Wealthy Beauty in the 60s-Chapter 557 - 559: Madness

Before long, the Gao family’s relatives arrived, and Xia Xiao came out with candies and cookies for everyone to enjoy together as they sat and chatted in the courtyard.

As evening approached, Li Shengmei also dropped by, "My son Bingzi’s father-in-law is in poor health, so he won’t be coming back for the New Year." Then she asked, "What about your Jiazhi?"

"He’s coming back tomorrow," replied Zheng Xianghong.

Li Shengmei immediately got into a conversation with Zheng Xianghong. When they were younger, they had been fierce rivals, but now that they were getting older, Li Shengmei realized that the only person she truly wanted to talk to was Zheng Xianghong.

And once they started talking, Dong Meihua naturally came up. "I was really blind back then. I wouldn’t admit it before, but now I have to concede that your judgement was better than mine."

While Li Shengmei chatted with Zheng Xianghong, her gaze occasionally swept over Xia Xiao, busily engaged in the distance. Li Shengmei felt that all of the Gao family’s good fortune was brought by Xia Xiao. When she thought about how this phoenix in the making almost became a part of her own family, but she pushed her away, Li Shengmei felt some regret.

Look at how well each and every one of the Gao Family is living now, look at Gao Guoqiang, look at Zheng Xianghong—Li Shengmei felt a touch of envy.

She had belittled Xia Xiao back then in favor of Dong Meihua; now look at what Xia Xiao has become, and what Dong Meihua has become.

At this point, Li Shengmei couldn’t stop herself from singing Xia Xiao’s praises in front of Zheng Xianghong, while simultaneously denigrating Dong Meihua. As for slapping her own face with her words, Li Shengmei had long come to terms with it and didn’t care anymore.

Zheng Xianghong frowned slightly and said, "Don’t talk about Dong Meihua anymore. She was once your daughter-in-law and did bear a grandson for the He Family. She must have had her merits and endured hardships to some extent."

"How could I forget her merits and hardships? But back then I was completely against it, and she insisted on marrying. Now she’s reaping the consequences. If she stayed with the He Family, the child would still be taken care of and she wouldn’t have had to struggle so much. But now that she’s married, she’s busy with her little business from dawn till dusk, providing for others and growing distant from her own son—she’ll regret it in the future."

Hearing this, Zheng Xianghong asked, "What is Dong Meihua doing now?"

"What else can she be doing? She and her man opened a noodle shop, and the business is just so-so," Li Shengmei said with thick disdain, thinking that Dong Meihua brought it upon herself—having had the chance to enjoy the good life with the He family and keep vigil for her son, instead, she chose to remarry.

That she remarried was one thing, but to have chosen a man who was inferior to her son in every way, living such a hard life, and on top of that being a stepmother without children of her own, Li Shengmei thought Dong Meihua had lost her mind.

Zheng Xianghong didn’t want to say much, as after all, it was Dong Meihua’s choice. It was more about Li Shengmei speaking her mind while Zheng Xianghong listened. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶

Li Shengmei seemed to have been holding back her words for a long time, and as soon as she saw Zheng Xianghong, she couldn’t wait to spill everything.

She gossiped about this family and that family, and even the goings-on of the Red Star Team found their way into the conversation.

Xia Xiao certainly heard Li Shengmei’s words. Li Shengmei spoke so loudly, it would have been hard not to listen.

And perhaps in Dong Meihua’s heart, enduring hardship now was better than spending her days with Li Shengmei.

From Li Shengmei’s words, Xia Xiao also learned that Gao Guofu and Lin Xuebi were not doing well; Yang Hua was simply imitating them, showing no filial piety towards Gao Guofu and Lin Xuebi.

If Yang Hua was the former Lin Xuebi, then Gao Jianmin was the former Gao Guofu. Now Gao Guofu and Lin Xuebi were reaping their karma.

There was also news that Wang Zhengping had died—beaten to death for stealing. And Liu Haihua had gone mad.

Xia Xiao sighed continuously after hearing this, but she didn’t feel the same when Feiteng mentioned Liu Haihua’s name, saying, "Mom, you don’t know, after Liu Haihua went mad, she often comes to South Mountain looking for her son, and no one can drive her away."

"Does Fang Ming know?" Xia Xiao asked.

"Of course he knows, how could he not? Fang Ming stands right in front of her, and she still doesn’t recognize him." Feiteng knew that Liu Haihua was the mother who abandoned Ge Liang, so he felt no sympathy for Liu Haihua.

Yet, Liu Haihua, mad as she was, ran to South Mountain to look for her son, and no one could drive her away, which greatly annoyed Feiteng.

He had someone take Liu Haihua back to the Red Star Team, but she just came back on her own. After all, she was Ge Liang’s birth mother, so Feiteng couldn’t really do anything to her.

Ge Liang was just helping out; he was more focused on his gaming company. As for Liu Haihua, his mother, Ge Liang also didn’t know what to do.

For him to act as a son should, being filial and supporting Liu Haihua, that was something Ge Liang just couldn’t do.

Now, Liu Haihua was mad and wandering around South Mountain, even trying to enter the zoo to find her son. Ge Liang was indifferent; he could even stand in front of Liu Haihua and she wouldn’t recognize him.

The mad Liu Haihua didn’t even know what she was doing, sometimes stripping off clothes or pulling at her hair.

Feiteng was extremely frustrated, so previously when he went to pick up his family, he had already called Ge Liang and suggested that they send Liu Haihua to a mental hospital.

Moreover, Liu Haihua was a woman, and even though she was mad, it wouldn’t be good if some sleazy and disgusting men thought about her.

Feiteng had already encountered such incidents several times and driven away those sleazy and disgusting people. If he had not encountered them, it would be one thing, but once he did, there was no way Feiteng could ignore it.

Xia Xiao frowned slightly upon hearing this, and she did not comment on Feiteng’s suggestion to Ge Liang, as it wasn’t her place to speak on the matter.

There is something hateful in those we pity, and Xia Xiao could not feel sorry for Liu Haihua. Back then, when Ge Liang was so young, just four or five years old, Liu Haihua had taken him up the mountain and abandoned him.

If it weren’t for her giving Ge Liang spring water to drink, and the Black Bear’s sensitivity to smell, Ge Liang wouldn’t have survived until she went to Black Bear Cave.

And at that time, how pitiful Ge Liang was, a small child living in the bear cave with the Black Bear, sharing everything, eating, drinking, and defecating.

Whatever the Black Bear ate, he ate too. Even if Xia Xiao left vegetables there, Ge Liang couldn’t have just eaten those when she wasn’t looking.

Thinking back to the past, if Xia Xiao hadn’t brought Ge Liang out of there, he would still be living in Black Bear Cave now.

So, how hateful Liu Haihua was.

Now, Xia Xiao started talking to Feiteng about the Security Company, and Feiteng said, "Oh, Zhao Jianjun and Li Aiguo are dad’s old comrades-in-arms. They haven’t mentioned this to me."

Xia Xiao smiled faintly, "You weren’t born yet at that time, and they don’t know you. But your older and second brothers may still have some memories, and your third brother was also still young then."

"Okay, I’ll take a look at their plan when the time comes." Feiteng agreed very readily.

At this point, Feiteng continued, "Mom, I’m thinking of buying a villa in the county town. It would be more convenient, uh, and also buying a large piece of land to construct a building. Near the zoo, I want to build a B&B."