My Childhood Sweetheart Is a Crazy Beauty
Chapter 162: Age-Old Secrets

Chapter 162: Chapter 162: Age-Old Secrets

Tang Chuxia gasped.

She looked at Madam Tang in surprise.

If she was the sister, then what was the deal with the twin sister who passed away early?

Madam Tang sighed, took Tang Chuxia by the hand, and sat down, "Yang Yingjie wasn’t referring to the twin sister you’re thinking of, but to you and Tang Wanqiu."

Tang Chuxia looked up at Tang Jianjun, who slapped his thigh, "I get it now, Yang Yingjie means Xiaxia is younger than that woman from the Yang Family, and all these years she’s just been using the sister’s name?!"

Madam Tang nodded.

Tang Chuxia: ...

Hmph!

And here I thought it was something serious!

Why is everyone making such a big deal out of it?

But what Madam Tang said next made Tang Chuxia’s heart, which had just relaxed, tense up again.

The order of things really did have profound meaning, and she could understand why the great-uncle and Yang Yingjie always emphasized that she was the younger sister.

After clearing up this confusion, Tang Chuxia felt that in the future, when participating in any conversations, she shouldn’t take things too seriously, as often it was just her overthinking.

"Mom, seriously, I have a question!"

After feeling better, Tang Chuxia immediately started gossiping.

Madam Tang gave her an amused and helpless look, knowing without asking what she was about to inquire.

"You’re not trying to plead for your dad, are you?"

Tang Chuxia immediately shook her head, "Mom, how could you think so lowly of me? I would plead for anyone but him, it’s just a bit of curiosity, really just a minor thing!"

She gestured with her pinky finger.

Serious yet funny.

Even Tang Jianbing and Tang Jianjun felt embarrassed to watch.

"Do you and dad have some kind of torturous romance? Why stay together if you’re clearly unhappy?"

After Tang Chuxia asked, Madam Tang’s expression fell, and she sighed, "It’s not about wanting to be together, but only being able to be together!"

Tang Chuxia grew more curious.

Tang Jianjun rubbed his face while Tang Jianbing strained his ears to listen.

"After your dad was dumped, I wasn’t swooping in on the rebound!"

Madam Tang clarified her position first.

"And when he was pursuing me back then, it was quite the spectacle, quite a few people knew about it!"

Another layered backstory.

Tang Chuxia nodded, watching Madam Tang reluctantly continue, "In truth, I used your dad!"

Tang Chuxia was shocked.

Madam Tang looked a bit embarrassed, "Actually, all these years, I’ve been surprised that your father hasn’t mentioned divorce. I had been hoping he would bring it up so I wouldn’t have to keep my promise of staying married!"

Tang Chuxia: ...

Seeing the burning soul of gossip in Tang Chuxia’s eyes, Madam Tang felt somewhat helpless but continued to explain.

"In the past, I had a partner who disappeared right before we were about to get married, leaving me alone to face everything. It nearly broke me. Your father found me and said he could take care of everything, but on one condition that if he didn’t mention divorce, I could never divorce him!"

Tang Chuxia: ... Ah!

So that was the story.

No wonder Madam Tang, no matter what she said about Father Tang, ultimately couldn’t divorce him.

She suddenly remembered what her second brother had said and turned to ask Tang Jianjun, "Second brother, did you know about this earlier?"

Tang Jianjun chuckled dryly, "Not that I knew all along, but back when our parents used to speak without regard for us, they would slip up during their late-night arguments, and that was when big brother and I found out!"

Tang Jianbing raised his hand, "I didn’t know!"

Tang Jianjun scoffed, "You were little back then, falling asleep as soon as it got dark, just like the little sister, not knowing anything!"

"Does Third Brother know about it?"

Tang Chuxia, who had never seen her Third Brother since she had traveled back in time, couldn’t help but be curious.

Tang Jianjun nodded, "Of course he does. Third Brother is shrewd; how could he not know? He was the one who clued in me and Big Brother!"

Tang Chuxia: ...

She started to worry. If Third Brother was that clever, could he figure out that she had taken their sister’s place?

What was with this bit of nervousness?

Of course, what she didn’t mention was that, apart from nervousness, there was also excitement.

She became somewhat restless.

Was she actually looking forward to being exposed?

Before Tang Chuxia could even begin to imagine that scene, she saw the astonished look in Madam Tang’s eyes as she stared at her children.

"You’ve been keeping this from me the whole time?"

Tang Jianjun was the first to respond, "Mom, we didn’t want to worry you by telling you that we knew!"

Madam Tang fell silent.

She was more frustrated than anything else.

Tang Jianbing asked dizzily, "Mom, then why doesn’t Dad get a divorce?"

Every day Father Tang was under Madam Tang’s thumb, and his first love had already divorced; shouldn’t he follow suit and marry her according to convention?

Tang Chuxia also nodded, recalling that in the book, Father Tang ended up with Wen Wenqing.

"You ask him yourself!"

Just at that moment Father Tang walked in.

He might have overheard their conversation and subconsciously tried to slip away.

Tang Jianbing effectively blocked him.

Father Tang scolded his youngest son, but he didn’t dare raise his voice too much.

"Dad, today you need to come clean, what are your thoughts exactly? Are you really thinking about divorcing Mom? Or do you have other plans? Don’t half-heartedly pine for someone else while still making Mom suffer!"

Tang Jianjun didn’t mince words, completely ignoring the dark look on Father Tang’s face afterward.

Madam Tang also nodded in agreement, "Yeah, think it through before you speak!"

Father Tang plopped down on a chair and shouted irritably, "Am I still the head of this family, or not?"

"Who said you aren’t? Just what is the head of the family thinking, exactly?" Tang Chuxia asked, smiling.

Father Tang: ...

The kids have all grown up; they can’t be controlled!

While he struggled to save face, under the expectant gazes of his wife and children, he had no choice but to grit his teeth and say, "I love your mother so much, why would I want a divorce!"

Madam Tang: ...

Tang Chuxia: ...

Tang Jianbing: ...

Tang Jianjun: ...ugh!

Middle-aged men declaring love always seemed to have a touch of greasiness.

Madam Tang’s cheeks burned, "You have to stand by your words. You have never been accustomed to me. If it hadn’t been for the fact that I could offer you a job back in the day, allowing you to come to the city, would you have married me?"

Father Tang stood up, furious, and shouted, "If I didn’t love you, would I have married you when that man left you?"

Madam Tang also stood up, "Stop with that nonsense. Back then, Wen Wenqing decided to marry Yang Chao, and you were heartbroken and chose me because it was the most beneficial choice for you."

The three Tang siblings stepped out.

They left the space to their parents.

Because what would follow was not suitable for them to witness.

As expected, the moment they left, the house erupted into a somewhat discordant exchange.

At that time, an uncle from the clan, smoking his dry pipe, said with a chuckle, "Your parents really do love each other!"