Supremely Talented Tyrant-Chapter 643: A Pair of Despicable Couple
"Auntie San, what kind of language is that?" Ruo Lan immediately grew angry as she glared at Li Cuihua. How could she call the child's father a ghost in front of her?
The middle-aged man also quickly pulled on Li Cuihua's arm, signaling her to stop talking.
"The daddy I'm talking about isn't a deceased daddy, it's Hao Jian daddy! He's very good to me and mom, he will protect us, I don't want any other daddy!" Tongtong said loudly.
"Good girl, daddy hasn't spoiled you for nothing!" At the doorstep, Hao Jian heard these words and felt as sweet as if he had eaten honey, his smile as bright as springtime, looking like Bajie.
Some passing tenants saw Hao Jian's sleazy Pig Head Three look and couldn't help but be stunned.
"What are you looking at? Scram!" Hao Jian growled at them, which scared the tenants away.
"Who is Hao Jian? Just hearing the name makes me think he's not a decent man. Ruo Lan, you better not get involved with some shady characters. Like before, even though you're so pretty, you ended up with a poor ghost plus a short-lived one. He didn't last long and left you both mother and child alone. If you were with Liu Laocai, despite the bad reputation, you wouldn't have to worry about food or clothes, and you could live like the Young Mistress, with luxury cars, a mansion, and servants at your beck and call. Wouldn't that be better?" Li Cuihua's words grew increasingly offensive, almost like she was scolding Ruo Lan.
"Don't say any more!" Ruo Lan was also infuriated and reprimanded Li Cuihua. Her words were extremely grating, especially in front of Tongtong, which annoyed her greatly.
Seeing Ruo Lan get angry, Li Cuihua also became heated: "Don't go acting all high and mighty here. Liu Laocai is so rich, and he honored you, a divorced woman, by taking notice of you. Don't be ungrateful. If you miss out on this chance, you won't even have the opportunity to regret it!"
"Get out, all of you get out!" Ruo Lan's eyes became moist, ashamed because of Li Cuihua's words. Was it wrong for her to simply want to maintain her dignity? Why couldn't a divorced woman rely on herself?
"Ruo Lan, try not to get worked up. Your auntie is just trying to look out for you." The middle-aged man spoke up quickly, then dragged Li Cuihua to the side and whispered harshly, "Are you insane? Liu Laocai sent us to persuade her, but if you upset her, it'll all fall through, and the two hundred thousand he promised us will go down the drain too!"
"I just can't stand her pretending to be so pure, having been f***ed over a hundred times, the old B still acting all innocent," Li Cuihua said crudely. She married off before finishing primary school and didn't even recognize a single character. Her speech naturally lacked any culture.
"Even if she's disagreeable, you have to bear with it. Don't you want the money?" The man said annoyedly as Li Cuihua almost messed up big time.
It turned out these two had taken advantages from Liu Laocai, who had promised them each two hundred thousand as a reward if they successfully convinced Ruo Lan to become his mistress.
Liu Laocai had seen Ruo Lan by chance last year and had fallen for her at first sight, attracted to the mature and gentle aura about her. Since then, he had been fantasizing about her and was determined to have her by any means necessary.
Afterward, Liu Laocai spent some time connecting with Ruo Lan's auntie, Li Cuihua, to persuade Ruo Lan.
"Just be quiet for a bit, I'll do the talking," the man said.
"Brother Tiezhu, do you have a way?" Li Cuihua looked at Zhao Tiezhu with skepticism.
"She just can't let go of her pride. We'll try to persuade her kindly again, maybe she'll agree. Widows tend to be prideful, so we need to outwit them," Zhao Tiezhu, who was from the same village and also a neighbor as Li Cuihua, said. They were both idle villagers, unoccupied, and at forty years old, he remained unmarried.
The village had rumors that Zhao Tiezhu was promiscuous, often harassing the married women in the village, and naturally, Li Cuihua was one of them.
Li Cuihua came to persuade Ruo Lan, but instead of bringing Ruo Lan's uncle, she brought outsider Zhao Tiezhu, which seemed a little abnormal.
"Ruo Lan, think about it again. That Liu Laocai back in our hometown is really rich and powerful, with more than a dozen bodyguards and over twenty servants. If you're with him, won't you be living the high life compared to being with what's-his-name Hao Jian? At your age, you can't be naive anymore. If you find another broke guy, not only will you suffer, but Tongtong will suffer with you. Think about it, think about it..." Zhao Tiezhu said with a smile plastered on his face, taking a very humble stance, pretending to be a good guy.
Hao Jian outside was fuming. Li Cuihua and Zhao Tiezhu's words were full of slander and disdain for him. What have I done to deserve this?
"I don't want any new daddy, I just want Daddy Hao Jian!" At that moment, Tongtong lifted her head to look at Ruo Lan. "Mom, can we ignore them, please?"
At these words, Li Cuihua and Zhao Tiezhu both couldn't help but frown. They felt they were close to convincing Ruo Lan, and now this little girl had started to act up again.
