The Billionaire's Hidden Affection-Chapter 360 Skull Filled with Slavery 1_1

Three minutes passed, then five, and still no reply. It was almost half past twelve. Maybe he fell asleep long ago, she thought.

But a cold knot was tightening in the pit of her stomach; that feeling of unease was now even stronger.

Xiaojue never used to be like this—no matter how late, he would always reply to her text messages shortly after receiving them. But today, she hadn’t received any reply.

The phone rang again, but it wasn’t from Huang Xiaojue.

"Miss, it’s pointless to keep trying to please your mother-in-law..."

She didn’t want to discuss this issue any further and changed the topic, "By the way, have you recovered from your AIDS?"

"Hey, Miss, are you senile? I’ve told you eight hundred times, I’m perfectly healthy. Okay?"

This guy clearly claimed to have several "terminal illnesses"—and then suddenly, he’s perfectly healthy! I just don’t get it.

"You big liar. You’re full of lies. All those previous diseases were things you said yourself, and now you’re blaming me. I really can’t tell if a single word out of your mouth is true."

"What did I lie to you about? Money? Sex? You’re a spinster who’s probably never been with a man in her life. For someone like you, getting scammed for sex might even be a perk..."

Yan Xixi was utterly speechless. What a jerk!

"However, I went for a check-up at the hospital today."

Curious, she asked, "What illness is it now?"

"The doctor said the part of my body above my neck is paralyzed."

"Is it curable?"

A fire-breathing dragon emoticon appeared: "That’s brain-dead! Incurable."

She burst out laughing.

From this morning until now, she had been mired in unease, depression, and all sorts of bad moods. But when she laughed, it felt as though even the worst things had passed.

"Miss, don’t always focus on pleasing others. Let me tell you, the biggest flaw in elderly people is their pretentiousness. It’s a malady that needs curing; the more you try to please her, the more she’ll look down on you."

She murmured, "My boyfriend treats me very well. I can’t just refuse to compromise for him on everything, can I? Besides, I do feel bad about today. If I had told him beforehand, we could have avoided this awkward situation."

"Hey, Miss, do you really think that if your *oh-so-precious* boyfriend just utters a word, his mom will suddenly see you in a better light? Let me tell you, you’re completely mistaken. According to you, your ’precious’ mother-in-law has been looking down on you for a long time. Even if you prostrated before her, it wouldn’t help. If your boyfriend truly cared about you, he wouldn’t blame you over such a trivial matter. Marriage is between him and you, not him and his mom. Why should everything depend on his mother’s approval? To put it bluntly, deep down, he just wants you to unconditionally obey his mother. If you actually do that, you’ll have to endure it for a lifetime, until the Empress Dowager finally kicks the bucket. Then, you’ll rise from slave to general. And after all that? You’ll just become the next twisted Empress Dowager..."

"!!!"

"Miss, I think both you and your live-in friend have issues that need to be addressed. One is being bled dry by her so-called blood relatives, while the other kowtows to her prospective mother-in-law before she’s even married. I suggest you guys watch a movie..."

"What movie?"

"Jiang Ge Unchained."

Before Yan Xixi could respond, he sent another message: "Oh right, I suddenly remembered a case. There was a university professor named Xu Liyi who had a difficult relationship with her mother-in-law after getting married. The mother-in-law found fault with everything she did. One day, she just poured gasoline on her. When Xu Liyi’s contact lenses melted and she fell to the ground, the mother-in-law took a kitchen knife and decapitated her..."

Chills ran down Yan Xixi’s spine.