Chapter 284 - The Mafia King Learns His First Lesson

"P-p-poor life?" Jiang Yubi was aghast.

"She was really poor when we met."

His words made her choke hard. "Really poor? Does that mean she didn't even have a house to live in? No decent food to eat?"

Thinking about such harsh conditions that Lihua might have lived in made her heart ache.

Aiya, my daughter-in-law has suffered so much..

Wei blinked his eyes. "She lived in an apartment complex. She had food to eat too."

She was confused. "So why are you saying that she lived a really poor life?"

"Because she had very little money. I remember that a five thousand Yuan band-aid was really expensive for her," he nodded.

"*Cough cough!* F-five thousand Yuan just for a band-aid!?" She stared at him, aghast and almost puked three liters of blood.

Wei curiously tilted his head. "You two are indeed similar. You reacted the same way she did at that time."

Of course, because that's how a normal person would react! Who will pay five thousand Yuan for a band-aid!?

At that time, she remembered a certain husband's words when they met for the first time.

"How do you live with so little money?" A young Jiang Weizhe asked her when he met her at her shop.

"..."

"It's not really that little, Sir.." Jiang Yubi broke into a sweat.

I mean this is how an average middle-class person lives, she thought.

"So you don't mind being really poor?" He asked in genuine curiosity.

".."

"I-I am not really poor Sir if I may say so.."

"But your house and clothes are too cheap," he plainly stated.

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Jiang Yubi had an urge to burst into tears.

How could you? This is the most expensive dress I have in my wardrobe! A whopping forty-four Yuan! You are saying this is cheap!?

Jiang Yubi snapped out of her stupor and looked at Wei in a daze. "Wei you... you wouldn't have said that to Lixue, right? About being p-poor?" She had a bad feeling in her heart.

"I did. I paid the band-aid because she couldn't afford it."

"!!!"

He touched his chin seemingly in deep thought. "She always looked as if she would cry at any moment. I never understood why she would cry at my compliment."

I knew it! She sobbed. Even your nature is just like Weizhe. Ah, my poor daughter-in-law...you have suffered great humiliation, haven't you?

"Wait a minute. Compliment? How is it a compliment?"

Wei looked at her as if it was so obvious yet she had trouble understanding it. "She had compromised so much on standards and quality of living because she was so poor. I always admired her for adapting to living in cheap conditions."

She clutched her chest and felt a heart attack coming.

Standards...quality...cheap conditions..

He basically dissed every normal person's entire life.

"Wei, I think you should know something. No, I don't think so. You 'must' know that you cannot point out her being poor like that," she cried. "It's heartbreaking."

Ah, why does it remind me of my old days..?

"Hm?" He tilted his head.

"Wei, you cannot compare Jiang family's wealth with an average middle-class person. A normal person gets a job and earns his monthly salary and that's how he lives. Jiang family is on a whole different level. Not all people are rich heirs like you so not all people will be so loaded with money like you. What you consider poor is actually quite normal in others' lives."

"Really?"

"Yes. Also for your information," she coughed. "Five thousand Yuan for a band-aid is indeed expensive."

"I see.."

At first, Jiang Yubi was worried about what she would talk to Wei but somehow the conversation was going smoothly. Little by little, she was getting to know him. Her heart was brimmed with happiness to finally see her son and talk to him. She had only dreamt of this scene in the past years.

"Wait a minute. I will call Weizhe too. We are together after so long. It won't be complete without him, right?"

Wei had nothing to comment on that.

Jiang Yubi quickly headed out but as soon as she opened the door, she was surprised to see Jiang Weizhe and Lihua standing straight in attention.

"Since when have you been here?"

Jiang Weizhe looked away, not wanting her to know that he was listening to their conversation.

Lihua cleared her throat. "We just arrived here!"

Though she was shedding buckets of tears outside as she heard Wei calling her poor.

"Oh! You came at the right time! Weizhe, come inside. Wei is there too and...and.." her eyes were misty, "it would be good if we all come together as a family."

He stared at her and then glanced at Lihua as her words came back to him.

'Dad, Mom will never forget you. She won't leave you behind. You can see it for yourself today. She will meet Wei for the first time, but she will definitely come running to your side and ask you to join in. Her son would be there but if her husband won't, then she would feel incomplete. You both are precious to her.'

Jiang Weizhe slowly parted his lips. "You want me too..?"

"Of course. Do you need to ask that? I would feel lonely if you are not there."

He lowered his gaze and hesitated.

She gently pulled his hand and said, "Come, come. Of course, Lixue too."

At first, the atmosphere was awkward but Lihua didn't let it remain for long. "Haha this feels so nice isn't it?"

Jiang Yubi nodded hard. "I cannot express how happy I am..We are all together like this for the first time," she wiped her cheeks. "This is the best birthday gift I have gotten yet."

Lihua widened her eyes. "It's your birthday today?"

"Ah yes.." she felt a little embarrassed.

She immediately jumped on her feet and her excitement grew onto a whole nother level. "That's awesome! Happy Birthday, Mom!"

She tightly hugged her.

"This calls for a grand celebration! I know! Why don't we hold a party in the villa today?"