53 Li Hai’s Scolding Of Xia Ru
The furious Li Hai wasted no time analyzing if it was worth it to treat Xia Ru and immediately started her scolding. “You still have the face to tell me I’m taking you to treat your illness? It’s all your fault. Liu Shi’s family is here, saying that you seduced their child. Now that he’s sick, they want our family to pay for his treatment.”
“You deserve this illness. It’s all because of you that our family has been disgraced.”
Xia Ru’s expression turned ugly. In the past, she had always been praised by Li Hai. She was the smartest among the children and knew how to please her, and Li Hai would always scold others while she watched from the side.
However, now that she was the one being scolded, Xia Ru felt very embarrassed, especially when Xia Wan was watching with a smile.
Even though Xia Ru hated Xia Wan to the core, she still said in front of Li Hai, “Grandma, I really didn’t seduce Liu Shi. What right does their family have to say that I infected Liu Shi? Why can’t it be Liu Shi who infected me? besides, I really didn’t meet Liu Shi in private. I went to bed early last night.
“Maybe their Liu Shi is sick, and his symptoms happen to be the same as mine. They said I infected him, but I’ve really never come into contact with him at all!”
“Xia Ru was adamant on not admitting that she had met Liu Shi in private. If she did, even if she recovered in the future, the people in the village would gossip about her being a seductress. How could she get married in the future? At that time, she’d also be looked down upon.
Even though Xia Ru didn’t get into high school, she was very ambitious. Constantly feeling that she didn’t do well because of bad luck, she was the best of the three girls in the family, so her future husband had to be the best as well.
Li Hai hesitated after hearing Xia Ru’s words and asked, “You really didn’t meet Liu Shi in private?”
Xia Ru said firmly, “I really didn’t, Grandma.
With Xia Ru’s guarantee that she didn’t do anything to him, Li Hai shifted her hatred onto Liu Shi’s family. She felt that this family was too much of a bully. Thier son happened to have the same illness as Xia Ru, yet they wanted to take advantage of their family. What an amazing happenstance that was.
“It’s our fault that there aren’t many people in our family today,” Li Hai growled in anger. When your father comes back, we’ll go to his family again and find out the truth about today’s matter.”
Xia Ru panicked when she heard that Li Hai was going to Liu Shi’s house again, unable to guarantee if Liu Shi would keep his mouth shut.
After all, she and Liu Shi had really met in private. If he accidentally revealed this, it might not affect him, but for a girl like her, it would bear grave consequences.
In the village, even if a man engaged in prostitution, no one would have any opinion about it. They’d even think that it was normal. However, if a girl hooked up with someone else before marriage, everyone would consider the girl was a slut, and a shameless one at that.
Xia Ru knew that her reputation could not be affected, so she pretended to be kind and advised, ” grandma, let’s not bother with them. Liu Shi is sick now, so his family must be worried, just like how you are worried about me when I’m sick.
Li Hai felt a little guilty when he heard her words. In fact, he was not that worried about Xia Ru. In his opinion, no matter how complicated the illness was, it would be over after a while.
The conditions were so tough in the past, but didn’t everyone get through it? Why couldn’t they do it now? It was because of the better living conditions that everyone had become pretentious. Xia Ru was still so young. What big problem could there be?
However, Li Hai knew he couldn’t say that in front of Xia Ru. After all, Xia Ru’s salary would still be paid to him in the future. What if she didn’t give him money if he made her unhappy?
Li Hai looked at Xia Wan when he thought of her salary. Xia Hai’s salary was in their hands now. Now that Xia Ru was sick, she had a reason to ask Xia Hai’s family to pay for her.
Xia Wan knew Li Hai was up to no good when he looked at her, but he didn’t say anything immediately. He only said to her, “Wanwan, your mother has worked hard today. Go and help feed the chickens at home.”
Xia Wan knew that Li Hai was trying to send her away. Since she had heard what she wanted to hear, she did not stay any longer. As she fed the chickens, she thought that Li Hai must be up to no good again. She could only pray that her parents would not fall for it.