Chapter 1904: Not Giving Any Face
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
If the old man could do it, then she could stay at home and clean up the house and prepare the old man’s meals as she had done before. That would be all right with her.
But Father Wei was unwilling to do so either. Not only was farming hard work, but it also did not earn much money. More importantly, everyone in the village knew that their son had done well and had married a chief’s daughter. That was why they could lead such carefree lives.
Now that their family was returning to the village, what would they tell the villagers? Could they really tell them that their son had not been able to resist his urges and had been caught in the act by their daughter-in-law? Father Wei could not afford to be embarrassed like that.
Since his parents were staying mum at this moment, Wei De was even more frustrated. Wei De was not foolish and was no fool. He could tell how reluctant his parents were to return to the countryside to lead such a hard life. Wei De was annoyed that they wanted to lead good lives while being clear that it was only Zhai Hua who could provide such a life for them.
But why had his parents not reminded him to treat Jiajia better when he had been so muddleheaded? And how could his parents be so bold as to offend their cash-cow, Zhai Hua, by treating Wei Wei better than Jiajia? That was why Zhai Hua had accumulated over ten years of anger.
Without all these precedents, he believed that Zhai Hua would never have been so heartless just because of one mistake that he made. “Mom, Dad, did you guys slip your tongue in front of Zhai Hua?” This was what Wei De cared most about and hated the most!
If Zhai Hua had not found out that Wei Wei was his son, he would never have gotten to the stage of divorce with Zhai Hua. At the very most, he had just committed a mistake that all men would make. Zhai Hua had told him that after marriage, the old chief had still been in an ambiguous relationship with his ex-girlfriend. He had even gone overboard by asking his son, Zhai Sheng, to marry that old flame’s daughter!
Even if no one else understood him, the old chief would definitely sympathize with him and give him a chance. The problem was that Zhai Hua and the Zhai family had already found out that Wei Wei was his son. Thus, none of those assumptions held true. No matter how ridiculous the old chief behaved, he had only asked his son to marry his ex’s daughter. That daughter was not the old chief’s daughter after all, but Wei Wei was his son!
As such, the root of everything was not that he had been in a relationship with Wei Xiaomei. It was that someone had sold him out!
“No, of course not! How could I tell Zhai Hua such a thing? You know how much I love Xiao Wei. I haven’t even told Xiao Wei about it and Xiao Wei never even knew that you are his dad.” Mother Wei was scared stiff. No matter how foolish she was, she would never make such a low-level mistake. How could she give Zhai Hua a reason to divorce her son and create chaos in the family? She was being maligned!
“Your mom is not that stupid.” Father Wei thought that Mother Wei would not have done so either.
Wei De grasped at his hair. “Then, who was it? Could it be that Zhai Hua overheard you guys talking about it?” He had to find out who had betrayed him! He wanted nothing more than to chop that person to bits! But why could he not find that person?
At that time, the three of them turned their eyes to Wei Wei in unison. “Xiao Wei, why aren’t you shocked hearing that your uncle is your dad? Did you already know about this? Who told you?” The Wei family seemed to have finally returned from their trance, realizing that Wei Wei was acting abnormally. This situation was no different from how the Wei family had only remembered about Jiajia after a whole day and realized that she would be useful to them.
Wei Wei had intended to hide it, but now that the three of them were staring down at him, he could not hold it in. “I-I knew about it, but I only found out a few days ago. My mom was the one who told me, but I didn’t say anything about this to auntie or Jiajia. It wasn’t me!” He was still relying on his dad to persuade his aunt to send him abroad for his studies in half a year’s time.
How could he not know what impact that truth would have on the family?
He had hoped that his relationship with his uncle could be hidden for his entire life. Only then would he be able to leech off his aunt and lead a good life. In this family, his aunt was the most reliable person, not his ‘uncle’. Wei Wei was clear about that.
Wei Wei did not like Jiajia and bullied her because he had thought that he was a fatherless child and that his mother had gotten pregnant with him out of wedlock. On the other hand, Jiajia lived a blissful life. Not only did she have both her father and mother, but her grandma’s family also had such a high status.
Jiajia had everything he wished for but never had. It was out of envy for Jiajia that he disliked Jiajia and often bullied her when she was younger.
“Your mom told you? When did she tell you?” Wei De’s eyes widened. It was Wei Xiaomei again. Wei Xiaomei had been the cause of all this. Had Zhai Hua overheard the conversation between Wei Xiaomei and Wei Wei?
“It was when you were talking to grandma in the room, saying that you’re my dad. That was when Mom told me about it. It was already late at night that day, and auntie had already brought Jiajia to the Zhai family’s house. She didn’t even come back afterward. So, it could not have been my mom either.” Wei Wei did have feelings for his mom, Wei Xiaomei, and did not want Wei Xiaomei to take on the blame without knowing anything.
It was the responsibility of destroying the Wei family. He did not care if anyone else took that blame, but he would not let his mom do it. Wei Wei had already felt the change in his situation in the Wei family. All these relatives who had once treated him well now looked at him in a different light and blamed his mom’s and his existence for everything that was happening now.
Even more so, Wei Wei knew that neither his mom nor he could make a mistake now. Otherwise, they would be giving the Wei family a reason to ignore them. He was still studying. Even if he could not go overseas to further his studies, he still wanted to be a university student. Only then would he be able to find a good job and improve his life.
Without his aunt, he could only rely on his uncle to foot the bill. As such, he could not afford to offend the Wei family no matter how much he resented them.
The moment Wei Wei said that, both Mother Wei and Wei De thought back to that day. That day, Wei De had sent Zhai Hua and her daughter over to the Zhai family’s house for the new year. The problem was that Wei De had run into Qiao Nan and had been upset about Zhai Sheng being involved with someone like Qiao Nan, who would only bring trouble instead of benefits to the family.
Because of Qiao Nan, Wei De had gotten into a fight with Zhai Hua because Zhai Sheng had not given him any face as his brother-in-law in front of an outsider.