sovbooks Chapter 128 Preferring Sons to Daughters
Chapter 128 Preferring Sons to Daughters
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The air in the living room seemed to freeze.
Ye Tang's face was ashen, and she looked like she wanted to devour someone.
Ye Gang slumped drunkenly on the sofa, his eyelids drooping and the smell of alcohol clearly visible at the corners of his mouth.
Wang Hui's eyes darted away, not daring to look directly at her daughter, as if she were secretly searching for a reason in her heart to deal with Ye Tang's upcoming retribution.
Ye Yu, the younger brother, and his girlfriend acted like outsiders.
Ye Tang remained silent.
No one dared to speak.
I don't know how much time passed.
Wang Hui gave a forced smile and spoke first: "Tangtang, your dad was just talking nonsense because he was drunk, don't take it to heart. I'll call your in-laws tomorrow to apologize, okay? This marriage is important, let's not ruin our relationship..."
"Come on."
Ye Tang knows her parents too well.
They're masters of this kind of thing—saying one thing to people and another behind their backs.
"You guys are really good at putting on a show." Ye Tang's voice was icy cold. "You wouldn't agree to ten million, and now you're asking for thirty million? Do you think the Gu family is an ATM, or do you think I'm a money tree?"
"I've seen this good cop/bad cop act of yours for thirty years. One of you pretends to be the good guy, and the other pretends to be confused. Do you really think I'm a fool?"
Ye Tang slammed her hand on the table.
Ye Yu and his girlfriend were so frightened that they couldn't help but tremble.
"What's gotten into you now?" Ye Gang clicked his tongue twice, as if waking from a dream, and muttered with narrowed eyes, "Don't talk to your mother like that."
"Sister, you've misunderstood." Ye Yu quickly tried to mediate, as this sister was not someone to be trifled with. "Dad might have just had too much to drink and was just talking nonsense... Sister, Mom and Dad are only doing this for your own good. If our family doesn't want anything, then when you marry into the family, they won't take you seriously. They only cherish wives who are married off at great expense."
"Shut up. You earned your reputation yourself. Don't think I don't know what you're up to." Ye Tang stared at him, enunciating each word clearly. "Don't think I don't know what you're thinking. You're not exactly an upright person either."
"You think that since I'm married, I won't be able to take care of you anymore, so you want more money. Let me tell you, the Gu family won't give it to you. Even if they do, I'll return it. If you're capable, earn it yourself. If you're not, take whatever amount I give you. If you cause any more trouble, you won't get a single penny from me."
Ye Tang was really angry.
The parents have disgraced their parents.
She lost all face as well.
It seems that all these years, she has been scheming to take advantage of the Gu family's wealth.
Although 30 million won't be enough to empty the pockets of Gujia.
But is that really the case?
"Sister, you..."
Ye Yu's lips moved, but he ultimately remained silent.
When Wang Hui saw that her son was also being scolded, her face darkened.
"Ye Tang, don't go too far." This girl is really outgoing now that she's grown up. "Ye Yu is right. You were living with Gu Lin back when you were in school. The Gu family looked down on you a long time ago. Then you dumped Gu Lin and went abroad for so many years. Do you think you still have any influence in the Gu family?"
Every word was like a steel needle, precisely piercing the softest part of Ye Tang's heart.
She never expected these words to come from her own mother.
Back then, she lived with Gu Lin because some family members were sick, some were in debt, and some couldn't afford to go to school.
Gu Lin helped her.
Doesn't she give any feedback at all?
How dare they say such things now.
"Go on," Ye Tang said, her voice unusually calm. "What else is unpleasant to say? Say it all at once."
Wang Hui was further enraged by this calm: "Ye Tang, if you were so capable, you would have given birth to a son on your first child. Maybe then the Gu family would have given you a second thought. But you gave birth to a girl. What use is a girl in a family like the Gu family? If we don't give you some security now, you won't even have a way out if you suffer any grievances in the Gu family in the future! What is 30 million to the Gu family? It's just a drop in the ocean! If they won't even give you this much, then they don't care about you at all!"
Ye Tang smiled, her eyes stinging with tears.
He went from a small county town to a prestigious 985 university, received a full scholarship to study abroad, started his own business, and gradually got to where he is today.
In the eyes of parents.
It's nothing more than a tool to be exploited.
My heart is completely cold.
She gave birth to a daughter, but in their eyes, she received no love and was insignificant.
The Gu family hasn't said anything yet.
They were the ones who started to complain first.
They are inherently sexist.
They showed her absolutely no respect.
They seem to have forgotten who is the one who holds this family together.
"My marriage, my children, my position in the Gu family..." Ye Tang said slowly, each word seemingly squeezed out from between her teeth, "What do these things have to do with you?"
"How can it be nothing! You're our child!" Wang Hui patted the sofa armrest and stood up. "Would we harm you? We're doing this all for your own good!"
"For my own good?" Ye Tang repeated these four words, finding it utterly absurd. "For my own good, does that mean making exorbitant demands before my marriage, so everyone will think I'm after their money? For my own good, does that mean looking down on my child and saying I'm useless for giving birth to a daughter? For my own good, are you really doing this for my own good? You're just doing it for yourselves."
She took a deep breath and glanced at her parents and younger brother.
"This is the last time, listen carefully." Ye Tang's voice wasn't loud, but it silenced the entire living room so completely you could hear a pin drop. "I decide what the bride price is. Whatever the Gu family gives, I will return it in full. You won't get a single penny."
Ye Yu was anxious; he was waiting to use this money to get married and start a business.
"Sis, don't be impulsive..."
"And you too." Ye Tang turned to him, "From now on, if you have money, you can get married. If you don't have money, ask your parents. Don't let your parents find all sorts of excuses to ask me for money anymore. I won't give them a single penny, not a single penny."
Wang Hui trembled with rage: "You, you unfilial daughter! We raised you for nothing!"
"Support me?" Ye Tang finally couldn't hold back her tears. "My tuition for four years of university was paid for by myself through part-time jobs and by Gu Lin. Did you ever give me a single penny? You never cared whether I had enough to eat or wear. Don't you know who's supporting whom?"
She grabbed her bag from the sofa, turned, and walked towards the door.
"Ye Tang!" Ye Gang suddenly stood up from the sofa, seemingly sober now. "You, you're going too far! If you walk out that door today, don't ever come back!"
Ye Tang stopped at the door without turning around.
"You said it yourselves, so don't regret it."
The door opened, then closed again.
The living room was deathly silent.
Ye Yu's girlfriend finally understood.
It's one thing for Ye Yu to be incompetent, but now he can't even suck his sister's blood anymore.
If she marries someone like that, wouldn't she be asking for trouble?
She stood up awkwardly: "Uncle and Aunt, I suddenly remembered I have something to do, I'll have to go now..."
Wang Hui was stunned with anger.
Ye Gang's face flushed red and then turned pale.
Ye Yu looked at his parents and said helplessly, "Why did you provoke her? Now look what's happened. Our family will have to eat coarse food from now on. Let me tell you, I don't have any money to give you."
……
Ye Tang sat in the car for a long time.
She didn't cry.
It really hurts.
She longed to cry her heart out like everyone else, but she had no tears left.
In which year did it disappear?
It was probably the year I was in junior high school, when my mother beat me severely for eating an extra egg...
Gu Lin called, asking her anxiously, "Are you alright? Don't argue with Mom and Dad, the 30 million won't be a problem."
"Are you trying to show off how much money you have? If you gave that money to them, they wouldn't even hear a sound." Ye Tang's tone was rather unfriendly.
He keenly sensed it; her voice choked with emotion, "Come home first, I'll be waiting for you there."