"Ruo Lan, the old lady won't allow you to marry a pauper," Zhao Tiezhu reminded, intentionally or unintentionally using Ruo Lan's mother as leverage.
"This is my business, you don't need to interfere. Was it Liu Laocai who sent you? Go back and tell him to give up the idea, even if I die I won't become his mistress!" Ruo Lan was adamant.
Hearing this, Zhao Tiezhu and Li Cuihua's faces turned downright ugly. If Ruo Lan wouldn't compromise, they wouldn't get a dime.
"That so-called Hao Jian, let him come out. I want to see for myself what's so great about him, to evaluate him for you," Li Cuihua declared, though this time Zhao Tiezhu didn't stop her because he also felt Ruo Lan was truly disrespectful.
"Daddy isn't home," Tongtong glared at Li Cuihua, disliking the woman very much.
"Not at home? I bet he's just too scared to show up," Li Cuihua said with a sneer.
"Squeak~"
As soon as Li Cuihua's voice trailed off, the door was pushed open, and Hao Jian entered with a sleazy smile, "You looking for me?"
Li Cuihua and the others were momentarily stunned, then glared at Hao Jian, "Who are you?"
"Me? I'm Hao Jian, aren't I?" Hao Jian said with a laugh.
"Daddy!" At this moment, Tongtong also ran quickly towards Hao Jian and was then scooped up into his arms.
"Good girl, you sure make your dad proud!" Hao Jian laughed heartily, giving Tongtong a thumbs up.
"So it's you." Li Cuihua looked coldly at Hao Jian, and upon seeing his plain clothes, she immediately showed disdain and looked at him with contempt.
Li Cuihua thought to herself: Sure enough, he's a pauper. Ruo Lan is really not just any kind of cheap, specifically picking out poor blokes.
However, Li Cuihua forgot that her own husband, Ruo Lan's third uncle, wasn't that rich either. And her current paramour, Zhao Tiezhu, was even more of a penniless rogue.
"Do we have guests?" Hao Jian asked Ruo Lan with a smile, appearing as the head of the family.
Ruo Lan wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, then introduced to Hao Jian, "This is my third uncle's wife, and this is an uncle from the village."
"So you're the third aunt, nice to meet you." Hao Jian immediately greeted her with a smile and extended his hand to Li Cuihua.
But Li Cuihua looked at him with contempt, not bothering to shake his hand, and coldly scolded, "So you're Ruo Lan's boyfriend?"
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"No," Hao Jian shook his head.
Upon hearing this, Ruo Lan and Tongtong both looked at Hao Jian in surprise, annoyed at how foolish he was.
Li Cuihua's smile grew even more sarcastic, thinking a man who couldn't even admit his real identity was not only useless but also a coward.
"I'm her husband," however, was what Hao Jian followed up with.
"What?" Li Cuihua and Zhao Tiezhu were shocked. How could this be possible? When did Ruo Lan marry this guy, and why hadn't they heard anything about it?
Ruo Lan glared fiercely at Hao Jian, accusing him of playing games and nearly scaring them to death.
"Ruo Lan, when did you marry this fellow?" Li Cuihua demanded of Ruo Lan.
"Last month," Ruo Lan answered expressionlessly, determined to put an end to Li Cuihua's hopes.
"You... you're foolish!" Li Cuihua was livid. If Hao Jian and Ruo Lan were married, wouldn't that mean Liu Laocai was out of the picture? And if Liu Laocai was out, wouldn't that mean she and Zhao Tiezhu would be without money as well?
"You actually went behind the family's back and married this... thing. If the old lady finds out, she will be furious!" Li Cuihua said, furious once more, invoking the matriarch's authority.
Hao Jian raised an eyebrow and smiled subtly, this... thing? He'd like to know exactly what that meant.
"I'll explain the situation to the old lady myself; you don't need to worry about it!" Ruo Lan's tone remained icy.
"So stubborn!" Li Cuihua was enraged to the point of grinding her teeth, realizing that Ruo Lan was beyond persuasion, and turned to confront Hao Jian, "Without our family's permission, you just went ahead and married her. Who gave you, a deadbeat poor ghost, the right?"
"The current society advocates for freedom in love and marriage, as long as both parties agree, and they are of legal age, they can get married. Even a three-year-old knows this, don't you? If you really must know who gave me the right, it was the party and the state that endowed me with this right!" Hao Jian spoke righteously.
"Nonsense! With your measly self, how could you be worthy of Ruo Lan?" Zhao Tiezhu also bellowed, initially they might have been able to persuade Ruo Lan, but now this poor fool had stuck his foot in, undoubtedly making their task even harder.
"You should be considering not whether I'm worthy of her, but whether she's worthy of me. A man as witty, upright, kind, and dashingly handsome as myself is a rarity in this society," Hao Jian claimed shamelessly.
"Based on you? The guy next door who hauls manure is better looking than you!" Li Cuihua scoffed.