Chapter 302
Su Miao brought Liu Xu to the living room in the front yard. After Liu Xu entered the yard, she began to look around.
The living room was decorated simply and elegantly, yet exuded a warm atmosphere. She sat down on a carved wooden chair and asked, "This yard is nice. How much is the monthly rent for this place?"
"Why? Mom wants to give me living expenses?"
Liu Xu was a little surprised by this sudden question. She opened her eyes wide and said in surprise, "What? What living expenses?"
Su Miao showed a hint of sarcasm on her face: "Oh, I thought my mother came here this time to care about whether I was doing well and to give me some pocket money."
After hearing this, Liu Xu seemed a little uncomfortable. She lowered her head slightly and said, "We didn't agree on this when your father and I divorced. Now your father has opened a shop, and it seems that his conditions are not bad. I shouldn't have to pay for his living expenses."
"Well, what is the purpose of your coming today?" Su Miao said calmly.
"Let's take a look at the gifts first. They're all small dresses I bought in the boutique section of the department store. They're the latest styles. See if they're suitable."
Liu Xu took out several dresses with tags from the bag she was carrying and compared them to Su Miao with great interest.
Then I discovered to my embarrassment that it was too small.
Su Miao stared at her motionlessly and said slowly, "Mom hasn't seen me for two years. I guess you bought it based on the old size. Maybe you forgot that people grow up."
Liu Xu said hurriedly: "It's okay, I'll change the size for you."
Su Miao decisively refused: "No, I don't need it anymore."
Liu Xu looked up at her daughter sitting on the chair. Su Miao looked at her with a cold and distant gaze. Her well-fitting and exquisite clothes made the ill-fitting dress in her hand look like a joke.
"You were just pretending."
Liu Xu suddenly seemed to understand something and said with certainty.
Su Miao simply curled her lips slightly and replied, "Mom's acting is so good. She's so good at acting in public and behind people's backs. As your daughter, even if I can't inherit her, I can at least learn from her. After all, you don't want to embarrass yourself in front of so many people, right?"
"So you hate me deeply in your heart."
"What else? Should I be grateful for your harsh treatment over the past ten years?"
Now that the mask has been torn off, Liu Xu no longer pretends to be a loving mother. If Wang Dachui hadn't urged her to come every day, she would not want to see her daughter at all, who symbolized her miserable life for more than ten years.
Liu Xu casually threw the clothes in her hands onto the coffee table, straightened her back, sat down on the chair, and said reluctantly: "It was your Uncle Wang who asked me to come here. He said that if you want, you can live with us. As long as you transfer your household registration to our house, he is willing to pay for your living expenses and all future school expenses."
Su Miao, who had experienced her past life, naturally knew that Wang Dachui was attracted by her title of the top scorer in the high school entrance examination. She pretended to be very interested and said, "Oh? Uncle Wang is so generous. What does he do for a living?"
Speaking of Wang Dachui, Liu Xu's smug expression was undisguised. "He's not a worker, he's the boss. He used to run a restaurant business, but it was much bigger than your father's. He had more than a dozen employees working, unlike your father who had to go into the kitchen himself. Later, he moved on to something even more lucrative. Have you heard of that leather factory on the outskirts of the city? The one that opened last year is owned by your Uncle Wang! He even knows the city leaders."
Tannery? Newly opened last year?
Su Miao suddenly realized: "Oh~ It's that black-hearted boss who withholds workers' wages! Exploitationism, no wonder he's so rich."
Liu Xu complained, "What do you mean by exploitation? The boss invested money and connections, so naturally he wants to make money. Besides, we didn't force the workers to come here. There are plenty of people lining up to sign up."
"Alright, you guys are drinking happily from the workers' hard-earned money, but I feel sick watching it. Since we don't share the same ideals, we can't work together. You just said that my custody will go to my father when we divorce, so there's no relationship between you and me. You don't have to pay for my living expenses, and you don't have to pretend to visit me in the future. After all, I'm not in such a good mood every day to play along with you."
Liu Xu was so angry at her sharp words that she stood up and said, "Su Miao, don't be so ungrateful. If you stay here, you will just be the daughter of a chef. If you come with me, you will fly to the branches and become a phoenix."
Su Miao crossed his legs, a rare occurrence, and glanced up and down at the willow catkins. He said, "A carp that can leap over the Dragon Gate has real talent, but a pheasant that flies onto a branch cannot become a true phoenix even if it wears phoenix feathers."
Liu Xu naturally understood the implication behind her words, and her anger immediately soared: "How could I have given birth to such a fool like you? You can't seize opportunities, and you have no foresight. You will never amount to anything in your life."
Su Miao said to her as if she was laughing at a joke: "Liu Xu, you have been a rich wife for a while, why haven't you made any progress? You are so impatient. Didn't you just say that you miss me every day? You can't pretend after just a few words?
If you want me to settle down in your family, you should be more humble, right? Aren’t you thinking of winning me over just because I have a promising future? Why did you change your mind?
Liu Xu laughed in anger: "I haven't made any progress? Su Miao, don't be stubborn. Just run this shabby shop with your dad and sell stinky pig intestines for the rest of your life! If Lao Wang hadn't asked me to come, do you think I would care about you? Don't come to me crying and beg me in the future."
"Hey~ You guessed it right, Lao Wang, Lao Wang~ Lao Wang told you to go east, you didn't dare to go west. Lao Wang told you to come, you didn't dare not come.
Liu Xu, the family you've been sold to doesn't look good. My dad used to be very obedient to you, but you weren't satisfied. Now, Lao Wang is happy to treat you like a maid. Do you have some kind of fetish?"
"You! Vulgar! So vulgar!"
After being rebuked by Su Miao, Liu Xu could no longer stay and turned to leave, but was stopped by Su Miao the next second:
"Hey! Bring the little skirt with you. If you have a little sister next year, you can keep it for her to wear. Don't waste it."
Liu Xu had been married to Wang Dachui for such a long time and there was no sign of pregnancy. Hearing what she said, she became even more furious. She didn't even bother to take the skirt and rushed out without looking back.
Su Miao walked out slowly and put on an aggrieved expression before opening the door.
"Miao Miao, are you okay? Why did your mother... run away so angrily?" Su Yuanzheng asked worriedly when he saw her come out.
Su Miao said innocently, "I don't know either. We were all fine, but Mom suddenly asked me to go to her house and transfer my household registration there to become Uncle Wang's daughter. I didn't want to do that, so she got angry."
"She actually said that! She was the one who said..." Su Yuanzheng suddenly stopped talking.
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