Chapter 1096 - 1138: True Colors Revealed

Chapter 1096: Chapter 1138: True Colors Revealed

If Ling Yueyue’s expression just now could still be called fairly mild, after hearing what the elder younger sister said, it completely turned cold. She snapped, "Yes, you’re right. I really don’t have the right to drive you out of Jin City, and I don’t rank high enough in the family for you to have to care about my feelings! But this is my home. I don’t have the authority to kick you out of Jin City, but I do have the right to decide who lives here and who doesn’t! So if you insist on staying in Jin City, I won’t force you. However, please leave my home immediately after breakfast—go rent somewhere, or sleep rough on the street for all I care, just don’t appear in front of me, don’t appear in my home, that’s all!"

Her patience with her family, with her parents, with her sisters, was truly completely exhausted!

She really couldn’t understand how they could exploit other people’s things with such righteousness, as if it were only natural! As if everything under heaven was rightfully theirs!

When they’re clearly living in her home, not only do they not have a single kind word for her, they even have the gall to swagger and tell her she has no right!

She wanted to see, in her own home, just what right Ling Yueyue had to make them leave!

The words Ling Yueyue spoke were ice-cold, with almost no room for compromise. So after hearing her, Ling’s father and Ling’s mother both looked extremely ugly—especially Ling’s mother, whose face was twisted, her chest heaving violently up and down!

The elder younger sister’s originally dark face went even darker, her whole body trembling with anger. She pointed at Ling Yueyue, and for a long time couldn’t get a single retort out.

Facing their fury, Ling Yueyue acted as if she didn’t see it at all, and said calmly, "Also, you broke my bowl and chopsticks. Please compensate at the original price! I forgot to tell you, the bowls in my home were designed by the most famous contemporary ceramics artist, a one-of-a-kind set in the whole world. You smashed one, which means the set is now missing a piece. I won’t bother asking you to pay for the extra loss, and I’ll even give you a discount—just pay one hundred thousand."

At that number, the four of them, including Ling’s father, almost shouted in unison, "What, one hundred thousand!"

The elder younger sister rolled her eyes hard and scoffed, "One bowl costs a hundred thousand? You think I’m stupid? Who are you trying to fool?"

Ling Yueyue leaned back in her chair, one arm crossed over her chest, the other elbow resting on it. She flicked a speck off her nail and blew it away lightly, then spoke unhurriedly, "Is that so? You thought this was some countryside bowl? If you don’t believe me, you can go find an expert to authenticate it! I’m not afraid to tell you, any random thing in our home is worth tens of thousands. This bowl is actually the cheapest! So you’d better not go touching things at random. If you break anything here, you won’t be able to pay it off in this lifetime."

Huo Junmo watched her quietly. No matter what she said, he didn’t interrupt, completely taking the stance that he would follow her lead.

"You... who are you trying to fool? You just want to show off in front of me and tell me you’re loaded now, right! I’m telling you, I don’t believe a word of it! If it’s like you say, then this apartment plus everything in it would be worth several million!" The elder younger sister lifted her chin arrogantly, making it clear she didn’t believe at all.

In her eyes, don’t even mention several million—just tens of thousands was already an enormous sum. Having stayed in the countryside long-term, she simply didn’t understand city prices. Back home, you could build a house for just tens of thousands; this place was so big, at most it’d cost a few dozen grand, tops. If the house only cost tens of thousands, let alone the furniture and décor inside—how could any random item be worth tens of thousands? This was clearly just showing off, bragging to her face!

"Heh...! Frog in a well. I’ve got nothing more to say to you. I’ve put my words out here—if you don’t believe me, feel free to call the police and see whether I’m telling the truth or bragging." With that, Ling Yueyue couldn’t be bothered to keep talking to her. She stood up and left the dining room, went to sit on the living room sofa, turned on the TV, and watched leisurely.

With things blown up to this point, Ling’s father and Ling’s mother had no appetite left. They both put down their chopsticks and left the dining room, then went into the living room and sat down beside Ling Yueyue.

And Huo Junmo also set down his chopsticks. After saying a few words to Ling Yueyue, he went upstairs.

Ling’s mother forced a smile, trying to please her. "Yueyue! You know what your elder younger sister is like. Whatever she says, it never goes through her brain. Whether she should say it or not, she just blabbers! Don’t take it to heart! We know this is your home, and you’re the mistress here. You have the right to decide whether we stay or go! But this time we came all this way, really just to reunite with you! I won’t ask for much—at least let us stay a few more days and look at you more. These twenty years, I’ve never had the chance to properly look at you." ℯ

"No need. In the twenty years when I needed you most, you never cared about me, never came to see me. Now I no longer need your concern, so you should save it for someone who does." Ling Yueyue didn’t even glance at Ling’s father and Ling’s mother, her eyes and expression both indifferent.

"Yueyue...!" Ling’s father wanted to speak up for Ling’s mother, but before he could get the words out, Ling Yueyue raised a hand to stop him. "That’s enough, don’t say another word. I know exactly what you’re thinking. I’ve already told you, this is the Huo Family’s home, and everything here is what my husband worked himself to the bone to earn. It has nothing to do with you. If you’re thinking of taking advantage of this place in any way, forget it. And don’t deliberately put on some act of caring about me and feeling sorry for me—that only disgusts me. What I need are relatives who are genuinely sincere toward me, not relatives whose ’kindness’ is fake and driven by ulterior motives."

"Yueyue...!" After being mercilessly humiliated by Ling Yueyue again and again, Ling’s mother’s patience had reached its limit. Just as she was about to explode, Ling Yueyue spoke again. "Also, don’t keep saying the elder younger sister is still a kid and doesn’t understand anything. She’s eighteen this year, an adult. All the basic principles she should understand by now. If I remember right, when I was eighteen, I was already working while studying and sending you living expenses every month. If I could manage that back then, why is it that when it comes to her, you always say she’s ’still young’? Anyway, your favoritism isn’t new—I’ve long gotten used to it. Since you’re biased, then be thoroughly biased. Don’t pretend in front of me, putting on a fake show."

Under Ling Yueyue’s repeated goading, Ling’s mother finally snapped. She shot to her feet and roared, "Enough! You rotten girl, what do you want from me? Don’t you know when to stop? I treat you well as a favor to you—don’t push your luck!"