Five minutes later, Mo Jin came to the door. She smiled when she saw Luosang. “Sang, I was just going to call you to ask when you were coming back…”
“Xiao Jin, I haven’t seen you in so long.” Xu Zhengxuan suddenly emerged from the back, his eyes were red with tears.
Mo Jin’s expression froze and her heart sank.
She wished to burn the man in front of her alive.
But her daughter was around so she had to control her emotions. “It disgusts me when you call me that, I wish I could change my name.”
Her personality was as ruthless as before.
Xu Zhengxuan was heartened that she was still the familiar person he knew. “I was in the wrong in the past, I was such a fool. I didn’t know how to love someone properly, you can scold me all you want, you can even make me kneel on the washing board. I always kept the board that you prepared when we got married. Look, I brought it with me.”
With that, he opened a big bag and took out an old piece of washing board.
“…”
Nian Junting was in shock. Xu Zhengxuan had even brought the board along with him, he was in awe of his father-in-law.
Mo Jin only felt angrier. “How many times have you knelt on the board? Not even once! Don’t put on an act in front of me, you were always good at playing the victim since we were young. I was tricked by you; you are a wolf in sheep’s clothing.”
Xu Zhengxuan lowered his head.
Mo Jin continued angrily, “Look at you now, look how old you look. Don’t think I can’t tell that you dyed your hair, I can smell that pungent smell of chemical on you. Your wrinkles are deeper than the canal, you look like you’re sixty years old now. You’re an ex-convict now, your assets can’t compare to a smidgen of my wealth. Why should I take you back? Your family despised me for my family background back then so now that I’m rich and happy, why should I be with an old bag like you?”
She slammed the door in their face after that. Xu Zhengxuan’s face was pale.
He felt shaky after her outburst.
Luosang held onto him anxiously. “Dad, I thought you said you were ok to be scolded by Mother however she liked?”
Xu Zhengxuan chuckled pitifully. “I could take however she scolds me but she said that I looked old and called me out for dyeing my hair. Look at how well she has maintained herself. She was right. I’m so pathetic now, why should she be with someone like me?”
Luosang sighed. Her mother’s tongue was comparable to Nian Junting. If her child inherited Nian Junting and her mother’s personality, she would have an aggressive disposition. Many kids took after their grandma nowadays.
“Junting, I probably won’t need to use this board anymore, you can have it.” Xu ZHengxuan handed the board to him. “If you do something wrong in the future, you have to kneel and beg for your wife’s forgiveness. I didn’t do a proper job when I was young, now I don’t even have the chance to redeem myself.”
“…”
Nian Junting took the board hesitantly.
“Do you hear him?” Luosang tried to hold back her laughter as she helped Xu Zhengxuan back to the villa along with Nian Junting.
After being away for days, she found that she had missed the city. For a while now, Xia City had become her home. At night, Luosang posted a picture of the washing board on her social media.
The caption read, ‘Grandfather’s family treasure is a jade pendant but my father’s family treasure is a washing board.’
Nian Xi commented, “Wow, the washing board really suits my brother.”
Murong Cheng said, “Wow, it really suits my son.”
Nian Qingyun replied to her, “It actually suits me too.”
Murong Cheng, “Get away from me.”
Mo Liuxi, “Haha.”
Yan Su, “The washing board pales in comparison.”
Ji Nuanyi, “A good washing bard.”
Xiao Si replied to Ji Nuanyi, “I can give you one too.”
Ji Nuanyi replied, “Ok.”
Nian Junting replied to Xiao Si, “A pitiful man who can only flirt on social media.”
Xiao Si replied to him, “Scram.”
Luosang lay in bed giggling at the comments on her post.
Nian Junting came up after his shower. “Maybe your dad will take the washing board back.”
Luosang disagreed with him. “I think my dad is pretty traumatized, I think he’s going to give up now.”
“You never know,” Nian Junting chuckled, “A man usually doesn’t give up so easily.”
Luosang was surprised.
Nian Junting pulled her into his arms. “Don’t think too much about it, let the adults settle their own affairs. I don’t think your mother has lost all feelings for your dad. If not, she would not have held onto the hatred for so long. There can’t be hate without any love. Why would she be so cruel if she doesn’t care about him at all?”
Luosang frowned. “Junting, if my dad wants to win back my mother and brother, he would have to stay here a while longer…”
“That’s no problem, we have so many rooms here. I don’t care if your dad wants to stay with us in the future as well,” Nian Junting said lovingly.
“Thank you, Junting.” Luosang heaved a sigh of relief.
Truthfully, she couldn’t put her mind at ease leaving Xu Zhengxuan home alone after he had just been released from prison.
The next morning, Luosang went around looking for him but he was nowhere to be found.
She asked Sister Lan and she said, “I saw him standing at your mother’s villa when I went out to get groceries.”
Luosang was surprised, Nian Junting was right.
She was worried and went over looking for him to see him standing at Mo Jin’s gates. She had the keys but she was worried that Mo Jin would be upset if she just let themselves in.
“Dad, I thought you were going to give up?” Luosang asked him.
“Yeah, but I thought about the possibility of your mother with another man and I was devastated. It would turn me crazy. I’ve decided that I must try my best even if she finds me old and ugly now.” Xu Zhengxuan waved her away, “Leave me be, go back home. I believe that I can impress her with my sincerity and determination.”
Luosang had no choice but she asked Sister Lan to deliver an umbrella and a stool for her father. She was worried that he would have a heatstroke in this weather.
At the beginning, she thought he would only last a few days but two weeks passed and he showed no signs of giving up. When Nian Qingyun came over to discuss the guest list for their wedding, he was shocked at his determination too when he saw Xu Zhengxuan standing outside the gates.
“Isn’t he afraid that he might get heatstroke in this weather?”
Sister Lan smiled. “He did a few days ago. The security guard told me and I rushed over with Butler Wu. When I got there however, we found out that Sang’s mother had already brought him inside. Mr. Xu was even more motivated after that, he is acting like a young man in love.”
Nian Qingyun was stunned and he thought about his own situation. He had an in-depth discussion with Xu Zhengxuan at dinner.
Xu Zhengxuan’s expression changed when he found out that Nian Qingyun cheated on his wife when he was young and he said seriously, “Since you already betrayed her, you should pay for the consequences of your infidelity. You should leave your ex-wife be.”
