Being called a coward by his own younger brother, Xia Tingyu immediately felt embarrassed.
Just as he was about to teach Xia Tingming a lesson.
Suddenly, I heard a "thump" in my ear.
Xia Yuntao slammed the cane in his hand to the ground.
"All of you shut up! This house belongs to your grandmother and me. We two old folks are still alive, it's not your place to fight over it!"
Xia Yuntao's face was dark and gloomy, making him look particularly frightening.
For a moment, Xia Tingming, Xia Jingtong, and Xia Jingyan were all speechless.
Only Xia Zicheng, with his nonchalant and unruly demeanor, still wanted to say something.
Before he could even utter a word, his own father glared at him fiercely.
Xia Zicheng had previously been drugged and made intoxicated by a certain plant while abroad, and then he attacked Grandpa Xia Yuntao.
Even though he was beaten half to death after that incident.
But ever since that incident, he has come to realize that the old man's authority is not unchallengeable, to the point that he now acts somewhat preoccupied even in front of the old man.
But the one who beat him so badly that time was his own father. He felt that if his mother hadn't stopped him, his father would have really beaten him to death.
Therefore, he still didn't dare to be too presumptuous in front of Xia Ruizhe.
Xia Zicheng shrank back after being glared at by Xia Ruizhe.
Xia Yuntao glanced at his seven grandchildren and felt an overwhelming bitterness in his heart.
People say it's easy to share happiness but difficult times, yet these good-for-nothings in their family can still consciously band together when they're suffering.
Once things get a little better, they start fighting over everything, grabbing at every little thing.
Xia Yuntao's gaze lingered on his two granddaughters for a while.
In his mind, he always thought that girls were spoiled, and his two granddaughters were always pampered.
In his ideal world, his pampered granddaughter should be her parents' little darling, and also the apple of his and his wife's eye.
However, these two granddaughters were spoiled and became selfish and self-centered, always thinking only of themselves.
He had previously wanted his two granddaughters to live in the rooms on the second floor, since the rooms on the second floor are bigger and more convenient, and it would be more convenient for girls to dress up.
But now, he said calmly, "Tingyu and Tingchen will stay in these two rooms on the second floor, and the rest of you will stay on the third floor."
If anyone doesn't want to stay here, take your things and get out right now!
"Why?!"
Xia Yuntao had barely finished speaking when Xia Jingtong started making a scene, "I don't want to stay on the third floor, I want to stay in this room. The third-floor guest rooms have small wardrobes and no bathrooms, how am I supposed to store my performance costumes, how am I supposed to do my makeup..."
"Smack!"
Before Xia Jingtong could finish speaking, Ning Ya rushed forward and slapped her hard across the face.
Xia Jingtong covered her cheeks, looking at her own mother in disbelief.
Ning Ya's face was dark and gloomy. The hand that had just slapped Xia Jingtong was hanging at her side, still trembling slightly. "How dare you mention your performance costumes and your makeup?"
You go and quit that awful job right now! If you keep doing it, I won't need your grandparents to kick you out; I'll kick you out myself!
Xia Jingtong was even more indignant. She covered her face, tears streaming down her cheeks, and said indignantly, "Why? When we lived in that dilapidated house and couldn't even afford food, you didn't look down on me for having a shameful job. Now you look down on me for having a shameful job. You're just kicking me when I've served my purpose!"
Xia Ruizhe also stepped forward, "How dare you talk to your mother like that!"
Ning Ya stopped Xia Ruizhe from continuing to scold Xia Jingtong and deviating from the topic.
Instead, he looked at Xia Jingtong and said, "Didn't I look down on your job before? Am I kicking you when you've served your purpose?"
Xia Jingtong, let me ask you, what kind of help did your job provide for us? Did you spend even a single penny of the money you earned on me, your father, your grandparents, or anyone else?
Have you ever bought a single grain of rice or a piece of meat for your home?
Xia Jingtong's eyes flickered, and she muttered softly, "Isn't that because I just started working and didn't have anything? All the money went to buying performance costumes and makeup."
Ning Ya looked at her daughter coldly, "I've already said it to you. Whether you want to quit your job or not is up to you!"
After saying that, Ning Ya said to Xia Tingyu and Xia Tingchen, "Tingyu, Tingchen, you two go back to your rooms. They won't dare to argue with you."
Xia Tingyu and Xia Tingchen exchanged a glance.
They were actually a little embarrassed, because for them, it really didn't matter whether they lived on the second or third floor.
But now that Grandpa has personally called out their names, they can only stay in these two rooms.
Ning Ya was putting on a brave face when she was outside, but once she got to her room, she sat on the edge of the bed and started wiping away her tears.
Xia Ruizhe felt sorry for his wife when he saw her like this, so he went over and wiped away her tears. "It's okay, don't cry."
Ning Ya looked at Xia Ruizhe through tears and said, "Ruize, I realize I was wrong, really wrong. I used to only care about arguing with my sisters-in-law, and only care about eating, drinking and having fun. I didn't raise the two children well."
The two of them are like this now..."
Ning Ya couldn't help but shed tears when she thought of her two children.
She had never cared whether Xia Zicheng and Xia Jingtong were capable or not before.
In her view, the Xia family had enough resources and money, even if Xia Jingtong and Xia Zicheng were completely incompetent.
Born into the Xia family, they could have lived a life free from want.
But this time, she truly realized that her two children were far inferior to those of the first and second wives.
When Xia Ruizhe was abroad, he only cared about his own carefree life and didn't care about his children.
It was only after he returned to China and ran out of money, needing to make a living on his own, that he gradually discovered that Xia Jingtong and Xia Zicheng had been spoiled.
He sighed silently in his heart, but on the surface he comforted Ning Ya, saying, "It's okay. Now that we've found out, we'll try to turn things around if we can. If we can't, then we'll just have to think that our children and grandchildren will have their own blessings."
Ning Ya wiped away her tears and nodded, "But from now on, we must set a good example ourselves."
"Tomorrow at Huo Beixiao's company, after he assigns us work, even if we don't stay at the company to find evidence, we still have to work hard."
Xia Ruizhe nodded in agreement.
Meanwhile, similar conversations were taking place in the rooms of the eldest and second branches of the Xia family.
In the past, when families were wealthy, everyone felt that some of a child's flaws could be tolerated, and if a child was truly incompetent, they could be supported by the family.
But when they truly fell on hard times, they realized that if their children were not successful, no amount of family wealth would be enough to squander.
Meanwhile, Huo Beixiao repeatedly picked up and put down his mobile phone, finally mustering the courage to dial the number.
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