Ruling the Historical Romance Novel as the Female Supporting Character-Chapter 63: She was Used as Bait?!!!
However, Su Yijia was feeling a bit agitated and wondered where Gao Huabin had gone. The three people who were following her earlier had now been replaced by two rather shabby-looking men. They should be able to confirm the identity of the man who was tracking her, so why hadn’t they made a move yet? Were they using her as bait? They didn’t trust her!!!
Su Yijia couldn’t help but feel annoyed when she realized what was going on in their minds. Although she had already planned to use herself as bait to lure the enemy, doing it voluntarily and suddenly involving unfamiliar people were two completely different concepts.
However, it wasn’t the time to throw a tantrum. Su Yijia had to suppress her anger for now and boarded the public bus to her eldest uncle’s house.
Her eldest uncle lived in a workers’ family housing complex, and the quality of these era-specific apartment buildings wasn’t particularly good. They were far from being high-end or well-maintained.
As Su Yijia reached the stairwell of the building, she could hear her eldest uncle’s wife loudly scolding someone.
"You’re such an idiot! You treat your eldest niece like a treasure! You’ve only been happy for a couple of days, and now you’ve put me in an awkward position with my family!"
"I told you not to say anything so soon! Wait until I get the job! Besides, I initially disagreed that you went and blabbed it to your family! Do you not have any sense? Your relatives from that side of the family are all opportunistic. I haven’t got the job yet, but they already started thinking about buying internal goods. Isn’t that a mistake?"
Lin Jiayao, clearly furious, sternly retorted, and this only served to further infuriate Su Yijia’s eldest aunt.
"You heartless man! My family has helped us a lot over the years, and you want to cut ties with them even before you’ve made it big? And you call that a mistake?! How could it be a mistake?! Everyone does this; they all say it’s substandard goods from the inside. Why should my family be any different?"
After this verbal tirade, it seemed that she had taken things a step further. There was a clattering sound from inside the house.
"Wow, Auntie, you really have a strong presence! I had no idea how you usually treat my eldest uncle. I wouldn’t have known if I hadn’t come today."
Su Yijia walked straight in and saw her eldest uncle sitting on the floor in disarray. Several iron basins used for washing were scattered around him.
Lin Jiayao’s face showed a hint of embarrassment, and he quickly got up from the floor.
"Yijia, why are you here?"
His wife, Xin Meijia, crossed her arms and looked at Su Yijia with disdain.
"She should have come a long time ago! We agreed to visit and discuss job opportunities today, but she dragged it out until now and even caused us to have a pointless argument."
"So, because of me giving my uncle a job, it’s become a problem? In that case, I’ll sell this job, and I can enjoy life with the money. That sounds pretty good to me." Su Yijia had no intention of saving face for her aunt and was about to leave.
Although she wanted to clear things up for the original host’s sake, her eldest uncle’s excessive favoritism was questionable. It wasn’t worth repaying such a favor.
"Stop right there! What’s wrong with you, child?" Xin Meijia couldn’t believe how irrationally Su Yijia was acting and hurriedly caught up with her, holding her back.
Su Yijia raised her hand and pushed her aunt’s arm away. "What do you mean by ’what’s wrong’? A job at the supply and marketing cooperative is worth between six hundred and eight hundred yuan. Even if my eldest uncle has favored me for so many years, the total amount he’s spent on me hasn’t exceeded thirty yuan, right? How foolish do you think I am? I won’t just give up a job that’s worth hundreds of yuan and come here to give it away for free. Do I look that stupid?"
