"Indeed, it's been a while. And I'm pretty sure you've forgotten that I have no younger sister, unless my dear little brother Beixuan decided to step out of the closet, which is also impossible." Tang Moyu replied nonchalantly. Her face was one filled with boredom as she regarded the woman who snatched the title of the 'Young Madam Feng' from right under her nose.
She should be mad at or simply hate Xing Yiyue, but Tang Moyu only felt annoyance for the woman. She supposed she should give Xing Yiyue some credit for her successful attempt to remove her from Feng Tianhua's side so she would be able to marry the business tycoon.
That only meant that Xing Yiyue had more than enough brain cells to be able to outwit her predecessors as Feng Tianhua's lover, that she was able to secure her position as Young Madam Feng without Tang Moyu's interference.
Xing Yiyue's cheeks burned with shame and looked away although deep inside she was cursing Tang Moyu to the heavens.
How dare this fallen empress humiliate her again? Didn't she know that her status as Young Madam Feng was something Tang Moyu could never have?
Xing Yiyue made an awkward laugh. "Miss Tang is still the same I see."
"No. You are wrong. A person can never be the same after experiencing a life-changing trauma, right?" Tang Moyu gave her a cold look that warned Xing Yiyue not to cross the line again. "Look at you," she pointed at Xing Yiyue. "You are now Young Madam Feng. Who would have thought that someone like you, who follows Feng Tianhua like a lost puppy, would end having a high status like you did."
"Pfft," Li Meili couldn't stop her laugh and covered her mouth with one hand while Lin Qianrou's face flushed at Tang Moyu's harsh words. Even she felt shame for Xing Yiyue.
Xing Yiyue was seething in anger inwardly, but she knew she shouldn't lash out at Tang Moyu and could only act pitifully. If she didn't act like a poor woman who'd always been ignored by Tang Moyu, Feng Tianhua would have never taken any interest in her.
"Please don't say that, Miss Tang. It has been five years. You shouldn't blame me for Tianhua's actions. You know he cared about you even after you left. He's always been wondering when you would come back." She said pitifully.
Li Meili almost choked on her drink upon hearing Xing Yiyue's claim, while Tang Moyu's jaw dropped from the woman's shamelessness. Was she serious? Damn. Did Xing Yiyue somehow hit her head before coming here?
Feng Tianhua cared about her? Wow. Was that the joke of the year?
Didn't that same man make sure to ruin her reputation and connections after claiming to have married Xing Yiyue? Didn't that man blacklisted her and made the Tang Enterprise suffer a great loss, almost leaving it bankrupt?
And for Xing Yiyue to blatantly lie to her face? What had Xing Yiyue taken her for? An idiot like her? It was either that or Xing Yiyue was insulting her. A poor attempt though. Did this woman think that she would get under her skin by bringing up Feng Tianhua in their conversation?
Why the heck should she care about what Feng Tianhua thought of her? He already made it clear five years ago that she, Tang Moyu, can never be compared to his beloved Xing Yiyue.
"I wonder if we're living in the same world, Madam Feng." Tang Moyu's tone was filled with sarcasm, "because you know, I'm pretty sure that the Feng Tianhua in my world would never spare me a glance, much less care about my welfare, unless he wanted something from me."
She paused and gave Xing Yiyue a good look from head to toe. The woman looked better than the last time she'd seen her. Her dress was a limited edition dress from one of the most popular designers in the city and the jewelry she was wearing screamed fortune.
"Five years, Madam Feng and you haven't given him a child? You must be really busy that you forgot one of the things you should have done as his wife."
Knowing Feng Tianhua's mother's personality, the old woman should be expecting Xing Yiyue to give Tianhua an heir. That old woman probably couldn't change her son's mind about marrying Xing Yiyue, but she should be able to control his wife, something Tang Moyu was sure she wouldn't be able to do if she'd become Feng Tianhua's wife as planned.
The hatred that flashed on Xing Yiyue's face wasn't lost to the empress, but Xing Yiyue easily concealed it under a pretense of being confused.
"Ah, Miss Tang already has a child of her own, right?" Xing Yiyue's sweet smile made Li Meili's hand itch to slap the hell out of the woman's face, but because it was Tang Moyu's business, she wouldn't dare to step up unless her help was needed.
If she wasn't implying that Tang Moyu was a whore for having a bastard out of wedlock, then Xing Yiyue must be really a saint.
"There's no need for you to get worried about us, Miss Tang. Tianhua and I agreed that it isn't the right time to have children yet." Xing Yiyue continued but none of the three women believed her words.
It was either Xing Yiyue didn't want to give up her acting career yet or she couldn't bear a child at all. Not that Tang Moyu cared. The child would truly be unfortunate if he or she got a bastard as a father and a whore as a mother.
In Tang Moyu's opinion, Feng Tianhua and Xing Yiyue should remain childless unless they had bleach added to their gene pool to remove their stupid gene. Who knew, maybe this would stop people from spreading their stupidity to their children in the future.