My Happy Daily Life After Being Reborn-Chapter 338 - 38 Aging Tree_2

"It’s okay, you just need to rest for two weeks after the surgery," Shen Chi kissed her forehead and said, "and it’s not like you can’t work at all. As long as you avoid heavy physical labor and vigorous exercise, it won’t have much impact."

Lin Xiaoguai felt like crying, holding him tightly around the waist, her entire body shrinking into his embrace.

Shen Chi greatly enjoyed her dependency, his chin resting on the top of her head, his face wearing a faint smile full of tenderness.

"Damn it!" Hearing that Shen Chi had undergone a vasectomy, Yu Bingliang slammed his teacup away angrily.

Huang Xue Mei coldly said, "I’ve said it before, not every man falls for a beauty’s tricks. Besides, do you really think your daughter is a national beauty? Have you not seen what Mrs. Shen looks like? A beauty unmatched; how could Shen Chi fancy Lu Lei? Now look, your attempt to steal chickens has lost rice; I tell you, Shen Chi is not the sort to take blows without hitting back."

Lu Lei stood by, head bowed, not speaking, her heart filled with humiliation.

When Uncle Yu planned to offer her to Shen Chi as a mistress, she wasn’t without anger or unwillingness; she wanted to speak out, but her sister stopped her.

[Just watch, he’s only humiliating himself.]

At the time, she was puzzled, but later when she saw Uncle Yu unable to lift his head under that man called Shen Chi’s belittling tone, she knew her sister was right. That man was different from Uncle Yu.

Because she knew the outcome in advance, Shen Chi’s rejection didn’t bother her much.

But she had thought Uncle Yu would know when to stop. Instead, he felt insulted and decided to show Shen Chi some "color"; now, not only did he fail to embarrass Shen Chi, he had embarrassed himself.

But when said by Huang Xue Mei, it was a different story.

"Don’t be so smug," Lu Lei glared at Huang Xue Mei and said, "Don’t think I don’t know that just a couple of days ago, you were telling your precious son that if he could use me to climb up to the Han Family, the position he’s been eyeing could be his, right?"

She sneered, "Acting all noble, but you’re just greedy."

Unlike Lu Rong’s nonsensical disturbances before, Lu Lei was smarter, and her rebuttals were sharper.

Huang Xue Mei’s complexion immediately worsened, astonished that this girl had overheard that conversation.

—Regarding Shen Chi fancying Lu Lei, she didn’t hold much hope. But the immense help the Han Family could provide her son was too significant, especially since Lu Lei, unlike Lu Rong, who resembled Yu Bingliang, inherited seven parts of Lu Xiao’s beauty; she was smarter than Lu Rong, you never know, it might just work.

"What did you say?" Seeing Yu Bingliang look over in confusion, Huang Xue Mei replied with a cold face feigning composure, "Don’t think others are like you; I’ve never thought about having Liang use connections to climb up."

"Really thought you were such a good dog, huh?" Lu Lei scoffed, "Then let’s have a good talk about who ran to Zhongnan County back then and accused my mom right to her face of being a ’foul shoe’?"

"You knew my mom was innocent. It was you who didn’t manage your husband, who went out deceiving decent women, tricking my mom into marrying him."

"Ha, how does playing innocent and pitiful matter? In reality, you’re still a venomous woman, aren’t you?"

Unlike her naive sister, Lu Lei actually knew just as much.

From quite early on.

Like when Huang Xue Mei first came to maliciously expose their identities, how their mom had painstakingly avoided being targeted and criticized by the Red Guards.

Those people said their mom was extremely pained because she was tricked into marriage, to the extent of repeatedly fasting, slitting her wrists, jumping into rivers, wanting to end her sinful life. When mentioning how their mom ignored them, those people rejoiced over the disaster, saying she must hate being the daughters of that man.

If her sister heard this, she might believe it entirely, but Lu Lei was different; she had her own opinions and wouldn’t blindly believe others.

No one knew better than her how resilient her mom’s character was. Suicide? That word wouldn’t even come into her life. Pain was real, but she would never choose the cowardly path of suicide to end her suffering; she believed more in her heart was hatred, unwillingness, madness.

Her mom, with a confidence and self-love that surpassed men, would never trouble herself.

So what were those actions for?

Thinking of the monstrous Red Guards from the rumors, if she wanted to escape their persecution, she had to make herself appear more wretched and pitiful before they acted.

Clearly, her mother did all that to survive, to live better.

Regarding her indifference towards them—Lu Lei couldn’t imagine if her mom showed any maternal love towards them, how those misfortune-rejoicing Red Guards would torment her and her sister, who they saw as "bastards."

You should know, during the later stages of the Cultural Revolution, their area experienced severe criticisms and persecutions; not to mention kids like her, even newborn infants had been drowned in water.

So, compared to her sister who felt hostility but no malice towards Huang Xue Mei, Lu Lei undeniably hated her intensely; she wanted to eat her flesh, drink her blood, and make her pay back all those years of making their mom live a life that was neither human nor ghost.

Huang Xue Mei shivered upon hearing those words, her eyes widening in shock—

How could Lu Lei possibly know?

Regarding what she did back then, she wasn’t without regrets, but even if she could go back, she thought she would still act the same.

Being betrayed by someone so close was too painful, even knowing Lu Xiao was innocent, in her eyes, she was still despised.

If there wasn’t a way to vent, she couldn’t have sustained herself.

When Lu Rong came at first, she was terrified that she would break out the past in front of Yu Bingliang, restraining herself for some time. Only seeing that she genuinely knew nothing about the past did she let down her guard and dared to take action against her.

So when Lu Lei came later, she didn’t have the prior worries, yet unexpectedly—what Lu Rong didn’t know, Lu Lei did!? (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for it at Qidian (qidian.com) with a recommendation or a monthly ticket. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to continue reading.)