When She Stops Being Dramatic novel Chapter 212

Chapter 212: Chapter 90: The Top Star of the 1960s Arts Troupe (29)

Right in that spot was a puddle, the masterpiece of some person or stray animal with a bad case of diarrhea from earlier that morning. It had splattered over a considerable area. Since the "crime" had been committed after the sanitation workers had gone home, it was still brazenly emitting a nauseating stench.

People heading to work or taking their kids to school would cover their noses and mutter a few curses every time they passed by, but not a single one stopped to go home, grab a shovel, and get rid of it, or even just to sprinkle a layer of dirt over it.

Now, the two of them lost their footing and stumbled right into it...

Ren Taoning fell sideways into the mess, while Tong Yuxiang toppled straight back. Both of them were covered in it!

Once the stuff was smeared around, the smell became even more overpowering!

Tong Yuxiang had always been vain and meticulous about her appearance. Forgetting she was supposed to be feigning unconsciousness, she let out a shriek and struggled to her feet. Everywhere she pressed her hands, she felt something soft and slimy...

It was so disgusting she nearly passed out for real. The two or three seconds it took her to stand up felt like a century.

Ren Taoning, also unable to stomach it, got to her feet while dry-heaving repeatedly.

Xia Zhaoyun gasped. "Aunt Tong, didn’t you just faint?" she asked, her voice filled with indignation. "You seem quite agile to me. You don’t look like there’s anything wrong with you at all."

"You’re not that old, you’ve never done any hard labor, and you take good care of yourself. How could you possibly faint just from hearing a few unpleasant truths?"

"In all my life, I’ve never seen anyone actually faint from sheer anger. It’s usually an act, just like yours, to try and manipulate the younger generation."

All of Tong Yuxiang’s composure shattered. She shot Xia Zhaoyun a venomous glare, then whipped her head around to shout at Huo Tianhao, "Huo Tianhao, without Old Huo, there would be no you! What is this nonsense about a severance document! I think Old Huo has been far too lenient with you, not even refusing when you demanded he write one."

"This severance document is just some childish nonsense. What good is it? Half the blood in your veins is from the Huo Family! As long as that blood is still in you, you’re responsible for Old Huo’s care in his old age."

"Otherwise, you’re just an unfilial son! What kind of hero are you? A hero who shirks his filial duties? Can someone like that really be a role model for others?"

In her fury, she blurted out everything she was truly thinking.

That was how she saw it. The severance document was merely a temporary measure; a father-son relationship could never truly be broken.

For Huo Tianhao to escape the Huo Family and make it on his own—that was impossible!

"Some of the elderly in this world are just bad people who’ve gotten old."

Tong Yuxiang’s face went pale. She had lost all face and dignity.

She didn’t even understand how things had escalated to this uncontrollable point.

"I... I’m done talking to you! I’ll let Old Huo deal with an unfilial son like you!"

With that, she didn’t dare to linger. Forcing herself to ignore the foul stench under her nose, she hurried home, taking a less crowded route.

Ren Taoning didn’t say another word, following close behind, burning with shame and indignation.

Huo Tianhao put the severance document away and calmly added an explanation for the crowd. "Comrades, they say you shouldn’t air your dirty laundry in public, but I cannot tolerate the fact that my own mother suffered such great humiliation and died with resentment in her heart."

"Years ago, in order to marry a pregnant Tong Yuxiang, Huo Xunchang forced my mother to divorce him. Then, to save his own face and that of his mistress, he deliberately fabricated lies that my mother had been unfaithful because she couldn’t bear the loneliness."