Chapter 79 [VIP]

"What do you mean by this! Are you trying to kill your own father?!"

Yu Chengda was so angry at Mi Yao that he slammed his fist on the table and stood up. Before he could get close to her, Qi Niang stopped him.

Seeing Qi Niang's stance, Yu Chengda took a step back, fearing that swords and spears had no eyes and he might actually get injured.

"Fourth Sister, how could you do this? It's one thing if you can't stand us, but why treat Father like this too?"

Yu Yiqing never expected that Mi Yao would dare to speak so disrespectfully to Yu Chengda. Hiding the amusement in her eyes, she spoke up for her father, saying, "Granny Luo said you don't respect your elders, but Father doesn't believe it. He loves you so much, yet you treat Father like that. You are simply unworthy of being a child."

"Fourth Sister, don't forget that without the Yu family, you are nothing. You were able to marry the adopted son of the Jiannan Jiedushi because of the Yu family's power and the support of the entire family."

Mi Yao didn't give Yu Yiqing and Yu Jiayin a friendly look, but Yu Shierlang didn't take it seriously. That's how women are; they can't stand each other and they insult and criticize each other over trivial matters.

If you pay attention to them, you'll only make yourself look bad.

But when Yu Twelve heard Mi Yao belittle Yu Chengda, and even the entire Yu family, he couldn't stand it anymore.

"Fourth Sister shouldn't have driven Granny Luo away. If she had a loyal servant who could relay the orders of the elders in the family, she wouldn't have been so petty."

When Mi Yao argues with other women, she believes in giving and receiving, but she doesn't have that much patience for men who use foul language.

She glanced at Qi Niang, who, following instructions, stepped forward and slapped Yu Twelve twice.

The crisp sound of a slap echoed through the hall. Yu Shier was stunned by the slap and stared blankly at Mi Yao, covering his face.

“You come to my house to curse me. If you don’t know what your mouth is for, I have plenty of needles and thread here. I’ll have someone sew it up for you.”

"You're not my daughter, who are you?!"

The two slaps stunned everyone in the room. Yu Yiqing shrank her neck and dared not speak again, afraid that Mi Yao would have someone else teach her a lesson.

Yu Chengda paused for a moment, then pointed at Mi Yao, his initial loving fatherly demeanor gone.

Hearing his words, Mi Yao felt no fear.

She didn't believe that an old man who only cared about appearances could know much about the original owner of the body.

Besides, even if he knew the core had been replaced, so what?

"Since you think I'm not your daughter, then don't waste your time here. Go find your biological daughter as soon as possible."

When Yu Shaoyang rushed over, he arrived just as Yu Chengda and the others were being driven out of the Xiao residence.

Seeing their expressions, Yu Shaoyang knew that his sister had not been wronged.

“I already told you, Father, if you want to see Hu Hu, we’ll come together after I finish my shift. What do you mean by rushing to the Xiao residence with people without saying a word?”

He was scolded by his daughter inside the Xiao residence, and then by his son outside.

Yu Chengda's face turned ashen: "Was your sister switched with someone else? The one inside is not Hu Hu at all. She is disrespectful to me and shows no love to her younger siblings. Look at what she did to Twelve."

Yu Shaoyang's gaze fell on the redness and swelling on Yu Shaoqing's face, and his brows furrowed: "Huhu did it herself? Huhu's hands must be in so much pain with this swelling."

Upon hearing this, Yu Chengda choked: "It was she who had her maid do it."

Yu Shaoyang breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good."

"Brother, you're too biased. Fourth sister is your sister, but am I not your brother? I was beaten like this, but you only care about whether her hand hurts or not."

"Or else?"

Yu Shaoyang's face showed a sneer, "A half-brother, what do you think you are? You're not even worth a single hair of Hu Hu's."

"Are you out of your mind? Look at yourself, you have no airs of a scion of a noble family. How can you talk about your own brother like that?"

When Yu Chengda first met Mi Yao, he thought Yizhou had good feng shui, but now he felt that the whole place was full of evil winds. In such a short time, his son and daughter's personalities had changed.

“If you want me to maintain the demeanor of a scion of a noble family, then do less things that will anger me. Father, you said you came for me and Hu Hu. Now that you have seen both of us, you can take them back.”

Yu Chengda was frustrated; how could he just go back like that?

"The marriage alliance is also to pave the way for you and Hu Hu. I don't know what's going on between you two. Isn't it good to have the help of the family head and his sister? With their help, you will be able to establish a more solid foothold in Yizhou."

"When I went to the capital, why didn't my uncle ask you, Father, to bring your brothers and sisters to help me? I'm not a three-year-old child. Why are you trying to fool me with these words, Father? Or did you listen to my uncle and take this as the truth?"

