The moment she saw Xiao Zhenyu, Xiao Mandong was overwhelmed with a sense of absurdity and a chill in her heart. The eldest grandson, whom her grandparents had doted on, carefully nurtured for more than a decade, turned out not to be a child of the Xiao family. She couldn't even imagine whether her grandparents could bear such a blow after learning the truth.
What chilled her even more was that the three siblings had grown up together since childhood. After more than a decade of affection, Xiao Zhenyu had never written a single letter or shown a single bit of concern for Xiao Manxue. It was really true that you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
Seeing that Xiao Mandong kept silent and just stared at him, Xiao Zhenyu thought she was so happy to see him that she was momentarily at a loss. He stepped forward and was about to grab Xiao Mandong's arm.
At this moment, Li Fengmei, with red - rimmed eyes and roaring, lowered her head like a mad cow, mustered all her strength, and rammed straight into Xiao Mandong's lower abdomen.
"You bitch, you're really a disgrace. Today, I'm going to teach you a good lesson on behalf of your mother."
Xiao Mandong hadn't yet pulled herself back to her senses. Xiao Manxue was quick - witted and quickly dragged Xiao Mandong aside. Seeing this, Xiao Zhenyu hurriedly grabbed the back of Li Fengmei's jacket. But he was tripped by her forward momentum and fell "plop" on the cement floor. Due to his tug, Li Fengmei's forward momentum was lessened a bit, but she still fell face - down on the ground. A large piece of the skin on her forehead was scraped off, and she immediately let out a painful "ouch".
Then, she got up from the ground and stared at Xiao Mandong fiercely. "You... you actually dared to dodge... You're really crazy. Do you know that if it weren't for Zhenyu pulling me, I would definitely have cracked my head open today?"
She had never seen such a heartless niece. Reporting her own uncle and making her mother's family in a complete mess. What good would it do her?
She had even dared to dodge just now. It wouldn't have killed her to get hit. If it weren't for Zhenyu pulling her just now, the consequences were simply unimaginable.
Now, Xiao Manxue had really changed for the better. Before Xiao Mandong could say a word, she retorted.
"You want to beat us. Well, are we supposed to just stand there and take it? Are we idiots? You deserve to have died just now."
It took Xiao Zhenyu a long time to recover. He propped up his arms and got up with a grimace, rubbing his numb buttocks. He cursed Li Fengmei in his heart. He thought she was stupid. They had agreed in the ward just now that they needed Xiao Mandong to write that clarification letter. Although Xiao Mandong's act of reporting was very excessive and had brought great trouble to the family, now that things had come to this, they had to find a way to make Xiao Mandong clarify. That was the purpose of their visit.
He thought that anyway, they were relatives. He knew this elder sister. She had a sharp tongue but a soft heart. She must have been really angry with the Wang family and thus done such an extreme thing.
"Sister, Auntie is just like this, with a fiery temper. Don't take it to heart. We haven't seen each other for a year. Do you miss me?"
Xiao Zhenyu tried to ease the tension and at the same time grabbed Li Fengmei to stop her from speaking.
Li Fengmei shook off Xiao Zhenyu's hand.
She let out a "humph", folded her arms, and gasped for breath.
She had thought that since one of the sisters had gotten married and the other had gone to the countryside, and Wang Meixia didn't care about them, they must not be doing well. Unexpectedly, there wasn't even a single patch on their clothes, and their faces were still as fair and tender as ever. Her daughter's face was as black as coal from the sun.
Wang Yuanyuan had written to her that Xiao Manxue's life was extremely difficult. Xiao Mandong had divorced and gone to the countryside with her. Logically, the two of them should be living a hard life. But just now, she heard that one had become an intern doctor and the other was an accountant in the village. It really made her furious.
"Xiao Zhenyu, haven't you already changed your surname? Don't call me sister anymore. We are two different families now. You call me sister. Don't let our Xiao family drag you down anymore."
Xiao Mandong looked at this fake younger brother with a half - smile. After her parents divorced, her mother said it was to prevent Xiao Zhenyu from being affected by the Xiao family, so she directly changed Xiao Zhenyu's surname when moving the household register.
In the past life, Xiao Mandong really hadn't paid much attention to these things. She thought that as long as people could live safely, a surname was nothing to care about. But now, thinking about it, did this Xiao Zhenyu really not know his own background? Was he really innocent? He had always liked to stay at the Wang family's place since childhood and was closer to Old Lady Wang than to his own grandmother. Moreover, now that they already knew he was an impostor, she would never recognize him as her younger brother.
"Zhenyu, look. This is your own sister. Does she have you in her heart? The capitalist's daughter married a man to avoid being sent down to the countryside. After evading it, she immediately got divorced. She's so calculating. Now she's an intern at the hospital. Who knows which leader she's hooked up with. Otherwise, how could a sent - down educated youth be qualified to be an intern doctor? It's just nonsense. Moreover, she has an aunt in..."
"Slap, slap!"
Xiao Mandong slapped Li Fengmei twice across the face with full force. After drinking the spiritual spring water for the past few months, her strength had increased. After the two slaps, Li Fengmei's cheeks instantly swelled up.
Her younger sister was about to go to the Workers - Peasants - Soldiers University. Although this matter was a foregone conclusion and the army also knew about her aunt being abroad, she still couldn't let this matter spread to avoid unnecessary trouble.
"You dared to hit me? You little bitch!" Li Fengmei covered her burning cheeks, with hatred in her eyes. Spittle flew from her mouth as she shouted, "You little bitch, you're really out of control. I'm going to scratch your face today." But her arm was firmly grabbed by Xiao Zhenyu, who signaled her not to be impulsive.
"So what if I hit you? You're a snob who bites the hand that feeds you. You're good at hooking up with men and getting pregnant out of wedlock. You married into the Wang family with a bastard in your belly. You were unmarried at that time. Is Wang Yuanyuan that bastard from the Wang family or your lover?..."
Xiao Zhenyu's face suddenly changed. He said sternly to Li Fengmei and kept winking at her.
"Auntie, don't talk about my sister like this. Anyway, she's my sister. Even if I've changed my surname and cut off the relationship, I can't change the blood bond."
"Sister, I know you're angry now. You know what Auntie is like. She has a sharp tongue but a soft heart. Anyway, she's our elder. Don't argue with the elders. Moreover, you can't slander the elders like this."
