washed-up mistress
Xia Tong recently had her wisdom teeth coming in, and the pain was unbearable every day, causing her to lose her appetite at mealtimes. Fu Jia felt sorry for her seeing her in so much pain and wanted to take her to the dentist, but Xia Tong resolutely refused: "I won't get my tooth pulled! I'd rather die than have it pulled!"
Fu Jia tried his best to persuade him, assuring him that the doctor he knew was a skilled practitioner who could minimize pain, and even advertising it out: "For painless tooth extraction, choose Dr. Zhang."
Xia Tong was in so much pain that she had no choice but to obey him. She covered half of her face, wanting to laugh but not daring to make any big movements, so she could only give him a disgruntled look: "You've been looking at too many fake advertisements on telephone poles!"
Once inside the dental clinic, Xia Tong started to get nervous again. This was a tooth being pulled, not some food stuck in a tooth! Fu Jia was also incredibly nervous. Would it really hurt? She kept telling the dentist, "Be gentle, Uncle Zhang, please be gentle!"
Dr. Zhang was preparing the equipment when he heard this. He turned around and looked at Fu Jia, teasingly saying, "Jia Jia, when did you become so timid?"
"Isn't she afraid of pain?" Fu Jia said dismissively, and was about to go over and follow the doctor to take a look at Xia Tong's teeth.
Xia Tong was extremely nervous. Lying on the bench, the headlights were so bright she could barely open her eyes. To make matters worse, Fu Jia, like a curious child, leaned over her, examining her teeth with the doctor. She felt even more embarrassed. She glared at Fu Jia, signaling him to move away. Receiving the warning, Fu Jia pouted and obediently stood aside. Seeing this, Dr. Zhang found it amusing and smiled without saying a word.
After being given the anesthesia, Xia Tong felt her mouth was numb, but not completely numb. When she saw Dr. Zhang pick up the large iron forceps, she suddenly remembered a scene from an American TV series: a woman who had killed someone and then used pliers to remove all the victim's teeth before burying the body to prevent the police from identifying her. The thought gave her goosebumps, and she immediately jumped up from her chair, grabbing the doctor's hand and asking pitifully, "The anesthesia will stop the pain, right?"
Her face scrunched up like a steamed bun. Dr. Zhang, a dentist for decades, had seen countless patients like her, and simply comforted her, "It doesn't hurt, it doesn't hurt much."
Upon hearing this, Xia Tong thought, "How can I believe what the doctor says?" She held her head and hesitated for a moment, "Wait, wait, let me calm down... I'm not ready yet."
Seeing her fearful expression, Fu Jia laughed and said, "So you're afraid of doctors? I should have studied medicine."
Upon hearing this, Xia Tong kicked him: "Serves you right for teasing me!"
Fu Jia was caught off guard and took a kick. Afterwards, she touched her thigh and said to Dr. Zhang with a wry smile, "I forgot, doctors are not immune to domestic violence either."
Dr. Zhang was a military doctor and an old friend of Fu Shaohua. When the topic came up again much later, Dr. Zhang just laughed and said, "Your young couple is quite interesting."
Xia Tong was already in excruciating pain from the tooth extraction, and to make matters worse, she ran into the person she hated most: Fu Jia had been summoned away by his father, which made her even more irritable.
Zheng Yulu, whom we hadn't seen in a long time, was completely without makeup, her hair disheveled, and heavily pregnant—a far cry from her previous arrogant self. Xia Tong examined her face closely; her complexion was somewhat sallow, and her eyelids were swollen, making her look like she had just given birth and appeared very haggard.
Seeing Xia Tong staring at her growing belly, she immediately said, "This child is your father's. If you give me ten thousand yuan, I will disappear immediately and never appear in front of you again."
Xia Tong's tooth still hurt, and she wasn't in a good mood, but she laughed instead: "My dad's? I just realized that you and him are the real love. Even after what happened to him, you still want to have a child for him. Go ahead and have the baby. I'm really sorry for kicking you last time. I acted impulsively." Xia Tong's smile was very natural, as if she was genuinely apologizing to her.
"No, this was just an accident. I'm already at my wit's end, and I don't think you want to have a younger brother for no reason, right?" Seeing that Xia Tong seemed to have softened her attitude and no longer hated her as much as before, Zheng Yulu thought there was an opportunity and continued to persuade her.
"A younger brother? If my mom marries Uncle Lü and has a younger brother, I'd be overjoyed! As for yours... don't flatter yourself."
