The Billionaire's Hidden Affection-Chapter 350 Paying for the Past 1_1
Yan Xixi wasn’t surprised by this result at all. She didn’t ask a single question until Xu Xiaoya had slightly calmed down. Then she smiled and said, "Try the tremella soup I made."
There was a plate of fried rice made with olive oil, delicious braised chicken wings, and the tremella soup was exceptionally delicious. Xu Xiaoya had been hungry almost the entire day, so she ate and drank to her heart’s content. Her spirits immediately lifted.
She put down her chopsticks and looked at Yan Xixi sitting across from her. Then she glanced around the small, exquisite living room. She realized that every turn of fate, every shred of warmth in her life, had all come from this woman. In this life, it was this woman who loved her the most.
She suddenly reached out and grabbed her hand. "Xixi, if you don’t get married, I’ll definitely stay with you for the rest of my life."
Yan Xixi burst out laughing. "Haha, I remember Huang Xiaojue complained to me last time that he felt like a third wheel between us."
Xu Xiaoya also laughed. With that laugh, all her gloominess was swept away.
"Sigh, Xixi, I consider myself a complete orphan now."
Yan Xixi sighed deeply. "Actually, it’s not so bad. Aren’t I living just fine?"
Xu Xiaoya said bitterly, "If my parents had used the money, I wouldn’t have minded—even if they’d used it to eat, drink, play, and enjoy themselves, or even squandered it. But it’s all for my younger brother and his son. My brother was the little tyrant of the family from a young age; anything good had to go to him first. He didn’t study properly, and now he’s dumped his two kids on my parents while he and his wife spend all day playing mah-jongg and games. They’re already insatiable, acting as if birthing two sons has made them emperors, demanding everyone kneel before them. I know exactly what kind of people they are. They’re just deceiving my parents into giving them all the demolition compensation so they can live extravagantly off it until it’s gone. But what happens when that money is all spent? If my parents stay healthy, fine. But what if they fall seriously ill? Can I expect *them* to help? No, it would be *me* footing the bill and taking care of them. Could I really bring myself to ignore them?"
Yan Xixi said dismissively, "Servility! That’s exactly what this is!"
Xu Xiaoya was rendered speechless.
"People always tout that parents are beyond reproach, saying they can give their money to whomever they want," Yan Xixi continued. "But aren’t rights and obligations supposed to be reciprocal? If people exploit, mistreat, and belittle you, and yet you still shamelessly fawn over them, serving them obsequiously, who else would they bully but you? Just wait and see. When your parents actually get sick, they’ll definitely ask you for money and demand you take care of them. And if you actually serve them and pay for everything, your father still won’t thank you. He might even secretly feel triumphant, thinking, See? I don’t love this daughter one bit. I don’t give her a penny, yet she still has to shamelessly serve old me..."
From the smallest family to the largest nation, there’s always this emphasis on ’ruler and subject, parent and child.’ The core message is always the same: no matter how I oppress, bully, or abuse you, you must not resist. Otherwise, you’re unfilial and unpatriotic.
Little do they know, this is servility, pure and simple!
"Xiaoya, you not only should take this money, you absolutely must."
Xu Xiaoya gave a wry smile. "On my way back, I already called the demolition office. I told them I have to be present to sign for any compensation. If my share is fraudulently claimed, I will sue them. I’ve thought it through. Even if all this money were given to them, it would never be enough to satisfy their insatiable appetite."
