After Swapping Lives, the Metaphysics Side Character Became the Wealthy Family's Beloved - Chapter 158

Just as things were about to turn physical, Liu Yusi stepped in front of Grandpa Liu. She glanced sideways at Xiao Qinglu and said, “Don’t let them provoke you, or someone might try to fake an injury and sue us for a hefty sum.”

“Do I look like a man short on money? Liu Yusi, you’re my own daughter, and yet you’re siding with outsiders to bully me. You’re really quite the daughter.” Feeling deeply humiliated, Grandpa Liu raised his hand, about to slap her across the face.

Xiao Qingyan, who had long been fed up with him, stepped forward and landed a stinging slap right on the old man’s cheek.

Grandpa Liu then spun around like a top in a full 360-degree circle before collapsing onto the sofa.

“How could you hit someone? Sis, Dad is your biological father! How could you just stand there and watch him get hit?”

Liu Yulan was stunned.

They hadn’t expected Xiao Qingyan to actually resort to violence. By now, Liu Yusi had long lost any affection for the Liu family.

“He was asking for it,” Liu Yusi said coolly.

“You ungrateful wretch! I won’t let you get away with this!” The beaten Grandpa Liu stared at them with eyes full of hatred.

But it was useless—

None of them cared in the slightest.

The whole farce left Liu Yusi feeling utterly drained.

Before heading upstairs, she cast a cold look at Liu Yulan and Grandpa Liu. “With your reputation in ruins, don’t call him ‘Dad’ anymore. It makes me sick to hear it. If outsiders caught wind of it, they’d surely point fingers and mock you behind your backs.”

“Ugh, utterly rotten,” Xiao Qinglu spat out with disdain.

The expressions on the two of them turned extremely ugly. Liu Yulan was mostly furious, glaring from downstairs as the others went upstairs.

In her rage, Liu Yulan shoved Grandpa Liu aside. He tumbled straight from the sofa onto the floor with a painful cry—his tailbone had snapped.

Chaos erupted downstairs.

Inside the room.

When Grandma Liu saw Liu Yusi, tears streamed down her aged face.

In the end, the one who came to see her was the daughter she had always neglected. Regret—she felt it deeply now.

Grandma Liu reached out to grasp her hand, but Liu Yusi pulled away.

Wiping her tears in disappointment, the old woman said, “Yusi… I was wrong. I’m not asking for your forgiveness anymore. Just you coming to see me is enough. Everything in the past was my fault. I failed you.”

“No need to say more. I’ve long since let it go. It doesn’t matter to me anymore.” The fact that Liu Yusi could stand here so calmly now was proof enough that she had moved on from everything that happened.

The more composed she was, the more it pained and tormented Grandma Liu.

Outside the door, Xiao Qinglu pursed his lips. “Second Brother, don’t you think some people are just asking for misery? Either they regret after losing something, or they don’t cherish what they have once they get it.”

“Let’s specify ‘some people’ at the beginning of that sentence, please.”

“Thanks a lot. You’re such a helpful guy,” Xiao Qinglu replied. Second Brother was as earnest as ever.

Ah, suddenly, he missed their little cousin.

I wonder what she and Fifth Brother are up to right now?

Xiao Qinglu said, “Second Brother, let’s go watch Fifth Brother’s basketball game.”

His gaze grew distant. “Let’s go.”

But first, they had to take their aunt home.

Xiao Qingbei’s basketball match was held at the stadium, a game between two clubs. When Li Qiao appeared backstage, a group of young guys stared in astonishment, eyeing her with keen interest.

“Where did this fairy-like sister come from? Third Bro, you’re something else. When did you get yourself a girlfriend?”

“We’re not in that kind of relationship. I’m—”

“Huh? Not your girlfriend? Even better! Little sister, how old are you? Single? What’s your type? Do you think someone like me fits the bill?”

“Look at me, look at me!”

“Such a pretty girl—how come I’ve never seen you before? Third Bro, you’ve got some explaining to do.”

Li Qiao was surrounded in the middle, trying to explain, but their questions came faster than she could answer.