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Chapter 96: Chapter 96: A High-ranking Leader of the Medical Academy?
Tong Yao did not let Si Xiaohui off the hook, and fired back, "Being pampered means you have a good life, if you had my life, you’d probably be even more pampered."
If Si Xiaohui, who was raised in the countryside and has developed a bad temper, were raised in a wealthy household like Yao’s, wouldn’t she be overbearing and domineering too?
Although Tong Yao is pampered and not particularly diligent, she has sound moral values and has never behaved too egregiously. Unlike Si Xiaohui, who loves to meddle in other people’s affairs and stir up trouble, on a whole, Tong Yao is far better.
Si Xiaohui, in a good mood, did not argue with Tong Yao, "Okay, okay, you have a good life, everyone admits you have a good life."
Of course, she knew Tong Yao had a good life. Otherwise, how could she have married her elder brother?
Their mother has painstakingly raised her elder brother, yet before he could repay her kindness, Tong Yao swooped in and profited. All the money he earned is spent on maintaining Tong Yao, so if Tong Yao doesn’t have a good life, who does?
Many girls in the village were envious of Tong Yao. Ever since her elder brother was admitted to the Medical School, people’s attitudes towards her had shifted, many girls went out of their way to befriend her, and even girls who never used to hang out with her started seeking her company.
Matchmakers were constantly knocking at her door. At the time, her mother dismissed them all on the basis that her elder brother was still studying and not in a hurry to get married. Later, when her brother graduated and was busy with work, he didn’t hurry to meet girls either. Who knew that Tong Yaohui would then eagerly rush to marry off his daughter? After several phone exchanges, he directly sent over Tong Yao, along with her dowry.
She remembered clearly that on the first day Tong Yao arrived at her house, she cried so much and had swollen eyes like walnuts. She clamored to leave, saying this was not a suitable place for humans to live and blamed Tong Yaohui for pushing her into a pit of fire.
At the time, she and her mother were extremely embarrassed. In the end, only after Tong Yaohui gave Tong Yao a severe scolding did she quiet down.
According to local customs, the newlyweds couldn’t see each other the day before their wedding. Hence her elder brother didn’t see Tong Yao that day. The next day, Tong Yao arrived for the wedding ceremony from a small motel in town. As it happened, an emergency at the hospital prevented the couple from seeing each other on their wedding day. This later led Tong Yao to mistake her husband.
In her opinion, Tong Yao is unappreciative and ignorant of her good fortune. Her elder brother is so capable; there isn’t anyone he couldn’t have married. If it weren’t for the sake of pleasing Tong Yaohui, he would not have married Tong Yao.
Tong Yao didn’t realize that Si Xiaohui brooded so much while busy working. She was again experiencing a slight pain in her stomach, and had thought it was her period about to start. After a trip to the bathroom, she found that wasn’t the case. Since the abdominal pain soon subsided, she didn’t pay any further attention to it.
By the time it was four in the afternoon, Si Xiaohui finally finished cleaning the house. She took a breather, and suddenly noticed several stains on her clothes. She was worried that Tong Yao would scold her, so she hurriedly fetched a basin of water to wash them off.
At first glance, it was clear that her clothes weren’t cheap. If she couldn’t get the stains out and Tong Yao asked her to pay for it, she would be in big trouble.
The thirty yuan salary is not a small amount, but Tong Yao’s clothes are definitely not cheap either. The material was much better than her newly-bought clothes. The outfits in the mall with a similar style and material price start at eighty or ninety yuan, making them both bloody expensive.
Tong Yao saw everything that Si Xiaohui was doing, and she uttered directly, "Stop fussing, let’s go back! Your brother is almost done with work."
"What if I can’t get it cleaned?" Si Xiaohui was a bit worried, as Tong Yao, who didn’t like her, intentionally cheat her?
"If you can’t wash it clean, just keep the clothes." Tong Yao didn’t like to wear other people’s clothes.
