Chapter 1958: Rebellion
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Wei De had all the bad and wrong things. He and his mother were innocent. Even if they saw the Zhai family in the future, he could walk past them with his head held up high!
Wei Wei knew about this truth. However, he didn’t tell Wei Xiaomei as he didn’t want to. He knew that the Wei family and that old village chief were bad. The old village chief really thought that the Wei family was leading a good life in Ping Cheng and that his mother had accompanied him back to find a quiet learning environment to better prepare for this year’s college entrance examination.
Out of the ten sentences that the old village chief said to him, three or four of them would emphasize and repeat how his mother wouldn’t have been around today without him. If his mother wasn’t around, it was even more impossible for his existence. One had to be grateful. Furthermore, he was his birth grandfather. When he was successful in the future, he had to respect and be filial to his birth grandfather. When he was capable in the future, he had to let him live the same or even better life than his grandfather in the city.
Compared to his grandfather, he had sacrificed much more for him…
Upon thinking about how similar the old village chief’s words were to the Wei family, Wei Wei wanted to laugh. It was their credit that he was successful. Whose credit was it then that he and his mother had been scolded, bullied, and rolled eyes at since they were young?
They hoped that he would be successful in life and support them for their old age in the future as a means of repayment? He was already magnanimous enough if he didn’t seek revenge from them.
“Go? Where to?” Wei Xiaomei looked confused. In this lifetime, her life had always been like this. Even if she felt wronged in her heart, she wouldn’t dare utter a sound. Who asked her to be a parentless child and had relied on the generosity of the Wei family for a living? “You’re still young. You’re still a student who’s going to take the college entrance examination this year. I don’t have money and I don’t know how to earn money. In the next half a year, you’ll still be studying. I don’t have the ability and I can’t make you a university student.” As she said this, Wei Xiaomei looked sad and inferior.
“Mom, stop dreaming. My uncle’s not a soldier anymore. He’s even expelled from the army. Do you think he can earn money now and let me go to university? You can’t, but the Wei family can’t either. From the call just now, what I heard is that my grandpa wants me to stop studying. He feels that I’m of age to work and support myself.” Moreover, he could provide for them and even the entire Wei family.
After leaving Zhai Hua, the Wei family, who was used to enjoying life, was no longer willing to farm and earn their own living. They were still planning for him to work so that he could support them. He had a birth mother, whom he couldn’t wait to provide for. Why should he provide for the heartless and cold-blooded Wei family? Did they treat him as Zhai Hua?
“Mom, let’s go. Anyway, I’ll no longer have the opportunity to continue studying. I’m not willing to provide for the Wei family as I don’t want to spend my hard-earned money on such people. Mom, leave with me. Don’t be afraid. I’ll provide for you in the future.”
Seeing her son’s look of seriousness and persistence, Wei Xiaomei cried. What was different was that this time, Wei Xiaomei was no longer confused. She felt that her future was bleak and she couldn’t see any hope at all. Wei De was an unreliable man. She similarly always knew that the Wei family was unreliable. What she knew more was that she herself was also an unreliable person.
However, that was fine. It was okay if none of them were reliable as she now had a reliable son. A reliable son was more important than anyone else. “Okay, Mom will leave with you. From now on, you’ll be the decision-maker of the family. I’ll listen to whatever you say.”
They were all similarly surnamed Wei. Wei Wei’s temper might not be any better than the Wei family’s. Back when Wei De and Zhai Hua got married, Wei De was still timid. As he was afraid that Zhai Hua would find out about his relations.h.i.+p with Wei Xiaomei, he only fetched Father Wei and Mother Wei to Ping Cheng and let Wei Xiaomei live alone in the countryside.
Back then, Zhai Hua and Wei De had a good relations.h.i.+p. She doted on Wei De’s nephew like he was her own child. She knew that Wei Xiaomei grew up with Wei De since young and they were no different from a pair of siblings. They were both women. After knowing Wei Xiaomei’s ‘encounter’, Zhai Hua sympathized with Wei Xiaomei and suggested that Wei De fetch her over from the countryside.
The villagers knew about Wei Xiaomei’s not-so-glorious past and Wei Wei’s birth. On the contrary, the people from Ping Cheng didn’t understand the Wei family’s situation. They felt that Wei Xiaomei might have a better life if she was fetched over from the countryside.
Furthermore, Wei Xiaomei was still young. She couldn’t possibly be left alone in the future just because of a sc.u.mbag, right? In short, fetching Wei Xiaomei over would be very helpful for her future.
The more Zhai Hua cared about Wei Xiaomei, the more Wei De didn’t dare to fetch Wei Xiaomei over. If Zhai Hua placed too much attention on Wei Xiaomei and found out the relations.h.i.+p between him, Wei Xiaomei, and Wei Wei, then he had to get a divorce immediately after he had just married Zhai Hua and become the Zhai family’s son-in-law.
After finding a bunch of reasons to reject, Wei De was afraid that Zhai Hua would be unhappy. As such, he hurriedly suggested transferring their newly-built three-story house to Wei Xiaomei’s name. In that case, Wei Xiaomei was like living in his own home. Her sense of belonging would be stronger, and they wouldn’t be afraid of Wei Xiaomei suffering in the countryside.
Zhai Hua naturally didn’t disagree with Wei De’s words. As such, the house Wei Xiaomei and Wei Wei were living in shouldn’t be considered to be the Wei family’s. It should be Wei Xiaomei’s. All the procedures were done properly back then. It was, after all, a new marriage back then. Knowing that Zhai Hua was concerned, how would Wei De dare to play any tricks?
In addition, after Zhai Hua became the Wei family’s daughter-in-law, the Wei family’s life was getting better every day. They couldn’t wait to enjoy life in the big city. How would they care about the days in the countryside? As such, as time pa.s.sed, the Wei family had long forgotten to get the house back from Wei Xiaomei. Until now, the Wei family still hadn’t remembered this incident.
The Wei family didn’t recall this, but Wei Wei found out about this situation after looking at the real estate certificate. They were going to leave soon. How would Wei Wei be willing to benefit the Wei family?
This house was his mother’s. It was right for him to sell it. After selling this house, he wouldn’t have anything to do with the Wei family. Wei De still wanted a son to provide for him and send him off on the day of his funeral? In his dreams!
Wei Wei sold the Wei family’s house in the countryside quickly. He couldn’t do anything about the plots of farmland under Father Wei’s name. After selling the house, and with the money on hand, Wei Wei left his hometown with Wei Xiaomei and went to live in another city without a second word.