Husband, Spend Some Gold Coins

Chapter 102 - I



The gift from Xie Qi had not been specifically intended for Qin Yizhi to use, but when Xie Qi got up the next day and saw the brooch, he had bought on Qin Yizhi’s chest, he felt happy.

Only then did he understand that it was difficult to describe in words the feeling of giving a gift to someone who actually used it.

As time passed, the weather grew colder.

At the Xie family home, Tao Gaofei put a thick sweater on Xie Yunzheng and sent him to school.

Xie Yunzheng was unhappy, and Tao Gaofei bent down and said to him, “Good boy, Zhengzheng, you really can’t eat anymore. Mom will buy you bread after school. It will be sweet bread, okay?”

Xie Yunzheng replied, “I don’t like it.” He pouted in resentment and added, “It’s not good here at all! It’s so cold! I already have a lot of friends back home. Mom, you brought me here, and I don’t like it!”

Tao Gaofei doted on her son deeply. When she heard what he said, she quickly reassured him, “Zhengzheng, be good. Dad is busy making a lot of money now. There will be many bad women trying to take advantage of this opportunity to steal Daddy from Mommy. If that happens, Zhengzheng, you’ll have a younger brother or sister to compete with you. Do you want that?”

Xie Yunzheng replied softly, “I also took someone else’s things.”

The doting expression on Tao Gaofei’s face immediately turned cold. “Who told you that? Whose things did you steal?”

Xie Yunzheng said, “I took my brother’s things. My friends all told me there was an older brother before me. It was you, Mom, who led me to take his things. Now he can only live on the street and fight with beggars for steamed buns to eat.”

Tao Gaofei responded angrily, “Your friends are talking nonsense! How could you have stolen anyone’s things? Everything in this house belongs to you. You didn’t take anything from anyone!”

Xie Yunzheng said nothing, pursing his lips unhappily.

Tao Gaofei took a deep breath and softened her tone. “I am your mother. How could I harm you like this? Do you understand? Mommy is doing this for your own good. The people who tell you these things are the ones with evil hearts, taught bad things by their parents, and trying to drive a wedge between you and me. Do you want to turn bad with Mommy?”

Xie Yunzheng avoided the question and said, “Everyone else has an older brother, but I don’t. Mom, bring that brother back. Then you can leave me alone. Let him learn piano. I just want to eat cake.”

Tao Gaofei’s anger flared, and she shouted, “What nonsense are you talking about? Zhengzheng, you can’t be so unambitious! You’re a boy—you can’t just think about eating! You won’t eat dinner tonight! You eat like a pig; how could Daddy possibly like you?”

Xie Yunzheng was frightened, and his eyes immediately reddened. He began to cry.

Tao Gaofei suppressed her anger and softened her tone again. “Alright, don’t cry. Mommy was wrong. Mommy is doing all this for your own good. But if you keep acting like this, Mommy really won’t know what to do with you in the future.”

Xie Yunzheng hiccupped through his tears and said, “Mom, I’m sorry.”

Tao Gaofei looked at him, sighed, and said gently, “Zhengzheng, you have to stand by Mommy’s side. You do have a brother, but that brother of yours… He’s very vicious, just like his mother. Back then, his mother almost made us live on the streets. If that had happened, you wouldn’t have been born. Do you understand?”

Xie Yunzheng wanted to say something but ultimately stayed silent.

Tao Gaofei’s tone turned stern again. “In short, now that you’re at school here, you won’t have any contact with your old friends anymore! Do you understand?”

Xie Yunzheng sniffled and said, “…I understand.”

Tao Gaofei’s expression softened, and she said, “That’s my good boy.” She gently rubbed Xie Yunzheng’s hair before sending him to school.

Xie Yunzheng was currently enrolled in an elite private elementary school in the city centre of H City. Even having money didn’t guarantee admission—they also needed to own a property in a wealthy neighbourhood to qualify.

However, Xie Yunzheng’s academic performance was mediocre at best. Because of this, Tao Gaofei had been criticized repeatedly by Xie Dai, who believed it was her poor genes that made Xie Yunzheng so “stupid.”

Tao Gaofei really couldn’t argue with this point. She couldn’t exactly say that Xie Dai’s own genes were bad, could she? But at times like these, Xie Dai couldn’t help but compare her son to Xie Qi. Every time he talked about Xie Qi and criticized Xie Yunzheng, Tao Gaofei felt tormented in her heart.

She wished Xie Qi would die quickly so that she could relieve the hatred burning inside her.

Through the ladies’ circle, she had heard about Jiang Sining’s situation before. It was said that Jiang Sining had been in a car accident and was borrowing money from everyone, even from a certain madam in the circle.

Back when Jiang Sining was the madam of the Xie family, she was treated with slightly more respect among these women and had managed to form a few connections. However, once she got divorced, she automatically lost her place in their social circle. The madam who lent her money found it very amusing and had shared the story, ridiculing Jiang Sining for being naive and shameless.

When Tao Gaofei heard how Jiang Sining was mocked, she felt very pleased, though she regretted not being there to see Jiang Sining’s embarrassment and poverty in person.

Jiang Sining had fallen to such a low point. That should have been the end of it. But Tao Gaofei never expected that Xie Qi would rise like a phoenix.

Even though Xie Dai swore to her that Xie Qi could never achieve true success, Tao Gaofei still felt as though a knife was cutting into her heart. She could only comfort herself by thinking that Xie Qi wasn’t a “real man” and that his existence was disgraceful.

After sending her child to school, Tao Gaofei had nothing else to do and kept herself busy trying to connect with the ladies in H City, hoping to enter their social circle.

Unfortunately, the ladies in H City were very arrogant and especially looked down on the Xie family, who had come from B City. Tao Gaofei often faced criticism and veiled insults, and her attempts to fit in were anything but easy.

After being subtly humiliated, she would have to return home to face Xie Dai’s angry accusations, calling her useless for failing to win over even Mr. Liu’s wife. He complained that her incompetence caused trouble for his work.

Tao Gaofei felt utterly frustrated.

In front of outsiders, she appeared to be the elegant madam of the Xie family, but in front of Xie Dai, she was constantly berated and humiliated. Her frequent anger caused her health to deteriorate.


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