Chapter 105 Returning to My Mother's Home to Retrieve My Household Registration (4)

Wang Jiandong's voice was filled with anger and guilt. He glared at Wang Yuqing and said, "You dog, it's one thing for you to act crazy at home, but you also act crazy in front of outsiders and make a fool of yourself. What's wrong with you now? You've become so heartless."

Wang Yuqing stared at Wang Jiandong with disdain: "With a father as irritable and ruthless as you, I really wouldn't acknowledge you as my father!"

She couldn't be bothered with Wang Jiandong anymore, and instead addressed everyone, saying, "Everyone, I apologize for calling you all here because of a family conflict and for disturbing you. However, I am truly wronged, and I need your judgment. I also want to expose the true colors of Wang Jiandong and Lin Xuemei. You may only know that they like to look down on others, relying on their high salaries as long-term employees, and on their eldest daughter being an accountant and their eldest son-in-law being a projectionist, they look down on everyone and are always arrogant and conceited..."

"Actually, they are even more vicious and cruel in private; they are simply beasts in human form."

Almost everyone present agreed with these words. Although they fawned over the couple in public, they had long disliked them in private and belittled them behind their backs.

They agreed with Wang Yuqing's statement, so they were even more eager to see what would happen next.

Aunt Huang would never miss such a good opportunity to criticize Lin Xuemei: "That's right, that's the kind of person she is. She goes around bragging that her eldest daughter is an accountant and her eldest son-in-law is a projectionist. She looks down on this and that. She's all talk and no action. People who don't know her would think that her daughter and son-in-law are government officials. Government officials are all dedicated to serving the people and the country."

Many people nodded: "Yes, we've been fed up with it for a long time."

Wang Yuqing was very pleased with herself, and that's how she got the rhythm going.

Lin Xuemei said in a shrill voice, "My daughter is an accountant, and my eldest son-in-law is a projectionist. So what? I'm not allowed to say anything because I benefit from their work? Besides, aren't you all envious of me and trying to curry favor with me? If you're so capable, why don't your daughters also be accountants and your sons-in-law also be projectionists?"

Wang Yulan chimed in, putting on airs: "If we, as children, are successful, it brings honor to our parents and makes them proud. What's wrong with that? If you were successful too, your parents would be proud of you."

She said loudly, "When children are successful, parents have confidence. Everyone understands this principle, right?"

After saying that, she looked coldly at Wang Yuqing, not believing that a fool who had only completed second grade could out-argue her.

Wang Yuqing remained calm and composed as she spoke: "The less capable parents are, the more they like to show off to everyone they meet, just to gain respect from others and seek a sense of superiority. Isn't that just vanity, wanting to live a glamorous and respectable life in front of others?"

"Great, capable, and high-ranking accountant, may I ask you if there's a saying in your education that goes something like, 'To have the capital to boast about but not to boast about it is true wisdom'?"

Wang Yulan was speechless for a moment, because she had never heard of this phrase before.

Wang Yuqing continued, "What you just said clearly means you agree with your parents showing off to you, so you admit that you are vain. You're just an accountant. If you were to become a higher-ranking official, wouldn't you look down on everyone here? If the country has officials like you, how can it achieve social and economic prosperity?"

Everyone already disliked Lin Xuemei for being boastful, because it had nothing to do with her eldest daughter. But now, the eldest daughter was very happy to show off to her parents.

Someone whispered, "He's just an accountant. What's he so smug about? He hasn't even reached a higher position yet. If he does, he'll probably just be a lazy and incompetent person."

Wang Yuqing added, "Humility and tolerance are signs of nobility, but you won't be noble for long if you act like this."

She curled her lips into a smile, raised her eyebrows slightly, and her eyes seemed to see right through Wang Yulan: "She looks glamorous on the outside, but is actually utterly corrupt."

Every sentence she uttered was well-founded and reasonable, and everyone present agreed with her, finding it very insightful.

Wang Yulan stared in disbelief, her heart filled with apprehension. She couldn't understand why someone could change so drastically, or perhaps she had simply been hiding her true abilities before? In fact, that was exactly who she was.

However, despite having only attended school for two years, she didn't seem like an ignorant illiterate at all. On the contrary, her words were eloquent and logical, leaving him speechless, as if she were a cultured and refined intellectual.

She was even nervous because she had hidden it so well that no one except her in-laws knew how she was doing, yet this fool seemed to have seen right through her.

Although Aunt Huang was a little confused, she clapped her hands and said, "What the second son of the Wang family said is right. I agree with her. What's the point of showing off every day? She's just an accountant. Even the great heroes who fought for the country and drove out the Japanese invaders didn't show off like you."

A young woman said, "How can you compare these? That would tarnish the reputation of such a great hero."

The director of the neighborhood committee, the director of the fertilizer plant, and the section chief also agreed with what she said.

Wang Yulan clutched her stomach, completely losing her composure.

Lin Xuemei and Wang Jiandong, who were standing next to them, were hoping that their eldest daughter, whom they were most proud of, would teach this ingrate a lesson. But how come she couldn't come up with a few sophisticated words?

Ji Xuening remained silent, but looked at Wang Yuqing with amazement. He felt that she was nothing like the ignorant and naive women of ordinary families. She had her own ideas and thoughts, was knowledgeable, reasonable, and had a unique personality, daring to rebel.

Wang Qiang, standing nearby, said, "Is this the grievance you're talking about? Why don't you mention that you wanted to take the household registration?"

Wang Yuqing gave him a cold look: "You should play less mahjong. How can you be so good at holding your own?"

Wang Qiang loves playing mahjong, but playing mahjong is forbidden. After being rebuked like that, he shut up.

Wang Yuqing withdrew her gaze, her eyes sharp as knives as she stared at Wang Jiandong and Lin Xuemei: "Next, I'm going to expose their masks and let everyone know how they discriminate against girls and how they cruelly abuse me."

Lin Xuemei felt guilty, but still stubbornly retorted, "You've exposed me! Aren't you afraid of being laughed at? Don't you know what kind of person you are? I raised you, provided you with shelter, food, and clothing, without asking for your filial piety or anything in return. And you, this ingrate, are turning around and biting me? The kindness of parents in raising their children is greater than the heavens!"

Wang Yuqing: "The kindness of parents in raising their children is greater than the heavens. Parents like you are better off without!"

Lin Xuemei: "..."

Wang Jiandong: "..."

Wang Yuqing pushed her back step by step: "Is it you who constantly calls me a slut? Is it you who always says you should have stomped me to death when I was born? Is it you who sometimes tells me to die? Do you even deserve to call yourself my parents?"

"Me, an ungrateful wretch?"