Chapter 182 The Grand Finale
“I brush my teeth regularly, how could my mouth smell bad? You can’t belittle me just because you don’t like me. That’s not fair to me. I want you to apologize to me,” Zhang Yan reminded him.
"You deliberately appeared in front of me to make me unhappy, so I said some unpleasant things."
"So many people have appeared in front of you, but I haven't seen you say anything unpleasant to each of them, nor have I seen you throw water at anyone else. It's obvious that you're deliberately targeting me. If I remember correctly, it's not allowed to deliberately target anyone here."
Zhang Yan argued his case logically, but Luo Zilan narrowed her eyes and asked, "Are you sure you're here to pursue me?"
"Of course, otherwise why would I be here?"
"Since you're here to pursue me, you should know that pursuing someone means treating them well. But I haven't seen you treat me well at all; all I see is you coming to cause me trouble."
"Who says you have to be nice to someone before you're pursuing them? I'm going to do the opposite," Zhang Yan said confidently.
Those around them, upon hearing these words, couldn't find any rebuttal for a moment, but upon closer reflection, they felt that something was amiss.
Luo Zilan laughed in anger and retorted, "You're not even nice to me, why should I agree to be with you?"
"If I treat you well, will you agree to be with me?"
"Of course not."
"If you won't be with me even if I'm good to you, then why should I be good to you?"
Luo Zilan fell silent when asked the question; the other person seemed like a complete scoundrel.
"Get lost, I don't want to see you." Luo Zilan told him to leave immediately.
Zhang Yan was like a stubborn plaster, showing no intention of leaving.
“You splashed water on my face and are now speaking ill of me. I won’t leave until you apologize,” Zhang Yan warned.
"You're really something else. Don't think that just because you talk like that, I'll treat you differently. Let me tell you, every word you say makes me sick." Luo Zilan continued to express her dissatisfaction.
Zhang Yan, "I absolutely will not leave until you apologize today."
The two bickered all the time, but many people who saw it thought they were a perfect match.
On the other hand, Xu Qingmo has recently enjoyed hunting in the back mountains. Zhou Tianyu, Song Wei, and Lu Ting, who accompany her, also find it very interesting, and they always return with a full load.
Xu Qingmo no longer killed the rabbits and pheasants on the spot, but deliberately captured them alive, and put the ones she couldn't finish eating into her space to let them grow.
Days passed by, and Zhou Tianyu and Song Wei naturally became Xu Qingmo's underlings. Whenever Xu Qingmo gave a word, they would happily go and do it.
That day, the four of them went for a stroll in the market town.
I spotted a familiar figure in the distance.
Xu Qingmo thought she had misread it, but after taking a few steps closer, she realized she hadn't.
Wang Xiuzhi, whom I hadn't seen for a long time, was wearing tattered clothes and squatting on a street corner with a broken bowl in front of her and a few steamed buns in it.
Her hair was a mess, and she looked completely listless.
Xu Qingmo walked up to her without her noticing. Wang Xiuzhi looked up and met Xu Qingmo's eyes.
Wang Xiuzhi was stunned, and then her eyes reddened.
Xu Qingmo asked curiously, "How did you end up here?"
It took Wang Xiuzhi a while to speak, "I'm all alone at home now. Nobody in the village likes me, so I had no choice but to come out."
"If only I had known then what I know now, I would have done it in the first place. If you do too many wrong things, you will eventually be punished."
"Xu Qingmo, I'm still your grandmother. Look at how I am now. Can you take me back?" Wang Xiuzhi felt that even if Xu Qingmo didn't like her, going with her was better than begging here.
Xu Qingmo didn't go along with her wishes at all, and reminded her, "You should know my methods, and you also know how you treated me and my mother in the past. I came here only to see how miserable you were, and now that I've seen it, I'm very satisfied."
Xu Qingmo smiled.
Wang Xiuzhi felt utterly ashamed.
"You can't treat me like this. Wang Jing is my daughter-in-law after all. If you don't take me back, I'll go to your family compound right now and make a scene. I want to see if you can have peace and quiet when I'm not doing well."
Wang Xiuzhi, having abandoned all pretense of civility, felt that nothing was better than being well-fed and watered.
Xu Qingmo is dressed neatly now and looks quite plump; she must be living a comfortable life.
Xu Qingmo didn't care about being threatened at all. She reminded her, "Your son and daughter have both died because of you. You still want to cause trouble for me and my mother? Let's see how long you can keep this up."
Xu Qingmo remained calm and composed, every word carrying a threat.
Wang Xiuzhi had witnessed Xu Qingmo's methods firsthand; what she just said was merely a boast.
It was just a test to see if Xu Qingmo would take her in.
"I am, after all, your grandmother. You can't treat me like this."
“In my eyes, my grandmother died long ago. Now I only have my parents and Lu Ting as my family. I have no other family members.”
Xu Qingmo said those words and turned to leave.
Lu Ting and the others immediately followed.
On the way back, Xu Qingmo remained silent.
The rest of the people didn't dare to say anything more.
Wang Xiuzhi ultimately did not go to find Xu Qingmo and Wang Jing.
Days passed by, and a year went by in the blink of an eye. The next time I heard news about Wang Xiuzhi was that she had frozen to death on the street.
Xu Qingmo felt a little emotional, after all, these were the family members she had encountered after returning to this world from Earth.
However, the other party did not treat her as family.
It's spring again, and Xu Qingmo is seven years old. She sits on the flower bed by the door, swinging her legs back and forth.
Zhang Yan appeared beside Xu Qingmo with a radiant face and said to her, "Xu Qingmo, I have a secret to tell you, but don't tell anyone else."
"What secret?"
"After my relentless efforts, Luo Zilan finally fell in love with me. However, what she didn't know was that I was just teasing her." Zhang Yan said with a smug expression.
Xu Qingmo asked curiously, "Are you sure you were just teasing her?"
Zhang Yan hesitated for two seconds, then nodded smugly, "Of course, I told you before that Luo Zilan is a very annoying person. You have to use special methods to control her. Now that she's willing to like me, she has to live her life according to my wishes."
Xu Qingmo looked behind Zhang Yan and couldn't help but remind him, "You don't need to talk nonsense to save face. Take advantage of the fact that you still have a chance to change your story. Maybe a marriage is waiting for you. Otherwise, you will have to remain a widow for a while."
"I'm telling the truth, why should I change?"
"Zhang Yan, I never expected you to be this kind of person. I really misjudged you."
Luo Zilan's voice came from not far away, and Zhang Yan stood up with a start.
Xu Qingmo shrugged and got up to leave.
After much hesitation, Zhang Yan still went after Luo Zilan.
Coincidentally, this scene was witnessed by Wang Jing and Shen Jiang. Wang Jing held Xu Qingmo in her arms, and Shen Jiang stood beside Wang Jing. The afterglow of the setting sun fell on the three of them, and the family was happy and harmonious.
Lu Ting walked over with his schoolbag on his back, and the family reunited.
At this moment, the family of four looked like a beautiful painting.
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