"Please, just give me ten thousand yuan, and I promise I'll never show my face in front of you again. I don't want this child, and now I don't even have the money to abort him. I don't want to be dragged down by him either." Zheng Yulu was on the verge of tears, like the most innocent and pitiful woman in the world, describing her misfortune in such a poignant tone.
"Ten thousand yuan per child? You took the 100,000 yuan my mom gave my dad last time and had ten abortions?" This kind of expression might work on a man, but for Xia Tong, it was just perfect fodder for a joke. She never hesitated to use the most vicious language to attack women she didn't like.
"That's what your family owes me!" Zheng Yulu suddenly dropped her delicate demeanor, her eyes turning fierce and her expression ferocious. She stood up, pointing at Xia Tong's nose and angrily said, "Your family has ruined my life! My parents, my job, my friends, all gone! Do you think I wanted to be with your father? He seduced me! When I went for my bank interview, he was so confident he'd get me in, but it all fell through! He promised to get me a better job, that's why I paid him any attention! Otherwise, would I have put up with a lecherous, fat man touching me like that? You all think you're the victims, no one has ever considered my feelings. They all curse me, why? Why?! I gave him my youth! Is it wrong for me to want to get married and have a house?"
People were coming and going on the street, and passersby turned around to look at the pregnant woman who had suddenly lost her temper. This made Xia Tong the culprit in everyone's eyes: how could she make a pregnant woman angry?
Xia Tong didn't answer, nor did she pay attention to the accusing glances. She took two steps back, trying to keep her distance, and coldly watched her go crazy. Among the vast number of graduates, how many desperately seek any job, why did you alone choose this path?
"Why are you backing away? Are you looking down on me? Let me tell you, I'm better than all of you! I graduated from a prestigious university; only two students from my school got in! Our principal personally delivered the bonus to our home. Do you understand that kind of glory? Everyone looks up to you, everyone gives you a thumbs up—you people will never understand!" She glared at Xia Tong like a cornered beast, only showing a slight look of ecstasy when recalling her past glory. That fervent gaze of envy, that yearning to climb to the top—seemingly a distorted dream, perhaps just a beautified desire.
"Ha, you're so capable, yet you still want to curry favor with my dad?" Xia Tong scoffed at her words.
"Because I can't afford not to find a good job! Because I can't afford to be looked down upon!" Perhaps once someone is placed on a pedestal, they can no longer adapt to the air and the ground below. She passionately denounced everything, completely disregarding her pregnancy: "You're just like your mother! A pathetic and cowardly woman. Why are people like you so lucky? You can easily get everything and then squander it all! The best things in this world should be given to the strong, not to women who hide behind men!"
"You, who also became stronger thanks to my father, what right do you have to talk about us? Now that my father is gone, where do you stand?" Xia Tong said angrily.
"That's all because of you! Your mother always pretends to be so virtuous, how could an education newspaper publish my private affairs for no reason? Of course, it was your mother who colluded with her friends to do it! Do you think I don't know? Your whole family, big and small, are all fake good people, I hate people like you the most! You deserve to meet a corrupt official like Xia Xinwen!" Zheng Yulu continued to speak eloquently, as if the world owed her something.
"That newspaper story was about my mom?" Xia Tong was also shocked, but then she almost immediately burst out laughing. "My mom is really amazing! I should learn from her."
"What's there to be proud of? She was dumped by her husband, wasn't she?" Zheng Yulu looked at her smile with disdain. "A nearly fifty-year-old woman, she has no hope in this life." Then she smiled extremely smugly.
Xia Tong's face also turned cold, not wanting to get entangled with her any longer: "Stop laughing, or you won't have to spend 10,000 yuan to get rid of this child."
"Haha, now you know fear?" Zheng Yulu seemed to have found her weakness again, a glimmer of hope flashing in her eyes.
Xia Tong completely lost understanding of this crazy woman, and she didn't want to hear another word from her. Passersby were starting to gather around, but she coldly tossed out a single sentence: "Here's a piece of advice: next time you sell, find a better buyer. Milk powder is expensive these days."
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I went to the school's job fair today, and honestly... besides selling insurance, medical exams, and working as a receptionist or customer service representative, I couldn't do anything else!!! ╮(╯▽╰)╭ PS: This chapter will end tomorrow, and I'll post a few extra chapters later~ Goodnight everyone.
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