Kicked Back to a Rich Family by the Real Eldest Daughter - Chapter 18
Chapter 18
“Okay, it’s not a problem for you to make her work for you for free, but why do you have to cut off her allowance?”
Xie Xiangyi looked confused.
Given Zhang Yueqi’s personality, as long as Tang Jinzhi asked for help, she would immediately follow her.
Seeing Tang Jinzhi’s mischievous smile, Xie Xiangyi was a little curious about what she was up to.
Tang Jinzhi raised her eyebrows, crossing her arms. “Don’t you think she should experience life and get a reality check?”
Xie Xiangyi tilted her head. “Actually, her family only asks her to be happy. She doesn’t need a reality check. She doesn’t need to worry about making money.”
This sentence must have triggered something in Tang Jinzhi. Xie Xiangyi saw her suddenly frown, open her mouth to say something, and then close it again.
Xie Xiangyi: “Just say what you want to say.”
Tang Jinzhi pondered for a moment, then shrugged. “Nothing, I just remembered something from the past.”
Xie Xiangyi’s expression became serious: “You remembered something? Did your memory recover?”
Tang Jinzhi was stunned for a moment, then smiled and shook her head. “No. I will never remember those memories that don’t belong to me. Don’t worry about it.”
Xie Xiangyi was bewildered. “Don’t belong to you?”
Tang Jinzhi said naturally, “The other Tang Jinzhi’s.”
She thought Tang Jinzhi had recovered some of her memory, but she only heard her talking nonsense in a serious manner.
Xie Xiangyi sighed softly. “How about you come back to the hospital with me for another check-up tomorrow?”
“No. Even if I go, nothing will show up. Don’t waste time.” Tang Jinzhi’s face was full of resistance, but she felt her words were too harsh, so she added, “I just got back. I don’t want to go out. Let’s talk about it when it’s time for the follow-up.”
Xie Xiangyi was speechless. She nodded and gave up.
“Okay. I’ll go with you for the next follow-up.”
Tang Jinzhi tugged on Xie Xiangyi’s bathrobe sleeve, her expression serious. “Back to the main topic.”
Xie Xiangyi: “Okay, then why do you want to take away her allowance?”
If Tang Jinzhi were to explain why she wanted to take away Zhang Yueqi’s allowance, Tang Jinzhi would feel like she was being a busybody.
So she chose an imbalanced way to convince Xie Xiangyi: “Think about it. You work so hard every day, and Zhang Yueqi is so happy. Don’t you want her to suffer a little?”
Xie Xiangyi was deep in thought.
Tang Jinzhi: “You work from nine to five… ah, no, you work from six to ten… ah, that’s not right either. You’re either sleeping or busy, while she’s either sleeping or playing and eating wherever she goes.”
Xie Xiangyi took a deep breath.
Tang Jinzhi added fuel to the fire: “And she also buzzes around you like a little bee from time to time.”
Xie Xiangyi’s fists clenched.
Tang Jinzhi was very satisfied with Xie Xiangyi’s current expression. She sighed deeply and said, “With this comparison, can you feel balanced?”
“You grew up together. Oh, how could you… oh… she… oh…”
Xie Xiangyi looked at Tang Jinzhi, who was shaking her head and sighing. She couldn’t help but reach out and poke her forehead, commenting, “You’re being too dramatic.”
She then laughed at her good-naturedly: “Are you trying to stir up trouble?”
Tang Jinzhi lifted her eyelids and looked at the finger on her forehead. She moved her head forward.
Her face was innocent.
“I’m not stirring up trouble. Oh… the child is still young. I’m doing this for her own good.”
Xie Xiangyi’s expression was about to break. What kind of person was Tang Jinzhi? She could just say unpleasant things without a second thought.
She poked Tang Jinzhi’s forehead again before letting go. She said amused, “She’s 22 this year. She’s already graduated from college.”
What a kid.
Tang Jinzhi blinked: “Is my Zihan the same as other college students?”
