80s Wife is Sweet and Sassy - Chapter 497

80s Wife is Sweet and Sassy 
Chapter 497 – Ants aren’t worthy to be opponents (2)  

Translator : Moon Lee
Editor : Tea
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Chu Qiao deliberately spoke slowly, her voice icy with contempt. 

Gu Jianshe’s expression twisted in fury, that wretch had just called his son an ant! Where did she get the nerve?

Dabao’s sense of grievance vanished instantly, and he nodded vigorously. 

“Auntie, I understand. Ants are not worthy of being my opponents!”

“Exactly! Never lower yourself.”

Chu Qiao praised him with a pat on the head, then gave Gu Jianshe a disdainful glance and a cold smile before walking away with Dabao.

Suddenly, she lost interest in putting down this father and son. 

Her world was much broader, so why fixate on the petty grudges of her past life? It was time to move on. 

Behind her came Gu Wen’s voice: “Dad, what’s an ant*?”

*Ant : Analogy for nobody, unimportant person.

The pretty Auntie kept talking about ants, but Gu Wen didn’t understand.

Still fuming, Gu Jianshe smacked him. “You don’t even know that? What do you learn in class all day? How did I end up with such a stupid son?”

“Waaahhh…”

Gu Wen’s aggrieved crying drifted over. 

The teacher had never taught about ants in class, so why did his father have to hit him?

Gu Jianshe dragged him along, simmering with anger. So infuriating! 

He cursed Gu Ye to never sell a machine tool for the rest of his life, and cursed that wretched woman Chu Qiao to have an affair and put a green hat* on Gu Ye’s head. 

*Wearing green hat : is an expression that Chinese use when a woman cheats on her husband or boyfriend, because the phrase sounds similar to the word for cuckold. 

After cursing them a hundred times, Gu Jianshe felt a little better. 

But the moment he stepped into his parents’ house, he was greeted by a cold stove. 

Zhu Yuzhen had the tape recorder blasting disturbing disco music and was twisting to the beat, having completely forgotten about cooking. 

His younger son was in the cradle, crying with tears streaming down his face, but Zhu Yuzhen acted like she couldn’t hear him at all and kept on dancing.

“Mom, Xiao Wu is crying.”

Gu Jianshe’s tone carried more than a hint of complaint. 

She stayed at home all day doing nothing, this kind of mother was truly beyond words.

But the music was so loud that Zhu Yuzhen didn’t hear him. She was still dancing wildly, completely absorbed. 

The retired workers from the textile factory had formed a senior disco team, practicing every day in the park. 

Just recently, they’d even represented the factory in a performance at the auditorium, and she’d heard the dance team had taken photos with city leaders.

One of its members was an old woman who had been at odds with Zhu Yuzhen for decades. 

She was uglier than a beggar in Zhu Yuzhen’s eyes, and had always been someone she looked down on. 

But ever since that woman joined the disco dance team, she had been dressing up flamboyantly like a peacock every day, even wearing makeup. Hence, she’d become one of the team’s key performers. 

And when they took a group photo with the city leaders, that old woman had stood in the center position.

Zhu Yuzhen had gone to see that damned photo herself. 

The woman’s face was painted bright red like a monkey’s back, and she grinned like some illegal fortune-teller. 

She was still hideous, but Zhu Yuzhen was so jealous her teeth ached. 

How could such a ugly woman she’d never respected become the star of the show, taking photos with leaders, and now be praised by all the old men at the factory as the team’s supporter and the representative of the dance team?

Hmph! More like a receptionist than a representative. Those old men must be blind.

Burning with the resentment, Zhu Yuzhen threw herself into practice, practicing all day and night, determined to outdance that old woman and show those fool men that she, Zhu Yuzhen, was the real star.

Getting no response from his mother, Gu Jianshe felt a wave of irritation. 

Watching his mother twist and jerk like she was having a seizure, with the blaring music rattling his brain, his frustration grew. 

In the cradle, Gu Wu’s cries were so hoarse and desperate, it sounded like his little heart might stop functioning, and yet Zhu Yuzhen remained completely unmoved, dancing with full immersion.

Helpless, Gu Jianshe had no choice but to pick up his younger son. Seeing the boy’s red, tear-streaked face and hearing his rasping voice made his heart ache even more, and his resentment toward his mother deepened. His tone grew sharper:

“Stop dancing already! Xiao Wu’s voice is going hoarse from crying!” 

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