Seeing the interrogative tone in Mrs. Cai’s voice, Cai Gen Sheng and Cai Jinbao both looked anxious and as if they were looking at a fool. A myriad of grievances and helplessness surged in Cai Baoqin’s heart: "Mom, this is Jianjun’s and my choice, what’s the point of getting so worked up?"
"Am I not getting worked up for your sake?" Cai Zhaodi warily glanced at the door, then cautiously locked it, "Are you out of your mind? Why move out of such a big house? Aren’t you just handing it over for nothing to your eldest uncle and that widow of an aunt?"
"The old man is still alive. The house is his, and he can give it to whoever he wants in the future. Besides, there’s nothing wrong with us moving out."
"What’s so good about that? Is the house you’re living in now bigger than this one?" Cai Zhaodi poked Cai Baoqin’s forehead with her finger, "How did I give birth to such a fool? I don’t care, you move back right now. As for the house you’re living in now, temporarily let your dad, your brother, and I stay there."
"Impossible." Cai Baoqin’s face turned steely. She couldn’t believe that even after her rebirth, even after she had escaped the fate of her previous life, her mother still wanted her to be an underfoot creature.
What does temporarily an? Once they move in, will there ever be a chance to move back out? That’s what happened in her previous life. She and Ye Qiu had finally saved enough money to buy a house for their son. Just when the house was newly renovated, her parents used the excuse that her brother had finally managed to find a wife to make her temporarily vacate the house for her brother’s wedding.
And what beca of it? Once they moved in, they never moved out again, and her and Ye Qiu’s lifeti of hard work went down the drain.
They want to use the sa trick in this life, she would not be fooled again.
"Mom, I’ve made myself very clear, we’re not moving back. As for you all, I will rent another place for you," Cai Baoqin said with a cold face.
"Rent?" Cai Zhaodi raised her voice, "The Yan Family is so wealthy and you’re just going to rent a place for us to live?"
"If not rent, do you have the money to buy?" Cai Baoqin said disdainfully.
"We need to buy? Where do we have the money to buy? With a son-in-law as rich as he is, of course, he should buy it for us. We don’t need anything too fancy, just sothing similar to this house is fine, and find a job for your brother too. If he could beco an official like your son-in-law, that would be perfect. Then find your brother a rich and beautiful girl from the city, and your father and I will just wait to enjoy life," Cai Zhaodi said as if it was the most natural thing.
Cai Baoqin almost laughed in anger, especially when she saw the approving look on her father Cai Gen Sheng’s face and the yearning in her useless brother’s eyes. She felt a deep sense of disgust from the bottom of her heart. Why was she born into such a family?
"What a pipe dream." Cai Baoqin looked coldly at her bloodsucking family mbers, "I’m just your uneducated daughter, not an immortal, and I can’t fulfill your wildly unrealistic desires. Want Jianjun to buy you such a big house? Want Cai Jinbao to beco an official? Don’t even consider whether you can afford to live in it, or whether Cai Jinbao has the capability!"
"What kind of tone is that?" Cai Gen Sheng saw that Cai Baoqin was no longer the ek and submissive person she used to be and growled, "Your mother is right, if you don’t want to talk to your son-in-law, we will go and talk to him ourselves. Let’s see if he cares about his father-in-law, mother-in-law, and brother-in-law or not."
"Dad, don’t go too far." Cai Baoqin’s eyes reddened because she knew her family would do anything for money, and they wouldn’t care what kind of despising looks or mocking she would receive as their daughter.
She could even guess the surprised look on Jianjun’s face when he heard her parents’ rude requests, as well as the mocking expression of her sister-in-law Yan Juan. If her parents really made a fuss, how could she continue to stand her ground in the Yan Family?
"What do you think your son-in-law is capable of? He is just a minor official, and his monthly salary is just that little fixed amount. What can he possibly do?"
"Living in such a big house and saying no money? Don’t try to fool us." Cai Zhaodi was relentless, "Look at the clothes you’re wearing, the shoes, and even your hair done up, your outfit must have cost quite a bit, right? You have money to dress yourself up but no money to provide for your own parents and brother? I would like to go to the newspaper office and see what kind of justice this is; we’re familiar with them anyway and I don’t believe they won’t care. If they don’t, there’s still the police. What kind of daughter gets on her high horse and refuses to support her parents?"
"Mom!" Hearing Cai Zhaodi speak so confidently, Cai Baoqin’s face turned even paler, "Are you trying to force ?"
"Who is forcing you? It’s you who are vain and despise poverty for wealth." Having just learned these two idioms at the innkeeper’s tape recorder a couple of days ago, Cai Zhaodi felt very pleased with herself and continued, "Who told you to climb the social ladder and then disown your parents? Anyway, I don’t care, we have co to the capital and never thought about going back."
"Don’t be so sure about your words; the capital isn’t yours." Cai Baoqin, no longer holding back, sneered continuously, "What, do you think just because your daughter has married a rich man, you can do whatever you want? Do you really think that your son-in-law is completely devoted to your daughter? Do you think from now on you can just enjoy life without working every day? You’re dreaming!"
"Sister, how can you talk to Dad and Mom like this?" Seeing that Cai Baoqin was getting emotional, Cai Jinbao imdiately jumped out to reprimand her.
"How I talk to Dad and Mom? What’s that got to do with you? Just because you’re the Cai family’s only son, you think you can be so reckless? You think you can exploit endlessly? Cai Jinbao, was the position given to you just so you can recognize characters? Can you do arithtic? Do you know how to deal with people? You don’t know anything, so what makes you think you’re entitled to marry a pretty and wealthy wife from the city? Don’t think everyone is going to spoil you like our parents." Facing Cai Jinbao, Cai Baoqin was even less polite, angering all three alike.
"Slap!" Cai Gen Sheng suddenly gave her a fierce slap, his eyes blazing with fury, "You’ve grown bold after coming to the capital, daring to speak to like this?"
Cai Baoqin didn’t imdiately fly into a rage, instead, she said with full malice: "Dad, you don’t know yet, do you? The Yan Family hasn’t fully accepted even now. What if you guys make a scene and I end up getting thrown out of this family along with you? If it cos to that, we might as well all sleep on the streets together."
"The Yan Family hasn’t fully accepted you yet? But haven’t you already married into their family?" Cai Zhaodi was shocked.
"Why do you think I can be confident in this family? I’m a divorcee, from the countryside, and uneducated. Why would they need ? If I really had a status in this family, would my sister-in-law have treated you all like that just now?" Cai Baoqin laid it out, "So don’t take everything for granted, don’t think about threatening , and don’t think about getting sothing for nothing. Otherwise, we’ll all end up destitute on the street together. Dad, is that what you want? I guess you don’t even have the fare to get back ho, do you?"
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