Back to the 1980s: Transmigrated as the Bigshot's Pampered Wife-Chapter 52: Renamed Yueyue

Mrs. Sheng also urged him to stay. "Dad, please eat with us. Xiao Wu’s right—his second uncle thinks you’re eating here already."

Old Sir Sheng gave Mrs. Sheng a deep look. ’She hasn’t done anything wrong, really. She just favors her biological daughter a little. Her behavior is understandable.’

So, Old Sir Sheng stayed for dinner. When Sheng Shiwen came in, he just called out "Grandpa" and said nothing else.

When Sheng Xinglian returned, her eyes were red. Seeing her mother, her first instinct was to throw herself into Mrs. Sheng’s arms and have a good cry.

But when she saw Old Sir Sheng was also there, Sheng Xinglian didn’t dare to run to her mother, acting spoiled and crying.

That pitiful look of hers, as if she wanted to say something but didn’t dare, made the second son, Sheng Shiwen, feel a wave of irritation.

He lowered his head, pretending not to see. He thought back to the past. Whenever he saw his sister acting like this, he used to assume Jiaojiao had bullied her.

Then he would unleash a torrent of angry shouts at Jiaojiao, and afterward, his own sister would happily eat her meal.

Jiaojiao would throw down her chopsticks in frustration and refuse to eat. Back then, he thought Jiaojiao was being overly dramatic, and it made him grind his teeth in anger. He’d wished he could just slap her...

’So Jiaojiao suffered so much injustice in our home. No wonder she kept getting thinner and her health kept getting worse.’

’She’s only been married into the Su family for half a month, but seeing her today, she was so confident and vibrant, her face rosy and glowing.’

’She laid out her reasoning like a rapid-fire machine gun, completely unlike the pitiful, aggrieved girl she was in our house.’

’She was no longer the delicate, submissive girl from before Lian’er came back. It was like she had become a different person.’

Remembering how Jiaojiao had looked at him like a stranger, her icy gaze made Sheng Shiwen feel so suffocated he could barely breathe.

’All these changes in Jiaojiao were probably caused by the torment he and Old Three had put her through, never bothering to find out the truth.’

’Meanwhile, the Gu Family was severely malnourished. The only lively and energetic one among them was their own sister, Lian’er.’

’Lian’er is such a nice name. Jiaojiao said Mr. Gu chose the character "Lian" to signify beauty, but Lian’er refused to let anyone call her that.’

’She wanted her family to call her Xingxing. So, she wanted to be a star in the sky. How absurdly ambitious!’

Sheng Shiwen had no idea that Sheng Xinglian had memories from a future era. In that time, "Bai Lian’er" was a derogatory term, which was why she insisted her family call her Xing’er.

Sheng Xinglian was currently eating with a pitiful expression on her face, feeling so upset that the food was tasteless.

’Damn it, can’t Mom, Dad, and my two idiot brothers see my eyes are red from crying?’

She could feel the ’second idiot’ next to her trembling, though she couldn’t tell if it was from excitement or anger.

Sheng Xinglian tilted her head to look at Sheng Shiwen, completely unaware that he was mentally roasting her in a rather dramatic fashion.

’She figured the second idiot was holding back because the damn old man was here. But what was there to hold back?’

’It must be about that bitch Gu Jiaojiao. If he said it out loud, it would be the perfect opportunity to let the damn old man see Gu Jiaojiao’s true colors.’

"Second Brother~ Grandpa isn’t a stranger. If you have something to say, just say it~ Tell us all about it~"

Old Sir Sheng: "..."

’For fuck’s sake! I’m just having a meal at your house, how did I manage to provoke these little tyrants?!’

Hearing his sister’s words, Sheng Shiwen blurted out, "Lian’er is such a nice name. A lotus may not be the most beautiful flower on earth..."

"...but it emerges from the mud unstained! Lian’er, why won’t you let us call you Lian’er?"

"Is it because you want to be a star in the sky? You’re too..."

"Second Brother, what nonsense are you talking about? If I really wanted to be something, I’d be the moon in the sky—the moon surrounded by a host of stars. I would never want to be a tiny little star."

