Xia Yiran frowned, watching Su Hui beside her.
What was wrong with her?
Why bring these things up suddenly?
In Xia Yiran's eyes, Su Hui was simply a spineless rich socialite, posing no threat whatsoever!
Xia Chengye also stared at Su Hui suspiciously, "What exactly are you trying to do?"
Su Hui ignored him and continued to say loudly, "You said you truly loved me, that I was the light of your life, the desire of your heart, and a rare treasure you needed to protect your entire life!"
Upstairs, Xia Xiaoqiu nearly choked on her watermelon!
"Hahahaha... light of my life... desire of my heart... rare treasure..."
She laughed uncontrollably, "Second Uncle, how could he, uh, so..."
Xie Wanfei finished, "Shameless."
Xia Xiaoqiu suppressed her laughter, not daring to agree.
To speak of her own uncle like that would be utter filial impiety!
Xie Wanfei stated directly, "Compared to the scholarly Su family, your second uncle was actually the one who married up. Xia Chengye came from a merchant background and desperately needed a lady with Su Hui's family background to help him elevate his social status. One can imagine that at the time, there were countless people with the same idea, practically trampling the Su family's doorstep! If he hadn't shown some sincerity then, they might not have even let him in the door!"
Xia Xiaoqiu rolled her eyes as she listened, "So my second uncle had such a humble side too! He acts so imperious all the time, I always thought my second aunt must have pursued him back then!"
Downstairs, Xia Chengye's face turned pale then red as he heard his wife's words, clearly looking extremely embarrassed!
"We're an old married couple, why bring that up now? Besides, I haven't done anything to wrong you all these years!"
"But you haven't given me the respect I deserve!"
*Crack—*
Su Hui casually picked up a teacup from the table and smashed it hard onto the floor!
Xia Chengye jumped, "You, what madness is this?"
Xia Yiran also didn't expect Su Hui to have such a temper. A quarrel between Su Hui and Xia Chengye wouldn't help her at all! Instead, it would delay her plans, which was not the outcome she wanted!
"Mad? Heh, you call this madness? Then what about this?" She walked to the wine cabinet again, opened the door, and took out a bottle.
"Put it down!" Xia Chengye was startled and moved to stop her, but it was too late. Su Hui threw it directly onto the floor without even blinking.
The bottle shattered, and the aroma of wine filled the air.
"Oh!" Xia Chengye's features contorted with distress.
Su Hui looked at her hand, showing no remorse, "Sorry, my hand slipped."
But the next second, she picked up another bottle, this time without any warning, and casually tossed it out the door.
"Ah!"
Xia Chengye clutched his head, his heart breaking as if it too would shatter along with the bottle.
"Stop smashing them! Don't smash anymore!"
Although he wasn't an alcoholic, he enjoyed collecting them, and always placed them in prominent positions where they could be seen upon entering. In critical moments, they could be used as gifts for smoothing things over, which showed the considerable value of a bottle of wine!
Su Hui picked up another bottle, and Xia Chengye lunged at her to snatch it away, "You woman, you're truly heartless! So heartless!"
Su Hui lacked his strength, and her wrist was painfully twisted by him. All her grievances and anger erupted at this moment.
"Get out of the way!!"
She yelled very loudly, right into Xia Chengye's ear. He immediately felt half his ear go deaf, his head buzzed, and stars began to appear in his eyes.
Su Hui snatched the bottle back and smashed it fiercely on the ground!
Xia Yiran was also stunned, "Mom, what... what are you doing?"
She went to help Xia Chengye. Having just recovered, he shoved her away without looking, then knelt on the ground and wailed, "My wine, my wine!"
Su Hui didn't even lift an eyelid. She found a stick from outside and smashed the wine cabinet to pieces with a few resounding blows!
"Ah! You woman... you, you're trying to kill me..."
Xia Chengye cried with great sorrow, clutching his chest with one hand and beating it forcefully with the other, "My wines, I'm so sorry to you all... it's all this woman's fault, how could she do this? Ah... I'm so sorry to you all... you didn't even get to see the splendor of this world before you died..."
"Shut up!"
Su Hui's roar made Xia Chengye fall silent abruptly, staring at her with wide, stunned eyes.
Xia Yiran had a bad feeling. Xia Chengye seemed increasingly unreliable. If even his own parents weren't speaking up, she could already anticipate how nasty the online comments would be.
She stepped forward and helped Xia Chengye up again, admonishing Su Hui with a tearful voice, "Mom, how can you treat Dad like this? He..."
"You shut up too."
Su Hui's gaze slowly shifted towards her, "Didn't you see your father and mother talking? If no one taught you manners at the Liu family before, then I'll teach you from now on! Remember, when parents are speaking, as a junior, you must get permission before speaking! Do you understand?"
Xia Yiran was filled with hatred and anger. Why didn't she demand this of Xia Wei Liang? This wasn't teaching her; it was clearly making things difficult for her!
She remained silent, but Su Hui didn't intend to let her off, "I'm asking you, do you understand?"
Xia Yiran bit her lip, her gaze of avoidance revealing undisguised hatred.
Su Hui was startled.
Although Xia Yiran quickly lowered her head, Su Hui could never forget the look in her eyes just then...
"I understand."
She lowered her head submissively, no longer resembling her former self.
Su Hui gazed at her deeply, "Are you hating me?"
"Mom, what are you talking about? You're really strange today!" Xia Yiran had had enough. She wasn't her real mother anyway, why should she endure this anger!
"What did Dad do wrong for you to treat him like this? You know how much he likes wine, yet you smashed his treasures... Mom, have you ever cared about Dad the way he cares about us, about this family?"
Xia Yiran spoke with sincere emotion, but to Su Hui, her words were chilling.
With just a few words, Xia Yiran wanted to sow discord between them. As his own daughter, she cared nothing for her parents' relationship; she only wanted to get what she desired!
At this moment, Su Hui finally saw clearly through the fog.
Indeed, while Xia Chengye was enduring the pain of losing his wines, he was also being incited, glaring at Su Hui and gnashing his teeth! Su Dan Novel Network
"I was truly blind to marry you back then! All that talk of virtue and propriety, it was all an act! Heh, it seems you went to a lot of trouble to marry me back then, I thought your Su family was so reserved, so high and mighty..."
*Slap—*
A slap landed on Xia Chengye's face.
Xia Chengye was stunned by the blow, touching his face and looking at Su Hui, "You, you just hit me?"
Without a word, Su Hui slapped him again with her other hand.
Xia Chengye's other cheek immediately swelled up. This time, he was completely bewildered, "You, you hit me... you hit me! You hit me!!"