features.
'No effort or make-up at all, pure beauty.'
Song Junzhu gracefully walked to the sofa beside Lu Xing, picked up the test paper he had just finished, and lifted her chin.
"Go to the walk-in closet and change your clothes. Let's go out to eat tonight."
Yes!
The little person in Lu Xing's heart was celebrating wildly!
So good!
'The busy Master Song has finally figured it out. She's planning to give up cooking, right?'
Hehe.
So good!
The probability of him being killed by Song Junzhu's cooking was very small, but it would never be zero!
Watching Lu Xing's departing back, Song Junzhu picked up her phone and sent a message.
【We are about to leave. Check everything again.】
...
He entered the walk-in closet.
Lu Xing saw the area Song Junzhu had prepared for him.
Holy f*ck!
One by one, the clothes of the current season, unreleased, and possibly even those that celebrities couldn't borrow for the red carpet, were placed there.
Quietly waiting for his arrival.
"Professor Song... I really underestimated you."
Lu Xing used a phone app to identify a few pieces of clothing and shoes.
"Ones, tens, hundreds, thousands, bro, dad..."
Lu Xing's mind went numb from counting the zeros.
Boo-hoo-hoo~~~
Lu Xing, wearing clothes more expensive than his life, silently broke his defenses.
"Sis Song! If you don't mind, I want to take care of you in your old age ?(╥﹏╥)?"
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