"You said, he loves Xia Xingchen?!" Li Lingyi was also very angry. She stood up suddenly and pointed the finger at Xia Xingchen, "Xia Xingchen, do you have any shame? You already have such a big son, and you still seduce your sister's boyfriend? The president doesn't want you anymore, and now you are grasping at straws and don't even care about your face, right?"
"Auntie, this has nothing to do with Xingchen!" Xu Yan immediately stood up to protect Xia Xingchen.
"Shut up!" Li Ling shouted coldly, staring at Xia Xingchen as if she wanted to cut off her flesh.
Xia Xingchen was a little tipsy, but Li Lingyi's eyes sobered her up a bit. She sneered, "Who is shameless? If you really want to talk about seduction, a few years ago, when Xu Yan and I were together, Xia Xingkong seduced Xu Yan a lot, right?"
"You - our Xingkong was pursuing her! You two were just dating and not married. Xingkong pursuing her was legal and reasonable. What's wrong with that? But now she and Xu Yan are engaged. What's your business to interfere?"
Xia Xingchen seemed to be touched by something. She stood up and looked at Li Lingyi sarcastically, "How can you say this so confidently? At the beginning, my mom and dad were not only engaged, but also married. Why didn't you have any sense of propriety and honor?"
"You—" Li Ling had not expected Xia Xingchen to be so sharp-tongued. When she said that, a trace of embarrassment flashed across her face. She pointed at her angrily, her fingers shaking, "You... Is that how you talk to your elders?! Your son—your son is watching, you'd better be careful that he doesn't do this to you in the future!"
"Dabao, our teacher said that not everyone is qualified to be an elder." Xia Dabai was still picking at his chicken leg. As he spoke, he looked up at Li Lingyi and smiled innocently, "The teacher said that only those who know how to respect others and are worthy of respect can be called elders! Old people who don't even know the rules of propriety and integrity can't be called elders!"
"You..." Li Lingyi's lips were trembling, and the words that came out of her mouth were even more careless, "You are indeed a bastard who has a life but no one cares about him! You have no manners!"
As soon as Li Lingyi finished speaking, Xia Xingchen's head buzzed, and she felt that the blood in her body mixed with strong liquor rushed to her head. At that moment, she collapsed. She picked up the bowls and chopsticks in front of her and threw them at Li Lingyi. She was completely out of control. She could still tolerate being scolded, but scolding Xia Dabai was more painful than taking her life. What's more, the words "bastard" and "uneducated" were sharper than needles.
Li Lingyi hadn't expected Xia Xingchen to be so fierce. When the dishes were thrown at her, she was stunned and stood there motionless. After being hit twice, blood oozed from her forehead, leaving a long line of blood.
When she touched it, her face turned pale with fear. She cried and angrily pulled Xia Guopeng, "Look, look at your good daughter, she actually dared to fight with me!"
Xia Guopeng drank too much and had a splitting headache. With so many things coming at him at once, he was in a mess. Li Ling cried one by one, which made her even more irritated. She scolded her angrily, "What are you doing? It's just a child's business. Why are you interfering? How can you scold a child like that?!"
"You... you just help Xia Xingchen, this uneducated person!" Li Ling got angry, grabbed the chopsticks and threw them on the table, then walked away with her hands covering her forehead. After taking a step, she turned back and stared at Xia Xingchen fiercely, "Pray that my face won't be disfigured. If I am, I will never let you go!"
Xia Xingchen ignored her and just picked up Xia Dabai from the ground.
Xia Dabai was still holding a chicken drumstick in his hand, but Xia Xingchen pulled it away and said, "Don't eat it. Mom will make it for you when we get home."
As soon as she finished speaking, her voice choked. She didn't say goodbye, but walked out with Xia Dabai in her arms. She had drunk a lot of wine, and her steps were a little unsteady. As she walked out of the house, tears started pouring down. Xia Dabai held her neck with both hands and comforted her softly, "Dabao, be good, don't cry..."
Xia Xingchen's tears flowed even more fiercely. With trembling lips, she kissed the top of the child's head, "Mom has wronged you..."
"I don't feel wronged. I don't feel sad even though she scolded me. I would only feel sad if you cried." Xia Dabai used his white and tender little hands to wipe her tears.
When they reached the roadside, Xia Xingchen was already drunk and felt completely groggy. Everything in front of her was blurry, as if she was covered in fog, and she couldn't even walk steadily. She was afraid that the child would fall, so she put him down and took out her cell phone, "Wait for me, I'll call a taxi..."
The Xia family's villa is also in the suburbs, and there are usually no taxis here. Xia Dabai nodded his head and stood next to Xia Xingchen obediently. As if he was afraid that she was still uncomfortable, he pulled her trouser legs and rubbed his little head against her legs.
Xia Xingchen couldn't see the words in front of him clearly. He poked at the screen for a long time and finally found the words "Future Rental Company" and made a call.
The phone rang for a long time before it was connected. There was no immediate response from the other end, so she found a tree trunk to lean against before she spoke: "Hello, how are you... I want to call a taxi..."
"Have you been drinking?" The man's deep voice came from the other side. She vaguely felt that it sounded familiar. But her mind was like a paste at the moment, and she couldn't think clearly. She just nodded, "Hmm..."
"How much did you drink?"
"Just... a little bit. You guys aren't going to get drunk, are you?"
“…” No one spoke over there.
Xia Xingchen couldn't help but frowned. He felt that there seemed to be something wrong with the service attitude of this company. At this moment, he heard a voice behind him, "Xingchen, where are you going? I'll take you there."
It’s Xu Yan.
Xia Xingchen subconsciously took a step back. Although he was still drunk, he immediately shook his head, "No need... I... We can go back by ourselves..."
Even if she was not sober anymore, she didn't want to get involved in their affairs anymore. Now she just wanted to keep a distance from him.
Xu Yan saw her avoidance and felt a trace of pain in his heart. "I'm sorry, I... I didn't expect to involve you."
Xia Xingchen waved his hand again, obviously not wanting to mention the matter again.
"Let me take you back, okay? Just as... compensation for this time."
"Uncle, you've been drinking too. You can't drive after drinking." Xia Dabai reminded.
Someone on the other end of the phone had already heard all of these words, and when he spoke again, his tone had become much darker, "Where are you?"
"Huh?" Xia Xingchen still had the phone against his ear, so she naturally heard what he said.
"Huh what? I asked you where you are now?" Someone's patience was running out, and his attitude was as bad as it could be after just a few words.