Xie Xiangyi was bewildered: “Who is Zihan?”
Her heart was slightly touched by Xie Xiangyi’s serious bewilderment.
Tang Jinzhi bit her teeth and lowered her head, poking the wall with her toes. She tried to hold back her laughter, but her shoulders were still uncontrollably shaking.
Xie Xiangyi reached out and held Tang Jinzhi’s shaking shoulders. “Hmm?”
“Hahahahahaha.”
Tang Jinzhi grabbed Xie Xiangyi’s arm and laughed, bending at the waist.
Xie Xiangyi: “…”
Tang Jinzhi laughed for a while, then answered, “It’s probably a descriptive term.”
Xie Xiangyi was still bewildered.
Tang Jinzhi really wanted to laugh, but she quickly stopped. “I’ll explain it to you later when we eat.”
“I just wanted Zhang Yueqi to play the murder mystery script I wrote and give me a review. I want to see how it works. I’ve never seen anyone play it before, so I don’t know how well I wrote it.”
She added, “I think she’s perfect for it.”
The kid’s ability to get into character was amazing. She was indeed perfect for it.
Xie Xiangyi paused. “That’s fine, but what about her allowance…”
Tang Jinzhi knew from her repeated mention that even though Xie Xiangyi was annoyed by her follower’s carefree attitude, she couldn’t bear to let her suffer.
Tang Jinzhi sighed. “I think you should be more concerned about what kind of friends she’s making.”
Xie Xiangyi was stunned. She lowered her eyes and was silent for a long time.
She had never heard Zhang Yueqi talk about her friends. Maybe Zhang Yueqi had mentioned it before, but seeing Zhang Yueqi’s carefree attitude, she didn’t take it to heart.
Although she was only four years older than Zhang Yueqi, she had practically raised her.
After so many years, she still felt a sense of responsibility toward Zhang Yueqi.
Tang Jinzhi thought about it and felt that her words were too deliberate, so she explained, “She’s very happy with her friends. I want you to cut off her allowance just because she’s so carefree. I want her to experience how hard it is to earn money by working for me.”
Xie Xiangyi wanted to laugh. Tang Jinzhi’s explanations were getting more and more obvious.
“I know. Aren’t you tired of making up so many excuses?”
Tang Jinzhi tilted her head, her tone annoyed, and said bluntly, “I just don’t want to be a busybody.”
Xie Xiangyi: “But you are.”
And you put so much effort into it.
Tang Jinzhi scoffed and said self-deprecatingly, “I’m probably just bored.”
Unable to fool Xie Xiangyi, Tang Jinzhi simply poured out everything Zhang Yueqi had shared with her about her four years in college.
In some of the stories, Zhang Yueqi knew she had been taken advantage of, while in others, even after telling Tang Jinzhi, she still didn’t realize it.
“Those are just my malicious guesses. If it backfires, I’ll be so embarrassed.”
Tang Jinzhi’s face turned cold as she got annoyed with herself. Why was she going to all this trouble?
After saying that, she felt a little regretful.
She originally just wanted Zhang Yueqi to work for her and take away her allowance, and whatever happened to Zhang Yueqi after that was none of her business.
But now that she had said it, Xie Xiangyi knew about it, and it was all related to her.
Tang Jinzhi got angrier the more she thought about it: “What if I’m wrong and all this effort is for nothing?”
In that case, Zhang Yueqi would have gained a beautiful friendship, and she would be a busybody lunatic who maliciously guessed at other people’s friends.
Tang Jinzhi was even more annoyed.
She knew her kindness was a sickness, and being a busybody was also a sickness.
Others learned from their mistakes, but she kept making the same mistakes over and over again.
Noticing that Tang Jinzhi’s mood was off, Xie Xiangyi’s annoyance faded. She saw that Tang Jinzhi’s brows were tightly furrowed, which meant she must have thought of something bad.
