Rebirth: Splendid Marriage in the 80s
Chapter 384: Remember the Reward but Not the Punishment

Chapter 384: Chapter 384: Remember the Reward but Not the Punishment

"Her elder brother?"

Ji Desheng and Ho Laidi exclaimed in unison, looking at Chiang Xiao with great puzzlement.

Yu Chunyu was startled. "What’s up? I’ve met Brother Chiang too..."

Chiang Xiao felt a headache coming on.

At the time, the breakfast shop owner had pulled Yu Chunyu aside, when Meng Xinian was on his blind date. She hadn’t even considered the possibility that she would actually become engaged to him, so she just watched the drama unfold with a teasing attitude. When Yu Chunyu mistakenly thought Meng Xinian was her elder brother, she felt there was no need to correct the misunderstanding with a stranger, so she didn’t clarify.

But now, she realized the situation was a bit delicate.

She had assumed that Yu Chunyu could tell from Meng Xinian’s attitude that he had no feelings for her. She thought it was all in the past. However, she hadn’t expected that Yu Chunyu would still harbor feelings for him.

"Chiang Xiao’s mother only had her," Ho Laidi sneered. "Of course, I meant to say, we only know of her. As for whether she had hooked up with someone else outside and had other children, that’s unknown. But even if she did, those would be Chiang Xiao’s younger siblings. Where would she get an elder brother from?"

"Ah?" Yu Chunyu looked at Chiang Xiao in shock, finding Ho Laidi’s words quite revelatory. "Then, then, Chiang Xiao, who was that with you last time? The one who’s a Supervisor Guard? He’s not your elder brother?"

"Ha! A Supervisor Guard? That’s her man! The one she’s betrothed to! You must have underestimated this young girl, right? Don’t be fooled by her being only thirteen; her skills at attracting men, well, they are..."

"Slap!"

A crisp slap cut off the rest of Ho Laidi’s words.

Her face instantly swelled up red.

Ji Desheng was shocked as he looked at Chiang Xiao. In his mind, Chiang Xiao was quiet and delicate, incapable of cursing at someone, let alone hitting someone.

And what’s more, she had just hit her own elder relative!

Yu Chunyu and Zou Xiaoling were also stunned by the slap, looking at Chiang Xiao in dumbfounded silence.

Chiang Xiao said coldly, "Auntie, it seems you remember meals better than slaps. Insulting someone comes with responsibility, and you shouldn’t think that just because you can easily flap your lips, it means nothing. I’ve told you before, I’m not in a particularly good mood right now, so if you want to curse me and my mother, go ahead, just make sure I don’t hear it."

"Chiang Xiao, you cursed girl, I’ll fight you!" The last time Ho Laidi had been beaten up by Chiang Xiao, it was in Chiang Xiao’s courtyard, and with no witnesses, she didn’t feel too disgraced. But this time, it was in the middle of the town street, and in front of so many people, one of whom might have been her future daughter-in-law.

Ho Laidi immediately felt a surge of embarrassment, unable to contain it, and lunged toward Chiang Xiao with her claws bared.

Unfortunately for her, the current Chiang Xiao was no longer the Chiang Xiao of the past.

Two months ago, she could beat Ho Laidi; what about now?

With just a slight turn of her body, Ho Laidi ended up crashing forward just like the last time. Before she toppled to the ground, Chiang Xiao reached out and caught her by the back of her collar.

"Auntie, be careful. Falling like this could crack open your head."

"I’ll crack your mother’s egg!" Ho Laidi didn’t appreciate the help, swinging her arm to hit Chiang Xiao’s head.

"Chiang Xiao!" Ji Desheng panicked and rushed over, seizing Ho Laidi’s hand. "Chiang Xiao, get out of here!"

In his haste, worried that Chiang Xiao might actually get hit, he gripped Ho Laidi’s hand too hard. With the strength of a sixteen-year-old boy being greater than that of a woman in her fifties, his grip made Ho Laidi scream out in pain.