110 Intentionally Intimidate
Lu Jiao’s face grew unpleasant, “Hurry up and go wash your face. Do you know that you look like a ghost right now?”
Only now did Zhou Xiaotao remember she put on powder this morning. Her skin wasn’t good so she layered powder on. Then she cried a few times today.
This retaliation shocked her. She covered her face with her hands and ran outside.
Behind her, the Village and Clan Leaders shook their heads. They looked over to Lu Jiao, “Do you want us to go find your mother-in-law and ask her to take that woman back?��
Xie Yunjin also looked to Lu Jiao. Before, Lu Jiao couldn’t really express what she wanted. He definitely didn’t want Zhou Xiaotao to stay, but since Lu Jiao spoke up, she can deal with it. He sure wanted to see just how Lu Jiao wanted to deal with Zhou Xiaotao.
He knew that Lu Jiao could tell what Zhou Xiaotao’s intentions were.
Lu Jiao honestly didn’t care too much. She will soon separate from Xie Yunjin. Whether or not Zhou Xiaotao married him didn’t matter to her.
If Zhou Xiaotao stayed, she could help with housework. This was good. Right now, Lu Jiao was overworked.
Plus, if they kick Zhou Xiaotao out, Lady Ruan would go around and taint their names. Lu Jiao only had two to three months left in this house and she didn’t want too much drama.
Lu Jiao thought about it and finally said, “Leaders, I don’t want to take up more of your time. I will take care of Zhou Xiaotao.”
The Leaders didn’t say much else. They said bye to Xie Yunjin and then left the Xie family house.
Inside the bedroom, Xie Yunjin’s deep dark gaze landed on Lu Jiao.
Lu Jiao’s heart felt fuzzy because of that, “What’s wrong?”
Xie Yunjin asked suspiciously, “Why does it feel like you’re now a whole different person?”
Lu Jiao’s heart jumped up to her throat. She asked nervously, “How’s that possible?”
Xie Yunjin pretended not to have noticed how alerted Lu Jiao got and said in a confused tone, “You once liked me so much and now, you stopped liking me just like that. Don’t you find that strange?”
Lu Jiao explained, “That’s because you broke my heart. I’ve decided to stop liking you. Isn’t that normal?”
Xie Yunjin shook his head. His voice was low and crisp, “Even when one decides to stop liking someone, it’s impossible to retrieve feelings so cleanly like this. It takes time. Looking at you now, you don’t seem to feel anything toward me anymore. The person you are today doesn’t seem like the original you…”
Xie Yunjin’s words gave Lu Jiao so much anxiety. She honestly agreed with what Xie Yunjin was saying.
Even if someone got hurt from a relationship, there was no way they would be able to contain all their emotions in the snap of a finger. Therefore, her recent attitude towards Xie Yunjin didn’t make much sense. If this continues, he will get very suspicious of her identity.
Lu Jiao’s chubby face started to morph. Sadness filled her eyes as she spoke solemnly, “Yunjin, you don’t know how much feelings I still have towards you. I don’t want you to know… Don’t worry, I will do my best to forget everything.”
Then, she quickly went up to him and fixed his blanket, “Rest well. If you need anything, call me.”
Then, out of nowhere, she started to curse.
“That b!tch Zhou Xiaotao! She dares to want to take you away from me?! I will teach her a lesson! She is seeking death!”
Lu Jiao then rolled up her sleeves and left as if she was going to beat Zhou Xiaotao up.
Behind her, the skepticism on Xie Yunjin’s face disappeared.
His eyes formed half-moons as he grinned. How interesting… Who knew Lu Jiao would be so good at acting depressed? This woman was a professional liar. She was a scam!
If he wasn’t aware and convinced that someone else existed within that body, he would’ve fallen for her act.
Outside the house, Zhou Xiaotao stared at her own reflection in the tank of water. Once she saw herself, she felt she’d been thunderstruck. Who was this? Was this a ghost?!
By the time Zhou Xiaotao realized she was looking at herself, she started to howl. This time, she was truly sad.
As she cried, she started to wash her face with the water from the tank.
Lu Jiao caught this and her face turned dark. That water was for the family to drink and cook with. That woman was using it to wash her face?
Unimaginably angry, Lu Jiao stormed towards Zhou Xiaotao.
“Zhou Xiaotao, you dare to use my water to wash your face?!”
Lu Jiao filled up two tanks of water every day. One for washing up and brushing and one for drinking and cooking. Zhou Xiaotao was using the drinking water to wash her face.
Lu Jiao was furious.
She walked up to Zhou Xiaotao and grabbed her, “Thoroughly wash up my tank right now and fill it up!”
Zhou Xiaotao jumped and struggled, “What are you doing?! Let me go!”
No matter how hard she tried, she couldn’t get away from Lu Jiao.
Lu Jiao’s brows were heavy as she ordered once again, “Clean up my tank and go into the village to get me fresh buckets of water. I need it for tonight.”
She then let go of her, “Hurry up and do it!”
Zhou Xiaotao was absolutely stunned. While crying, she started to clean the tank.
Since she was cleaning it rather well, Lu Jiao hissed, “Once it’s clean, go into the village and fill it up. Come back and broom the yard. After the yard is clean, cut all that firewood piled before my kitchen.”
Zhou Xiaotao looked up at Lu Jiao in disbelief.
Lu Jiao wasn’t in the mood for this, “What are you staring at?! Do it! Don’t forget why you are here. My mother-in-law sent you here to do housework. Don’t even try to be lazy.”
Zhou Xiaotao was angered by that. She stood up straight and gaped at Lu Jiao, “I’m not here to do housework. I am…”
Lu Jiao was collected, “What are you here for then?”
No matter how dumb Zhou Xiaotao may be, she knew she couldn’t speak out loud about her purpose here. There was no way she could straight up tell Lu Jiao that Lady Ruan sent her here to seduce Xie Yunjin.
If she said that, she would have no reputation to save. This fat b!tch Lu Jiao would definitely throw her out.
The list of work Lu Jiao gave her, however, darkened Zhou Xiaotao’s face. Was she really here to do more work? Hasn’t she done enough of that back at home?
She wasn’t going to do this.
Zhou Xiaotao turned and started to run. Scared that Lu Jiao might chase after her, she ran at an amazing speed.
Behind her, Lu Jiao snickered and watched. If she was truly smart, she better not come back. If she came back, more housework awaited.
When she saw the dirty water, however, Lu Jiao was very exasperated. A full tank of clean water was now unusable. She had to go and fetch more.
Lu Jiao accepted her fate and started to clean the tank.
Nearby, the four little ones started to walk over to Lu Jiao and carefully commented, “Mommy, I don’t want that ugly woman to live here.”
“Our home is ours. I don’t want an outsider here.”
“We asked her to clean the puppies’ home, and she got scared and cried. She’s both ugly and stupid.”