Title: The OOC Villainess and the White Moonlight Heroine are BFFs
Translator: Little Bamboo Spirit
Chapter 45 - So you're also aware there's nothing good about your son except for money, huh? (1)
Lin Wan never would have expected Yue Xia to act this way. She took two deep breaths to calm her anger. In a heavy tone, she said, "Xiaxia, if you apologize to me now, I can still pretend nothing happened."
She was used to living like a queen and hurting other people with sharp words. It had been decades since she experienced being pointed at and scolded.
Yue Xia was still angry. She almost laughed upon hearing Lin Wan's self-righteous tone. [System, I found out that the domineering CEO inherited his way of speaking from his mother.]
Pretend nothing happened? Yeah right, like she would believe her!
The system wasn't in the mood to bicker with her. [Think about what you're going to say to her!]
"Oh." Yue Xia crossed her arms, showing a strong aggressive attitude. "Sorry, too bad, even if you apologize to Shuyao, it's not useful."
Lin Wan laughed in anger. "Is this how your parents teach you to speak to your elders?"
"I don't know what kind of family education the Yue's have," Yue Xia smiled while saying, "But seeing you, respected elder, like this, I know that the Shi's haven't done a good job at it starting from prenatal education."
To raise such an abnormal person like Shi Qingyin, one had to start early. They must have started instilling these bad ideas in him since he was a child. If they waited any later, he wouldn't be so bad.
They went on to sarcastically exchange several rounds of words. While addressing Lin Wan as "respected elder", Yue Xia scolded her from west to east, from the heavens to the earth. She didn't even need to think before exchanging the next set of barbs. Her sarcasm had reached a peak.
Lin Wan hadn't met someone that met her head-on in a long time. Due to her status, she couldn't go too far either. Little by little, her momentum was suppressed. In the end, she said through gritted teeth, "Xiaxia, have you gone too far in your acting?"
She turned to look at Jiang Shuyao, who Yue Xia had protectively moved behind her. She could only see half of Jiang Shuyao's face. Her meaning was self-evident.
She had thought Yue Xia had become smarter, but she was wrong. Yue Xia was as brainless as ever. Even if Yue Xia was putting on a show to trick Jiang Shuyao, shouldn't Yue Xia still know that she was Qingyin's mother, and she had to fawn over her?
The tongue-tied Jiang Shuyao finally found an opportunity to interject, "Xiaxia, I-"
"One moment please, I'm not done yet," Yue Xia turned her head and pleasantly said to Shuyao.
And then, she turned around with a surly expression. "Auntie Lin, you seem quite familiar with saying those words earlier. How many girls have you helped Shi Qingyin deal with? You give them money to take care of their bodies after a miscarriage. Should I praise you for your philanthropy?"
Lin Wan and Jiang Shuyao's faces changed colors.
Yue Xia didn't mean to poke Shuyao's sore spot. She just felt that Lin Wan and Shuyuao's point of contention was pointless.
The people at the top of the social class regarded themselves as superior. They were mercenary to a fault. Even someone like Lin Wan, who had climbed up from the bottom, criticized Shuyao without even a trace of warmth and sympathy for someone that was once her peer.
Jiang Shuyao had studied art. She was very good at flower arrangement and sketching. While living at the Yue's, she would arrange naturally fallen flowers in vases and place a vase in each person's room each day. She was afraid that her performance would make them lose in games and make others unhappy, so she would secretly train herself. She treated it as seriously as a mission.
She was naturally athletic and could easily play any sport. She was physically fit and would often help the students and her coworkers with changing the water in buckets and moving heavy objects. She always spoke in a gentle voice. She cared more about other people's feelings than her own.
However, in Lin Wan's eyes, all of Shuyao's vivid and bright highlights were reduced down to a young, beautiful body. To her, girls like Shuyao were interchangeable and could be seen everywhere. She didn't care that Shi Qingyin wanted to hide Shuyao in a small room. That no one would see Shuyao's shining points except for a person that didn't appreciate them.
"You said she's doing this for money…" Yue Xia looked at Lin Wan. "So you're also aware there's nothing good about your son except for money, huh?"
Lin Wan's expression was ugly. She turned to leave.
Jiang Shuyao was dumbfounded. "Xiaxia…"
"Don't be in such a hurry to leave." Yue Xia rolled up her sleeves. She wanted to stimulate Shuyao to the extremes. "It's boring that it's only the three of us. Let's call another person over."
Lin Wan: "?"
Jiang Shuyao: "?"
They could only watch in shock as Yue Xia raised a long leg, pushed open Shi Qingyin's door, and dashed through. "Get up!"
Lin Wan: "..."
Jiang Shuyao: "..."
Their faces changed, and they silently shouted. Soon, they rushed over to stop her. "Don't."
Jiang Shuyao and Lin Wan's conflict had always been kept under wraps. Apart from the engagement party, Jiang Shuyao had never told Shi Qingyin about the conversations between her and his mother, including the one that led to her going abroad. She didn't want to put Shi Qingyin in the difficult spot of being caught between his girlfriend and his mom.
But, they were too late to stop Yue Xia.