Si Xiaohui was overjoyed, but her tone was mocking, "You just throw away such nice clothes. People from the city are just extravagant and wasteful."
The outfit was a bit oversized for Tong Yao, but it fit just right on Si Xiaohui. The clothing still looked new, it hadn’t been worn much. Tong Yao didn’t want it, but she did. She liked it anyway.
Tong Yao locked the front door and took Si Xiaohui back to the residential quarters. Si Chen had just gotten off work. Tong Yao felt lazy and tired, so she sat under the electric fan reading a book and enjoying the cool breeze. Actually, she was listening to the gossips from Mosquito Number Four.
Mosquito Number Three was killed by Yu Shiya last night. Mosquito Number Four, who had taken over, was just as talkative. Mosquito Number Four gossiped a lot about the residential quarters and knew everything from who had tasty blood to who was having their period.
Tong Yao had a headache listening to it, "Talk about something valuable."
Valuable?
What counts as valuable?
Mosquito Number Four pondered for a moment, [A high-ranking official from Kyoto will visit in a few days.] This should be valuable, right?
This piqued Tong Yao’s interest, "What kind of high-ranking official?"
[A leader from the medical field, for a medical exchange.]
Mosquito Number Four was not interested in this topic and flew away after saying a few phrases.
A high-ranking medical official?
According to her understanding, Si Chen seemed to have moved to Li City just two years ago and then went to Kyoto. Could it be that this opportunity impressed the visiting doctor from Kyoto?
It was very probable.
It seemed that she needed to behave herself in the next few days, so as not to cause trouble for Si Chen and hamper his momentum in his career.
In the kitchen.
Si Xiaohui was assisting Si Chen. Remembering what she had heard in the morning, she was conflicted about whether or not to tell her elder brother. If she did, would it lead to a fight between the couple?
They were just starting to settle down. If Tong Yao were truly divorcing her elder brother, wouldn’t she lose her job?
Tong Yao also bought her so many things today. If she were to instigate disputes behind her back, wouldn’t it seem a bit unjust? Moreover, Tong Yao treated her quite decently. If they got a different sister-in-law, she might not treat her as well.
But if she kept silent and Tong Yao was indeed pregnant with Jia Qing’s child, wouldn’t her brother have been fooled?
Si Xiaohui was extremely conflicted, as both speaking and not speaking seemed wrong.
Si Chen had noticed that Si Xiaohui was being absent-minded a while ago. Initially, he didn’t intend to probe her, but when she threw away the peeled garlic into the trash bin, he frowned and said, "If you have something to say, then say it. Why are you prancing around like you’re walking on pins and needles?"
The sound of Si Chen’s voice startled Si Xiaohui. She was so flustered that she couldn’t bear to meet his gaze. Finally, she mustered her courage, bit her lip, and said, "Brother, I have something to tell you. But please, try to stay calm and don’t do anything rash."
Her elder brother was her real relative. She couldn’t betray him. She had to inform her big brother about this matter. Otherwise, if the news spread from someone else’s mouth, she would not have the face to see her elder brother.
"If you have something to say, just say it." Si Chen turned his back to her, turned on the faucet to wash the vegetables, and didn’t pay much attention to Si Xiaohui’s words.
Looking at her busy elder brother while Tong Yao was comfortably enjoying the fan in the room, potentially carrying someone else’s child, inflamed Si Xiaohui’s sense of injustice, so in a low voice she said, "Brother, this morning when sister-in-law and I went downstairs, a woman in the residential quarters said that sister-in-law is pregnant."
Si Chen turned to look at her, "Is that it?"
"Brother, don’t you find it strange?" Seeing him so calm, Si Xiaohui anxiously moved closer and said, "Sister-in-law has only just come to the city! How could she be pregnant so soon... "
Si Chen coldly interrupted her, "Since you know that it’s impossible to get pregnant in such a short time, what are you questioning?"
