Dabai seemed to recall something, "Did I say that a toad lusted after a swan’s flesh?"
"Right—" Just as someone finished speaking, they immediately regretted it, "No, actually that’s not what you meant, I know, Brother Yebai—"
"I knew you were a scam artist," Dabai said nonchalantly. "I’ve said this to so many people, if you know about it, you must have heard it from someone else, scam artist!"
"No! I’m not! My last name is Yang—"
"I don’t care what your last name is, scam artist, if you dare to call again I’ll sue you!"
Thud, Dabai ended the call.
Gu Nuan took her phone back from his hand and slid it into her pocket as if nothing had happened.
The child pouted, "Aren’t you going to say something, praise me a little?" "Praise your unyielding loyalty? Should I erect a monument for you?"
He grinned, revealing his stark white teeth, amused by her words.
Gu Nuan thought his teeth looked exactly like a shark’s.
"Nuannuan." He hugged her as they walked along a rural path, surrounded by quiet and scenic nature, which was quite pleasant.
If possible, he would love to find such a place and live quietly with her for a lifetime.
It seemed that she could feel everything he was thinking at that moment. However, thinking is easy, acting is too difficult. Could she possibly abandon her family? Right now, Gu Sheng—
Today, Xiao Shuju arrived at her younger sister Xiao Shulan’s company, planning to accompany Xiao Shulan for tea while waiting for the results concerning Chen Jiaming. Nᴇw novel chapters are publɪshed on 𝓷𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓵•𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮•𝓷𝓮𝓽
Last night, some rumors had spread, apparently not so favorable ones.
Xiao Shuju felt a bit anxious, thinking of her husband these past few days, worrying about her daughter’s situation, and deciding to stay a few nights at her daughter’s new house. Now the house was left with her alone, feeling empty and desolate.
They had been married for so many years, yet obviously, Lin Jiale’s heart was only with his daughter, and to him, whatever his new wife did for his stepdaughter, seen in his eyes, was taken for granted.
Actually, the old lady wasn’t wrong; without a biological child, one always feels a bit unsettled.
What Lin Jiale really thought of her deep down, if one day, she couldn’t access the Xiao family’s inheritance, without the Xiao family as support, would Lin Jiale still want her?
This kind of thought, she had never considered before, but now it constantly resurfaced in her mind. She was well aware that it was all caused by her own brother.
If it weren’t for Xiao Yebai breaking the Xiao family’s norms and marrying a woman without money, Xiao Shuju wouldn’t have suddenly thought about running out of money.
Xiao Yebai seemed fearless, not worried at all that his wife might leave him if he were out of money. Clearly, that woman married him for his money, didn’t she?
The more Xiao Shuju thought about it, the more discontented she felt. She simply couldn’t believe that Gu Nuan could endure being with Xiao Yebai without money?
But if Gu Nuan couldn’t endure Xiao Yebai being penniless, then could Lin Jiale endure if suddenly she, Xiao Shuju, ran out of money?
The annoying thoughts lingered in her mind, like the incessant nagging of a death knell.
Xiao Shulan finished talking with her secretary on the way and entered her office, seeing Xiao Shuju sitting on her sofa huffing and puffing with discomfort. She spoke discontentedly, "Don’t sigh here, sighing only brings bad luck, I need good luck here, not bad luck."
Xiao Shuju gritted her teeth hard.
"What’s the matter? Has your husband upset you again?" Xiao Shulan knew immediately what was going on. The only person who could affect Xiao Shuju’s emotions was Lin Jiale. In her opinion, Xiao Shuju really didn’t know what she owed that man. Clearly, Xiao Shuju was good-looking and had the Xiao family to back her up; wouldn’t it be easy to find a decent man? Yet she insisted on choosing second-hand goods, no wonder the grandmother always said that the third and fourth went crazy when they got married.