Chapter 30

Huo Zhengye shouted in a low voice: “She is your sister-in-law!”

“She is not worthy enough. If she hadn’t framed you, I could have a sister-in-law from the city, instead of her, a country woman with an insatiable family.” Huo Miaoyue’s tone was full of undisguised contempt.

Huo Zhengye frowned and scolded in a low voice, “Huo Miaoyue, you’ve gone too far! No matter what, you shouldn’t gossip behind others’ backs.”

“Cousin, you’re not in love with her, are you?”

Huo Zhengye’s face was frighteningly dark, and his sharp gaze swept across Huo Miaoyue.

Huo Miaoyue’s scalp tingled. “How is that possible? Blame me for being too talkative. I was the one who said the nonsense.”

“Eat! Shut up.”

The two chatted quietly. Shu Wan was no longer sleepy and simply got up.

The door creaked open, and Shu Wan’s appearance interrupted the two of them.

Huo Miaoyue gave her a provocative look.

Grandma Huo came out after washing up, happily pulled Shu Wan and kept stuffing steamed buns into her hands.

Shu Wan was helpless, “Grandma, I haven’t washed up yet.”

Grandma Huo glared, “Wash after you eat! Eating enough is the most important thing.”

Shu Wan held onto Grandma Huo and gave Huo Miaoyue a provocative look, “When I go to bed at night, I still want to listen to grandma tell me stories to coax me to sleep!”

Huo Miaoyue’s fingers were shaking with anger, how shameless.

Grandma Huo didn’t even glance at anyone else, her eyes were full of love, “I have so many stories here! I can tell them for ten days and ten nights without repeating any one of them.”

“Okay!”

Shu Wan nodded with a smile, then went to wash up.

Grandma Huo ate absent-mindedly. She didn’t take a bite of the steamed bun in her hand for a long time. Her head was always turning towards Shu Wan. She ignored Huo Zhengye and Huo Miaoyue when they spoke to her.

As soon as Shu Wan came back, Grandma Huo asked her to sit down quickly and pushed all the steamed buns, dumplings and eggs towards her. During this time, she looked at Huo Miaoyue and the others vigilantly, fearing that they would snatch the things away.

Huo Zhengye held his forehead with his hand helplessly, he finally saw it clearly.

Grandma doesn’t care about anyone now, she cares about Shu Wan the most! Even his grandson was treated as an outsider.

Before leaving, Shu Wan pulled Huo Zhengye aside.

“Grandma must have thought of me as her sister.”

Huo Zhengye frowned. He never knew that his grandmother had a younger sister. He could only ask his uncle and others about this.

“I see. Grandma is more attached to you now, please bear with me. If you encounter any trouble, you can come to me.”

Shu Wan really needs help with something.

“I need to go into the city. Grandma might come with me given her condition.”

“I understand. I’ll ask someone to take you there at noon. Please take good care of grandma.”

“good.”

Huo Zhengye reminded him again and again with concern before he walked away, looking back every few steps.

When Shu Wan returned, she saw Huo Miaoyue and Grandma Huo staring at each other, one glaring at her with vigilance, the other feeling aggrieved, angry and furious.

While it was still early, Shu Wan rolled up her sleeves and started cleaning.

Tidy up, sweep and mop the floor, wipe the windows and remove dust…

Finally, he took off the sheets and quilt and carried her out.

Huo Miaoyue was sitting in the yard basking in the sun. Seeing this, she sneered, “Pretending.”

Shu Wan was too lazy to pay attention to her. She bent over, put the things to be washed in the basin, turned on the faucet and prepared to wash.

Seeing Shu Wan didn’t say anything, Huo Miaoyue pouted, then her eyes suddenly lit up, and she ran to the room, holding a pile of clothes when she came out, “Wash mine too.”

Huo Miaoyue raised her chin as she spoke, looking bossy.

Shu Wan rolled her eyes at her without any hesitation.

You wish.

Huo Miaoyue got so angry that she threw the clothes into the basin and turned to leave.

Anyway, the clothes have been thrown away, so I have to wash them whether I want to or not.

