Chapter 151 Let's forget about it.
"You've finally decided to come see me?"
Tang Ya pressed closer and closer, cornering Xie Chaoyin at the corner of the stairs.
Xie Chaoyin's brows were furrowed, and he made no attempt to hide the disgust in his eyes.
"Do you know how many years I've waited for you?" Tang Ya asked gently, her eyes slowly reddening. "I've liked you since I was eighteen, for over twenty years. I'm almost fifty now. How long do you want me to wait?"
A hint of malice flashed across Xie Chaoyin's brows. He had used up all his patience for this moment and calmly said, "I told you when you were eighteen that I would never like you or marry you. Keep dreaming and don't bother me. You're fifty years old now. When will your hearing problems get better?"
The three of them happened to overhear this conversation when they arrived.
"Pfft!" Huo Huai Sui quickly covered his mouth.
Huo Huai'an glared at her and pulled her aside.
"Not only does your ear disease need treatment, but your brain needs treatment too." Xie Chaowan walked to Xie Chaoyin's side, looking at Tang Ya as if she were looking at something disgusting. "Your surname is Tang, not Niu. Everyone else knows to back down when things get tough, but you're like a piece of chewing gum. You were shameless at eighteen, and now that you're fifty and half your body is in the ground, you should have some self-respect."
Many people had already noticed this area, and upon hearing Xie Chaowan's words, which were spoken at a high volume without any attempt to lower their voices, they stopped sneaking glances and immediately looked over.
Xie Chaoyin looked at his sister, his gaze softening.
Tang Ya's face stiffened for a moment, then she forced a smile and said gently to Xie Chaowan, "Chaowan, I'm talking to your brother."
Xie Chaowan sneered, "My brother doesn't want to listen, yet you keep talking. What, just because you don't want to listen doesn't mean I can't talk?"
Tang Ya pursed her lips and remained silent.
Today is her father's birthday banquet, and Xie Chaowan doesn't want to argue with this lunatic and make a fool of herself. She takes Xie Chaoyin's hand and pulls him out, scolding him, "I told you you shouldn't have come. You were sure to get pestered by this clingy guy, but you didn't believe me."
Xie Chaoyin smiled and said, "It's Dad's birthday banquet after all, so I should come."
Xie Chaowan pursed her lips and said nothing more.
Having finally managed to see Xie Chaoyin once, Tang Ya was unwilling to let him go so easily. "Chaoyin, I am your fiancée!"
Xie Chaowan paused, glanced around, and asked sharply, "Is there no one left in the Tang family? How come they can't even restrain a mad dog!"
The surroundings suddenly fell silent.
The Tang family members standing in the crowd turned pale.
The three young masters of the Xie family came downstairs, and the youngest, Xie Qingxi, asked his two older brothers, "What's wrong with this Ms. Niu again?"
Xie Qingtang did not respond, her brows furrowing in displeasure.
Xie Qinglan smiled enigmatically, "What else could it be? Desperate to get married, that's all."
"No way," Xie Qingxi said with a puzzled look. "She's so old."
Xie Qinglan: "It's because I'm so old and still unmarried that I'm so eager to get married."
The two young masters teased Tang Ya in a back-and-forth exchange, their voices quite loud, causing many people around them to chuckle.
Huo Huai Sui's ears twitched. He felt that the voice sounded familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had heard it before.
Looking back, there were people everywhere, and I couldn't see anyone at all.
never mind.
Huo Huaisui ignored her and continued to look at Ms. Niu... no, Ms. Tang.
Many people around them echoed this sentiment.
"Liking something is a personal matter, and no one has the right to interfere, but you can't cause trouble for others."
"Exactly. Boss Xie clearly doesn't want to, yet he's been pestering me for so many years. Does he really think that his devotion can move heaven and earth?"
"It's been so many years, normal people would have children by now, and she still has the nerve to call herself her fiancée. Being a fiancée for over twenty years, it's laughable."
As long as Tang Ya remains unmarried, she is a member of the Tang family. Hearing these gossips, Tang Wei, his face ashen, ordered his two sons, "Take her away."
Tang Xingchen and Tang Xingzhou could only step forward to pull Tang Ya away.
"Auntie, Grandpa is still waiting for you at home. You should go back now."
