Xu Keke came out of the bathroom, and Li Shaojie's father, Li Guodong, was sitting on the sofa in the living room. He smiled and was about to greet her when he saw her. He was interrupted by Lu Cuihua, Li Shaojie's mother, who came out of the master bedroom.
"Tingting, what are you wearing? Why are you walking around the house dressed like that?"
His tone sounded like he was doing it for her own good, but he was actually just nitpicking.
Xu Keke had been waiting for this moment. She pretended to lower her head and carefully examined her clothes. The bright red embroidered silk nightgown was a wedding gift that Du Wenting's aunt had brought back for her from Hong Kong.
Although this outfit is rare to find, it's actually quite conservative. It's long-sleeved and long-legged, the only difference being the small blazer collar that reveals a bit of skin below the neck. It's difficult to be anything but conservative, especially since it's still spring and showing too much skin would be too cold.
Xu Keke feigned ignorance and asked, "It's pajamas, what's wrong with it? Is there something wrong with it?"
Lu Cuihua rolled her eyes and scolded, "You child, and you call yourself a teacher? On TV, people wear pajamas in their own rooms. Look, your father-in-law is sitting here too. It's not appropriate for you to dress like this. What will people think? Don't dress like this in the house again."
Xu Keke sneered inwardly. "Your own room back." With just a nightgown, Lu Cuihua swept the room open, and the two-bedroom apartment left to her by her grandfather, except for the second bedroom, was all theirs.
She wasn't Du Wenting. In her past life, when Du Wenting heard Lu Cuihua's words, she simply assumed that Du Wenting had never seen anyone wear such clothes before and was just being disapproving. She actually went straight back to her room to change her clothes.
Little do they know that such a person's one act of tolerance amounts to countless compromises.
From then on, Lu Cuihua became increasingly unreasonable and wouldn't stop. Once or twice, it was tolerated, but after a while, she started interfering in everything—what she ate, what she wore, and so on.
Xu Keke looked at Lu Cuihua nonchalantly and said, "What's the big deal? Didn't Li Shaojie say you're going back tomorrow? I'll be home alone from now on, I can wear whatever I want."
Lu Cuihua, ".........", she was referring to the clothes they were wearing, not when they mentioned going back. Besides, who said they were going back tomorrow?
Lu Cuihua was speechless for a moment before finally saying angrily, "No matter when we leave, you can't just stay in the house wearing these clothes."
"Why not?" Xu Keke retorted without hesitation.
Lu Cuihua was stunned. This child couldn't tell she was angry? She used to be so good-natured, but today she was always so argumentative. She had always worried that Du Wenting, taking advantage of her family's wealth, wouldn't respect them. Once she married into the Li family, she was one of them.
Lu Cuihua rolled her eyes, raised her voice, and scolded, "What! ...What why? Your father-in-law is still here. What kind of image would it have if he saw this? What would the neighbors think? Where would we put our family's reputation?"
"Neighbors? Who in this house is a neighbor? Do you think this is your countryside, where you can see the next yard from this yard?" Xu Keke had no problem with the countryside, she just said this to annoy Lu Cuihua.
Seeing Lu Cuihua's eyes widen, Xu Keke added, "So you're saying that Li Shaojie's father has problems with his thinking and conduct, that he overthinks things just because a woman is wearing pajamas, and that he's a hooligan?"
Lu Cuihua was furious. Pointing at her, she shouted angrily, "You...who are you calling a hooligan!"
Lu Cuihua's anxiety was not without reason. If someone were to expose her, the police would investigate, and hooliganism could be a serious crime punishable by death.
"Mom, keep your voice down." Li Shaojie ran out of the house carrying a broom.
Even Li Guodong, who had been sitting, stood up.
“Tingting, I know you’re unhappy this morning, but you can’t just talk nonsense,” Li Shaojie said, displeased.
Xu Keke rolled her eyes inwardly. She wasn't very bold, but her skill at shifting blame was quite impressive. She started by saying she was unhappy, and then immediately pinned all the blame on her.
Xu Keke snorted coldly, "If your family doesn't provoke me, I'll be unhappy. This house is so big, did you not hear what your mother said, or what I said? You come up here and say I'm talking nonsense."
Staring at him, knowing she was looking for trouble, Li Shaojie still guiltily looked away. "No matter what my mom says, you can't call my dad a hooligan, can you?"
The whole family was unhappy to hear that his father was a scoundrel. In her past life, Du Wenting discovered Li Shaojie's questionable conduct and filed for divorce. Lu Cuihua turned the tables, telling everyone that if Du Wenting weren't the daughter of Li Shaojie's teacher, Li Shaojie would have divorced her long ago. This was because Du Wenting wasn't a respectable woman; she tried to seduce everyone, and on her wedding day, she even flaunted herself in her pajamas in front of her father-in-law.
Even though the couple hadn't consummated their marriage for over a month, Du Wenting's father spoke privately with Li Shaojie. Li Shaojie made the excuse that he was too busy with work.
Lu Cuihua also claimed that Li Shaojie was too busy with work and hadn't slept with her for several days, so Du Wenting had her father put pressure on Li Shaojie.
At that time, Du Wenting's parents had just passed away in a car accident.
Du Wenting's upbringing instilled in her the virtues of kindness and compassion. Faced with rumors and gossip, she was helpless, and ultimately, due to her conduct, she was expelled from school.
She likes to create something out of nothing, so she'll let this family experience that too.
Xu Keke retorted bluntly, "Your mom said you can't wear pajamas at home, your dad will overthink it. Did you hear that? Long-sleeved pajamas, your dad will overthink it, what else is that but being a pervert? It's disgusting to even think about. Li Shaojie, how can your whole family be so disgusting?"
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