The Female Lead Decides to Act Wickedly-Chapter 1051 - 401: Serendipitous Encounter (Part 2)

Needless to say, He Shengli is the most promising person in Old He’s family, yet because of a sister like He Shengnan, his perfect reputation now has a blemish.

Not just the parents in He Family Village, even He Shengli feels awkward about it.

He Shengnan can finally get married, even if it’s after the first wife passes away and the mistress takes her place, but at least there’s a legally protected status.

In this way, it’s considered as having a cover-up.

From the bottom of his heart, He Shengli supports his sister being able to get married.

So, when he hears his sister say that the family’s annoying money-losing child is using the matter of her marriage to threaten her, He Shengli instinctively resents He Tiantian!

He Shengnan:...

Seeing her brother’s misunderstanding, she doesn’t bother to explain further.

He Shengnan is a clever person, she won’t take the initiative to tell her brother: He Tiantian is not using her marriage, but is asking for "support payments" from He Shengli and his wife.

However, with He Shengnan’s "corroboration," He Shengli increasingly feels that there’s something wrong with He Tiantian’s character.

And with He Tiantian as a common target of criticism, the relationship between siblings He Shengnan and He Shengli has become increasingly harmonious.

Originally, they only called or video-chatted during holidays, but in the past few months, He Shengnan has been contacting her brother almost every week.

If there’s a holiday, she even goes to the Provincial City for a meal with her brother’s family or arranges to shop with her sister-in-law.

As an aunt, He Shengnan would generously buy gifts for her beloved nephew.

Now, with the child about to have a winter vacation, He Shengnan has bought more stuff for her nephew again.

He Shengnan won’t do a good deed quietly; after spending money on the child, she naturally wants to boast a bit to the child’s parents.

Thus, He Shengnan calls He Shengli.

Initially, they’re talking about the family’s precious Phoenix Egg, He Yongcheng.

One praises the nephew for being obedient, the other praises the son for being smart, one asks how the nephew is doing academically, the other says top ten in the class...

The siblings are chatting lively, their atmosphere is particularly harmonious, but as they continue talking, somehow they end up discussing another child in the He family!

Speaking of He Tiantian, He Shengli is full of anger.

He has had a smooth life for the better part of forty years and is considered successful in his career.

With a virtuous wife and a clever son, He Shengli constantly feels like a winner in life.

Only He Tiantian feels like his disgrace.

"...accuse me of ’abandonment’? Hmph, she’s truly got no sense of propriety!"

Though several months have passed, every time he thinks of those damn words He Tiantian said over the phone, he gets furious.

Usually, he cares about his reputation and image; no matter how angry he is inside, he can’t show it.

But now, on the other end of the phone is his own sister, who knows the inside story, and they have a common person they dislike, so He Shengli is less restrained.

He speaks endlessly, and in his narrative, He Tiantian, whom he has long abandoned, becomes the world’s most rebellious and ungrateful "filial daughter."

"She, ah, is still too young, doesn’t understand! She only remembers you and my sister-in-law handing her to me, but doesn’t consider that if you were really heartless, you’d have thrown her out long ago!" 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢

Through the phone, He Shengnan can sense her brother’s anger, she continues to maintain her "loving elder sister" persona, softly and gently comforting He Shengli.

He Shengli:...

Feeling slightly guilty.

Back then, he didn’t abandon his daughter but sent her back to the family village, not because he didn’t think of it, but because he was afraid of affecting his job.

Though abandonment is not considered a major crime in the country, and no court has truly ruled against bad parents based on this law.

But both He Shengli and his wife are public officials.

When his wife Wei Xue was pregnant, colleagues from both their workplaces, neighbors on both sides, even street office people knew.

If after giving birth the child went missing, wouldn’t that clearly indicate a problem?

Around the millennium, birth policies were still very strict.

It might be okay for those without a fixed job, at most paying a fine.

But He Shengli and his wife didn’t want to lose their iron rice bowl because of the child.

"...My elder sister is a poor thing, married for years without a child, hospital examination said she has a tubal deformity, can’t have children."

"Alas, divorced by her in-laws, she lives alone managing a small supermarket."

"When Xiao Wei was pregnant, my parents suggested that if all else fails, just give this child to my sister, whether boy or girl, it would be a support!"