Chapter 470: Self-harm

Then, he was probably concerned that they would affect her emotions during her pregnancy, and hence, chased them away.

He must have investigated her parents and found out what type of people they are, and knew that Xia Ling did not like them.

Xia Ling thought about this as she gently lowered her head to tend to the child in her arms. The baby had just had his milk and looked extremely comfortable in his mother's arms under the sun with his eyes closed.

Spitting out small bubbles from his mouth, he was half-asleep.

Recently, he had been spitting up some of his milk. Xia Ling wiped his mouth with a cotton handkerchief and wondered if Li Lei were the same when he was a baby. A sweet smile spread across her face as she thought about how Li Lei could have been this cute before. "Hi little ugly, little crybaby, little mister picky. Forget it, I'll forgive you since you're still so small. You must become more handsome as you grow older, okay?"

The little boy started to laugh in her arms.

Nanny Zhou stood by the side and pondered. Why wasn't Madam anxious at all about her family? She seemed a little cold to her family even though they hadn't seen each other in such a long time.

She could not understand.

Xia Ling coaxed the little boy for a while, before realizing that Nanny Zhou was still standing by the side. "Is there anything else?" She asked.

Nanny Zhou hesitated again, before saying, "Madam, they're your family, after all. Are you not going to meet them?"

Family? All they wanted was money.

Her lips curled into a cold smile. She searched around for a bangle or earring that she could use to send them away with, before recalling that she had removed all her jewelry for fear that they would hurt the child when she was caring for him.

She determined in her heart to tell her assistant to send a sum of money to the Ye family every month for their living expenses.

In fact, she had been sending money to the Ye family for a long time now, ever since she had debuted from Skyart Entertainment's training camp. She only forgot to do so since the paragliding incident when she was taken away by Pei Ziheng. She only forgot about it because things had been too chaotic recently, and Pei Ziheng had isolated her from all connections to the outside world.

Even though the Ye family was despicable.

She was still using "Ye Xingling's" body and had made a silent vow to help practice filial piety. She was determined to keep her promise. However, since Ye Xingling's parents were so unscrupulous, she decided that they only deserved to get basic living expenses. She was not going to give them a penny more.

A few days later...

Auntie Liu received the money sent over to her by Xia Ling's assistant. It was 5000 yuan.

The assistant also passed a message to Auntie Liu. "In the future, Madam will send you money every month. Please do not go disturb her life."

Father Ye was happy at receiving the money and had no intention to disturb his daughter. In his view, marrying into a rich family was an enormous blessing anyway. What was there to be worried about?

Auntie Liu, on the other hand, was unhappy at receiving the 5000 yuan. She complained to Father Ye. "Just 5000 yuan? Is she taking pity on beggars?! Old Ye, your daughter is doing so well — she's a big star and married into a rich family. Why is she being so stingy? Does she treat you like a father at all? How horrible and unfilial!"

"Don't complain so much." Father Ye said. "5000 yuan is already more than our combined monthly income." This time, Father Ye understood that Xiao Ling was sending them money on account of their blood ties. Otherwise, given his betrayal in the past, she could have even taken them to court.

"What's more, after Feifei became a vegetable, all her hospital expenses are being borne by Xiao Ling." Father Ye spoke up for Ye Xingling.

"What do you mean it's all borne by Ye Xingling?!" Auntie Liu jumped in anger. "The one that has been paying for Feifei's medical fees is Mr. Pei of Imperial Entertainment! It's Mr. Pei's way of thanking us for helping him to get together with that rascal!" Auntie Liu continued. "Without our help, do you think that rascal could have married Mr. Pei?! Do you think she could ever become a wealthy madam?! Now, she's got it all and doesn't want to feed the hand that clothed her anymore? Let me tell you, Old Ye, there's no free lunch in this world!"

Auntie Liu said angrily, "I'm going to make her cough up some money this time!"

Father Ye was speechless. Why did it seem like she had a point? Xiao Ling was wrong to withhold more riches from them after they did so much to help her marry into a rich family.

"But..." Father Ye clung on to his remaining rationality. "Don't do anything rash, Zhaodi. Don't forget what Boss Chu said when we went to Imperial Entertainment last time."

Chu Chen had warned them sternly — or perhaps a better expression was he threatened them — that if they dared to look for Xia Ling or say anything to the media, they would face the consequences. His threat was extremely effective because their other daughter, Ye Xingfei, was still lying in the hospital and depended on Imperial Entertainment for her hospital expenses. If they offended Imperial Entertainment, it would be detrimental to the current arrangement.

Auntie Liu recalled his warning and was slightly fearful. She thought about it for a while before telling Father Ye. "We won't say anything to the press, but we can go see Ye Xingling's newborn son as his grandparents, can't we? How can she not show her child to her family even after giving birth for so long?"

Father Ye nodded in agreement, thinking that she made sense.

Auntie Liu was happy that she got the green light to look for Ye Xingling. She considered the possibility that Ye Xingling would not agree to meet them and said to Father Ye, "Call your old lady along. That girl is really close to her, isn't she? She wouldn't lock her own grandma out of the door."

Father Ye weakly grumbled. "That's my mother, not just an 'old lady.'"

Auntie Liu glared at him. "She is an old lady, isn't she? She's such a country bumpkin with nothing to her name, and she's still being so picky towards me. She just doesn't want to see us happy, that old fool! Crazy old lady! And you're still defending her!"

Father Ye lowered his head and did not dare to say anything.

He was a useless fellow and did not earn much. He deserved to be hen-pecked. His wife would scold him for being useless every other day, saying that she must have been extremely unlucky or done something bad in her past life to be married to him. Some days she would complain that her clothes were too cheap, or that the house was too narrow and small, or that the food they ate was too cheap...

Luckily, Xiao Ling had married well and had helped improve their living standards. When Auntie Liu was living in a bigger house, wearing nicer clothes, and eating better, perhaps she would show some more respect to her husband.