Pampered by the Toughest Man After Divorce
Chapter 1378 - 1200 Xiao’ai, Dabao, Xiaobei

Chapter 1378: Chapter 1200 Xiao’ai, Dabao, Xiaobei

Last night, after arranging a play, Xia Dabao slept soundly due to exhaustion, completely unaware that Aunt Zhao had been cursing by the fishpond all night long.

Aunt Zhao, of course, could not contain her fury. If not for the two fishponds between them, she would have charged over and attacked. Crossing those ponds without proper skill was impossible, especially for a middle-aged woman who had put on weight like Aunt Zhao.

Unable to cross, she had no choice but to keep hurling insults from the other side, and those words were as nasty as nasty could be.

Because of her loud voice, the entire Zhao Family heard everything very clearly.

Uncle Zhao and his wife, who always avoided conflicts, knew the play wasn’t targeting them but was solely directed at Xia Dabao, so they turned off the lights early and pretended to sleep, secretly laughing under the quilt. It was unthinkable: the sister-in-law finally met her match in a young girl.

And Uncle Zhao, he had held grievances about this issue with Axiang for a long time. He had always advised Aunt Zhao to bring Axiang back, but she was unwilling. Well, now that they’ve been targeted by the play, everyone in the village knew about their mistreatment of their daughter-in-law, which was a disgrace to him as well.

He simply couldn’t be bothered with Aunt Zhao anymore and let her continue on her tirade.

If not for the sake of their children, he would have divorced her already.

And as for Zhao Datu,

he locked himself in his room, listening to Aunt Zhao’s increasingly unpleasant curses. Normally, he would have stopped his mother from speaking ill of Xia Dabao like that. But now, he couldn’t muster any interest at all.

He had become disillusioned with Xia Dabao, thinking how foolish he had been before. He bent over backward to please her, but she rejected him at every turn, only to belittle him in the end.

Axiang was better — at least at the beginning of their marriage, she was always trying to please him, even frequently cooking him potatoes.

But what did he do? How had he belittled her?

It truly was karma. Who could escape it?

Thinking this, he started to regret. Although Axiang wasn’t as attractive or lively as Xia Dabao, if he looked long enough, she was also one of the most beautiful women in the village. He regretted not touching her once with pride, even after so long. What if he had impregnated her back then? Would she have been willing to leave then?

Zhao Datu spent the whole night awake, accompanied by the sound of Aunt Zhao’s scolding.

Ye Ge and Nan Feng, however, couldn’t sleep at all.

With Aunt Zhao cursing her own daughter continuously, how could they sleep? But they didn’t go out to retort either; wouldn’t that just make them another pair of barbarians squabbling on the street?

At that moment, silence was the most appropriate response.

Long Aixi had also heard Aunt Zhao’s curses. He had anticipated that Xia Dabao would be subjected to such scolding and was not surprised to see it happen.

He was initially somewhat hesitant, wondering if the play would affect Aunt Zhao adversely, but seeing her act like a shrew, he thought it only right that she face some consequences.

Aunt Zhao kept up her cursing until late into the night, and seeing that no one came out to respond, she eventually went to sleep, planning to take action the next day.

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As Xia Dabao was having breakfast, looking at her family, everyone except Axian seemed to have had a poor night’s sleep, which made her ask spontaneously, "What happened to you all? Didn’t sleep last night? What were you up to?"

Nan Feng shook her head. Just the previous night, she had thought that if Dabao couldn’t bear the scolding and ran out to fight with Aunt Zhao, she would certainly have to calm Dabao down.

But what happened? She had no clue about it at all, sleeping like a log.

It truly was a needless worry.