After I awakened my inner voice, I became the treasure of my family.

Chapter 163 Calm Li Tingxue vs. Angry Xi Linyu

It took Xi Linyu a while to come to her senses. After wiping away her tears, she looked up and saw the "sympathy" on Li Tingxue's face.

This was quite a shock! Celine Yu suddenly became like a startled little yellow chick, her feathers standing on end, and she entered a state of extreme anger and sensitivity.

"Hey! Li Tingxue, what kind of expression is that?! Are you... trying to pity me? What right do you have to pity me?"

Hmph! Don't think I don't know that you yourself were forced into an arranged marriage because of family interests!

Even if you've already given birth to a son, so what? In the end, you're still just a tool for procreation, one child after another... an endless cycle of birthing and more..."

Celine Yu seemed to get more and more excited as she spoke, not giving Li Tingxue any chance to interrupt or refute.

"And your old man, he seems like a respectable person on the surface, but in reality he's secretly fathering an illegitimate child!"

The scandal of his alleged 'abandonment of his illegitimate child' is now common knowledge and has caused a great uproar!

Furthermore, your siblings are no pushovers either. They've completely turned against each other and even become enemies over such a pitiful amount of family property.

"So? You think you've kept your family's mess a secret, that nobody knows? Heh, let me tell you, your family's little scandals have already spread like wildfire, everyone knows!"

Despite Celine Yu's incessant taunts, Li Tingxue remained surprisingly calm, knowing full well what was going on in her own family.

"Oh... there are actually people spreading rumors?"

What she didn't expect was that she would actually hear these rumors from Xi Linyu's mouth today. For a moment, Li Tingxue couldn't help but feel a little amused and exasperated.

Also, what kind of childbearing tool is she?

All of this was of her own volition; she loves children and especially wants a lovely daughter.

Shen Xiuyan felt somewhat helpless about this, but out of love and tolerance for his wife, he could only comply with her wishes. And so, one little life after another came into this world.

But fate always seems to play tricks on people. Despite her repeated pregnancies and births, she was never able to give birth to the daughter she longed for.

Once, twice, three times... until the fourth son, her heart almost turned cold, filled with disappointment and resentment.

Sometimes she wondered if she was just unlucky and couldn't have a daughter.

Finally, her hard work paid off, and she gave birth to the baby girl she had always dreamed of.

However, who could have imagined that the arrival of this daughter would almost plunge the entire family into utter ruin?

Just as they were all immersed in the joy brought by their daughter, a terrible conspiracy was quietly approaching—someone was trying to switch their hard-won daughter with someone else!

At the critical moment, it was thanks to the sudden "awakening" of the mother-in-law, Jiang Mianmian. After realizing that something was wrong, she successfully stopped the "baby swap" and saved their biological daughter.

Not only that, even her own family was spared because of her mother-in-law's "heartfelt words," which allowed them to see through the hidden "truth" in advance and prevent their family from being suddenly and passively exposed.

"How could no one be spreading it? You know, your family's dirty secrets have been known for a long time, and now even if you want to shut up, you can't!"

Moreover, everyone is spreading rumors that your father has more than one illegitimate child; there might be many more that haven't been exposed yet...

Otherwise, why would your mother be so angry that she insisted your father hand over all the family property so she could divide it all up? It's because she's afraid your father might suddenly have another illegitimate child who will come and fight you for the inheritance!

Upon hearing this, Li Tingxue frowned, muttering to herself: Actually, but in reality... how should I put it...

Um... her mother did have this concern, which is why she took all those actions later, but...

The reason her father was willing to divide the family property in advance was not because of pressure from her mother, but to show his loyalty to her mother!

After all, a series of recent events in the family had made them question their father's intelligence.

After a period of testing, they were surprised to find that her father was quite capable.

But... when it comes to women, his mind seems to go blank, like he's missing a screw; to put it bluntly, he's a bit of a goofball.

Especially when faced with those seemingly innocent but actually scheming women, or those cunning but actually manipulative women, he is always overwhelmed with sympathy and powerless to resist.

They were all quite worried that one day he might accidentally be "fooled" by some seductive and shameless woman again.

It's not that I'm afraid he actually has an illegitimate child outside, but I'm worried that even if the child isn't his, it might be falsely accused of being his by malicious people.

