Chapter 577 — What Will Become of Us Now?
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 3
"I... why would I go looking for him?" Tang Zhi's grievance welled up, and she nearly burst into tears again. Let Wei Zhao see her in this miserable state? How could she? Once Feng Xiaoxiao showed up, she would surely mock her — she would be thrilled that Tang Zhi's face was ruined!
"With something this big happening, how can you not look for him? You idiot, call him right now!" Liu Xinlan was getting anxious.
"He doesn't even want me anymore — why would I go looking for him? Cling to him?" Tang Zhi was crying again, weeping with utter heartbreak and grievance.
"If you ask me, child, they say even one day as husband and wife is worth a hundred days of devotion. I think he likes you — why don't you give him a call and try? Our family is in this state now; if we don't look for him, how will we live?" Mother Tang hesitated a moment, then said, "Even if we ask for nothing else, at least we should get that five-hundred-thousand-yuan card replaced?"
"Likes me? Likes what about me? My face is disfigured — I'm not even fit to be his mistress anymore. How do you expect me to call him? Humiliate myself?" Tang Zhi's heart was full of grievance. She hadn't expected her mother to still be thinking about the breakup money at a time like this, and the bitterness she felt was beyond words. Her reaction was fierce; she stiffened her neck and answered in a furious huff.
"He did like you before — why don't you just try?" Mother Tang was still unwilling to let it go. She was an adult and had more to consider. That five hundred thousand could not be given up — if they gave it up, how would this family survive?
"Try what? How am I supposed to try? I already owe him so much money, and there's never been anything between us. What am I supposed to say to him? How am I supposed to pay him back after this?" Tang Zhi was growing frantic.
"Well, then... why don't you beg his girlfriend? Be his mistress? His girlfriend agreed to it too, didn't she?" Mother Tang said after a moment's hesitation.
"I won't do it! Mom, what kind of idea is that? Say one more word and I'll go kill myself! How could you make me go humiliate myself like that? My face is ruined — how could he possibly agree to take me as his mistress? How am I supposed to live after that?" How could Tang Zhi agree? Wasn't this just asking her to go make a fool of herself?
"Why must you be so stubborn? You let Zhao Qibing have his fun with you, and you'd let Wei Zhao have his fun too — so what's so bad about being a mistress? We don't even have a house anymore. If you don't make that call, our whole family might as well sit here and wait to die!" It wasn't that Mother Tang was unreasonable — it was that this family truly had nowhere left to turn. What else were they supposed to do?
Mother Tang would have liked nothing better than for her daughter to seduce Zhao Qibing; two apartments in the city would have been quite a fine thing! The trouble was that her daughter's face was ruined, and even if she were given away free, Zhao Qibing wouldn't want her anymore! So Mother Tang set her sights on Wei Zhao instead! She reasoned that Wei Zhao had, after all, been in love with her daughter, and surely he would show some consideration for old times' sake? Even with her daughter's face ruined, he couldn't just wash his hands of her, could he?
And no wonder Mother Tang thought that way — she had simply been poor for too long! Bullied for too long! Back when Wei Zhao was around, Mother Tang had enjoyed a prosperity she had never known before; even the people on Snack Street hadn't dared to bully her, and that had given Mother Tang a deep sense of satisfaction!
But the moment Wei Zhao left, her family was bullied — their house torn down, her man's leg shattered by falling debris, her daughter's face ruined — and they didn't even dare go argue it out with anyone! Mother Tang didn't want to live like this; she wanted, oh how she wanted, to live a life of wealth and power!