1109 Unable to Have Children
If this was in the past, Xu Lan might have been pacified by Xia Wen’s sweet gesture and forgave him easily, but it was different today. She must see the matter settled, otherwise she would not let it go, even if it meant bringing it to Xia Jun’s attention.

“Put it away! What’s the use of dangling such petty favors! You can’t even manage to settle your own family issues properly. What’s the use of trying to use these things to make me happy now! If you just settle all those awful matters in your family, it’s better than any gift you can get me!” Xu Lan held the box that Xia Wen had given her tightly and slammed it on the coffee table.

Tan Jing looked at Xia Wen with a complicated expression. The Tan family had basically taken all the money that they had. On the surface, she seemed to be doing well, but in reality, she did not even have enough money to buy groceries. Yet, Xia Wen still had money. This pair of gold earrings was definitely not cheap and was the latest design for this season. In the past, Xia Wen used to hand over all his money to Tan Jing.
“Why are you so angry…” Xia Wen looked towards Qiao Mei and Xia He for help. The two of them shook their heads expressionlessly. Ever since they entered the house, they did not really dare to talk to Xu Lan, worried about making her even more irritable.

“Have you done what your father and I asked you to do the last time?” Xu Lan asked calmly after taking a deep breath.

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Xia Wen lowered his head and said softly, “Yes. The Tan family’s debts outside have all been paid off and the news of our decision has already been disseminated. The casino and the other shops won’t send people to come to the Xia family’s house to look for us anymore.”

He had borrowed the money from Qiao Mei. The Tan family had owed a total of 5,000 dollars outside. This did not include the money that Tan Hu owed the loan sharks yet. The expenses which the Tan family put on credit and all their loans already added up to 5,000 dollars.

He really had no choice but to borrow money from Qiao Mei to repay the debts first. He would slowly repay the money to Qiao Mei in the future. After all, they were family and she was definitely nicer than those creditors who kept hounding him.

They had done this behind Xu Lan’s back. If Xu Lan found out that it was the Xia family who forked out the money, she would definitely go to the Tan family to demand an explanation. Of course, Tan Jing did not know about this either.

“I don’t want to hear about such things again in the future. Then do you know why I asked you to come back today?” Xu Lan asked coldly.

Tan Jing sat at the side and kept fidgeting with her hands. She was so nervous that she did not dare to raise her head to look at Xia Wen. She was afraid of seeing the disappointed expression on Xia Wen’s face, as well as everyone’s disgusted glance.

“That good wife of yours! She wants to snatch your brother’s child to become her son! Yet you’re still in the dark!” Xu Lan said as she pointed at Tan Jing.

“What! Snatch the child!” Xia He quickly sat close to Qiao Mei and held her tightly and protectively.

Xia Wen found it unbelievable as well. He heard that the child from the Tan family had already been sent back so he thought that this matter had already come to an end. He did not expect such a thing to happen.

“I’m not snatching… I just want… want to take care of him. We’re family. Isn’t it the same for me to take care of the child?” Tan Jing explained.

Qiao Mei frowned and stared fixedly at Tan Jing. She did not expect this matter to drop in her lap in the end. She had thought that asking for money and a house was the worst thing these people could do, but now they even wanted to target her children.

So many people eyed her children even before they were born. In the past, there was Qian’e and He Mei. Now, there was Tan Jing. It seemed that it was the same situation, be it the village or the capital. It was not safe anywhere.

Xia He was so angry that she almost rushed forward to give Tan Jing a slap. How could she have such a ridiculous idea? Was this even something a human could do?

“Take care! You should just take care of yourself! Your family owes Qiao Mei so much money and you still have the cheek to want to snatch her child away! What a joke, you can’t even take care of yourself and you still want to take care of the child! Don’t get the child involved in your nonsense. A child would grow up into a better person while living as a wanderer than under your care!” Xia He said spitefully.

“Nonsense! You’ve never given birth or raised a child! How do you know that I can’t do it well!” Tan Jing stood up angrily and reprimanded her.

Not one to be outdone, Xia He retorted, “Hmph, I don’t have children because Kong Lu doesn’t come home at all! You make it sound like you have personal experience! Don’t you know the reason why you don’t have children! You can’t have your own children, so you want to snatch other people’s children! Stop talking about how benevolent you are. There are so many children in the orphanage, so why is it that you can only have a child from the Tan or Xia families? What ulterior motives do you have!”