The Mean-mouthed Bestie and The Resentful Neighbor

Seeing her get a beating lifted my spirits. I took my son for a walk downstairs before heading back up.

After getting home and handing the baby to my mother-in-law, I went upstairs.

I was with Rachael when she fought with the mother. If the mother and her family went to check the surveillance footage, they would find out. I was worried that they might come looking for trouble because of this.

After all, in my previous life, Rachael went home after she made the rude comment about that child. When the neighbors came to me for an explanation, Rachael refused to show up again, which led to the neighbors taking revenge on me.

I knocked on the door of the upstairs neighbors.

The mother opened the door and looked at me with an unfriendly expression.

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I smiled apologetically and said, "I'm your downstairs neighbor. I saw you having a dispute with a woman in the neighborhood today."

"You know that woman, don't you? I saw you talking together a long time ago," the mother said, glaring at me.

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As I had expected, she had seen me and Rachael standing together.

I immediately put on a look of grievance.

"To be honest, she's a college classmate of mine, but she has a terrible temper and is very arrogant. She always gives unsolicited advice, and I can't seem to get rid of her. She's also been trying to steal my husband, wanting to ruin my marriage."

The mother remained unruffled.

"Did she say anything inappropriate about your child today? I also have a child, and she often criticizes my baby in front of me. As mothers, we can't stand people speaking ill of our own children. Our babies mean everything to us. But I'm quite timid and haven’t been able to confront her."

As I spoke, my eyes turned red.

Bringing up the kids as a common point of connection was enough to resonate with her.

"She's really gone too far. She's a lunatic. You should cut ties with her and never see her again."

The mother was furious.

"I want to. She knows where I live and always comes to visit my baby, but I know that's just her excuse. She's really trying to get close to my husband. My husband and I are deeply in love; he's never paid her any attention, but she keeps showing up. I saw her having a dispute with you today, so I thought I'd come up to clear up any misunderstandings between us. We're both parents, so I know you can't stand people like her just as much as I do."

The mother replied, "Exactly. It's so annoying. Just trying to take a walk with my child, and she's out looking for trouble. You look like someone who gets bullied easily by her. If she shows up again, just call me, and I'll go give her a beating."

It seemed she was going to hold onto her anger for a while.

As we talked, we united against Rachael.

It wasn't unwarranted to say Rachael was trying to seduce my husband.

In my past life, I was too stupid to see it.

My husband, Aaron Gideon, and I had been together since college, and we deeply loved each other.

Rachael always intruded on our dates under the guise of being my friend.

She often made suggestive comments to Aaron and jokingly pointed out my flaws that Aaron hadn't known about.

I naively thought she was just lonely and wanted to hang out with us.

Now that I thought about it, she was just a scheming, hypocritical bitch.

After talking with the mother, I went back home.

I spent the afternoon playing with my son.

When Aaron came back from work, I couldn't help but hug him and cry with grievances.

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Aaron hugged me, smiling, and asked, "What's wrong? We've been married for a long time, and you miss me so much after just one day?"

I really did miss him. Thinking about how I foolishly let Rachael cause the deaths of our entire family in the past life made me feel even more aggrieved.

"You're a mother now. How can you still be crying like this?" Aaron asked.

He was always gentle and caring towards me.

My mother-in-law, holding my son, teased, "Mommy and Daddy truly love each other!"

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My mother-in-law was also very kind, and we had never had a quarrel.

In my past life, I never imagined that my stable and happy life would trigger Rachael's jealousy.

She always tried to make me think poorly of my mother-in-law's words and actions, hoping to create a rift between us.

But I never took it seriously.

When she couldn't interfere with my family relationships, she targeted our neighbors.

She deliberately caused discord and then waited in the background.

Her goal was to ruin my family.

In my previous life when Rachael and the mother had a dispute, I was in a hurry to mediate, trying to calm Rachael and apologize to the mother on her behalf.

In the end, the neighbors held a grudge against me.

Thanks to Rachael escalating the situation this time, I had the chance to reconcile with the upstairs neighbor.