"Filial piety?" Mingzhao sneered.
She interrupted Wang Caifeng's wailing and the surrounding confusion. She raised her head, her clear gaze like a cold searchlight, precisely sweeping over Gou Yurong and the other onlookers.
“You,” she pointed at Gou Yurong, “do you think you should be filial to her?”
Gou Yurong felt a little uncomfortable under her gaze, but she still stubbornly insisted, "Of course! Respecting the elderly and caring for the young are traditional virtues!"
“Very good.” Mingzhao nodded. “Then, please fulfill your virtue and take her home to care for her. Expenses: daily meals will be based on the standard of meat buns, and accommodation, nursing care, and transportation will be settled at market prices. Now, you may take her away.”
"Pfft!" Gong Zhu almost burst out laughing and quickly covered her mouth.
Gou Yurong was instantly dumbfounded! Her face flushed red: "You... what nonsense are you talking about! She's your grandmother! Not my grandmother!"
"Oh?" Mingzhao tilted his head slightly, a hint of confusion in his eyes. "You just emphasized respecting the elderly and filial piety. Since you believe these are universal virtues, isn't supporting this elderly person in front of you, who needs your filial piety, precisely a manifestation of your practice of virtue? Or is it that your virtues only remain at the level of verbally criticizing others?"
"I...I..." Gou Yurong was speechless, choked by the logically sound question. Under the somewhat amused gazes of those around her, she lowered her head in embarrassment, picked up her bowl and pretended to drink porridge, no longer daring to utter a sound.
She dared not boast that she could raise a stranger. What a joke! She wasn't stupid; they were already struggling to make ends meet. How could she possibly raise a complete stranger?
Besides, she only said those things to upset Mingzhao.
Wang Caifeng was also dumbfounded, never expecting Mingzhao to be so sharp-tongued! She immediately shifted her focus, pointing at Mingzhao and continuing her tantrum: "You little bitch! You...you're just being unreasonable! I'm your own grandmother! It's your duty to support me! It's only right!"
"Grandma?" Mingzhao's gaze finally landed squarely on Wang Caifeng's greedy and mean face, his voice as cold as ice.
"From as far back as I can remember, it was my adoptive father and mother who raised me, fed me, and taught me to read. They fulfilled their duty of care. But you, my so-called biological grandmother, never visited me once after my parents passed away, never sent me a single grain of rice or a piece of cloth. Filial piety is based on the debt of care. To me, you are only related by blood to my father; you have no debt of care for me whatsoever. According to the latest draft law, children have an obligation to support their parents, but intergenerational support is not mandatory, especially since you have not fulfilled your duty of care."
She paused, each word crystal clear, like a legal statute:
"Your actions today: 1. You forcibly took someone else's property without permission, although the amount was small, it was robbery in nature; 2. You made a scene in a public place and disturbed order; 3. You insulted me, calling me a little bitch and an ingrate. These are all slanders!"
“Now,” Mingzhao stood up, looking down at the dumbfounded Wang Caifeng, who looked as if she had been choked, his voice carrying an undeniable force, “please leave. Otherwise, I will request the security department to intervene and handle the matter according to the law.”
Those around him exchanged bewildered glances. Although Mingzhao's long explanation was difficult to understand, and his words were rather pedantic, they all grasped one thing: this matter was illegal.
Good heavens! This is the first time someone has dared to so openly and brazenly refuse to care for the elderly. Whenever an elderly person goes to complain to higher authorities, the organization will ask them to be mindful of the consequences.
Many people are trapped and die because of elders like these.
The others remained silent, but their eyes held a hint of mockery.
It's useless; it won't do any good if you take it to the leaders.
But Wang Caifeng didn't understand. She only knew words like "robbery," "illegal," and "security department," which made her feel cold all over just by hearing them!
Especially Mingzhao's calm yet coldly powerful gaze made her feel fear for the first time!
Mingzhao was raised in the city, how could she possibly lie to her?
“You…you…” she pointed at Mingzhao, her fingers trembling like a leaf.
"Aren't you leaving yet?" Gong Zhu also stood up, looking coldly at Wang Caifeng. "Are you really going to wait for the security department to come and invite you?"
Looking at the disdainful, indifferent, and even slightly gloating gazes of those around her, and then at Mingzhao's emotionless eyes, as if he were looking at a pile of garbage, a tremendous wave of shame and fear finally overwhelmed her. She slammed her hand on the table, letting out a defiant, hollow howl:
"Fine! Fine, Mingzhao! You've grown wings! You don't even recognize your own grandmother anymore! I'm leaving! I'm leaving! Let's see how long you can be so smug, you little bitch!" She grabbed the half-eaten meat bun on the table, squeezed out of the crowd in a disheveled state, and fled the cafeteria in a panic, like a defeated bald chicken.
Mingzhao and Gongzhu sat down again. Gongzhu immediately put a meat bun from her bowl into Mingzhao's bowl, saying with concern, "Eat quickly, don't pay attention to that kind of person!"
Mingzhao picked up the steamed bun and ate it in small bites, as if the farce from just now had never happened.
Someone nearby, watching the direction Wang Caifeng disappeared in, muttered, "That old lady is quite pitiful; her granddaughter doesn't even care about her..."
Mingzhao swallowed the food in her mouth, without raising her head, and her clear, cold voice rang out:
"Whoever brought her here is responsible. Her own granddaughter is over there." She raised her hand, her slender fingers pointing precisely and mercilessly at Zhao Xiaoxiao, who was trying to sneak away not far away, like a compass rose.
brush--!
All eyes instantly focused on Zhao Xiaoxiao! Like a spotlight, it illuminated the panic, embarrassment, and scheming on her face, leaving no room for concealment!
Zhao Xiaoxiao froze on the spot, her face turning deathly pale! She never expected that the fire would burn her so precisely and so quickly!
She just wanted to see Mingzhao make a fool of himself, and incidentally curry favor with the old lady, hoping to gain some benefits. How did she become the target of everyone's criticism?!
Mingzhao stopped looking at her and continued eating her steamed bun.
Anyway, she has already identified the real people involved, and the rest of the infighting is none of her business.
In the cafeteria, only Zhao Xiaoxiao remained, feeling extremely uncomfortable under countless gazes, while Wang Caifeng's half-eaten meat bun gleamed ironically on the greasy table.
The seeds of a storm have been sown, and Wang Caifeng will never let it go. Zhao Xiaoxiao has also become a person responsible for this farce from which she cannot extricate herself.
"Tsk tsk tsk, so it turns out that the granddaughter he actually raised was just watching the show from the sidelines~" As soon as Gou Yurong said this, everyone around looked at Zhao Xiaoxiao more or less.
Indeed, the old lady just made such a scene, and in the end, her own granddaughter was here watching her grandmother stage an accident to extort money from a granddaughter she had never raised.
How could this person have such a nerve?
Gong Zhu rolled her eyes at Zhao Xiaoxiao.
Gong Zhu looked at Ming Zhao hesitantly, then suddenly asked, "Ming Zhao, do you want to see Huo Hua?"
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