Xie Xiangyi was silent for a moment, then reached out and hugged Tang Jinzhi.
“Thank you.”
Tang Jinzhi, who was lost in her own emotions, went blank for a moment.
Why was Xie Xiangyi hugging her again?!
Also, did she know what she was wearing?!
Just a thin layer of bathrobe!
Unable to ignore the softness in her arms, Tang Jinzhi’s face quickly turned red, and her heart pounded.
Xie Xiangyi was seducing her.
Definitely!
Ignoring the rising temperature of the person in her arms, Xie Xiangyi gently soothed Tang Jinzhi’s bad mood. “It’s not for nothing. You’re just concerned about her. We’ll just not tell her for now.”
She thought for a moment and added, “Caring about family isn’t being a busybody.”
Tang Jinzhi’s movement to rub her nose stopped. She mumbled softly, “Who is her family?”
Tang Jinzhi, who was in a state of blushing, had already been distracted by Xie Xiangyi’s hug. She didn’t have time to be angry at herself and kept thinking that Xie Xiangyi was seducing her, even though she knew her thoughts were a little unreasonable.
Hearing her mumbling, Xie Xiangyi reached up and patted her back, her tone a little unnatural. “You’re my wife, and she’s my sister.”
Of course they were family.
In Xie Xiangyi’s understanding, Tang Jinzhi wanted to interfere with Zhang Yueqi because of her.
Tang Jinzhi wasn’t being a busybody. She was a good person.
Xie Xiangyi lowered her eyes, and her hands around Tang Jinzhi tightened.
Tang Jinzhi was a good person, and she was even better to her. She was always helping her.
Tang Jinzhi closed her eyes. Her head was buzzing now.
For a moment, she didn’t know whether to analyze Xie Xiangyi’s words or continue to worry if she was getting a nosebleed.
She opened her mouth and stammered, “Yes, everything, everything you said is right.”
Xie Xiangyi agreed and nodded. Her cheek accidentally brushed against Tang Jinzhi’s face, which was almost steaming hot. The delicate and soft skin came into contact with each other. Xie Xiangyi’s body stiffened, and she subconsciously rubbed it again, her movements very gentle.
Tang Jinzhi’s face was so soft.
But Xie Xiangyi didn’t dare to move recklessly again, pretending that nothing had happened.
Tang Jinzhi: “…”
Tang Jinzhi felt like she was about to start smoking.
Why couldn’t Xie Xiangyi just let go of her?!
Xie Xiangyi, who was still worried about Tang Jinzhi’s emotions, had no idea what she was thinking.
Xie Xiangyi was just afraid that Tang Jinzhi would overthink and get angry at herself.
She had already figured out that Tang Jinzhi had been hurt by her own good nature before.
“You’re not being a busybody. It’s my and her family’s fault for ignoring these things. Even without her friends’ issues, she should be more cautious and settle down. She’s not a child and needs to grow up. We can’t keep protecting her with money.”
“I’ll call her mom later. I’ll explain it to her properly. She’s caused too much trouble. I can just mention one of them and her allowance will be cut off.”
Tang Jinzhi was indeed completely soothed by her words.
With Xie Xiangyi by her side, the pressure in her heart was also greatly reduced.
But…
She had no mind to continue thinking right now.
Xie Xiangyi was even touching her while comforting her! Why was she touching her head?!
Was she a child?! Did she need to be coaxed like this?!
Tang Jinzhi suppressed the insane urge to go along with it. She only had one thought left: Xie Xiangyi was seducing her! Xie Xiangyi was seducing her! Xie Xiangyi was definitely seducing her!
Not hearing Tang Jinzhi’s reply, Xie Xiangyi frowned. She finally noticed that the person in her arms’ body temperature seemed to be a little high.
“What’s wrong with you?”
After saying that, she touched Tang Jinzhi’s back neck with her hand, a little suspicious that Tang Jinzhi might have a fever.
Tang Jinzhi gritted her teeth: “You’re seducing me.”