Chapter 381: Eighty's Gourmet System (19)

The Main System could not win against the Host, and stammered out the truth of what had happened in the original world.

【Host, System didn't mean not to tell you, it's just that things hadn't developed to that point yet. Look, aren't I telling you everything now?】

Xie Yang sneered: So you're saying you're in the right?

Main System: 【……】

It always felt like the Host was being sarcastic, but it had no evidence.

Who was it keeping secrets from the Host for? It was all for the sake of the System Realm's reputation.

It wasn't easy for it! Wuwu!

【Host, now that you know, that woman is truly evil! You must not let her succeed!】

Xie Yang ignored it and instead asked Liu Shen about this person named Xue Lihua.

"Xue Lihua? She's a rather selfish person. In the two years since she married here, I've never seen her do any housework, and she just dumped the children on your mother-in-law after giving birth. She wouldn't even care if the kids were crying; she only cared about her own clothes and makeup. I remember when Shuisheng was two, he accidentally stepped on one of her lipsticks, oh my, she beat Shuisheng until he cried for a whole night..."

"But back then her heart wasn't in this home. Now that she's gotten her wish and married her previous partner, I suppose she'll be good to Shuisheng and Musheng."

【Impossible!】

The Main System ranted wildly in Xie Yang's mind, and even learned a classic human insult:

【A dog can't stop eating excrement!】

Xie Yang: ……

After sending Liu Shen away, she rubbed her temples and simply spent some points to have the Main System activate target tracking to keep an eye on Xue Lihua.

The Main System thus began its twenty-four-hour non-stop reporting:

【Host, Xue Lihua is meeting with a distant relative.】

【Host, Xue Lihua and her distant relative are talking about Musheng. On the surface, it's adoption, but in reality, she accepted three hundred yuan from the other party.】

【Host, Xue Lihua asked her relative if there are any other families who want a boy, as she still has a seven-year-old son she wants to give away. Her relative said seven is too old, worried he won't be easily tamed, and offered fifty at most. Xue Lihua agreed.】

【Host, Xue Lihua is coaxing her husband, saying that in two days at most, she will send both Shuisheng and Musheng away, and they definitely won't disturb their comfortable and happy little family.】

【Host, Xue Lihua is still coaxing her husband... Huh? What kind of coaxing method is this? Why is she taking off her clothes? Oh my!... Beep beep beep!】

Xie Yang: "……"

Fortunately, whenever she was alone with her partner in the past, she would block it in time; otherwise, the one being "beeped" would have been her.

That said, is Xue Lihua really the biological mother of Shuisheng and Musheng?

Even a tiger won't eat its own cubs!

She is worse than a beast!

【Host, now you know how bad this woman is, right? So when she comes to pick up the kids tomorrow, you must not soften your heart and agree. Just give her a punch and tell her to get lost.】

Xie Yang: "……"

She narrowed her eyes: "No! Let her pick them up!"

【Host??? You, you, you don't love the little cubs anymore?】

Xie Yang: "If I don't give her the chance, how can I send her on a prison tour?"

【……】

The Host is still the most ruthless.

……

The next day, Xue Lihua really came to pick up the children.

It happened to be Sunday, and Xie Yang and both children were at home.

After breakfast, the two children were wearing little straw hats, following her in the backyard vegetable patch to catch bugs to feed the chickens.

"Shuisheng! Musheng! Mommy has come to take you home!"

Xue Lihua arrived accompanied by the Women's Director, and as soon as she saw the two children, she broke into a smile.

If Xie Yang hadn't known the truth beforehand, seeing this scene, she really would have thought she genuinely missed the two children and wanted to take them to her side to care for them.

One can only say that the human heart is hard to fathom.

The Women's Director had fallen for it.

She was moved by this scene and said to Xie Yang with a gratified expression:

"Xiao Xie, Xiao Xue is actually quite a good person. At first, she refused to face it, saying she couldn't accept the bad news about the Zhang family mother and son. After these days of easing, she finally walked out of the grief, and the first thing she did was entrust someone to contact me, willing to take the two children back to raise them. I just said, how could a biological mother not miss her own children."

Xie Yang: "……"

"Xiao Xie, I know you are a good comrade. Shuisheng and Musheng have put on weight since being with you, and they've grown taller, but this can't last forever. You are still young, and you will eventually need to build your own family. Since the children clearly have a biological mother, there's no reason for you to bear this burden."

Xie Yang had nothing to say, and nodded at the Women's Director: "If the children are willing, I have no objections."

Are the children willing?

Actually, they are not.

But Shuisheng is sensible.

Before moving out of the Tube Building, he had heard many rumors.

Some nosy gossips even said some annoying things to his face:

"When your stepmother gets married and has her own children later, you and Musheng will become unwanted children."

"Your stepmother is good to you now because she doesn't have children! Once she has her own, your bitter days will begin!"

There were also a few old ladies who wanted to introduce partners to the stepmother; seeing the two brothers, they would also mutter a few words:

"Where is your biological mother? Why doesn't she come to pick you up? How can a biological mother be around and you still live with a stepmother? Your stepmother is going to be dragged to death by you!"

"I kindly wanted to introduce a partner to your stepmother, but because of you two little burdens, your stepmother is now unwanted."

"What a sin!"

So, he and Musheng were burdens to their stepmother, they were "little oil bottles."

At this moment, he thought of what those people in the Tube Building said behind their backs.

If he and his younger brother had gone with their biological mother, would they not have become the stepmother's burdens?

Shuisheng looked at his biological mother's opening and closing mouth, not hearing a word of what she was saying at all.

He shifted his gaze not far away.

The stepmother gave him an encouraging smile.

His nose suddenly felt sour, and his eyes felt hot too.

He wiped his eyes, strode forward, and ran over.

"Mom!"

"Yes!"

Xie Yang opened her arms, bent down, and hugged him.

"I will miss you."

"Okay."

Xie Yang nodded and smoothed out his hair, which was slightly damp with sweat.

The Main System choked up: 【Host, the little brat is so sensible and cute, why not change the plan?】

Xie Yang: Then you have to ask Xue Lihua, will she give up?

【...】

She won't!

That woman has even negotiated the price; if she doesn't succeed in a day, she will definitely come knocking again.

Xie Yang: So I don't want to spend a thousand days guarding against a thief.

Rather than guarding against a thief for a thousand days, it is better to waste a few days to completely resolve this hidden danger.

"Mom! Mom!"

Musheng was already a stranger to Xue Lihua; seeing his older brother run away, he also moved his short legs, dodged Xue Lihua's attempt to hug him, and ran toward Xie Yang.

Xue Lihua almost couldn't maintain the smile on her face.

She dug her fingernails into her palms, composed her facial expression, and turned to walk toward Xie Yang.

"You are the one A Li married later? Thank you for taking care of my two sons during this time, you've worked hard."

Xie Yang nodded at her; for a hypocritical woman, a straight punch is the best way to respond:

"Hard work is not the word. But since you want to take them away, please settle the bill. For the children's living expenses during this period, I paid half for Zhang Li, and you have to pay the other half. After all, you are their biological mother, and you have an inescapable responsibility to support them."

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