My Happy Daily Life After Being Reborn
Chapter 118 - 30 The Woman You Can’t Afford to Offend

Chapter 118: Chapter 30 The Woman You Can’t Afford to Offend

The whole afternoon, Lin Xiaoguai was somewhat distracted, truly perturbed by Wu Ermei’s words.

It is said that people in the 21st century should be familiar with the term "White Lotus," but apart from a few who overly imagine due to reading too many internet novels, most people don’t take it seriously, thinking such extreme characters wouldn’t really exist in life.

Originally, Lin Xiaoguai also belonged to the latter category, until something happened that changed her mind.

Back in the day, in the old neighborhood where she lived, because everyone was a long-time neighbor, they shared good relationships, quite different from the cold interpersonal connections in high-end apartments today.

At that time, there was a household in the old neighborhood, a widow raising her posthumous child alone; since the family was financially struggling, people in the neighborhood often lent a hand. The mother and son were grateful and got along well with everyone. Lin Xiaoguai tutored the boy from junior high all the way to his senior high school years, and he did not let everyone down, eventually getting into a top ten university in the country. After graduation, by a recommendation from an old lady in the neighborhood, the young man went to work at a subsidiary company her son had just started abroad.

With determination, the young man performed commendably and became the sales manager of the subsidiary in less than six years.

With the family situation improved and her son nearing thirty, the widowed mother started to worry about her son’s lifelong marriage. She went through countless matchmaking attempts, but none succeeded, and the old lady was extremely anxious. However, over the New Year, the young man brought home a girlfriend.

The old lady was overjoyed, seeing that the girl was beautiful and well-mannered, and she began looking forward to grandchildren.

But within half a year, things started to seem off. The old lady was soft-hearted and kept all her troubles to herself. It was during a gathering of old neighbors, praising her eventual good fortune after a lifetime of hardships, and how filial her son was, that made the praises only deepen her inner sorrow. She finally couldn’t hold back and spilled her troubled thoughts.

["Old sisters, I really don’t understand what’s going on; give me some insights. You all know my Ah Jie, always so filial, but I don’t know why his attitude towards me has become more and more peculiar. Last time he brought Jiaxue over, she said she wasn’t used to the fish from G province and kept talking about craving the fish I cook, asking me to teach her with such affection. I was happy to hear it, but somehow, although Ah Jie said nothing, he looked at me with suspicion. It’s been many days, and I dream of that look every night, my heart grows colder each day, thinking Ah Jie has grown up and maybe I should just go join his father."]

Everyone listened with shock, but also felt puzzled by the baseless story; they couldn’t guess what might have led the young man to behave that way.

Later, an old neighbor retold the incident; her granddaughter happened to be there and muttered, "Could it be a White Lotus situation?" Curious, she then followed up with detailed questions to the old lady.

["Granny Liu, was your son not present when his girlfriend asked to learn how to cook fish from you?"]

["Yes, Jiaxue wanted to surprise Ah Jie."]

["Since it was a surprise, did your son accidentally see you teaching his girlfriend to cook fish? Perhaps you were instructing her while she was working?"]

["Ah Jie indeed saw us, but it was accidental. Jiaxue isn’t very talented in cooking; she always makes mistakes, and in my haste, I lost track of time and scolded her, forgetting about the time," she paused, then added, "But Jiaxue really is a good girl, a bit clumsy, but always trying hard to learn. Even when I spoke harshly out of frustration, she wouldn’t get mad but kept apologizing with tears welling up."]

Hearing this, a group of old ladies from the old neighborhood, none lacking in intelligence, discerned the issue: that woman named Jiaxue was clearly inciting discord between mother and son!

It was just petty tricks because of Jiaxue’s good acting skills that a rift had formed between the mother and son, who were once inseparable.

After much effort to explain the trickery to Granny Liu, they had thought that understanding the true nature of this woman and having an open and honest conversation between mother and son would resolve the issue. However, this was just the beginning!

What followed was entirely a drama!

The exact process was unclear to these bystanders, they only knew that Mrs. Liu had been driven to the brink of suicide by overdosing on sleeping pills and was almost beyond saving. Meanwhile, Xu Jie still sided with his girlfriend, even kneeling in the hospital, pleading with his mother to stop making unreasonable troubles.