"Aunt Cen..." Jiang Can was moved and held her hand tightly.

Aunt Cen glanced at her and smiled slightly.

She was an old woman with nothing, so naturally she had nothing to fear.

Even when facing powerful figures and prestigious families like the Yao family, she was fearless and determined to fight for Jiang Can to the very end.

Without Jiang Can and Huo Zhixing, how could she live such a peaceful life?

Of course, one should repay even the smallest kindness with the greatest gratitude.

"Ha, what a joke!" Madam Yao had never been treated with such humiliation before.

It's truly unbelievable that the Yao family and the Huo family are of equal status, yet she has to be questioned by a servant of the Huo family here!

"It was Manning who was injured, and it was the Yao family who lost face! How dare you try to extort money from us?"

"You think you can fool us with a video that we don't even know what it is? Show us what's so interesting about it!"

Madam Yao's mouth moved faster than her brain, and Yao Zheng couldn't stop her no matter what he tried.

People around were whispering, wanting to see what the video actually recorded.

Aunt Cen smiled and coughed twice. "Of course I will show the video to everyone! But I also ask that you all be my witnesses. If my young lady is innocent, then the Yao family must give us an explanation! Is that too much to ask?"

"Yes, that's not excessive!" Voices of support for Jiang Can began to emerge from the crowd.

Huo Zhixing chuckled, secretly admiring Aunt Cen's clever move. Then he took out the video from his phone and opened it.

Yao Manning's image immediately appeared on the screen!

First, she grabbed Jiang Can to stop her from leaving, then she used both hands to slap herself hard across the face...

You could feel how much force was used through the screen!

The truth has come to light.

Some guests couldn't help but laugh out loud, and some even took out their phones and started snapping photos of the video, saying they had never seen anyone slap themselves before. They said they had to record a clip of it as a souvenir, thanks to the Huo family.

Yao Manning, holding Madam Yao's hand, froze on the spot, while Yao Zheng's face turned ashen and his body trembled slightly.

The rest of the Yao family felt humiliated and secretly slipped away when no one was looking.

"I've finished watching the video." Huo Zhixing handed the phone back to Aunt Cen, a cold smile appearing on his stern face.

"Please, Uncle and Aunt, decide who hit your Yao family's daughter?"

Yao Zheng closed his eyes, his brows furrowed, looking annoyed.

Madam Yao glanced at Yao Manning, her eyes seemingly holding a deeper meaning. Without making a sound, she pushed Yao Manning's hand away and, like Yao Zheng, stood quietly in place, her face pale.

"Hey, everyone has to be a witness!" Aunt Cen shouted in a loud voice, "Our young lady is innocent, so the Yao family has to give an explanation, right?"

“That’s right!” Wang Meiyun also stepped out from the crowd.

Seeing Yao Zheng and his wife's humiliated expressions, she felt a surge of satisfaction and, quite unkindly, kicked them when they were down.

"Hey, today is my birthday! If your Yao family doesn't want to come, fine, but there's no need for you to come and ruin my celebration!"

"I knew it! Our Wang family isn't well-regarded in high society!" Wang Meiyun deliberately shouted. "Just now, someone was calling me a nouveau riche. I heard that woman is usually very close to Miss Yao!"

"Madam Huo, you can't say things like that!" Yao Zheng said anxiously.

"Oh?" Wang Meiyun raised an eyebrow. "Alright, enough with the vague stuff. Just tell me how you plan to compensate Jiang Can?"

"Ha! Your daughter can't stand being wronged, but our daughter-in-law can be falsely accused for no reason?!"

Yao Zheng's face was even more ashen than a pig's liver.

Huo Zhixing held Jiang Can's small hand, interlocking their fingers. He turned to look at her, a doting smile curving his lips.

"Can Can, tell me," he said in a low voice, "what kind of compensation do you want?"

Jiang Can said calmly, "Let's forget about the compensation. I don't care about the Yao family's money."

"But they must restore my reputation!"

Yao Zheng's eyes widened.

Jiang Can met his gaze and said, word by word, "I want Mr. Yao, Mrs. Yao, and Miss Yao to formally apologize to me in front of everyone!"

"Impossible!" Madam Yao was the first to exclaim, but Yao Zheng gave her a look and she immediately shut up.

Yao Zheng looked at Huo Zhixing, attempting to use his seniority to pressure him.

"Zhixing, you agree with this too?"

Huo Zhixing smiled and pulled Jiang Can into his arms. "I'll listen to my wife."

Yao Zheng took a deep breath, suppressing the anger that surged into his chest.

First, Wang Meiyun publicly declared that she was Huo's daughter-in-law, and now Huo Zhixing has directly stated that she is his wife...

They clearly didn't give the Yao family any face at all!

“Zhixing,” Yao Zheng’s voice trembled, “you should at least call me uncle. I’m the same age and status as your father! You…”

"Who says elders don't have to apologize when they do something wrong?" Huo Zhixing raised his voice.

Yao Zheng was about to say something when he caught a glimpse of Huo family bodyguards approaching from all sides.

It seems there's no escaping it today.

He glanced at Jiang Can. There was no turning back now, so he had no choice but to admit defeat. He lowered his head, bent over at a ninety-degree angle, bowed deeply, and slowly uttered the three words, "I'm sorry."

Jiang Can smiled slightly, pursing her lips.

Both Madam Yao and Yao Manning formally apologized to Jiang Can in the same way. Then, the three of them fled the Minghuang family like drowned dogs.

Outside the hotel.

Lu Lishan leaned against a tree and yawned, then nudged Fang Han, who was almost asleep beside him.

"I'm saying, are we still going to take action or not?"

Fang Han snapped back to reality.

Looking towards the hotel, everything seemed normal, and there hadn't been any orders from the Third Young Master...

So, does that mean the problem has been solved?

"Fang Han," Lu Lishan frowned, "give me a straight answer on whether you're going to do it or not! My brothers have been waiting here for ages!"

Fang Han chuckled twice.

Lu Lishan's men were lying in ambush around the hotel, all of them in high spirits, holding ropes and sacks, just waiting for the order to take the target back for a "good talk"... They hadn't done this kind of work since leaving Jiangzhou, and everyone was a little excited.

result……

Fang Han checked his phone and saw a message from Huo Zhixing.

He looked at Lu Lishan with a wry smile, "Brother Shan... well, you should go back and rest early!"

"What are you up to!" Lu Lishan glared.

"Young Master said there's no need to deal with the Yao family anymore..."

"Why didn't you say so earlier!" Lu Lishan was about to explode. "I didn't even cook dinner for my wife before rushing over to solve his problem!"

"Brother Shan, ha, Brother Shan, please calm down..."

Lu Lishan was furious and pointed at the hotel, shouting:

"Huo Zhixing, can't you even be a human being?"