Chapter 3 — The Aunt Who Likes to Worry About Things

The whole room let out a loud noise. Uncle immediately rushed forward and urgently intervened:

"Stop it, stop it! What's the point of causing chaos like this during Tet? Does this whole family want to be destroyed?"

The aunt smiled leisurely, her voice full of contempt:

"Am I the one who caused trouble first? Look, does this girl still consider me an elder? She is so arrogant, who can swallow this anger?"

“Doesn't he want to argue to the end? Then continue!”

To be honest, I just accidentally saved my aunt's photo. Furthermore, I just took it out of the phone trash. I don't really have any other "proof". Auntie seemed to see through my hesitation and became even more bossy:

"Do you still want to fight me? Dream on!"

"I have a hundred times more experience than you! Things like this, I just need to make up a little, the truth and falsehood are mixed together, no one knows what is real and what is fake."

"Besides, I have photos as proof, but what do you have? Who believes you?"

"Do you have any trump cards left? If you don't, then quickly kneel down and apologize to my mother!"

My cousin looked at me and smirked, adding fuel to the fire:

“Kneel down and admit your mistake immediately, I will delete the photo, as if this never happened.”

6

I literally have no other "cards". But I can turn the card I have into an ace! I don't believe it, none of them were curious about that photo. The others aren't curious, but what about uncle? What about your aunt's family? I looked at them, from my aunt, uncle, cousin, their entire family, all waiting to see me lose face. As for the relatives around, they could only be bewildered and not understand. A fun New Year gathering. How did this turn into a mutual expose? Just when I was still hesitating whether to speak up or not, my husband walked over and squeezed my hand.

“I just asked someone to check the camera of those two photos, now the evidence is on my phone.

Real or fake? Who's the one who's lying, who's the one who's doing the wrong thing, you just have to look to see." I held my husband's hand tightly. He looked at me and smiled reassuringly:

“Don't be afraid, I'm here. If they want to turn white into black, turn black into white, then we have to make it clear, right?

Every person has the right to know the truth.” Never in my life have I felt safety as clearly as I do now. This time, I really felt it. After hearing my husband's words, she seemed a bit impatient. But she still looked disdainful:

“I don't believe you can get the video.

Those are all other people's privacy rights, businesses also have to protect customers, I don't believe you guys have such wide acquaintances. You're definitely scaring me!” I don't want to argue with her, just seriously say:

"If it's a threat or not, just watch the video and you'll know right away."

The cousin laughed coldly:

“The acting was pretty good, do you think I would believe you guys really got the video?

I know many people who work in KTV, bars, clubs, no one has the right to take videos, don't lie to people. Do you think everyone is stupid?” The aunt once again gained momentum, her tone filled with coercion:

“I'm the elder, so I'll give in first.

According to your cousin, kneel down and apologize to me, delete all the photos and videos, I can let this go.” Uncle saw that the situation was in their favor, so he immediately raised his voice to act as a mediator:

“Your aunt gave in Then, as a descendant, you should also do as your aunt says, quickly kneel down and apologize, this matter is over."

I pursed my lips, didn't say a word, lowered my head to review the video on my husband's phone. I watched it all at once. Then I quickly transferred it to my phone. It's good now. Have backups. Anyone who deletes it is useless. When she saw me transferring the video, she was so angry that she burst out laughing:

“You're so good now, aren't you?

Open your mouth, it's photos, it's videos, it's evidence. Do you know that arbitrarily taking other people's videos is illegal? I smiled and replied:

“There's no need for you to worry about that.

Didn't you say that you wanted to argue to the end today? Aunt asked:

“Do you really want to stretch this much?”

“If I don't give birth, I'll be told I'm losing face. Is that stressful?

You lied that I was no longer pure before marriage, is that stressful? At this time, some relatives began to intervene.

“Come on, everyone give a little.

After all, I'm also an elder, sometimes talking is just unintentional, don't take it personally..." That person hadn't finished his sentence yet. She suddenly screamed:

“I didn't say anything by mistake!

I said that on purpose! What can it do to me?” Surrounding relatives began to stir.

"It's not worth making a big deal out of like this, stop it."

She seemed excited, her whole body trembled, pointing straight at me:

“On Tet, let this brat cause trouble like this?

The elder said a word, he should have listened and endured!"

“Do you hear me?

