Reborn: The Lion To Hunt The Wolf - Chapter 209

Xiao Shen knew that without a strong backer she could not face Elder Xiao, so she called her mother who she didn’t call for the past 20 years.

Old madam Tang, Xiao Shen’s estranged mother and sister-in-law of Elder Xiao, was seventy years of age who left City A after her husband died.

She only called Xiao Shen during childbirth to ask the gender of the baby and after that, she didn’t contact her daughter again.

As she was disappointed with no male offspring, she settled into a solitary life.

Her past was…

In order to marry Elder Xiao, Xiao Ran’s grandfather, Old Tang broke clear of all hardship to become the matriarch of the Xiao Family, but she didn’t expect Elder Xiao to reject her firmly.

Old Tang was from a prestigious household and was a genuine lady from a noble family. So to save her face, she married Elder Xiao’s brother with one hope that her son would become the heir of Xiao.

Unfortunately, her first pregnancy led to Xiao Shen, which disappointed her lot and due to complications in the first pregnancy, she was unable to conceive again.

She looked down on her husband and resented her inability to give birth to a son. However, for her reputation and status, she had changed her attitude towards everyone but deep inside she hated Elder Xiao’s family.

However, Elder Xiao valued Wen Old Tang greatly due to her nonchalant attitude towards the Xiao position.

…

The clicking sound from the clock on the wall and the tapping sound from the arm of the chair were especially clear in the silent room, like a destructive and nerve-racking voice from the underworld, stabbing at people’s minds and hearts.

Old Tang, sitting before them, suddenly looked up. Her eyes gleamed, like a river flowing in the dark.

“Are you planning to discard my granddaughter?”

“No..Mother… No..” He shook his head.

“If you hadn’t come, he would have.” Xiao Shen yelled out loud.

She held onto Jing Zhe’s body who was still in the petrified state and roared out in grievance, still looking at Old Tang, “It was his fault for letting my Zhe suffer in that cold place for three days. He even emptied my dowry to fill his Jing brother’s pocket. What will my daughter have during her marriage now?!?”

Jing Shuping moved his stiff body slightly and clenched his fist. Giving a daggered glare at his wife, he tried to rebuke: “What else do you want me to do? Do nothing and watch my Jing Family collapse?”

A cold voice contented: “Both of you, shut your mouths!”

Touching her temples, Old Tang said as she stood up: “For this incident, you are both to be blamed. You both turned a blind eye to the things she did and allowed her to act on her own accord on this issue. However, what were the two of you thinking? You could have turned the table over by twisting the story. Instead of portraying yourself as the victim, to gain sympathy you got things out of control and made Xiao Family’ despise you.”

Jing Shuping and Xiao Shen were tongue-tied.

Remaining calm and composed, Old Tang turned around and took a few steps towards the window: “Whatever happened, happened. Leave Jing Zhe’s affair to me. As for that Yue girl, I will talk with HIM.”

Having understood who that ‘HIM’ was, Xiao Shen bowed her head: “Thank you, Mother. It’s quite late, You must be very tired. Why not go and rest?”

Old Tang nodded her head and walked to the second floor, but halfway, she stopped and said: “One more thing. Find a doctor to do a medical test for Zhe tomorrow. I need to know the truth.”

Jing Shuping kicked the coffee table over in exasperation before leaving the room.

Xiao Shen who was stroking Jing Zhe’s hair had her brows slightly upturned with fulfillment.

Jing Zhe exclaimed in her embrace: “What medical test?”

Xiao Shen whispered at Jing Zhe’s ear: “It just to prove your vɨrġɨnɨtƴ. In order to marry Young Master Yue, we need to do it sooner or later. Don’t worry Zhe, Mother will accompany you.”

With the mention of Yue Xinag, Jing Zhe’s eyes twinkled like the stars in the sky but recalling Yue Wan’s face, her heart fell into an abyss in the bottomless hell: “Mother, I want that bitch to die a horrible death and suffer a thousand times more.”

Xiao Shen ċȧrėssed her back and comforted her with a sinister smile: “Don’t worry, leave everything to me. Mother will avenge you.”

—-In The Xiao Family Villa—

Xiao Ran, who was reading the news on Weibo in the study, slammed the tablet down in anxiety: “I knew this Jing Zhe was always up to something, but dragging Little Wan into it… She must be crazy with no face, no skin, and is endlessly looking for death!”

“Ran, mind your words,” Elder Xiao reprimanded but there was no anger on his tone.

Xiao Ran stuck her tongue out and went back to her work with a murmuring: “Always being biased over your dumb niece.”

At that time Advisor Yu entered the room: “Master, you called for me?”

Elder Xiao took a glance at her silly act before he inquired Advisor Yu: “Is everything done?”

Advisor Yu nodded his head: “Once The Young Master is ready, we can announce his return.”

Understanding from their conversation, Xiao Ran beamed with happiness and was already into her cosplay world: “Finally! I can return back to my life.”

Fake tears poured from her eyes along with the sound of heavenly bells and a light shone upon her face.

However…

“WAX entertainment will be under your control until the …end.” Elder Xiao nailed right at the spot.

The last words struck Xiao Ran’s heart hard, like a heavy-duty hammer, causing her so much pain that she couldn’t cry even if she wanted to.

Her cosplay dresses waved her bye and disappeared into the sky.

Soon, her soul left her body after a painful departure. “Why can’t he take care of that job too?”

A noble voice snickered out loud and ridiculed in a sharp tone: “Unlike you, I have a lover who is very possessive over me.”

Xiao Ran, who was used to her twin brother’s sneaking act, made a ‘Humph’ sound and disregarded his presence.

Massaging his temples, Elder Xiao signed helplessly and looked at the phone beside him: “Hua! there are so many beautiful and outstanding girls, why must it be her?”

From the phone, Xiao Hua in a serious tone said: “If you want a great-granddaughter in the future, please treat your grand-daughter-in law with love and care. That will make my job easier to give you one soon.”

Elder Xiao’s hand that was massaging his temples halted briefly, and his eyes widened in surprise. “What ….. a child, are you serious?”

Xiao Hua softly chuckled. “What do you think?”

Saying that he ended the call.

Xiao Ran blinked her purple eyes twice with a jaw-dropped face: “Grandpa!!!.. Is he serious! Little Wan is still 16! She hasn’t even graduated from high school yet!”

Elder Xiao’s expression darkened but he remained silent. Judging from his recent character change, he knew that his grandson was head over heels in love with that Yue girl.

Advisor Yu with a face full of smiles explained: “Princess! With a newfound education system, Little Miss can still study at college during her pregnancy too.”

Xiao Ran suddenly thought of something excitedly and clapped her hand in delight: “Ah, a little baby…it’d be nice if they have a daughter! Little Wan is very beautiful so her daughter would be really pretty and cute as well… I can play tons of cosplay with my little cutie!!”

Her cosplay dress from heaven returned back to her with happiness.

Elder Xiao grumbled as he heard Xiao Ran mumbling to herself, “Stop thinking nonsense. That brat is tricking us!”

He was not going to fall into that brat’s trap!

Though he sounded angry on the outside but on the inside, the seed of the image of the granddaughter was already planted deeply…