Daddy! Come Home for Dinner!-Chapter 654: Why Did She Lie to Me?

Ye Ning looked at Ye Dezhang sarcastically: "Dad, this is your good daughter you’ve always been thinking about!"

"If she were genuinely poor, struggling to live in City B, we’d understand her. Even if she’s not that impoverished, just working hard in City B, it’s quite tough. But she’s evidently so rich, having married into one of the Eight Great Families!"

"What are the Eight Great Families? They are the most elite households in Hua Country, with only these eight in the entire country." Ye Ning mentioned them with a heart full of envy and jealousy, unable to hide the reverence in her tone.

"Even surpassing the surface-level wealthiest, they can’t compare. The Eight Great Families never participate in those wealth rankings; no one knows just how rich they are, or how much wealth they possess. But everyone knows that adding all the wealthy individuals on the rich list in Hua Country can’t match even one of the Eight Great Families."

"These eight families are like giants, entrenched in Hua Country, and Ye Fei married into just such a household, one of the Eight Great Families, the Zhao Family."

"And she didn’t marry into any subsidiary, not a small insignificant person in the Zhao Family. Of course, just marrying an insignificant person in the Zhao Family—can ordinary people even achieve that? Besides, Ye Fei married Zhao Gushen, the heir to the Zhao Family!"

"Saying she has no money? If she’s considered poor, then there are few truly rich people in the world. Compared to Ye Fei, we’re the ones in the dust, as poor as can be. Even the compensation from my restaurant, which hurts me to pay, is like spending a dime in Ye Fei’s eyes."

"Yet, she’s already so wealthy and still deceives you, saying she’s not. She even went out of her way to arrange a fake house to put on a show for you and ask us for money. Last time you visited her, saying you couldn’t gather 500,000 at once, Dad said he’d use his pocket money to send some monthly, and Ye Fei actually agreed."

"Dad has only 5000 Yuan a month as pocket money, and sends 3000 to Ye Fei monthly; isn’t this money burning her hands? Can she really accept it?"

"That 3000 Yuan a month might be less than three pennies to her; even the total 500,000 is mere drizzle in her eyes. She wants to disgust you on purpose, make things difficult for you, unwilling to give you a single penny, which is why she deceived you. But unexpectedly, I ran into it today, just right to expose her lies."

Ye Dezhang’s body swayed, staggering backward before gripping the chair back to steady himself.

His heart felt unbearably painful, with suffocation in his chest, struggling even to breathe, as if something was pressing down, his whole body blazing with anger.

His mouth was full of dry, hot anger.

The family had only two children, Ye Fei and Ye Ning, yet his favorite was Ye Fei.

He held high hopes for Ye Fei from a young age, knowing she was bullied at home by Xu Huizhen and Ye Ning, he tried compensating, treating Ye Fei well, wanting her to receive fatherly love even if devoid of motherly care.

But who knew all his fatherly love was given in vain, with Ye Fei indifferent to his efforts?

Even if Ye Fei wouldn’t care for Xu Huizhen and Ye Ning, how could she not care for her father?

She still guarded against him, worrying he’d ask for money.

But how could he possibly ask her for money?

Ye Dezhang was heartbroken, completely absorbed in the disappointment of being deceived by Ye Fei.

"Why did Ye Fei... why did she do this?" Ye Dezhang murmured to himself, "Why did she lie to me?"

She clearly married so well, becoming the Young Madam of the Zhao Family, a household countless others only dream of entering.

Ye Fei, in a turn of events, became Zhao Gushen’s wife, not that he’d ever ask Ye Fei for money, even if it were to have her support him, it’d be a mere trifle to her.

The Zhao Family’s wealth is unfathomable, and as a daughter, Ye Fei won’t even do the most basic filial duty?

Xu Huizhen’s face underwent storms, immersed in the shock of Ye Fei marrying into a wealthy family. The Zhao Family was no ordinary affluent household; Ye Fei had practically married into royalty.

Yet, Xu Huizhen was exceedingly conflicted, especially annoyed with Ye Fei, being her least favored daughter.

From young, she found Ye Fei dull-minded, stubborn, and hot-tempered, a thistle.

No matter how good Ye Fei was academically, Xu Huizhen thought it was just from gnawing at textbooks.

Just rote reading, memorizing everything, how could she possibly do poorly in exams?

Regarding intellect, she never found Ye Fei outstanding.

The family’s real smart one was always Ye Ning, and she just couldn’t stand Ye Fei’s temper—so smelly and stubborn, once decided, no one could sway her.

As Ye Fei’s mother, Xu Huizhen couldn’t direct her; whether it was academics, exams, major-selections, or career choices, Ye Fei never listened.

Xu Huizhen felt Ye Fei was born just to oppose her.

With a temper so stubborn, Xu Huizhen early on predicted that Ye Fei would have no future, whether in marriage or career—who could tolerate a person with such a foul temper?

Bosses, superiors—they couldn’t tolerate Ye Fei’s personality, let alone boyfriends or husbands.

Yet who’d imagine that this daughter she held in contempt would marry Zhao Gushen, entering the most elite wealthy circle?

Xu Huizhen felt like she was slapped hard in the face, and this slap came from Ye Fei herself.

As if Ye Fei was proving with her actions that everything Xu Huizhen thought was wrong.

Having a daughter marry into the Zhao Family should truly be a delight from a past life saving the universe.

But unfortunately, the one who married in was Ye Fei, leaving Xu Huizhen utterly clueless whether she should feel happy or angry.

Having a daughter marry in should be good, giving them a lot of benefits.

Even the slightest excess from the Zhao Family’s fingers would be enough for their family.

But unfortunately, it’s the daughter always opposing them who married in.

With Ye Fei’s bad temper, how could she possibly give them a penny?

Previously, when they visited, Ye Fei preferred pretending to be poor, faking a house to trick them rather than give money.

Ye Fei’s marriage into the Zhao Family meant they could never gain any benefit, so what good is having this daughter?

This is why Xu Huizhen’s heart feels so conflicted now.

In anyone else’s home, this would be joyous, worthy of fireworks and grand celebrations, yet Xu Huizhen feels utterly chagrined.

"What an ungrateful girl! She’s truly so unfilial!" Xu Huizhen cursed angrily, "If she truly had no money, we’d certainly not make it difficult for her, insisting she supports us."

"After all, her struggle in City B alone wouldn’t be easy, but now she’s the Young Madam of the Zhao Family."