At that time, given her father's confused nature, he probably won't even be able to explain it clearly himself.

If this matter blows up, not only will the reputation of the entire family be affected, but the whole family will also go crazy.

Thinking of this, Li Tingxue sighed helplessly.

Since it involved family scandals, some details were inconvenient to explain to outsiders, so she could only vaguely tell Xi Linyu:

"Some things might not be as you imagine. As for the specifics, I can't go into too much detail."

Celine Yu wouldn't care about all that!

For her, the so-called truth is completely insignificant.

The most important thing is that she has to find a way to beat Li Tingxue.

So she started to ramble on and on, telling all the rumors and gossip that were circulating all over the city.

Moreover, she didn't care at all how bizarre or absurd these claims were; as long as she could verbally defeat Li Tingxue, that was fine.

At first, what Celine Yu said was somewhat true, but the more she talked about it, the more nonsensical it became.

Standing aside and listening, Li Tingxue gradually lost the desire to even interrupt, feeling that this was utter nonsense and didn't make any sense at all.

Sigh... I guess I'll just forget about it!

Have no idea!

Why bother arguing with someone as pitiful as Xi Linyu, who is destined not to live past next year?

Thinking of this, Li Tingxue showed an extremely tolerant expression and quietly looked at Xi Linyu opposite her.

However, the more indifferent Li Tingxue appeared, the angrier Xi Linyu became.

He had said so much, but why did Li Tingxue not react at all? Was she just watching him act like a clown, going crazy like this?

ah ah ah ah...

Celine Yu is practically going crazy!

"Li Tingxue, are you out of your mind? Has your brain been filled with water? Your man is already messing around with your cousin, and they might even be pregnant with her child!"

"And you, on the other hand, are acting like nothing happened, without any reaction at all?"

Xi Linyu's eyes widened, her face full of disbelief. "Could it be that you're planning to learn from your weak, incompetent, and bullied old lady?"

And then, you're willing to raise someone else's illegitimate child? Hahaha...that's utterly ridiculous!

"If the woman you're referring to is Liu Jiaying, then I can tell you definitively that there's probably some misunderstanding involved. In fact, I've already completely fallen out with her a long time ago."

Faced with Xi Linyu's questioning and mockery, Li Tingxue remained calm and spoke.

"Moreover, the reason why I broke up with her is very simple: this Liu Jiaying is shameless and tried to seduce my husband."

Fortunately, my husband saw through her scheme at a glance and sent her to prison, where she spent many days reflecting on her actions.

Afterwards, my husband specifically instructed me not to associate with such a scheming relative again.

However, Xi Linyu did not believe Li Tingxue's sophistry. She sneered and curled her lip in disdain:

"Hmph, do you think I would believe your nonsense? As the saying goes, all crows are black, and there is no cat in the world that doesn't steal fish."

Tch, you're not some young girl anymore, how can you still be so naive? Do you think your man is some kind of gentleman, a moral exemplar?

You should take a look at what kind of person his father is. As the saying goes, like father, like son. In my opinion, he's no better!

"Only someone as naive as you would believe a few sweet words from your man. What if he betrays you one day? You'd probably still be in the dark, counting the money for him!"

She even specifically cited Shen Xiuyan, Shen Hanjiang, Li's father, and even Simmons' husband, Song Lianshan, as examples to support her point of view.

She saw right through all the men in the world; there wasn't a single good one among them.

I can still vividly recall the day when Song Lianshan married Simmons; his earnest vows were still clear in my mind.

What was he saying at the time?

Hahahaha...

"I will marry no one but her; she is the love of my life."

"Hmph! But what was the result? She was easily won over by me, didn't she?" Xi Linyu said with a disdainful sneer.

"Don't think I don't know what people outside are saying about me, like how shameless I am, that I even tried to seduce my own brother-in-law, and other such nasty things."

But only that bitch Simmons was so kind-hearted, actually crying and insisting I was her younger sister. She wouldn't blame me for this, only attributing it to the beautiful moonlight and the excessive wine…”

"That's utter bullshit! Go to hell, you're drunk!"

It's clearly because that woman, Simmons, is too good at pretending!

"I'm already sleeping in the same bed with her man, and she's still putting on an act, pretending to be tolerant, magnanimous, and virtuous. It's utterly disgusting!"