Chapter 324: Is Aunt Dead?

Bai Mo thought she wanted to use her aunt to threaten her, and gave a contemptuous huff.

There was no such thing as a weakness of hers in this world.

If her aunt was doing well, that would certainly be cause for joy, but if she were to suddenly meet with a disaster, that would just be fate.

"I won't use your aunt to threaten you," Mother Li understood her very well, "because you are a selfish, hypocritical, and utterly shameless thing."

"You clearly knew before that your aunt had gone to do that kind of work, yet you still spent money lavishly; a person like that has no conscience."

"She is also unlucky; at such an old age, she nurtured a tiger that would cause her harm. It would have been one thing if she had no children, but to raise someone like you has only brought misery upon herself."

"My aunt is dead?" Bai Mo finally could not help but chime in.

Mother Li only smiled, "I won't tell you."

From then on, Bai Mo experienced all kinds of torment under Mother Li's hands, from the destruction of her personal dignity to the vicious methods Mother Li found from who knows where, such as sticking needles into her fingertips; Bai Mo never had a single day of peace in body or mind.

She had thought about biting her tongue to commit suicide, but when it came down to it, she lacked the necessary ruthlessness.

In the end, only the belief that she could not die supported her.

Two years later.

Before Shen Yuan's grave.

"I really didn't expect that we would be the only two people to come and see her off in the end."

Ming Zi's hair was now completely white, combed flat against the back of her head and secured with an old-fashioned hairpin.

Si Rong wore a long black velvet dress and had cut her hair short, dyeing it a black-brown color.

"Indeed, with the kind of genes their family has, it's only when they're dead that people dare to have contact with them."

Ming Zi smiled and gripped her cane tighter, "It's strange to say, she was clearly an ungrateful wretch in front of you, so how could she be so devoted to her brother's daughter?"

"Perhaps because you are an outsider, while they are family with blood ties. There was a period before when she intended to live a proper life; I heard she married a teacher who was very honest and steady, but later, I don't know how, they divorced and she got back together with her niece, then went back to that line of work."

"In the end, she brought it upon herself. She caught a venereal disease and didn't even have anyone willing to bury her. How pitiful."

After all, she had watched her grow up since she was a child, but it was a pity that her affection had been completely exhausted by her.

"That niece of hers didn't even come back to bury her!"

"Want to come back? I heard she's still paralyzed," Si Rong couldn't help but say, "Sigh! Her aunt is gone, who knows what will happen to her in the future."

"You were certainly wise; how did you manage to refuse to let your son be with that Bai Mo back then? If you had really let them be together, I'm afraid it would have turned your household upside down. How were you so decisive at the time?" Ming Zi asked teasingly, "Do enlighten me."

"It was from the moment I knew her true identity; I was very worried that she would inherit certain qualities from Nainai, or from her father and mother,"

Si Rong folded her hands in front of her, "Looking back now, my decision was completely correct."

"Mm, completely correct, worthy of being a daughter of the Si Family!"

Ming Zi was still the supportive companion by her side; Si Rong grasped her hand, "We are both old now."

"That's because the children have all grown up," Ming Zi suddenly thought, "By the way, when did you say your son set his wedding date?"

"The sixteenth of next month."

Her son's relationship with Jiang Yue had always been very stable, and Si Rong was relatively at ease; she was now more concerned about her daughter's lifelong affairs.

"I don't know what kind of person Juzi will find in the future,"

Her health was deteriorating day by day, and she only hoped to see her children settled before she closed her eyes.

"Isn't she still seeing that youngest son of the Wan Fang family?" Ming Zi was also quite satisfied with that boy from the Wan family; he was a man of talent and appearance, and his family background was rarely as well-matched as the Jiang Family.

"Who knows? They said they were seeing each other before, but he has been abroad the whole time. My Juzi is twenty-four this year; if it doesn't work out, we will have to look at other families."

She only had this one daughter, so naturally, she wanted to pick a family nearby so she could see her whenever she wanted.

"It's not our era anymore; people marry late," Ming Zi held her usual view, "Girls should either marry up or marry equally; they must never marry down."

Si Rong seemed to see the young Ming Zi and smiled, saying, "How so?"

"For example, my first marriage: a girl from a poor mountain village marrying Luo Sheng was marrying up; even if there wasn't much love, I gained a lifetime of wealth;"

"For example, your second marriage was a perfect match, which is why you and Jiang Cheng could be loving until old age;"

"As for your first marriage, that was a tragedy caused by marrying down."

"And it wasn't just one tragedy; it was endless trouble. Li Xuan, Shen Chi, Shen Yuan, and even the daughter Shen Chi had misidentified and then found again—which one of them hasn't caused you grief?"

She counted them off for Si Rong on her fingers one by one.

Si Rong:...

Already humbled, please spare me.

"We are talking about Juzi's lifelong affairs, why are you dragging up those old stories again?"

Si Rong hurriedly made her stop, "I'm at an age where my blood pressure is unstable; stop using those foolish things from my youth to irritate me!"

"As for Juzi's affairs, I advise you to worry less. Children nowadays have their own ideas; worrying too much is just like a blind man lighting a lamp—a waste of wax!"

"Stop following me!" Jiang Siyu scolded the man in front of her, "I already have a boyfriend!"

After graduating from university, she joined a fashion design company and didn't let her parents intervene, starting from the bottom herself.

A suitor suddenly appeared by her side during this time; he was a mixed-race man with the Chinese name Daxi, tall and handsome.

Every day, without fail, he brought a bouquet of fresh flowers and various desserts and gifts morning, noon, and night, making a crowd of female colleagues envious.

"Beautiful lady, I don't see any boyfriend by your side. If you use such an excuse to reject me, I will be heartbroken." Daxi clutched his chest, putting on a heartbroken expression.

Jiang Siyu was getting annoyed by his pestering, "Mr. Daxi, if you don't believe me, I have no obligation to explain it to you, so, goodbye forever."

After she left, her colleagues felt it was a pity for her, "Is that how you treat a handsome guy?"

Jiang Siyu frowned; this guy named Daxi had suddenly appeared by her side, perhaps he had some ulterior motive.

He was from the M Country, and the reason Fu Yang had been unable to get away in the United States these past few years was because of the obstruction from Wan Fang's several step-sons.

She lowered her head and asked a classmate who had become a police officer to help check on this Daxi.

Daxi lowered his head and cursed, then turned and shouted into the phone, "Didn't you say that Huaguo girls are all cheap and would throw themselves at us M Country men? Why isn't the one I met like that?"

"I didn't expect Fu Yang's girlfriend to be so interesting; now I've taken a liking to her too!"

"However, I don't have that much patience; I'm going to get my hands on her tonight!"

Hanging up the phone, he turned around and saw Jiang Siyu, who had returned.

The young girl was wearing a black shirt dress, which looked both dashing and a hint alluring.

Daxi shrugged his shoulders, "Just now, I was joking with a friend; the culture where we are from is relatively open."

"No, I heard you say you were going to get me into bed."

Jiang Siyu undid one button on her shirt with one hand and narrowed her eyes slightly, "Come on!"

Daxi felt a surge of joy in his heart; so the rumors were true, Huaguo girls really are cheap! Here he came!