My Daughter Was My Sworn Enemy In Past Life

Chapter 16: The Might of Consort (2)

Looking at Tang Bai Nian, whose face was full of radiance, Tang Song Nian shook his head in secret.

Tang Bai Nian was unable to stand his expression. He said with a sneer, “What expression is this, Third Brother? Aren’t you happy that your brother became an official?”

“Big Brother’s words are harsh. If you have a good future, your younger brother will naturally be happy for you.”

Tang Bai Nian said with a cold smile, “Third Brother doesn’t have to worry. If you lose your official position, your elder brother will not stand on the sidelines and will give you a place to live.”

“A great kindness of Brother Tang, great kindness!”

“It certainly is. It’s really hard to come by these days.”

……

The crowd gathered again to flatter Tang Bai Nian.

Tang Song Nian smiled and said without taking it to heart, “Thank you very much, Big Brother.”

Tang Zhang Nian, standing in the distance, naturally saw this scene and sighed in secret.

He didn’t know why Tang Bai Nian had befriended such a useless bunch who only liked to flatter others and sneak around. Not a single one of them was worthy of friendship.

Li-shi naturally wore a radiant expression in the inner hall. Her eyebrows raised slightly when she saw Ruan-shi; her complacency could not be more obvious.

Lin-shi’s lips slightly twitched.

What was there to be so proud of? They had simply relied on spending money to buy such a small official position. Look at their smug appearance now. The ones who didn’t know better might think that she had become the First Lady!

But she only dared to say those words in her heart.

In the Tang family’s younger generation, Xu Yun Yao was the youngest. At this moment, she was being held by the rarely friendly Zhou gē er in the garden of the Tang family.

“Third Sister!” Mian gē er jumped out of nowhere and scared her.

It was that weird kid!

Mian gē erdidn’t care much. He took out a box of lipstick from his arms and presented it to her like a treasure. He then opened the box with his little hand and dipped his finger in the bright red color, saying temptingly, “Third Sister, do you think it looks good? It’ll look even better to see after you put it on!”

After he finished speaking, he didn’t wait for her answer. He directly rubbed it on her lips.

Xu Yun Yao: “…”

How did the lady in the second house raise such a weird boy!

She waved her hand and slapped away Mian gē er’s unkind hand. She then stared at him with what she thought was a fierce glare. “I hit you!”

“Brother Mian is a bedwetter. Brother Mian is a bedwetter!” Suddenly, a child, clapping and screaming, jumped out from the other side. He was followed by several voices that belonged to the children.

Xu Yun Yao looked over. She could only recognize the youngest one. He was Yong’ger, who had robbed her longevity necklace. As for the other two boys, one looked about the same age as He Shaoting, while the second one was a bit older. With a little thought, she knew that the two boys were Li-shi’s sons—seven-year-old Tang Huai Xing and six-year-old Tang Huai Yao.

Mian’ger’s face reddened, remaining speechless for a long time.

Brother Yao came forward, snatched the lipstick from his hand, and babbled strangely, “Ohlala, not only Brother Mian wets his bed, he even loves to put on lipstick like a girl!”

“I, I don’t, I don’t!”

Zhou gē er stared at the two cousins. He didn’t know when a group of stranger children had arrived on the scene. They were now copying his cousins in making fun of Mian gē er. He frowned and went forward to grab Brother Mian’s hand with one hand, while his other hand held her sister. “Let’s go!”

“Don’t go, don’t go.” Hearing the shouts of those rogue children, Xu Yun Yao frowned.

Compared to the brothers of the first house, this weird boy from the second house was more acceptable.

Xing gē er rolled his eyes and pulled Yao gē er while saying a few words in a low voice. The brothers then unkindly glanced at Zhou gē er and the other two in front before quickly walking into the bamboo forest on the side.

“Ignore them. They are bad people.” Brother Zhou comforted the red-eyed Brother Mian like a little adult while walking.

“Haha!” Xu Yun Yao suddenly felt a long, soft object hit her, and then her neck felt cold. When she looked down, she saw a dead snake hanging on her neck.

Mian gē er, who was by her side, cried out loud while Xing gē er laughed at them while holding a small stick. The group of children around him also chortled and jumped, looking very happy.

Xu Yun Yao was furious. She swept away Zhou gē er’s hand that held her, grabbed the snake’s tail without hesitation, and threw it towards Xing gē er.

Yao gē er, who was relatively close to her, felt a pain in his arm. An instant later, the cold and slippery touch made him cry out in fright.

The children around him were even more scared, and they also screamed at the top of their lungs. They cried for their fathers and mothers while running everywhere.

Xu Yun Yao was very annoyed by this group of punks. She shook the dead snake around and hit them one by one. Although her strength was small, the ‘weapon’ in her hand was frightening enough. Any child that was hit by her would immediately start wailing. Some of them even wet their pants, and the smell of urine wafted out.

“Help! Mother, Father!”

The disturbance here finally attracted the attention of the adults. Ruan-shi was worried about her children, so she rushed in with Li-shi and Lin-shi, only to see her daughter holding a “rope” in her hand. She was chasing Brother Xing of the first house to hit him.

“Snake, she has a snake in her hand! It’s a snake!” A sharp-eyed lady saw the ‘rope’ in Xu Yun Yao’s hand clearly, and her voice changed.

[1] Editor’s note: This is a chinese idiom with a story. Basically, the full idiom means “there are many swift horses, but very few who can spot them”. In other words, even though there are many talents in the world, few can recognize them. https://cn.hujiang.com/new/p427569/