Mrs. Ji felt that, under normal circumstances, anyone who saw this scene would ask the first question: What happened? Mrs. Ji, are you alright?

She never expected that Gu Yueming would ask her what was going on in the first place.

This prevented her from immediately delivering her prepared remarks.

After a series of changes in expression, she said, "Mrs. Qin, what are you saying? Of course, we're here today to attend Miss Qin's birthday banquet. Is there any need to ask?"

Gu Yueming just chuckled.

She smiled emotionlessly and said, "Oh, I see."

Mrs. Ji: "..."

What kind of person is this? Can't we have a proper conversation?!

Mrs. Ji's face darkened slightly, but remembering her purpose, she suppressed her temper and said, "Mrs. Qin, look, I accidentally fell and spilled red wine on myself. I wonder where your spare changing room is? Could you take me there to change my clothes?"

Gu Yueming maintained her emotionless smile: "No."

Mrs. Ji was truly stunned and couldn't utter a word for a long time.

She only came to her senses when she heard the whispers around her, her face turning red and then pale.

Forget about politeness, she said in a cold voice, "Gu Yueming, what do you mean? Is this how your Qin family treats its guests?!"

Gu Yueming rolled her eyes inwardly and was about to speak when the girl's cool voice rang out from beside her.

Qin Sheng spoke on behalf of her mother, saying calmly, "The proper way to treat guests is to first ensure that the 'guest' is a true guest, only then will the Qin family be worthy of their hospitality."

“What my mom meant was that our spare dressing room was for invited guests, not for you.”

Gu Yueming mentally gave her daughter a thumbs up, then slightly raised her chin and said, "That's right, that's exactly what I meant!"

Today's banquet is not only Qin Sheng's birthday party and coming-of-age ceremony, but also the engagement banquet for Qin Sheng and Fu Jingheng that they had discussed with Old Master Fu.

The level of importance attached to it is self-evident.

The invitations to the banquet were written by Gu Yueming and Qin Zheng after several days of discussion, and even the names of the invited guests were included.

To prevent any unpleasant incidents, when sending out invitations, they specifically instructed their staff to remind the invitees not to attempt to unauthorize the invitations.

So, except for a very few special cases, such as Xie Chao's, who had to be mindful of the two elderly people's feelings and invited them over.

The others were all handpicked by them; they were people who were prestigious enough, had good relationships with the Qin family, and were also good people.

It was obvious that the Ji family mother and son could not be among the guests invited by the Qin family.

Gu Yueming didn't know how they had sneaked in, but it certainly wasn't by their invitation.

If it were someone else today, Gu Yueming might have simply pretended nothing had happened and let the matter drop in order to ensure the success of the banquet.

But the other party was Mrs. Ji, the person who not only repeatedly provoked her but also tried to take advantage of her daughter.

no.

Even a fool could tell that Mrs. Ji's fall was definitely not an accident, but rather had a purpose!

It's very likely that he's still harboring designs on her daughter!

Therefore, even though the people around her were starting to look at her strangely, she still stubbornly said, "Mrs. Ji, aren't your clothes dirty? If so, why are you still standing here? Why don't you go home and change your clothes?"

Mrs. Ji's face turned from blue to red, and she felt ashamed and indignant. She glanced at the large crowd that had gathered around her, gritted her teeth, and suddenly staggered.

Everyone heard a crisp "snap" sound, and when they came to their senses, Mrs. Ji had already fallen to the ground, her face deathly pale, and large beads of sweat were constantly sliding down her forehead.

Mrs. Ji hissed as she clutched her twisted ankle and cried, "It hurts so much, it hurts so much! My foot, my foot feels like it's broken!"

The twisted ankle was real, and the pain wasn't faked. At this point, the ladies who had been holding back their words couldn't hold back any longer.

Everyone turned to look at Gu Yueming.

One of the ladies said, "Mrs. Qin, you see, this is a banquet hosted by your Qin family. Although Mrs. Ji is not on your invitation list, she is still a guest. Why don't you take her away and get a doctor to take a look?"

"Mrs. Zhang is right. Mrs. Ji is in such a state. Saving her life is the priority."

"It's wrong for Mrs. Ji to come uninvited, but since she's already here, it wouldn't be good to just kick her out."

"..."

Everyone chimed in with their own comments.

Although they spoke politely, there was already some dissatisfaction in their words, as they all felt that Gu Yueming and her daughter's behavior had gone too far.

After all, although the Ji family and the Qin family are not close, they are both prominent families in Ancheng and have some dealings with each other. It would be fine if they didn't come, but since they have come, it is really inappropriate to kick them out.

Everyone knows that Mrs. Ji and Gu Yueming have never gotten along, but that's all in the past. Right now, she just tripped and fell and wanted to use the dressing room that the Qin family had prepared to change her clothes. It's not a big deal, so there's no need to make such a fuss.

That's a bit too inhumane.

Ultimately, everyone was somewhat dissatisfied with the Qin family's stated requirement to "refuse to accept invitations without permission" at this banquet.

After all, this is a very common occurrence at every banquet, and it's almost a matter of custom.

The way the Qin family is doing things now doesn't give people a good impression.

Gu Yueming felt extremely frustrated listening to everyone's suggestions.

She knew, of course, that it wasn't appropriate to kick her out now that things were like this, but she felt it was even more inappropriate to ask Mrs. Ji to stay and have someone take care of her.

Therefore, after only two seconds of hesitation, she decided to follow her own ideas.

Who cares? Let others say what they want!

Gu Yueming glared at the still-crying Mrs. Ji, and opened her mouth: "I..."

He had only uttered one word when Qin Sheng tugged at his sleeve.

Gu Yueming paused, then turned to look at her daughter.

Qin Sheng had just put his phone back in his pocket when he glanced at Mrs. Ji and said, "Mom, what everyone said makes sense. I'll go with Mrs. Ji to the dressing room. You can ask Uncle Li to find a doctor to come and take a look at her."

Gu Yueming stared wide-eyed at Qin Sheng, almost doubting her ears: "Sheng Sheng, what... what did you say?"

Qin Sheng ruffled her hair, a smile in his eyes: "I said I'd accompany Mrs. Ji to the dressing room."

Before Gu Yueming could ask any further questions, she continued, "Although we had a bit of a disagreement with Mrs. Ji at the last school parent-teacher conference, Mrs. Ji apologized at the time, so I suppose she knows she was wrong and we should just let it go."

She smiled, glanced at Fu Jingheng who was walking towards her, and said, "Now that I'm engaged to Brother Fu, I'm sure Mrs. Ji won't bring out the marriage certificate anymore to say that my son and I are a match made in heaven."