The class monitor saw Xue Xuejia with reddened eyes and a hoarse voice, and silently withdrew his steps towards Shi Li.
The girl was clearly upset, so there was no need to approach and do anything that might annoy her.
Xue Xuejia's tearful confession to Shi Li definitely had a purpose.
"You probably don't know that my father favors boys over girls and has always pressured my mom to have a son."
"I'm not afraid of you laughing at me, but my mom couldn't resist him, so she kept getting pregnant and giving birth. But my mom only had daughters, and when my little sister was born, my mom nearly died and had to have her uterus removed, so she can't get pregnant anymore."
"We sisters thought that after this, our dad would finally stop, since mom can't have any more children. Who could have imagined that he would find a mistress to have children for him?"
"What's even more infuriating is that my dad had been keeping a woman on the side for a long time, but she just couldn't give birth to a son."
"This weekend, my dad hurriedly brought that woman home, just because she had given birth to a son. He wants his precious son to be recognized as part of the family, and he actually wants my mom to raise the child, saying that from now on, this child should be treated as if my mom gave birth to him herself."
As Xue Xuejia spoke excitedly, her hands resting on her knees began to tremble slightly. She was clearly furious with her scumbag of a father.
Shi Li had heard about Xue Xuejia's family matters in her previous life.
Her good-for-nothing father wasn't a decent person. He was two-faced in business and favored boys over girls at home, always pressuring his wife to keep trying for a son.
He didn't care that his wife was already an older mother and that giving birth was very dangerous for her.
In his eyes, his wife was nothing more than a tool for continuing the family line.
After his wife lost her ability to have children because of him, he not only showed no sympathy, but also considered her useless.
To him, a person who couldn't bear children was of no use.
Hearing Xue Xuejia's grievances, Shi Li's expression was quite complex.
[How can I say this out loud?]
Shi Li's inner voice rang out. Xue Xuejia's hand, which was wiping away tears, froze for a moment, but then she continued as if she hadn't heard anything.
[Xue Xuejia's dad's precious son isn't actually his son]
Xue Xuejia: ???
The onlookers: Wait a minute, is it what we think it means?
[It's a child his mistress had with another woman]
Xue Xuejia & everyone else: Wow~
[He should think about it. Whether a child is a boy or a girl is determined by the man. Xue Xuejia's father can only have daughters with his own wife, but has a son with another woman. Shouldn't the reason for this make him think deeply?]
[To think that Xue Xuejia's father was among the first to attend university after the liberation and received a modern education. Yet his principles are just like those of the small-minded people from the Qing dynasty]
Xue Xuejia: Well said!
Class monitor: I'll second that on behalf of my dad.
The class monitor knew how much his father despised Mr. Xue. He decided to tell his dad about this in a couple of days to cheer him up.
Xue Xuejia tried to squeeze out a few more tears to avoid revealing anything. She was feeling elated now and wanted to burst into a rendition of "The Plateau of Tibet" to release her emotions.
But she couldn't cry anymore.
[Should I remind Xuejia that her father has become a living cuckold?]
Class monitor: A living cuckold, huh? I've noted that down in my little book. I'll relay this to dad when I get home.
Xue Xuejia: Thanks, I already know. No need to remind me.
[So, you see, men who aren't good to their wives and children never end up well]
Everyone: The last scumbag who kept a mistress has already turned to ashes. He could have been saved, but who told him to keep a mistress?
[It's strange though, why didn't they do a DNA test before acknowledging the child as part of the family? It would have saved a lot of trouble later on]
Shi Li didn't understand, but Xue Xuejia knew why. It was because this woman had been her father's long-term mistress, maintaining an improper relationship for years. Her father never doubted the mistress's faithfulness.
Xue Xuejia hugged Shi Li and kissed her on the cheek. "Thank you, Shi Li. Thank you for comforting me. I feel much better now."
Suddenly enveloped in a soft, fragrant embrace, followed by a warm sensation on her face, Shi Li froze on the spot.
[Did I comfort her just now?]
[If I remember correctly, I didn't say anything out loud]
Gu Yuqing, who happened to witness this scene, nearly ground her teeth to dust. That Xue Xuejia, always pretending to be pitiful and taking advantage of others.
Shi Li remained confused for an entire class period, unable to figure out how she had comforted Xue Xuejia.
Meanwhile, her classmates truly felt Shi Li's confusion during the next half of the class.
Overwhelmed, everyone silently cursed Xue Xuejia. They all knew about Shi Li's vivid imagination, yet Xue Xuejia still did something that would trouble Shi Li right before class.
Gu Yuqing bluntly said in the class group chat:
Gu Yuqing: [Xuejia, even though you and Li are both girls, you still need to maintain appropriate social distance. What you did can easily confuse people]
Xue Xuejia: [Don't act like you're Li's mother. Some things are best kept to yourself. What I do is none of your business]
Gu Yuqing: [You made Shi Li overthink during class, affecting all of us]
Seeing the explosive atmosphere between the two, the class monitor, being the busybody who managed everything, had to mediate.
[We can understand Xue Xuejia's emotions, she was too excited]
[We can also understand Gu Yuqing's concern for Shi Li]
After pacifying both of them, the class monitor felt mentally and physically exhausted. Being a regular class monitor was tiring enough.
Now with the unpredictable factor of Shi Li in the class, his level of exhaustion instantly escalated to another dimension.
Xue Xuejia was in a good mood and couldn't be bothered to argue with Gu Yuqing.
Gu Yuqing also felt it was beneath her to argue with Xue Xuejia.
So the two stopped bickering.
Xue Xuejia's good mood lasted until she returned home and saw the mistress sitting on the living room sofa.
Her good mood came to an abrupt halt at that moment.
Of course, it wasn't because seeing something unpleasant ruined her mood.
Instead, she was suddenly filled with fighting spirit.
Her gaze swept over the face of the woman holding the child. She didn't know if it was because the heating in the room was too high or for some other reason.
The lower half of the child wasn't wearing a diaper, with a certain part facing directly at Xue Xuejia.
Xue Xuejia was thoroughly disgusted.
Since this woman moved into the villa, Xue Xuejia had always treated her with cold disdain. This was the first time she showed a smile that could be considered friendly towards her.
Xue Xuejia considered herself to be rather benevolent. After all, when facing a loser, she believed herself to be a person of grace and cultivation.
However, when her smile fell upon the woman's eyes, it only appeared sinister.
The woman felt that Xue Xuejia was planning to play some underhanded trick.
