Ch. 145 - A Man Must Fight!
"What do you mean? Don't you love me anymore?"
Jiang Lixue was really angry.
'I've been coaxing you for so long. Don't you push your luck!
I am the Shu Road Mountain!
(TL: Shu Road Mountain (蜀道山) A modern Chinese internet slang meme. It sounds like "Shǔ dào sān" (Counting to three). It represents a woman "counting to three" before she loses her temper and her boyfriend gets in trouble. Jiang Lixue is basically saying, "I'm the boss here, don't make me count to three!")
Wei Wei instantly chickened out and coaxed her in a good-natured tone, "Aiya, that's not what I meant."
Although he was Old Man Wei's son, he hadn't inherited that old man's chaotic style.
Wei Wei sighed and tried to reason.
"Wife, think about it.
The Wen family members are all dead, and all the power has fallen into Wen Lingxiu's hands. She's living the dream.
If I really try to attack her or her daughter, then as long as I'm not a hundred percent sure I can cut the grass and remove the roots, she will definitely retaliate.
The resources I can mobilize are far less than hers. Of course, I can't withstand her retaliation.
The old man gave me this thankless task. There's no need for me to sell my life for it. Even if my ancestral grave were smoking and I managed to bring down the Wen family...
And if the Wen family's primary industry collapsed, how many people would be laid off? If the number of unemployed people suddenly increased, wouldn't the local government tear me apart?"
Yes.
Wei Wei wanted to be Little CEO Wei.
But when Wen Lingxiu announced she wanted that piece of land, he knew that he wouldn't be able to be Little CEO Wei for the time being.
There was no helping it.
Life is more important!
Jiang Lixue pouted. "You don't love me anymore!"
Wei Wei: (???)
'Well, I'll be damned.'
After all that, it was like playing a lute to a cow!
Wei Wei coaxed her in a good-natured tone for a long time. In the end, Jiang Lixue was finally not angry.
Jiang Lixue looked at Wei Wei's face and secretly laughed in her heart.
'Hehe.'
The way to make your husband not angry... is to be even angrier than him!
It works!
"Honey, then what should we do?"
Wei Wei held Jiang Lixue and said faintly.
"If we can live, we live. If we can't, we die."
"What else can we do?"
"Anyway, the old man has only acknowledged me as a son. As long as I prevent other children from entering the family in the future, it'll be fine."
Jiang Lixue thought for a moment. "What about your sister?"
Wei Wei sneered.
"Her? It's not even certain if she'll live until then."
"The old man did too many bad things in his youth, and now he’s set up this bullshit feng shui array. Guess what? Does a feng shui array not need a core?"
Jiang Lixue was shocked.
"That's his own daughter!"
Wei Wei snorted. "o achieve great things, men like him would kill their own kin."
"A selfish person like the old man, why else would he cultivate her so strictly? Doesn't that say enough?"
Jiang Lixue suddenly felt a little sorry for Wei Qingyu and asked.
"Does Wei Qingyu know?"
"She knows shit. What kind of thoughts can a robot have?" Wei Wei was disgusted with Old Man Wei.
"The old man has this very idea. To make Wei Qingyu a robot that only executes commands, and then, after the array is formed, to let her die willingly."
Jiang Lixue asked curiously.
"Then what if she finds out the truth and resists?"
Wei Wei rolled his eyes.
"She's just a robot. What is there to resist? Does she dare? Unless she directly overthrows the old man, but I don't think she has that thought in her one-track mind."
Hiss.
Jiang Lixue sucked in a breath of cold air and hid in Wei Wei's arms in fear.
"Honey, I'm scared..."
Wei Wei patted her back and comforted her. "It's okay, it's okay. I'm a son, after all. The old man won't do anything to me."
All this time, Wei Wei had been fawning on Old Man Wei on the surface, but in fact, he had always been secretly observing and speculating.
"I've secretly looked at the medicine the old man's private doctor prescribed. He has nightmares all night long. It's been going on for who knows how many years."
"And he's still chanting Buddha's name? He's just done too many bad things and is trying to find salvation from the gods and buddhas."
"That's not worshiping Buddha. That's worshiping one's own desires."
"If your heart is wicked, it doesn't matter how much incense you burn. If your heart is upright, there’s no harm in not kowtowing at all."
Wei Wei had long since been displeased with Old Man Wei.
Jiang Lixue had never expected that Wei Wenhai, who looked so kind and benevolent, could actually sacrifice his own daughter.