Sheng Xinglian had expected the ’second idiot’ to say something bad about Gu Jiaojiao, but instead, he opened his mouth only to criticize her.

Already feeling wronged, she was provoked into blurting out her true feelings in front of everyone. But she didn’t regret it; these were her honest thoughts.

"Lian’er... you... you’re actually refusing to acknowledge them because Mr. Gu didn’t name you Yueyue?"

Third Sheng’s eyes widened in disbelief as he stared at his biological sister. "I’ve been thinking these past two days... the Gu Family was so good to you."

"Why are you so unwilling to acknowledge them?! So it’s because you wanted to be the moon, and Mr. Gu only named you Xinglian."

"Actually, Xinglian is a very meaningful name. Think about it—the combination of a star from the sky and a white lotus from the earth sounds really nice."

"It’s not like our dad, who’s so uncultured he just gave a simple, crude name like Jiaojiao."

The uncultured Mr. Sheng: "..."

’What kind of logic is that, Old Three?’

"WAHH... How was the Gu family good to me? They were prisoners on the farm! Why should I have to accept them?"

"WAAHH... I might as well just die! I was only brought into this world to make up the numbers! You all despise me... WAHH..."

"Lian’er, we can’t dote on you enough, how could we ever despise you? Please stop crying. You’re breaking my heart. We’ll go change your name to Yueyue tomorrow."

Mrs. Sheng put down her bowl and chopsticks, hugging Sheng Xinglian and coaxing her gently. "If Mommy had known you were unhappy because of your name..."

"...we would have changed it to Yueyue for you long ago, and we wouldn’t have had to cut ties with Jiaojiao!"

Sheng Xinglian: "..."

She choked, unable to cry anymore. ’Mom regrets cutting ties with Gu Jiaojiao?’

’If even the mother who doted on me the most regrets it, then wouldn’t the rest of the Sheng Family regret it too?’

The thought sent a cold shiver down Sheng Xinglian’s spine. "Mom~ do you regret cutting ties with my sister?"

"Of course not. In Mommy’s heart and eyes, there is only Lian... only Yueyue. From now on, you’ll be Mommy’s Yueyue."

"Mom~ Do you also think I’m refusing to acknowledge the Gu Family because of my name?"

Seeing her daughter had finally stopped crying, Mrs. Sheng immediately declared, "No, absolutely not. Mommy believes you."

"Xingxing—no, Yueyue—Third Brother is telling you, the Gu family aren’t prisoners anymore. What right do you have to look down on them?"

"You were the one who ate best in the Gu Family, weren’t you? Look at them—every single one is skin and bones. You’re the only one who’s chubby."

"Third idiot, where am I chubby? Even if they aren’t prisoners, I still won’t acknowledge them."

"They’re the ones who deliberately swapped me, letting their daughter enjoy a life of luxury in the Sheng family while I had to eat scraps on the farm... WAHH..."

"Mom was the one who swapped you, and only after what she heard from that young granny of the Dong Family! What’s that have to do with the Gu Family? They didn’t even want to..."

"Xiao Wu, you’re asking for a beating! Is that any way to talk to your sister? Get out!"

Mr. Sheng roared. ’This third son of mine is just too blunt. Why is he blurting out the whole truth like that?!’

’No wonder his sister calls him the third idiot!’

Sheng Shiwu put down his bowl and chopsticks and left briskly. He was planning to go see Jiaojiao anyway. He had saved his living expenses for the day to buy a bowl of something cold to eat from the Su family.

Sheng Xinglian watched the ’third idiot’ leave without a single glance back. She recalled the women on the street saying he had been secretly visiting Gu Jiaojiao.

This made her feel even more wronged. "Dad~ How could you so cruelly kick Third... Brother out? Should I not have come back? Maybe I should just leave."

"Xingxing—oh, Yueyue—if you leave, where would you go?" Old Sir Sheng asked, his patience worn thin.

"WAHH... I have nowhere to go! Just let me die! My being alive is just a waste of food... WAHH..."

"I’m full. I’m leaving." Old Sir Sheng put down his bowl and chopsticks and left.

"Yueyue, can you please not be like this? The whole family is like this because of you..."

"AHH... I don’t want to live anymore~"