Transmigration: On the Gossip Front
Chapter 631 - 632 Sister Like Mother 49_1

Chapter 631: Chapter 632 Sister Like Mother 49_1

"Huang Lina, how did I end up raising a daughter who lies all the time?"

"I know you’re vain and we don’t have much at home, but I’ve always indulged you in every way I could."

"I see that this can’t be good for you in the long run, and I’ve been thinking that I can’t keep pampering you, hoping to correct your bad habits."

"To my surprise, you haven’t realized your errors and even have the nerve to criticize me."

"Huang Lina, how can you be like this, never speaking a single truth."

Zhao Mei kept on winking and gesturing at Huang Lina, hoping she would admit to it.

Huang Lina couldn’t make heads or tails of the scolding from Zhao Mei, who suddenly accused her of lying through her teeth.

When she finally noticed Zhao Mei’s signals, she immediately understood that Zhao Mei wanted her to take the fall in silence.

This infuriated Zhao Mei, "Mom, why are you making faces?"

"You knew about it all along, yet you pretend to be clueless." Huang Lina turned toward Huang Xin.

"Huang Xin, say who’s lying." Hmph, she was confident Huang Xin would never cross her.

If that kid dared to lie, he certainly wouldn’t have good days ahead.

Huang Xin, who had been quietly watching the drama unfold just like Huang Man, had never anticipated that he would be dragged into this mess in the end.

Zhao Mei also looked toward Huang Xin, wanting to know how he would respond. If he sided with her, she would make sure the boy didn’t suffer.

Huang Xin, faced with two pairs of glaring eyes and another pair that relished the drama, only wanted to say how tired he was.

Even though he was the only man in the house now and should be the one everyone deferred to.

Yet, the very situation he didn’t want to face still arrived.

Huang Xin took a deep breath, "Mom, that’s going too far."

While speaking, he gestured an apology to Zhao Mei, "This matter, didn’t you know about it together with Li Na?"

"You even said this job was good, there’s no need to work out of town, and there’s no issue with the income."

"How can you say now that you didn’t know?"

"Mom, how can you do this? You’re our mother, shouldn’t you be setting an example?"

"But all you do is lie, how can you have the nerve to call Li Na a liar?"

Huang Xin, aiming for a high salary, didn’t care that Zhao Mei was his mom; he spoke without any courtesy.

Zhao Mei did not expect that after Huang Lina had criticized her, Huang Xin, who should have been on her side, would stab her in the back so ruthlessly.

Zhao Mei was so angry she pointed directly at Huang Xin, who was not afraid at all; after all, he was the sole son of the family and he knew the person to give in would never be him.

Looking at Huang Xin, who stubbornly refused to admit his wrongs, Zhao Mei, although infuriated, was helpless. Could she really slap him?

The children had grown up, each one of them bearing grudges. Zhao Mei had not expected that the children she raised would all turn out this way.

Seeing Zhao Mei with her hand raised high but unable to bring it down, Huang Man couldn’t help but let out a burst of laughter.

Zhao Mei, already half dead with anger, turned to Huang Man with displeasure upon hearing the laughter.

"Excuse me, carry on." Huang Man did not show any sign of embarrassment as she said this, still wearing a smile on her face.

Zhao Mei really wanted to lash out at Huang Man and question her abilities as an elder sister.

But she truly didn’t dare say such things, since even Huang Lina and the others showed her no respect. How could she expect Huang Man to treat her any differently?

In any case, Zhao Mei didn’t even dare to entertain the thought, and could only simmer in her anger, forcing herself to endure.

Huang Man looked at Zhao Mei’s frustrated appearance and didn’t feel a hint of pity; it was a situation of Zhao Mei’s own making.

"Mom, Huang Xin is absolutely right; you’re our mother, and you should be leading by example,"

"But, I’m truly sorry, I really haven’t seen a trace of that from you."

"You neither work in the fields nor go out to earn money with a job, and you avoid doing housework whenever possible."

"Your daily routine is either visiting neighbors to chat or on the way to chat with them,"

"Exaggerating stories and adding fuel to the flames."

"To hear you publicly lie today and shirk responsibility is no surprise to me; after all, that’s just your typical behavior."

"It used to be all about criticizing me, and now, it’s just Huang Lina."

Zhao Mei truly thought she had been accommodating enough, tolerating them. But unexpectedly, they were just taking advantage of her.

"Huang Man, you..." Zhao Mei decided she couldn’t take it anymore and resolved to show Huang Man who was boss.

"What about me, did I lie?"

"Would you like to clear some things up right here in front of Huang Xin and the others?"

"Starting with how the money that Li Na planned to use to buy celebrity posters mysteriously disappeared?"

"Or about the time Huang Xin was caught skipping class to play games and got a severe beating by dad, all because someone snitched."

Without cherry-picking at all, one could really dig up quite a lot of dirt on Zhao Mei.

"No, please don’t." Zhao Mei panicked, truly worried what would happen if Huang Man really decided to air all the dirty laundry.

Zhao Mei glanced around at the three children, especially at Huang Xin and Huang Lina, "You... you all think the same of me?"

Even if they did think so in their hearts, they couldn’t possibly admit it in front of Zhao Mei; after all, she had been quite good to them. They remained silent, not uttering a word.

Li Na didn’t care about any of that. In a word, if she wasn’t happy or satisfied, someone else had to be blamed, "Is there anything wrong with what my sister said?"

"I’ve never seen you work the fields. After dad left, you just continued on as always."

"I’ve never seen a mother like you." Li Na was aware of many things about Zhao Mei, some from their mother-daughter conversations, and others through her own observations.

At this moment, she was only focused on venting and didn’t care about Zhao Mei’s increasingly ugly expression as she spilled everything out, including the various ways Zhao Mei stirred up trouble in the village.

By this time, a crowd had already gathered outside the house, and everyone was listening in stunned silence. Some of the issues had been forgotten, but others were vividly remembered.

Huang Man knew Zhao Mei was quite the gossipmonger, but she didn’t realize she had meddled in so many matters and was momentarily dumbstruck.

Looking up at the spectators outside, and seeing their stern expressions, she realized Zhao Mei was going to have a difficult time in the village for quite a while, "Li Na, you can stop now.

"Look at the window." With a sigh of resignation, Huang Man acknowledged that watching a spectacle was all well and good, but the situation had escalated beyond control.

Look outside the window? At this point, Zhao Mei remembered that several neighbors hadn’t left yet, "Are there... are there many people outside?" Her voice trembled as she spoke.

"Not too many." Expecting a response from Li Na at this time was futile, as she too was flustered, "There might be around twenty or so people, I guess."