Chapter 446: Chapter 476: Unseemly
Because Qin Jiao was Shen Yi’s girlfriend, Li Xiaomei had naturally been unwilling to praise the girl in front of her family.
Besides, she really couldn’t stand Qin Jiao.
That was why Ji Yuehong had no idea that Qin Jiao was a top student at North City University.
She had assumed that in the realm of academics, she was the authority. That was what gave her the right to stand on her high horse and look down on this girl who was as beautiful as a little vixen.
But who would have thought that the girl was also an academic ace?
’It’s not fair!’
Just then, Shen Yi returned from his phone call. He had actually been a little worried the two women would bully Qin Jiao, so he breathed a sigh of relief when he saw she was fine.
He said, "I made the call. They’ll be here in ten minutes."
"Mm-hmm."
"Xiao Jiao, what’s wrong?"
"Oh, nothing. Just this old woman here saying I use my looks to get by. She said you only like me because I’m pretty and that I, a simple country girl, have you completely bewitched."
Shen Yi’s eyebrows shot up in anger.
But now that Ji Yuehong knew Qin Jiao was an academic ace, her arrogance deflated considerably. She mumbled, "So what if she’s pretty and good at her studies? What’s so great about that? Xiao Yi, listen to your Aunt Ji. She just wants to latch onto you and bleed you dry like a vampire. Once she’s tricked you out of all your money, she’ll kick you to the curb!"
Shen Yi sneered. "I had no idea your moral compass was so finely tuned, Aunt Ji."
Ji Yuehong said quickly, "Xiao Yi, I watched you grow up."
"Oh? You watched me grow up, and then you helped this woman destroy my family?" Shen Yi retorted with a cold laugh.
Ji Yuehong froze.
Beside her, Li Xiaomei’s face paled once more.
She gritted her teeth. "Shen Yi, you have no right to slander me like that! You should know, the one who meddled in my relationship with Brother Feng was your mother!"
"Oh? So when they went to register their marriage, did my mom tie Shen Zhengfeng up and drag him there? And while we’re at it, how was I born? Did my mom force herself on Shen Zhengfeng?"
Shen Yi’s words were delivered at a leisurely pace, but each one was designed to infuriate. Li Xiaomei’s face flushed red, then went deathly pale.
’The one thing she could never tolerate was Shen Yi’s very existence.’
Back then, Shen Zhengfeng had always placated her, claiming Du Liya had taken advantage of him when he was drunk and seduced him. When Li Xiaomei was in her twenties, she was naive enough to believe it. She wasn’t that naive anymore.
’If a man was truly unwilling, how could a woman get pregnant all by herself?’
’She felt so wronged!’
’She was the one who had been wronged the most, wasn’t she?!’
A crowd was beginning to gather. Some people overheard Shen Zhengfeng’s name and recognized Li Xiaomei as his second wife. At the same time, the tow truck arrived.
Qin Jiao and Shen Yi stepped aside to let the tow truck driver work. Li Xiaomei and Ji Yuehong grew frantic. "Don’t tow it! Don’t tow it away! We’re right here!"
"Then move the car. You’re blocking traffic."
Shen Feng’s car wasn’t just blocking Shen Yi; it was parked horizontally across the road. With the Lunar New Year just around the corner, everyone was out shopping for supplies, and they were all getting held up.
People had been busy shopping, but now they were gradually finishing up and wanting to head home for dinner. The crowd was growing impatient.
"Exactly! What are you doing, blocking the road like this? Do you own the place?"
"So shameless. And they’re still over there making a scene!"
"They look well-dressed and respectable, so why are they acting so disgracefully?"
The crowd’s comments were still relatively restrained—no one said anything too nasty. Even so, Li Xiaomei and Ji Yuehong’s faces burned with shame.
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