Chapter 13

His plan was simple enough. To make his family regret never letting him choose his own wife and mother of his future children while punishing this scheming girl for daring to force him to this outcome.

TangShi couldn’t respond or retaliate, knowing it was futile and had to grit her teeth, clench her fists, and steady her rapid breathing to conceal her anger. She hated his cheesy and malicious smile as much as she was starting to hate him but decided not to let him see it.

If there was one thing TangShi had perfected all these years, it was not showing someone who was bullying you that they were affecting you. She had plenty of practice at it.

She picked up a spoon and chopsticks and dug in with forced enthusiasm, trying not to gag on the mix of tasteless noodles and over-stewed vegetables or the fishy and sour accompaniment with literally no spice to numb out the awfulness.

She was sure she had never heard or seen either of these in the whole time she had liv