Chapter 792: Chapter 791: Are You Sick?!
Ji Man felt that Shao Xingbang had not told the Shao Family about finding a widow with a child, otherwise he would have faced strong opposition long ago.
Given Shao Xingbang’s family background, none of his family mbers would have agreed.
A few days ago, Ji Man followed Lin Xia and learned where she lived; she hid nearby waiting for an opportunity to show up.
As it turned out, she didn’t know if it was providence or fate, but she encountered Shao irou, who was out alone.
“Auntie!” Ji Man ran up to Shao irou.
Shao irou was startled; she was looking at the shopping list in her hands, not expecting soone to swoop in from behind—and that soone was the long-absent Ji Man!
Shao irou was greatly surprised; after her younger brother had broken up with Ji Man, Ji Man had attempted suicide by slitting her wrist and had sched with her family to bring him back, leaving the Shao family with a terrible impression of her.
“Ji Man?! Humph! Calling auntie now! What do you want by stopping ?”
Facing Shao irou’s scorn, Ji Man was seething inside, yet her expression remained unchanged, “Auntie! I have sothing I want to tell you!”
Shao irou didn’t want to deal with her; the girl had a bad character, always looking for opportunities to sow discord and sche.
“I don’t want to hear it! Let give you so advice—it’s better not to harbor ulterior motives!”
As soon as Shao irou finished speaking, she walked away, but Ji Man urgently grabbed her arm, “I’m not harboring ulterior motives, I just think it’s terrible that you are all being kept in the dark!”
“Let go of ! What do you an?” Shao irou shook her off like flicking away a fly.
Hate flashed in Ji Man’s eyes, “You don’t know yet! Shao Xingbang has taken up with a widow with a child!”
At these words, Shao irou’s heart skipped a beat, and anger surged within her. Her brother truly was sothing else—out of all the people, he ended up entangled with Liang Wei!
She believed this might indeed be true, because Shao Xingbang had been in a good mood since coming back lately; if he had been snubbed, the wretched boy wouldn’t have acted this way.
But she definitely couldn’t make a scene in front of Ji Man, as that would just give her the satisfaction of seeing her distressed.
“Are you sick? My brother has broken up with you; whoever he dates is his right! Why do you co to with this nonsense?”
Ji Man was dumbfounded; this was not how she had envisioned the scenario unfolding. Half skeptical, she questioned, “You don’t care?”
Has the Shao family’s standards dropped so low? Even accepting a widow with a child?
“Why should we care! Xingbang isn’t a child; he’s old enough to know what he’s doing! As for you, I’ll give you so advice—always stirring up trouble, heaven is watching, be careful of retribution!”
Shao irou left these words behind as she walked away, leaving Ji Man alone, disheveled in the wind.
Shao irou knew Ji Man’s motive was to get them to ddle, and though she sounded confident, she would certainly care if she knew her brother was truly involved with Liang Wei!
But she dared not go back and imdiately tell the patriarch about this; the weather had been unusually hot and cold lately, and the old master’s health was unstable.
What if, upon hearing the news, he beca so angry that his condition worsened?
Who could Shao irou consult for a strategy?
This ti she couldn’t turn to her daughter-in-law, Lin Xia!
Lin Xia definitely knew about Liang Wei and her brother’s relationship, yet that child hadn’t breathed a word of it to them.
Shao irou was sowhat dissatisfied with Lin Xia. Wasn’t she doing enough as a mother-in-law?
She looked after her child, supported her career, and treated her like her own daughter.
But in the end, how did this child behave?
Shao irou didn’t believe that Lin Xia knew nothing about the situation between Shao Xingbang and Liang Wei.
As Shao irou walked, she thought about whom to seek. Her eldest brother was not at ho, but her sister-in-law was.
Shao irou hesitated for a mont, but decided not to go to her, as her sister-in-law always sided with her younger brother.
If she went to the sister-in-law, she might end up giving her brother a powerful ally.
In the end, Shao irou went to the hospital to find Shao ifang.
When Shao ifang heard that her brother had chosen a widow with a child, she was absolutely furious.
“Sis! What is Shao Xingbang thinking? Has he lost his mind? Have all the good girls on earth died, that he must date Xiaozheng’s dead friend’s wife? Does he have an addiction to being a stepfather?
It really makes angry!” she complained, “Why didn’t you tell earlier?”
“I just found out myself! Before, it was just a guess, but that kid, Xingbang, didn’t talk about it when he ca back, so I thought there was nothing to it!
ifang! What should we do? We can’t tell Dad for now, the old man was already ntally exhausted from the issue of Xingbang and Liang Wei a few days ago.
If he knew that the two were already getting along, wouldn’t that make him sick?” Shao irou was always the one most concerned about her father.
Shao ifang spoke very quickly, “What else can we do? As his older sisters, we need to step up now. We can’t be foolish just because Shao Xingbang is being hot-headed!
Everyone would laugh their heads off if they knew he was so picky for years and ended up with a widow with a child. Where would our Shao family’s face be after that?”
Shao irou nodded in agreent, “That’s what I think too. So many families are watching us, Xingbang hasn’t been picky without cause over the years, and now this, sigh, it just upsets …”
Shao ifang couldn’t help but complain, “If you ask , Sis, your daughter-in-law is really sothing! She works in Lin Xia’s factory, I just can’t believe she would know nothing about it.
She cos ho every day and doesn’t even give you a hint! You need to think this through carefully after this situation, how you should set your heart in the future.”
“You can’t say that, ifang! I think maybe Xingbang told her not to say anything. As an elder, Lin Xia can’t just ignore what’s said!” Shao irou had been unhappy with Lin Xia over this matter, but their relationship had been developing over more than a day or two. When soone else spoke ill of her, she found herself uncomfortably defending Lin Xia.
Shao ifang rolled her eyes in disbelief, “Sis! You really are a good mother-in-law! Anyone who ends up with you must have done countless good deeds in their past lives! Alright! Let’s not talk about Lin Xia anymore.
I think we need to deal with that widow. She should have so self-awareness, right? A widow with a child just isn’t a good match for Xingbang.
We need to work on her. If she’s reasonable, perhaps we won’t even need to say much. Just by ntioning Xiaozheng’s friend and our support, she might withdraw on her own.
Once she steps back, Shao Xingbang’s enthusiasm will soon cool down!”
“Great! Then let’s find an opportunity to talk to her! But ifang, even as we talk, let’s be kind, not too harsh.
After all, she is Xiaozheng’s friend’s wife, and we still have to keep in touch.”
We can’t afford to have the kind of barrier we had with Lin Xia last ti; it’s not so easy to dissolve, and the relationship between my sister and Lin Xia is still lukewarm even now.
“Don’t worry! Sis! I know the limits!”
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