Chapter 19: Chapter 19 Concubine
Mo Xiaoqiang squinted his eyes, disgustingly twisted his face, wiped the saliva off his face with his sleeve, and said angrily, “I’ve told you so many times, it was Xuexue’s fever making her lose her sanity that caused her to bite your ear. Why are you so petty?”
“You’re calling me petty?”
Auntie Sun widened her eyes in disbelief, looking at Mo Xiaoqiang and said mournfully, “Now I am missing an ear, and you still say I’m petty? It seems that since it’s not your flesh, it doesn’t hurt, right?”
Mo Xiaoqiang was momentarily at a loss for words; he certainly knew it hurt, but for some reason, every time he saw Auntie Sun’s face missing an ear, he simply felt uneasy and found it extremely peculiar.
Indeed, Mo Xiaoqiang was a playboy who spent his days immersed in the brothel, seeing girls as beautiful as flowers. Now, his Beautiful Lady had turned into a one-eared woman, and it would be odd if he felt pleased about it.
“Ahaha… Auntie Sun, Qiangqiang didn’t mean that, don’t be angry, it’s not worth spoiling your health over this.”
Old Lady Mo hurriedly stepped forward, chuckling, then turned her face sharply with her piercing triangular eyes toward Xuexue. Her expression darkened, and she scolded, “It’s all your fault, you troublemaker, stop causing a ruckus here, get out, or else you’ll have no dinner today.”
Hidden behind Mo Xiaoqiang, Xuexue, seeing that her approach had some effect, though not high, felt it was better than nothing; besides, revenge could not be rushed but had to be done gradually.
Thus, she no longer lingered, turned around, holding Chuner’s hand while crying loudly as she walked out, screaming, “My father’s second wife is so cruel, she wants to kill Xuexue, poor Xuexue, ooh… ”
The three people in the room heard this and felt both astonished and angry…
“This darn girl, after recovering from a fever, how has she become so troublesome?” Old Lady Mo, after being stunned, muttered to herself.
“Husband, look at her…” Auntie Sun said furiously, having lost an ear, and now being accused by the legal wife’s daughter of being a wicked concubine, could she not feel aggrieved?
“Xuexue is young, don’t stoop to her level.”
Mo Xiaoqiang said this not because he loved his daughter Xuexue so much but because now that Auntie Sun had turned into this ghastly sight, he couldn’t lean toward her.
“She’s young? Huh! She’s almost of age to be married, yet you call her young.” Auntie Sun scoffed, dismissing this as a pathetic excuse.
“Auntie Sun, Qiangqiang has just returned; don’t provoke him now. Talk things over nicely, husband and wife.”
Old Lady Mo, fearing they would start arguing again, quickly stepped forward to mediate.
Auntie Sun snorted coldly, feeling extremely unhappy, and thought resentfully: Is there any mistake here? He returns from the brothel, and she tells her, the one who just lost an ear, not to provoke him? This wretched old lady is far too biased.
“Haha…, Qiangqiang, mother will go out first, you two speak nicely, please don’t fight, okay?” Old Lady Mo said, backing towards the door, intending to close it.
“Mother, wait a moment, I need to speak with you.”
Seeing Old Lady Mo about to close the door, Mo Xiaoqiang was startled and hurriedly rushed out.
“What are you doing, you’ve just gotten married, return and keep Auntie Sun company,” Old Lady Mo said anxiously as her son followed her out, hoping that Auntie Sun would soon bear a male heir for the Mo family.
“Seeing her makes me uncomfortable, come on, mother, to your room, I need to talk to you,” Mo Xiaoqiang said, dragging Old Lady Mo away.
“Oh dear! Why can’t you spend some quality time with Auntie Sun instead of talking to me?”
The mother and son continued talking as they walked away.
Auntie Sun was left alone in the room, her face contorted with fury. Her husband had barely returned from the brothel, and now he was unwilling to stay in the same room with her. What was this, she wondered? Her hatred for Xuexue deepened even further.