Chapter 8

Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation

“What? Did you go deaf after getting married? I said, ‘Daddy isn’t home!’ He doesn’t even remember that it’s your homecoming visit today.” Hua Ning smiled gloatingly.

“Use your head a little, won’t you? With the kind of person you married, is there a need for Dad to throw a homecoming banquet for you? Take a look in the mirror; you’re an embarrassment!”

“I don’t need a homecoming banquet at all!”

Hua Tang stood before Hua Ning. “I want my dowry! You know what I’m talking about. This is what you promised me!”

Hua Ning raised her eyebrows and looked at her. The corners of her mouth curled up into a vicious smile. “Who agreed to what? What dowry? I’ve never heard of it! Why don’t you take this up with someone else who cares?”

Hua Tang was stunned.

Her heart felt like it was about to jump out of her chest. At that moment, all her hurts, grievances, and hatred surged into her heart. She knew that she did not come from a high family background. She didn’t want to comment on her parents’ complicated relationship. She had been forced to carry the title of ‘illegitimate daughter’ since her birth, and she could never throw it away. However, her parentage wasn’t something she could choose. All these years living in the dark, she had tried her best to walk towards the sunlight.

Right now, she only wanted to save her mother. Why did they have to take away even this tiny bit of hope? What crime did she commit to deserve humiliation from this family?

Hua Ning looked at Hua Tang’s devastated appearance and was very happy. However, it still wasn’t enough. She wanted to crush Hua Tang underfoot forever until she died. She turned around and was about to go upstairs when Hua Tang pulled her back.

Hua Tang cried out with reddened eyes, “Explain yourself!”.

“I don’t have anything to say to you!” Hua Ning gave her a violent push.

The back of Hua Tang’s head slammed against the wall, and she was in pain.

She looked up and saw Hua Ning’s increasingly derisive sneer. “Hua Tang, a person like you, be it in the past, present, or even in the future, can forget about having anything to do with the Hua family! So stop dreaming about asking me for a dowry. Who do you think you are to ask for a dowry from the Hua family? Every cent of the Hua family is mine!”

Hua Tang gritted her teeth. “Father promised me personally; as long as I marry on your behalf, he will give me a generous dowry. My mother can…”

“Let your mother stay in a good hospital ward and keep that deteriorating body of hers alive with medication?” Hua Ning laughed out loud. “Hua Tang, sometimes I really don’t understand how your brain works. Do you still remember why Dad chased you and your mother out of the Hua family back then?”

Hua Tang bit her lip, a chill creeping into her heart.

“Let me remind you; it was your mother who went around being a sl*t and got pregnant with a b*stard child from god knows who, causing Dad to fly into a rage! That’s why he chased you disgusting pair away. Hua Tang, sl*ts should go to hell! Why are you hoping for someone to save her? Daddy can’t wait for her to die!”

Hua Ning gloatingly brought up the past incidents, digging into Hua Tang’s wounds again.

“No!” Hua Tang was on the verge of tears, but she desperately held them back. She would never cry in front of an outsider! “My mother was set up! You…”

“Were you going to say my mother framed her?” Hua Ning’s voice suddenly rose.

Hua Tang’s gaze was chilly. She remembered her mother telling her that ‘the more guilty a person was, the louder their denials.’

“We both don’t know anything about our parents’ past matters,” she said calmly. “At that time, you weren’t much older than me. Don’t take what you see with your eyes as the truth! You believe in your mother, and I believe in mine. I think your mother knows crystal clear what the truth is. Just because we couldn’t find any evidence doesn’t mean that you are innocent!”

“You…” Hua Ning was about to retort, but a thought occurred to her. “It was indeed meaningless to bring up the past. After all, why should we care about a loser? What’s important is looking to the future,” she smirked.

She deliberately raised her neck, revealing the pearl necklace she had just bought.

She looked at Hua Tang provokingly. “Let me show you my pearl necklace. Isn’t it beautiful? I just bought it; it’s not cheap either. It cost me 300,000 yuan!”

Hua Tang was dumbstruck.

“I bought it with your dowry money!” Hua Ning stressed each word, relishing the effect they had on Hua Tang.

Hua Tang felt as if she had been struck by lightning.

Hua Ning played with the pearl necklace around her neck. “To tell you the truth, Dad has never thought of giving you a dowry! Letting you be my substitute is already giving you enough face! Although the Mu family has declined, at least they have a good reputation—it’s a good match for you.”

Hua Tang was so angry that her entire body was trembling, but there was nothing she could do. Once again, she felt powerless.