Tang Ya stared blankly at Xie Chaoyin's receding figure, as if she were trapped in a nightmare from which she could not wake up.
Over the years, every time he saw her, he would always walk away from her resolutely.
Why did you leave? Why couldn't you stop and look at her more?
She has liked him for so many years.
"Let go!" Tang Ya's face instantly turned ferocious. She fiercely shook off Tang Xingzhou's hand and tried to chase after Xie Chaoyin, calling out, "Chaoyin, Chaoyin!"
Tang Wei's expression was beyond ugly; he grabbed Tang Ya's hand and pulled her back.
His younger sister goes crazy whenever she sees Xie Chaoyin; does she even remember that she's a member of the Tang family?
"Enough!" Tang Wei hissed. "You may not care about your reputation, but we do. What kind of behavior is this, making such a racket here? Go back right now!"
Just as Xie Chaoyin's figure was about to disappear from sight, Tang Ya, unable to break free, looked at her older brother with reddened eyes and said, "Who do you think you are, daring to lecture me?"
"Who do I am?" Tang Wei roared, "I'm your older brother!"
"Big brother?" Tang Ya laughed. "The one who brought his mistress home and drove his wife to her death? Who is really disgracing the Tang family?"
One sentence made the three men surnamed Tang present look unpleasant.
Tang Xingchen shook off Tang Ya's hand and left without looking back.
Tang Wei glanced at his eldest son, suppressing his anger, and said to his younger son, "Take her away."
Tang Xingzhou didn't want to deal with this madman and wanted to leave like his elder brother, but he had to do as his father ordered.
"And you," Tang Ya went berserk, biting anyone she could catch, "You were used by your mother as a tool to seize power. She was called 'Young Master' to put it nicely, but what's the difference between you and a dog?"
Tang Xingzhou wasn't provoked by her. "Whatever happens, at least someone still cares about me. What do you have?"
"What do I have? What do I have?" Tang Ya murmured, repeating the same question over and over.
She has nothing, no wonder Chao Yin ignores her.
If only she had a child, if only she had a child too.
But she didn't, and she never will.
"Aya." Madam Xie appeared at the bottom of the stairs at some point.
Tang Ya looked up blankly, "Mom."
Tang Xingzhou's lips twitched slightly. He hadn't expected that his aunt would address Old Madam Xie in such a way in the Xie family.
Madam Xie sighed, "Let it go."
"Forget it?" Tang Ya's tears fell.
She's persisted for so many years, how can we just give up like this?
Madam Xie repeated, "Let it go."
After all these years, not to mention anything else, she's tired of seeing it all.
The old man was right; she was wrong. She shouldn't have pressured her son.
The old Taoist priest was wrong too; her son was still healthy and well even though he hadn't married Tang Ya.
On the contrary, because of Tang Ya, her son hadn't come home for many years, and she hadn't seen him for many years.
"Actually, I should have said this a long time ago, but I blame myself for being too soft-hearted. We are not destined to be mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, so let it go." Old Madam Xie blinked her moist eyes. "You're not young anymore, let yourself go, and let Chaoyin go too. Don't come to the Xie family again, I won't see you again."
After saying this, Madam Xie turned and left without lingering.
The three Xie brothers exchanged a glance and followed.
Xie Qingxi ran up and took Old Madam Xie's hand, "Grandma, don't be sad. Even without that Ms. Niu, we're still here for you."
“His surname is Tang.” Madam Xie patted her grandson’s arm lightly. “You want to stay with me? Forget it. They say that once you raise a daughter, you have to give her away. It’s the same with raising a son. You little boys will all be with your wives sooner or later. I have your grandfather, that’s enough. I don’t need you.”
Xie Qingtang and Xie Qinglan followed behind.
Xie Qinglan asked in a low voice, "Do you think Ms. Niu can just let this go?"
Over the years, that Ms. Niu has visited their home more frequently than he has, and he doesn't believe she'll just let it go like this.
Xie Qingtang did not correct his form of address. "Later, have someone change the locks on the doors at home, and have the servants pack up her belongings and send them back to the Tang family."
"Alright." Xie Qinglan stopped in her tracks, remembering the figure she had just seen. "Big brother, you guys go ahead. I have something to do, I'll be back for a bit."
Xie Qingtang waved his hand, letting him have his way.
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