Look what it says! How many years in college did you end up like this? Having studied so much, have your manners been eaten by dogs? The more she talked, the more agitated she became. My uncle quickly ran to stop her, but from the looks of it, he only did it for show. Finally, as if she had just thought of something, she gritted her teeth and made up her mind. Her face looked as if she had suffered a great loss. She smiled coldly and said slowly:

“Today I consider it unlucky.

Let's each take a step. You delete photos and videos, I delete them too.” She picked up her phone, preparing to press delete. I calmly said:

“Did I say I would delete it?”

7

My aunt widened her eyes, raised her head, her eyes glaring at me incredulously. Her face turned red with anger, everyone around her also looked at me in shock. She gritted her teeth and asked:

“Are you sure you won't delete it?”

I nodded and repeated: "Do not delete." After all, we've made a mess to this point, there's no way we can keep it down anymore. This relationship is broken, so let's just end it once and for all. I looked at my aunt and calmly said:

“Auntie is the elder, so I will show the video in advance at my KTV. Just take it step by step.”

She was so angry that her eyes turned red, glaring at me as if she wanted to devour me. She gritted her teeth and screamed:

“Why is there such a stubborn person like you?

Do you really want to strain and cut off relations with me completely? I calmly replied:

“Let's talk about whether I'm stubborn or not.

But hasn't this relationship ended since you said 'not having children means losing face'?" When my cousin saw that I refused to yield, she shouted at me:

“Don't pretend to be noble!

I said that each side will take a step back, but you still insist on showing the video? I didn't respond to her. I only seriously played the video the day I went out to sing with my friends, publicly in front of all my relatives. Everyone looked twice, no see any suspicious activity. Next, I opened my aunt's video. But that video only lasted one minute. Just got to the important part. My aunt rushed forward, intending to snatch my phone. I quickly gave the phone to my husband, but she couldn't reach it and couldn't steal it. The video is paused. Aunt screamed at me:

“How can you be so disgusting?

How can you be so shameless? Why does my family have a relative like you?" She glared at me for a long time, like she was thinking about something. Then she suddenly laughed coldly, turned to look at everyone:

“Do you know why when I said he had been married for more than a year but still had no children, he reacted so strongly?”

“Do you know the real reason why he has been married for so long without having children?”

My uncle was startled and quickly pushed her.

“Shut up!”

8

But I no longer listen to anyone's words. She seemed afraid that others wouldn't hear her, so she deliberately shouted loudly:

“That's because it's infertile!

It cannot give birth! It's worth it! If you don't have children in your whole life, you will have to live alone until old age! The whole room immediately stirred. But such a private matter, how did she know? None of the relatives knew, though. The truth is, it was just a misunderstanding during a medical examination. At that time, the doctor wrote the wrong name on the report. I clenched my fists, gritted my teeth and said:

“If there is nothing wrong with my body, then this absolutely cannot be just apologizing!”

Unexpectedly, she laughed coldly, her tone full of sarcasm:

“If you get pregnant now, I will immediately transfer two apartments in the city center to you.”

I know she said this because she thought that I could never do it in this lifetime. She dares to be so arrogant. If you can't give birth, how can you get pregnant? Even if you are healthy, you can't get pregnant right away? Her cousin pushed her and said worriedly:

“Mom, are you crazy? That's the apartment for me to get married, how can you say the name is changed?

What if, what if it really isn't a problem? Aunt confidently replied to her cousin:

“Don't worry, even if there's no problem, you can't get pregnant right away.

I knew about this half a year ago, it can't recover that quickly." Auntie is right about one thing, if there really was a health problem, she wouldn't be able to recover that quickly. But the important thing is — I have no problems at all! I looked at my aunt and slowly asked:

"Are you sure? Do you keep your word?"

This time, she didn't answer immediately like before, she seemed to be thinking. Anyway, up until now, it was all just a war of words. But this time, it's two houses. It is something that can be seen and touched. As if thinking carefully, she seriously asked me again:

“Don't just talk about me, if it's proven that you're truly infertile and can't have children, then what are you going to pay in return?”

"I didn't bet with you, you said it yourself, if I have no problems and get pregnant right away, you will transfer two apartments."

After hearing what I said, not only was she not angry, she smiled even brighter. Because she thinks, only people who are afraid don't dare to agree. Uncle glanced at his aunt's face, realized that victory was leaning towards him, and immediately spoke:

“Here it is, to be fair, we suffer a little loss.

You just bought an SUV, right? If If we win, that car will belong to us. If we lose, the two apartments will be transferred to your name. How?” I looked at my husband, he nodded slightly.