Chapter 13: Kicked to the Ground

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Xia Zhi’s expression turned cold. She stared straight at Xia Lin and asked dangerously, “If I remember correctly, Chu Ci and I were engaged since we were young, right? From what you’re saying, I deserve to be cuckolded, and I have to swallow it all without a single word?”

Xia Lin was provoked by Xia Zhi’s gaze. She excitedly blurted out without thinking, “That’s right! That’s because you were useless at capturing Brother Chu Ci’s heart!”

“Slap!”

The loud slap echoed in everyone’s ears.

Xia Lin stared at Xia Long with her eyes wide open in shock. She covered her face and asked him with tears in her eyes, “Daddy, why did you hit me?”

Xia Lin couldn’t believe that Xia Long, who had always doted on her, would actually hit her.

Things were too precarious for Xia Lin to act out. Xia Long suppressed the pain in his heart and glared at Xia Lin before turning to Xia Zhi. “Lin Lin is still young. She is a kind girl. She has always been. You know this, I’m sure. She didn’t mean it this way. Moreover, you’re the elder sister. You have to be more tolerant of your younger sister and don’t hold it against her.”

Xia Zhi couldn’t help but laugh coldly. She refused to play along. “Does being young give her the right to be the third woman? If Xia Lin did not mean this, what did she really mean? Besides, how is the daughter of a mistress, my sister?”

Xia Long’s expression froze. Even so, he could not do anything.

Xia Zhi was gleeful with joy. Fortunately for her, she had long given up on expecting any form of fatherly love from Xia Long. Otherwise, she would have suffered a stroke from her sheer envy. He favored Xia Lin over her to an outrageous extent.

Xia Long knew that he would never get through to Xia Zhi, so he turned to Wang Sheng and said, “Dad, no matter what, Lin Lin and Xia Zhi are biological sisters. If Lin Lin’s reputation is bad, Xia Zhi would get caught up in it. Moreover, Lin Lin was so stressed that she had to spent a day in the hospital. Isn’t that enough? You should do some damage control and explain to the outside world that this engagement was originally between Lin Lin and Chu Ci.”

Wang Sheng’s entire body was trembling with anger as he watched the shameless pair prance about. He raised his hand and slammed the table. He gritted his teeth and said, “Xia Long, just give up. I’m not changing my mind!”

Wang Sheng originally thought that Xia Lin was just a silly, young girl. He had been prepared to dismiss her. The last thing he expected was for her to lash her venomous tongue in his presence.

The throbbing pain in his heart slowly contracted. He forced himself to remain sitting and spoke. “Little Zhi did well. I support all her decisions. As for you, scram back to where you came from!”

Xia Zhi never expected her grandfather to be so angry. She quickly went forward to comfort him. However, when she took a closer look, she saw that his face was pale. He was enduring the pain, and one hand was clutched over his heart.

A rare bout of panic shot up her heart. She rushed up to him. “Grandpa, what’s wrong?”

“No, I’m fine…” However, the moment Wang Sheng said that, he fainted in the next second.

Xia Zhi was stunned for a moment before she quickly came back to her senses. She quickly reached out to take Wang Sheng’s pulse. Then, she frowned and quickly took out a pill from her pocket and put it in his mouth.

As Wang Sheng grew paler, Xia Zhi carried Wang Sheng to the wheelchair at the side and prepared to rush him to the hospital. However, Xia Zhi didn’t expect Xia Long to stand in her way.

Xia Long opened his arms wide and stopped Xia Zhi.

Xia Zhi frowned and became increasingly irate. She said coldly, “Buzz off!”

Xia Long’s expression stiffened, but he still refused to let them pass. “As a junior, how can you talk to your father like this? If others see you, they would think that you are an uneducated swine!”

Xia Lin also followed up, “Yes, Sister, it’s too rude of you to speak to Dad like this.””

Xia Zhi’s eyes turned cold. She looked at the two people blocking her and almost flew at them in a rage. She wasn’t a fool. She sensed that something was up.

Xia Zhi looked at Xia Lin and asked, “Are you able to talk to me like that now because your face no longer hurts?”