Chapter 33: Scumbag Third Uncle Si
Wahaha! I’m rich, I’m rich! That sounds like a ton of resources!
Last night I was so poor I only had gossip to chew on. And today I’m about to get rich overnight?
Si Er couldn’t help but beam with joy.
Even though I never planned to acknowledge my relatives before, there’s no loss in doing so!
If I don’t acknowledge them, wouldn’t all those things just end up benefiting Si Ran, that fake?
How could I possibly let my enemy gain more resources and grow stronger? That would be brainless!
Hearing Si Er’s inner thoughts, Old Master Si felt somewhat dissatisfied, thinking the child was too utilitarian.
He wanted to lecture Si Er, but he was afraid his mouth would get sealed again, so he turned to ask the City Lord Si:
“What are you planning to do about Xiao Ran?”
At the mention of this, City Lord Si’s tone turned cold. “Si Ran is not my son, yet he has enjoyed so many resources that were never meant for him. I will demand compensation.”
Old Master Si angrily slapped the table. “That’s your own nephew!”
“So what? He’s merely the son of a concubine. According to the Si family rules, a concubine’s son isn’t even entitled to the share of resources belonging to the direct line of the family. He should return all of it!”
Old Master Si trembled with anger. “Are you really going to be this heartless?”
City Lord Si let out a cold laugh. “How is this heartless? I’m simply acting according to the rules. Without rules, nothing stands.”
“Si Ran is Third Brother’s child. Whatever Third Brother wants to give him is his own business. But the clan’s share and the City Lord’s residence allowance were never his to take.”
“Of course, I know he’s still a child and cannot repay so many resources. So I will seek compensation from Third Brother.”
“If Third Brother cannot afford it, Father may help him if he wishes. But please remember to convert all the resources that should belong to Er’er into light-element ones.”
Old Master Si slumped back into his seat, looking visibly dispirited.
“Second Son, must you truly be so ruthless?”
“How is this ruthless? It’s merely letting everyone return to their proper place.”
“That’s not ruthless. It’s just making the third branch return what they swindled.”
The two voices sounded almost simultaneously.
City Lord Si paused briefly, then continued, “Father, no matter how biased you are, you must still be reasonable. If this matter is announced to the clan, every clan elder would handle it the same way I do.”
Old Master Si shot to his feet in fury. “You even want to report this to the clan?”
“Otherwise?” City Lord Si’s attitude was equally firm. “Does Father intend to let Er’er live in obscurity forever?”
“He is my son. I will never allow such a thing.”
“All your objections come down to one thing—you favor Third Brother the most, don’t you?”
“You’re willing to ignore clan rules for your own selfishness. Do you still consider yourself a member of the Si family?”
“I…”
Old Master Si slumped back down again, unable to refute him.
Si Er, watching Old Master Si’s reaction, felt confused.
Eldest Uncle is the most filial, my father is the most capable. Why does Grandfather favor that useless Third Uncle the most?
Well, I can’t say he’s completely useless. In a way, Cheap Third Uncle is actually the most capable.
Old Master Si’s eyes lit up, eager to hear in what way his third son was capable.
He flirts everywhere and leaves offspring everywhere. He’s even the only man who managed to get Black Widow Bai Lianrou to bear him children!
Putting everything else aside, when it comes to breeding, he’s truly impressive.
Although his own genes aren’t great, it seems most of his children inherit from their mothers?
For example, his talent is poor, but Bai Lianrou’s talent is excellent, so the children she bore—Si Ran and Si Jiaojiao—also have good talent.
Then there’s Concubine Meng. Her talent is average, so the two children she bore also have average talent.
And there’s the uncle of that scumbag Yu Feiqing—one of the concubines in his household also bore Cheap Third Uncle’s child, and that child’s talent matches the mother’s as well.
City Lord Si and Old Master Si: Si Third actually scattered his romantic seeds into the inner courtyard of Luoyu City as well?
Sigh, Cheap Third Uncle is like a perpetual motion machine, as if he never gets tired…
Oh, so he contracted the lustful Ten-Thousand-Spring Python among snakes? Well, that explains it.
No wonder that even after having a so-called true love, he could still maintain a white moonlight, a cinnabar mole, a red rose, and a white peony—while continuing to entangle himself with them all.
The one he tangled with most often was Concubine Meng. After all, proximity makes it easier.
Old Master Si’s face turned green with rage. Proximity makes it easier, indeed!
Speaking of Cheap Third Uncle and Concubine Meng, their story is truly a tale of a scumbag abandoning a resentful woman, the resentful woman turning into a scumbag herself, and then the scumbag being scummy to that scumbag woman over and over again.
Old Master Si: So it’s finally coming to this!
He quietly pricked up his ears, determined to hear the full story and judge who was right and wrong.
Long, long ago, when Concubine Meng was still an innocent little white flower, she had seen too little of the world and was quickly deceived by Cheap Third Uncle’s sweet words.
At first, Third Uncle did have some genuine feelings for her, so he confirmed her status as his first love.
But that first love lasted only a month. After that, Third Uncle set his sights on a seductive red rose and began to find Concubine Meng dull.
Old Master Si was puzzled. Dull?
Then Third Uncle dumped Concubine Meng and went after his red rose. Heartbroken, Concubine Meng followed her family’s arrangements and married someone else.
Ten years later, her husband died. With no children and driven out by her in-laws, she happened to fall at Cheap Third Uncle’s feet. And he, seeing her dressed in mourning, took a liking to her again!
Beastly! On the very day her husband was buried, he actually slept with her at the graveside! He even told the deceased that he would take good care of her in the future.
Tsk tsk tsk, truly beastly! And Grandfather favors such a son the most. Could it be you’re cut from the same cloth?
In an instant, four pairs of eyes stared fixedly at Old Master Si. He maintained a blank expression while inwardly screaming: I am not! I didn’t! Don’t slander me!
But none of the three Si men believed him. Even Yu Beixuan on the roof beam didn’t believe him.
And how did Cheap Third Uncle ‘take care’ of Concubine Meng?
Ha! Not long after his own mother passed away, he sent Concubine Meng into his own father’s inner courtyard!
It was a buy-one-get-one-free deal—she was already pregnant at the time.
Old Master Si’s face turned green again.
Originally, Third Uncle wanted to keep her outside. But the main wife at home had a powerful background, and his so-called true love would have killed him if she found out.
To keep peace at home and to ensure his true love wouldn’t kill him in a fit of rage, he tearfully sent Concubine Meng to a ‘safer’ place.
He even claimed that his father was more considerate than he was, that his father had more wealth, and that he was sending Concubine Meng to Father for her own good so she could live a better life.
Concubine Meng was completely dumbfounded. She never expected that the man who had once sworn eternal love would suddenly hand her over to an old man.
Old Master Si’s face alternated between green and pale.
And so Concubine Meng blackened. She transformed into a scumbag woman and launched the first step of her revenge—
She drugged the biased Old Master with a sterilization potion.
Old Master Si: !!!???
Why was he the first one to suffer?!