However, after taking a few steps, Huo Miaoyue felt a pain at the back of her head and fell backwards.

“You bad woman, you are bullying Xixi again! I will beat you to death!”

Grandma Huo had a scowl on her face and she rained punches and kicks on Huo Miaoyue.

The old lady was not very strong, but she still felt bad after being beaten.

Huo Miaoyue wanted to run, but Grandma Huo grabbed her hair. Her facial features were distorted in pain and she screamed:

“Grandma! Let me go! I am Miaoyue, your granddaughter!”

Grandma Huo didn’t stop moving, but became even angrier.

“If you say you’re my granddaughter again, I’ll sew your mouth shut!”

Huo Miaoyue’s mouth drooped and she cried, “Is it okay if I don’t say anything? Stop hitting me, it hurts!”

Shu Wan also hurried over to stop it, not to rescue Huo Miaoyue, but because she was afraid that the old lady would be tired.

Grandma Huo grabbed Huo Miaoyue’s hair and refused to let go.

“She bullied you! If you don’t teach her a lesson, she will dare to bully you again next time!”

“Grandma, I was wrong. I know I was wrong. Can you please let me go first?”

Huo Miaoyue doesn’t even dare to call her grandma now, for fear of making her unhappy and having her hair pulled out.

She gasped in pain and had no choice but to look at Shu Wan for help.

If this continues, she will become bald!

Shu Wan tried to persuade her, “Grandma, being angry will make you ugly. She knows she is wrong.”

When Grandma Huo heard this, her face puffed up like a deflated ball, but she was unwilling to let the bad guy go easily, so she rolled her eyes.

“I can let you go, but you wash all these!”

“Wash, I’ll wash!”

Huo Miaoyue said urgently, her voice already tinged with tears.

Grandma Huo let go of her hand, her eyes widened, and she scolded Huo Miaoyue, “Why don’t you wash it quickly?”

With tears in her eyes, Huo Miaoyue squatted down with a wronged look and scrubbed resignedly.

Grandma Huo put her hands on her hips and said in a strong voice, “Wash it well. If you don’t wash it clean, you won’t be given any food.”

Huo Miaoyue felt even more aggrieved. She didn’t understand why her grandmother, who had always loved her, would side with an outsider.

She must find her original grandmother.

After Grandma Huo finished yelling, she happily pulled Shu Wan’s hand, as if she wanted to praise her.

“Xixi, am I acting like the evil stepmother in the storybook?”

Shu Wan felt warm in her heart, “Not like that.”

“Am I not good at pretending? No matter what, I will beat up anyone who bullies you.”

“Xixi, let’s go in and play. There are bad guys outside and it’s not fun.” Grandma Huo said as she pulled Shu Wan into the house.

When Huo Miaoyue heard this, her body stiffened, feeling depressed and aggrieved.

Just now, in order to embarrass Shu Wan, she took out everything in the room that needed to be washed and didn’t need to be washed and threw them into the basin.

Originally there were only big items like bed sheets and quilt covers, but now, they are piled up in the basin like a mountain.

Huo Miaoyue washed until noon, her hands turned white and her back and waist ached, but she barely finished.

While I was hanging out the clothes to dry, someone knocked on the gate.

Huo Miaoyue ran to open the door and saw a handsome face.

“You are Huo Miaoyue, right? Hello, I’m your brother’s friend, Xu Yang.”

Xu Yang is tall, with a tanned face. His eyes are bright when he smiles, and the two dimples at the corners of his mouth make Huo Miaoyue blush.

“Where are your grandma and sister-in-law?” Xu Yang asked. He was entrusted by Huo Zhengye to send them into the city.

“They are in the house, come in first.”

Huo Miaoyue opened the door to let Xu Yang in. Xu Yang immediately saw the clothes that had not been hung up in the yard. His eyes fell on Huo Miaoyue’s white wrinkled fingers and he asked with a smile, “Are you the only one washing clothes?”

Huo Miaoyue’s eyes turned red and she forced a smile, “Well, my grandma and sister-in-law are resting in the room.”