Hearing Yu Shaoyang subtly insult him as a three-year-old, Yu Chengda wanted to jump up and hit him.

Looking at Yu Shaoyang, who was taller and much stronger than before, Yu Chengda sighed, his face looking several years older: "Wasn't I good enough to you and Hu Hu? I didn't expect that you both resented me."

Yu Shaoyang didn't understand what Yu Chengda meant by "good." He thought so when he was young, but as the number of children from the second wife increased...

If you really want to be good to him and his sister, then they'll be competing for resources.

Upon returning to their lodgings, Yu Shaoyang learned how Mi Yao had been sarcastic and sarcastic towards Yu Chengda. He didn't think his sister had gone too far; in fact, he thought her words were quite apt.

Yu Chengda has had many children, but he has been a father for more than ten years.

Thinking of "My wife, you love me."

Zhen Jing was feeding Manman milk when she realized that Yu Shaoyang was taking advantage of the situation. She tapped him on the head and said, "When are you going to get rid of them?"

The small house, with its two courtyards, was already quite small, and with the addition of Yu Chengda and the others, it became even more cramped. If it weren't so bad, she would have wanted to leave Yu Shaoyang behind and take the children to live with Mi Yao.

Even if we don't go to the Xiao residence, going to the Ciji Hospital would be better than listening to Yu Jiayin and Yu Yiqing criticize and berate us here.

“I also want them to leave, but as you can see, my father cries every day, saying that Hu Hu and I treat him badly, but he doesn’t mention going back to Jiangnan.”

Mi Yao, being a married-out woman, could refuse to let Yu Chengda and his family into the Xiao residence, but he was Yu Chengda's own son, and if Yu Chengda wanted to stay with him, he would have to endure it for as long as possible.

"I think they're waiting for their brother-in-law to come back."

Thinking of Yu Shiqi's appearance, Zhen Jing couldn't help but frown. "Your father keeps saying he's good to Hu Hu, but he brought over that Yu family girl. I really don't know what's so good about her."

Speaking of this, Yu Shaoyang is disgusting too.

Because Mi Yao was beautiful, Yu Chengda had taken many concubines who resembled their mothers over the years, and Seventeen Niang's birth mother looked similar to her mother.

Yu Chengda claimed that he missed his and Hu Hu's mother, so he found so many people who looked similar to him to ease his longing.

But they're all men, who doesn't understand?

If he truly missed his wife, he would treat his children honestly, instead of sleeping with every woman he met and then pretending to be affectionate while calling out his deceased wife's name.

“Tomorrow I will take you to Hu Hu’s place. You are in postpartum confinement and cannot bear any discomfort. I have to suffer this pain for my child, but you and Manman cannot.”

Touched by what she heard, Zhen Jing hugged Yu Shaoyang and said several times that she was reluctant to part with him, which made Yu Shaoyang very happy. However, the next day, before dawn, Zhen Jing got up and urged him to pack his things, showing no reluctance at all.

He naturally blamed Yu Chengda and his group for this; if they hadn't refused to leave, he wouldn't have had to be separated from his wife and daughter.

Knowing that Zhen Jing had taken the child to the Xiao family, Yu Jiayin was so angry that she smashed all the decorations in the house.

"So what if she's a woman from the capital? She's no longer a member of the Yu family, yet she dares to look down on us!"

Yu Jiayin never imagined she would be mistreated in Yizhou.

She thought that if Mi Yao could command respect here, how could she be any worse? Who knew that she would find out that it wasn't like that at all when she got here.

Because of Mi Yao's unwelcoming attitude, no lady invited her to visit during her five or six days in Yizhou.

She wanted Zhen Jing to introduce her to Lady Yizhou, but Zhen Jing refused, citing that she couldn't be exposed to the wind during her postpartum period.

Her daughter is already over a month old, and I wonder what kind of postpartum period she's still going through.

"My lady, why don't we visit Fourth Sister again? If she's not there to guide us..."

Before the maid could finish speaking, Yu Jiayin slapped her. Seeing the maid cover her face and turn her head away, she kicked her as well. Only when she saw the maid fall beside the shards and scream in surprise did she feel relieved.

“Why would I, Yu Erniang, need to beg Yu Miyao to do anything? She’s just an empty-headed fool who’s lucky enough to have some good looks. If my father hadn’t chosen Xiao Chuan for her, how could she have married into Jiannan?”

The more Yu Jiayin talked about this, the more she felt that Mi Yao was ungrateful. Everything she had now was given to her by the first wife. It was the first wife who created hype and exaggerated things for her, which is why she was called the number one beauty in Jiangnan.

Otherwise, there wouldn't be so many people vying for her.

