Chapter 626: Chapter 626: Your Sister Is the True Bastard
Tang Li placed the cantaloupe back on the plate and, disregarding Old Madam Lai’s expression, only said to Lai Wenyan, “Dad, you go on and watch TV with grandma. I have some work tomorrow, so I’ll go upstairs to shower first.”
The guest room did not have an independent restroom.
Tang Li grabbed some clean clothes and opened the door to the guest room, where she saw Lai Shengxia.
Lai Shengxia had just come upstairs. Seeing Tang Li heading towards the bathroom, she slowly said, “Suddenly returning to the Lai Family, fawning over dad behind everyone’s backs, let me guess… what are you planning?”
At this, Tang Li’s footsteps halted.
She turned her head to look at Lai Shengxia, meeting what seemed like a provocative gaze, and slightly smiled, “I am also Lai Wenyan’s daughter. Can’t I return to my father’s home?”
Lai Shengxia also smiled faintly, “Still convinced that we harmed your mother?”
Tang Li turned around and walked towards Lai Shengxia.
Then, she stopped half a step away.
Staring into Lai Shengxia’s eyes, Tang Li’s lips slightly curled up. She reached out her left hand that wasn’t holding the clothes, and slipped it into the pocket of Lai Shengxia’s knit cardigan, withdrawing a cellphone.
On the cellphone, the recording interface was displayed.
Tang Li casually turned off the recording and then spoke, “Big sister suddenly brings up my mother, and starts recording—clearly prepared to provoke me, make me say something rash without thinking, then you take that recording to dad, right?”
“As for recording, I almost forgot, Ah Li, you are really the expert of this house.” Although her recording was found, Lai Shengxia wasn’t flustered or “fleeing,” instead she pursed her lips and smiled, “I just wanted to give it a try; I never expected, Ah Li, you’re still so suspicious.”
Tang Li said, “In the Lai Family, if you’re not careful, you wouldn’t even know how you’d die.”
Saying so, she “helped” Lai Shengxia put the cellphone back.
“I have a suggestion for big sister. Since I’m not at home often, you can install some cameras in my room. That way, you won’t miss anything I do.”
The smile at the corners of Lai Shengxia’s lips deepened, “If I really did that, Ah Li, you’d probably rush to dad to complain.”
Here, Lai Shengxia shifted the topic, “What did you and dad talk about at the doorway that evening?”
Tang Li hugged her clothes and counter-questioned, “Which day are you referring to?”
Seeing Tang Li feign ignorance, Lai Shengxia was not in a particularly good mood.
The old Tang Li could easily be coaxed into obedience. Now her wings were hardened; not only contradicted, but she even learned to stir up trouble at home.
Lai Shengxia crossed her arms, her wavy hair cascading onto her knitwear. She then extended her slender right wrist and pretended to dust nonexistent dirt off Tang Li’s shoulder, “You are still young, and often easily led by others. No matter what, we are still a family.”
Immediately afterward, Lai Shengxia’s hand was brushed away.
Tang Li curved her lips, “I find it hard to believe anything big sister says now.”
“If big sister is curious about what dad and I discussed, you can ask him, after all… big sister has always been dad’s favorite daughter.”
Here, Tang Li suddenly stepped forward, close to Lai Shengxia’s ear, “Dad also told me that his marriage to my mother was legal; he had divorced Ouyang Qian well before marrying my mother. While my mother was alive, they never processed a divorce—so—”
Tang Li glanced sideways at Lai Shengxia’s delicate facial features, her words almost a whisper, “Your sister Lai Yuaner, is the real illegitimate, mixed breed.”