She was really scared, so she grabbed Wei Wei's hand and said, "Honey, why don't we just take the money and leave Haicheng? Dad, he really..."
Wei Wei patted the back of her hand and said affectionately.
"It's okay. I'll make some more money now. In a few years, I'll take you abroad, and we'll definitely be far away from the old man!"
"Really?"
"Really. At that time, I'll buy you a big house with a garden. You can plant flowers and water them every day..."
...
Villa.
While Auntie Wen took Nannan to the shower, Lu Xing hid in the guest bathroom to take a call.
Damn it.
I'm so impressed!
Lu Xing took a deep breath, then winced.
Pah, this is the toilet. Don't breathe in yet!
"Hello, what's up, Sister Xia? Have you had dinner?"
Lu Xing tried his best to sound surprised.
"Which family's yellow-hair are you?"
(TL: "yellow-hair" refers to a specific trope of a delinquent, a hoodlum, or a "bad boy.")
"Give me your name. I'll beat you until you're spiraling up to heaven!"
On the other end of the phone, there was no Little Goldie's tsundere voice. Instead, there was the voice of an irritable old man.
'F*ck.'
Lu Xing was numb.
It's over.
Is this the Old Man Xia of the eight-divorce family?
Even though the other end couldn't see him, Lu Xing still forced out a smile. "Uncle, good evening. Have you had dinner?"
"Eat a damn egg!"
Old Man Xia was furious.
He had come to see Xia Yeshuang, only to hear from Dr. Zhang that she had brought a man home a few days ago.
'F*ck!'
His daughter is so beautiful and gentle. Which family's dead pig has the nerve to come and root for his little cabbage?
So shameful!
While Xia Yeshuang was exercising, he’d snatched her phone to call the brat.
As for how he found him on her phone...
It was because Xia Yeshuang's notes for all her contacts were particularly cruel.
The note for the doctor was "treat illness."
The note for the delivery guy was "eat food."
The note for her own father was "punching bag."
The note for the eighth-generation stepmother was "retard."
Among all the psycho notes, only one was particularly prominent.
On it was written—【❤️】
'F*ck!'
On what grounds?
On what grounds?
Old Man Xia almost cried with anger when he saw this note.
Old Man Xia almost cried. He was a bald "punching bag," yet some punk got a heart symbol?
Sad.
Really sad.
Old Man Xia sat on the sofa and silently shed tears. After shedding tears, he felt it wasn't right.
He had to warn this dead yellow-hair to stay away from Xia Yeshuang!
And so.
Old Man Xia dialed that number.
As soon as he heard the cheerful voice of the boy on the other end, Old Man Xia sneered.
'A dead green tea.'
That’s how he tricked her, isn't it?
Lu Xing was taken aback for a moment, then said.
"Ah, eating eggs is also good. Eggs have high nutritional value. Uncle, you work hard. You should remember to eat even if you're busy."
Old Man Xia fell silent.
He was already prepared to curse out the yellow-hair.
The result?
Not only did the other party not surrender, but he even dared to resist?
Most importantly.
Old Man Xia touched his stomach. It seemed he really was a little hungry...
Lu Xing let out a light laugh.
"Uncle, eat something, soak your feet, and then rest. I saw the weather forecast says it will rain tomorrow. Remember to wear more. Goodbye, uncle."
"Oh, goodbye."
After hanging up the phone, Old Man Xia was stunned for a long time.
'Wait.'
Not right!
Old Man Xia stared at the disconnected phone and muttered to himself with suspicion.
"How could this be?"
It wasn't supposed to go like that!
Thump.
Xia Yeshuang walked in after her workout. Her smile froze.
Old Man Xia was sitting there muttering, holding her phone.
Huh?
Her phone?
Xia Yeshuang transformed into an abnormal titan and rushed in front of Old Man Xia, snatching the phone!
(TL: Attack on Titan reference?)
When she saw the call history with Lu Xing on the phone, Xia Yeshuang was furious.
"Who told you to take my phone!"
Old Man Xia was also a hot-tempered person. He said angrily.
"I'm your dad! If I didn't look, I wouldn't have known you were bewitched by a yellow-hair!"
"You brought him home and didn't tell me? What's next? You get pregnant and then tell me, 'Here's your grandson'???"
Xia Yeshuang knew her father's mouth was a weapon. He must have attacked Lu Xing.
The thought of Lu Xing being bullied made her see red.
She casually grabbed a golf club, threw another one to Old Man Xia, got into a stance, and said through gritted teeth.
"Old geezer!"
"I want to duel with you!"
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