Chapter 781 - Beware (1/2)

*Flashback Continued*

”Right now, I want to squish you, Idiot!” said Zhao Huan. She looked helpless and soon started laughing. ”Who can come up with a name like 'squishy'? And too for their own kid?”

”Anything is possible with me around,” replied Wen Ai.

”It sure is,” replied Zhao Huan.

Wen Ai let Zhao Huan eat the snacks that the maids brought and drink the tea in silence. But all this while, she had been looking at her face.

”Is there something on my face?” asked Zhao Huan. ”Why do you keep staring?”

Wen Ai rubbed the side of her neck and inquired, ”Sister Huan, how have you been?” Zhao Huan's brows furrowed up slightly in confusion. ”I mean in Xin Manor. How have you been?”

Zhao Huan smiled at her and said, ”I'm doing great there. Everyone treats me like a family.”

Wen Ai laughed out, ”You're such a lousy liar.” She sighed, ”But I'm actually happy they don't treat you like family. That family is crueler to their own.” She took a pause and added, ”Sister Huan, pay more attention to who around you is sincere and who isn't.”

”Are you giving me a warning?” asked Zhao Huan.

”Yes!” replied Wen Ai with a serious. ”I want you to take my warning seriously and beware of everyone around you. No one in that family is what they appear to be. For their own interests, they can do anything.” She licked her lips and went on, ”And you were chosen to marry Brother Ze to strengthen his position, but that already shaken because of my marriage to Ah-Xin. If I say it bluntly, you have lost value to Mother Xin. And trust me, that woman can throw away anything and anyone as long as it is worthless to her.”

”I should be more scared of you,” said Zhao Huan.

Wen Ai chuckled, ”That's true. I'm the evilest of them all. But the thing is, I don't wear a smile to deceive people. If I'm gonna stab you, I'd do it in a way that you know I did it. I don't hide from such things.”

”Say nice things,” said Zhao Huan. ”You're pregnant. What if your son got affected by your words?”

”That's even better,” was Wen Ai's response. ”He needs to get his mother's evilness. How else will he survive in this world?” She took a pause and went on, ”But don't try to take my words as a joke. I'm very serious. Keep your distance from Suyin as well.”

Zhao Huan frowned, ”Xin Suyin? She is such a cute girl. Why do I need to keep my distance from her? She is the favorite of both Zemin and Zimen. Don't you know that they both love their sister?”

”That's because they don't know what their cute sister is capable of,” said Wen Ai. ”She is a real bully out there.”

”She is young,” argued Zhao Huan. ”It's her age to make mistakes. It's alright.”

Wen Ai stared at Zhao Huan's face, ”Aiyo, Sister Huan is really so innocent it makes my heart hurt. When I said she's a bully I didn't mean it...” She sighed out helplessly. ”Forget it. The less you know, the better.”

”Are you very well informed about everyone in the Xin Family? And here I thought you had no interest.”