“What you say is true, my lady. Fourth Miss is ungrateful. Such a person will get her comeuppance sooner or later.”

That sounded much better. Yu Jiayin raised her head, looked haughty for a moment, and then, as if remembering something, continued, "Did you manage to contact that girl from the eldest son's family, whom I asked you to look for?"

Mi Yao dismissed the old nanny Luo, who had been assigned by the eldest son's family, and left behind a maid.

I thought Mi Yao would also push this maid out of her life, but to my surprise, she stayed by her side and was even treated as a trusted confidante.

Speaking of this, the maid moved away from Yu Jiayin, afraid that she would get angry again and hurt someone.

"That maid is named Shiya. She is highly valued by Fourth Mistress and has become the head of the Xiao household. She no longer needs to perform menial tasks like serving water and tea for Fourth Mistress, but..."

"Just what?"

"Shiya ignored the servants and said that her mistress was only Fourth Mistress... Ah!"

Before the maid could finish speaking, she was slapped again. Tears welled up in her eyes as she covered her face. If she could, who wouldn't want to have Fourth Mistress as their mistress? Serving her for a year would lead to being promoted to a managerial position. But with Yu Jiayin, all she received was endless scolding.

Poetry was unusable, and Yu Jiayin was at a loss for what to do. Just then, a woman surnamed Miao came to visit and gave her some clues.

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"I heard you insulted your father?"

Mi Yao had been busy for several days and had almost forgotten that Yu Chengda and the others were still in Yizhou. Who would have thought that Xiao Chuan would remind her of this as soon as he returned.

Moreover, he specifically came to the Tzu Chi Hospital to remind her.

Setting down the charter she was writing, Mi Yao looked up at him, wondering where he had been all this time. In any case, his skin had stopped getting darker and remained a light tan.

It exists on the boundary between being clean and having a sense of power.

"My lord, have you forgotten that my heart is as hard as iron?"

Xiao Chuan entered the city and asked where she was, so he came here on purpose. He was thirsty and drank a pot of tea before pretending to be stupid and saying, "How can she be as tough as iron? I clearly remember that Hu Hu's heart is like that of a Bodhisattva, gentle and compassionate."

He reached out to hug Mi Yao, but she stood up and dodged him. Her expression remained icy as he spoke: “It was you who said it, my lord. It was at noon nine days ago. If you need a specific time and place, I will have to send a servant to fetch my notebook.”

Seeing that Mi Yao remained the same after several days, Xiao Chuan's face also turned frosty.

He hadn't forgotten what he said, and in fact, he would think about it whenever he had free time these past few days, carefully considering Mi Yao's attitude towards him.

He didn't feel he had done anything wrong to her.

He felt that she was increasingly taking advantage of his affection and not treating him like a human being.

He knew that relationships were a matter of either advancing or retreating. He was willing to let her advance step by step, but he couldn't stand her stepping on him without feeling any remorse, waiting for him to lower his posture even further.

Seeing her like this, he felt that there was no point in rushing back.

Xiao Chuan stared at Mi Yao with eyes as cold as a deep pool for a long time. He uttered sharp words, then swallowed them one by one, leaving his throat full of bloodstains from the cuts made by a blade.

“Yu Miyao, what exactly are you dissatisfied with? The day I mentioned having a child in the car, it was because I saw that you like children that I said that. If I didn’t like you, I wouldn’t have wanted a child who looks like us just because I saw a child who looks like you. If you don’t want to, I’m even willing to take the medicine for you. Would I force you? You have to say some heartless things, making me feel that the better I treat you, the less you take me seriously.”

When he was young, he was fine, but after he gained power, Xiao Chuan became increasingly reluctant to show his emotions.

He felt that his dissection today was already quite difficult, but it was clear that no matter how difficult it was, it would not satisfy Mi Yao.

Mi Yao looked back, her beautiful, gentle eyes now softened with a hint of unyielding strength due to the busyness of the past few days.

"My husband says he likes me, but it's just because he saw how well I treat myself. He's been influenced and wants to take better care of himself and eat well."

Mi Yao said calmly, "If you truly like someone, you'll think about how to make her happy, not how to make yourself happy. Xiao Chuan, you call me by my full name whenever you're not satisfied. I know what you mean. You're warning me that you're angry and want me to give in to you. You are the master who holds the power of life and death, while I am just a plaything with the title of a noble lady. Let me recognize my own status."

Mi Yao's tone was not heavy, and she spoke in a flat and straightforward manner, her gaze seemingly mocking and sarcastic.

Xiao Chuan had never seen her like this before. He was stunned for a moment, then understood the meaning behind her words. He was about to refute her when he was interrupted by a knock on the door from outside.