After my sister-in-law left, Xiaoxiao was alone tidying up the house, feeling over the moon. Truly, appearance can boost one’s mood.
But not long after, she heard her sister-in-law’s voice again, "Third younger sister-in-law!"
"..." Didn’t her sister-in-law panic and run away? Why had she come back?
When Xiaoxiao went out to see, her whole family was standing in the yard, scrutinizing her closely as if she were some kind of monster,
Xiaoxiao was speechless. Her sister-in-law had really given her a good promotion outside, huh? Well, alright then, it saves her the trouble of explaining to each one later on.
Xiaoxiao waved to everyone with a smile, her dimples showing, "Hehe, hello everyone."
"Old third’s wife, it’s really you?" her mother-in-law asked incredulously.
"Mom, it’s me," Xiaoxiao nodded.
The family, upon receiving Xiaoxiao’s confirmation, still couldn’t believe it. How had the third son’s wife suddenly become beautiful? Had their third son struck gold? Not only beautiful but also able to earn money.
Seeing the excited look on everyone’s faces—was it really necessary? She hadn’t really become more beautiful; it was just the effect of her hairstyle and makeup, barely presentable at best. With poor fundamentals and no option for plastic surgery, there wasn’t much she could do.
But in everyone’s eyes, an ugly person suddenly looking was deemed extraordinarily beautiful, so it’s impossible not to be astonished.
"Mom, I told you so, the third sister-in-law looks so much better now, and you didn’t believe me. I saw her doing her makeup with my own eyes just now," the second daughter-in-law boasted proudly.
"Mhm, mom believes you now, mom believes you," the mother-in-law was indeed excited and happy.
The three little ones were even more thrilled, running around Xiaoxiao, clapping their hands and chanting, "Third aunt is so pretty, third aunt is so pretty."
Li Fugui said to the three little ones, "You kids, mind your manners, mind your manners."
In his heart, he was quite surprised as well. He hadn’t expected Yang Ming’s wife to look that good all dressed up, though she still fell a little short compared to his own Silver.
"Yes, teacher," the three kids immediately quieted down upon hearing Li Fugui’s words and obediently gathered beside him.
"..." Xiaoxiao hadn’t expected this Li Fugui to appear quite teacher-like, but was this really good? Wasn’t he just restricting the children? It seems a serious discussion about children’s education would be needed sometime.
"Well, I’ll be from now on, everyone just get used to it, haha," Xiaoxiao said.
"Right, right, just be , you look really good."
"..." Why was her sister-in-law more excited than she was? "So that rumor from outside is not to be trusted. Last night, Yang Ming came home carrying me, not another woman. Everyone can rest assured, Yang Ming won’t go after younger girls."
After hearing this, the whole family nodded and went back to their own rooms.
Only the sister-in-law stayed behind, her voice subdued and lacking the previously excited tone, "Third younger sister-in-law."
Xiaoxiao saw her sister-in-law’s hesitant look, wondering what was going on now, "Mhm?"
"There’s something I’m not sure whether I should say."
"You’ve already said what should and shouldn’t be said, so spit it out already."
"It’s actually about your second brother. As soon as he heard that the third brother was carrying some other woman and intended to keep a mistress, he was so anxious that he went to the county town, claiming he wanted to teach the third brother a lesson."
Having said her piece, the sister-in-law turned tail and ran back to her room—fearful of the third younger sister-in-law getting angry.
Leaving Xiaoxiao alone in the yard, she felt a cold breeze whisk by. What in the world was going on! Was her second brother the hot-tempered type?