Reborn as a Rich Woman in the Eighties-Chapter 759 - 758 This is called Fate!

Ji Man was speaking softly at first, but by the end, she was already sobbing uncontrollably.

"Lin Xia! You’re living such a happy life now, with both a son and a daughter, and a husband who dotes on you so much. Your in-laws don’t have a single complaint; it’s just like you’re with your own family!

Can’t you have a little pity on me? Aren’t the things that have happened to me worthy of your sympathy and compassion?

I’m sincere toward your brother-in-law; I don’t want us to break up over external factors!

As long as you tell him we can get along, he definitely won’t break up with me!

Lin Xia! We used to be so close, I really considered you a friend! Have you forgotten all of that?"

When Lin Xia heard what Ji Man said, she was not entirely unmoved; she also hadn’t expected that Ji Man had undergone so many changes after that incident.

However, sympathy is one thing, and the matter with the brother-in-law is quite another!

"Ji Man! Can you calm down a bit? How much influence do you think my opinion holds? I, as a younger family member, cannot dictate your affairs!"

"How can it not hold weight?" Ji Man pleaded, "Lin Xia! I’m begging you, okay?"

"It’s no use begging me!"

Seeing that Lin Xia remained unmoved, Ji Man wiped her tears haphazardly with the back of her hand, "Lin Xia! Have you really made up your mind not to help me?"

Lin Xia suddenly realized that Ji Man’s earlier outburst of tears had been nothing but an act.

Fortunately, she had stood by her principles and hadn’t lost her rationality by agreeing to anything impulsively.

Her tone grew colder, "I can’t help, how can I help?"

Ji Man’s eyes hardened, "Lin Xia! Fine! Since you don’t want to help me, then I have nothing to cover up for you anymore!"

Lin Xia scoffed, "Are you out of your mind? What do I have that needs you to cover up for me?"

"How can there not be?" Ji Man narrowed her eyes and snorted coldly, "Tell me, when your husband and his family find out about the unclear relationship between you and Jiang Mingyuan, will they still be so good to you as they are now?"

Lin Xia rebutted calmly, "What unclear relationship do I have with my brother-in-law? Do you have any evidence?" freeweɓnovel.cøm

Although Ji Man could not produce any evidence, she was very certain, "Jiang Mingyuan has always liked you and pursued you. You two are always together, just a man and a woman—I don’t believe nothing has happened!"

Lin Xia laughed coldly, "That’s what you said to Lu Qing and Song Zhiya back then too, right? And then you tried to drive a wedge between us?"

Ji Man insisted confidently, "What’s wrong with telling the truth?"

Lin Xia really felt speechless, she didn’t want to argue with a madwoman anymore, "Then go ahead and tell them now! Let’s see if they believe your one-sided story or my character!"

Lin Xia walked to the door, wanting to open it and kick Ji Man out, only to discover Shao Xingbang outside with a livid face!

"Uncle!" Lin Xia had no idea how long Shao Xingbang had been standing there or how much he had heard.

Shao Xingbang nodded slightly and entered.

Ji Man was totally dumbstruck!

How could she have imagined that Shao Xingbang had seen and heard everything she had done!

She grabbed Shao Xingbang’s arm, "Xingbang! Listen to me, I can explain!"

Shao Xingbang shook off Ji Man’s grip coldly, "What further explanation is needed? I’ve heard everything you said! When soft approaches didn’t work, you turned to force! Ji Man! It’s only today that I truly see what kind of person you really are!"

Shao Xingbang became suspicious because Ji Man had gone to the bathroom and hadn’t returned to the living room for quite some time, prompting him to ask Shao Meirou to make an excuse to play a few rounds of mahjong and look for her.

As it turned out, there was indeed no one in the bathroom when he went to look.

When he arrived at the door to Lin Xia’s bedroom, he could faintly hear the sounds of Lin Xia and Ji Man inside.

He had intended to enter, but after overhearing some unexpected things, he ended up standing discourteously at the doorstep for a while.

It was during this brief time that he truly saw another side of Ji Man.

It was just like his sister-in-law had said, women understand women best; he usually just saw the surface and thought Ji Man was a generous and intelligent girl.

Even though he had been considering breaking up with her, he hadn’t thought she was overly cunning, and he even felt sympathy for her past misfortunes.

"Xingbang! It’s because I really don’t want to break up with you that I threatened Lin Xia like this! I never really intended to say anything!" Ji Man cried, desperate to explain.

Little did she know, her move was a great blunder; not only did she fail to achieve her goal, but she also made Shao Xingbang develop a feeling of aversion toward her.

"Even if you did speak, we wouldn’t believe you! We know exactly what kind of person Lin Xia is!" Shao Xingbang, not wanting to wake the children, grabbed Ji Man by the wrist, "Alright! Let’s go upstairs to talk about it!"

As Ji Man was about to leave, she turned to look back at Lin Xia, who was bent over soothing the child about to wake up, a deep hatred flashing in her eyes.

Lu Zheng heard the commotion and also came over, just in time to walk in the opposite direction of Shao Xingbang and Ji Man.

"Uncle?" His gaze was more on the tearful Ji Man.

Had something happened?

Seeing the inquisitive look in Lu Zheng’s eyes, Shao Xingbang said, "Xiaozheng! It’s nothing! Go back to your room!"

"Okay!" Lu Zheng quickly returned to their room, and upon pushing open the door, he saw Lin Xia holding Keke and gently patting her back; Keke, with her eyes half-closed, leaned lazily in her mother’s arms as if half asleep.

Lu Zheng didn’t make a sound; he just quietly looked at his son, who was fast asleep in the crib, and internally breathed a sigh of relief.

After Keke fell back asleep, Lin Xia put the child back into the crib, and Lu Zheng softly asked, "Wife! What on earth happened? I saw uncle and Ji Man..."

Lin Xia told him what had transpired, "Ji Man came over first! I was asleep with the kids at the time... She initially accused me of being the reason uncle wanted to break up with her, then tried to garner sympathy by telling me about her and her family’s unfortunate circumstances, asking me to help her. When she saw that I didn’t agree, her face changed, and she started threatening me using my relationship with Jiang Mingyuan..."

No one expected that the entire scene was overheard by uncle standing outside the door...

Uncle probably didn’t want to wake the children, so that’s why he took her upstairs to talk! I guess this will surely make uncle determined to break up for good!"

Everything that had just happened still seemed somewhat surreal to Lin Xia.

While Ji Man’s misfortunes could elicit sympathy, her scheming was far too deep.

Once her plans were thwarted, Ji Man turned cold-hearted in an instant.

Fortunately, uncle heard everything!

Otherwise, Lin Xia was genuinely concerned that Ji Man might use her tactics to entangle her uncle, and he would fail to see her true nature until she successfully manipulated him.

Lu Zheng held Lin Xia, his own feelings stirring, "Wife! This is what’s called fate! Uncle seeing her true colors, his decision to break up will surely be stronger!"

Lu Zheng certainly didn’t wish for Ji Man to become his aunt; from the moment he went to pick her up at the train station and saw Ji Man, he felt particularly uncomfortable.

The Shao Family had always had an admirable family ethos, and if someone like her joined the family, the future household dynamics were easy to imagine.