Chapter 158 Touching the bottom line

When the dinner was over, the guests left one after another.

Only the Ji family and the Lu family were left.

"Yaoyao, I'm going back. I'll pick you up tomorrow morning." Lu Qingyun stared at Ling Yao with love and reluctance, and his eyes revealed endless tenderness. He wished he could take Ling Yao back tonight.

"I have something else to do tomorrow. We'll go to the military area later." Ling Yao thought about Yang Qiuhong's matter and planned to go to the hospital tomorrow. The Zhu family would send the land deed over tomorrow, and she wanted to go to the land tonight to take a look.

"Okay, then I'll pick you up in the afternoon." Lu Qingyun reached out and held Ling Yao's hand.

"Okay."

Ling Yao sent the Lu family away and returned to the banquet hall.

Ji's mother and Ji Youran saw Ling Yao and walked up to her.

"Yaoyao, I heard that you wanted Youran's jade pendant."

Ling Yao's eyes slowly moved to the two people's faces, and she said calmly: "There is one thing that needs to be corrected. It's not that I want it, but she lost to me."

Ji's mother curled her lips with disdain and sneered, "Humph! That's just Youran deliberately letting you go. If she gets serious, how can you win? And we are all family, why do you have to be so fussy? How about this, I'll give you a pearl necklace as compensation."

Her tone was full of superiority, as if Ling Yao was just a beggar on the street, and she could get rid of him with just a little charity.

Ling Yao raised the corners of his mouth slightly, revealing a faint smile, but his eyes were as cold as ice, "Even brothers have to settle accounts clearly, let alone we are just cousins. Since you lost the game, you should keep your promise."

When Ji's mother heard this, she was immediately furious. She widened her eyes, staring at Ling Yao, her voice sharp and piercing, "Ling Yao, I am your elder, do you dare to disobey what I say? You are simply disrespectful and disrespectful to your elders!"

"If you want me to respect you, then you must have the demeanor of an elder, instead of confusing right and wrong and making trouble unreasonably." Ling Yao did not back down and responded tit for tat.

"You are a thing that was raised by a mother but not taught by a father!" Ji's mother was furious. She raised her hand and slapped Ling Yao in the face.

Ling Yao quickly reached out and grabbed Ji's mother's wrist. At the same time, she swung her hand back and a loud slap landed firmly on Ji's mother's face.

"Pa~" As this crisp sound rang out, the whole world seemed to freeze.

Ji Youran was stunned by the scene in front of her. She stood there with her eyes wide open, unable to believe what she saw. Ling Yao actually dared to hit her mother, and her mother was Ling Yao's aunt.

Ji's mother's face was full of astonishment and disbelief. She covered her hot cheeks, "How dare you hit me!"

Facing Ji's mother's questioning, Ling Yao did not retreat at all. She stared at Ji's mother with cold and sharp eyes, "Who told you to be so mean? Don't you deserve to be hit?" The other party's words just now had touched her bottom line. Just giving her a slap was already considered light.

At this time, Master Ji and others hurried over.

They were just discussing some matters to be prepared for the wedding next month in the study. When they were discussing the key point, they saw Wang's mother running in panic, saying that Yaoyao and Ji's mother had an argument outside.

Unexpectedly, as soon as they walked in, they saw Ling Yao slap Wang Yufeng.

"Yaoyao." Ling Xuemei ran to Ling Yao's side and looked at her worriedly, "What happened?" No matter what happened, she always stood on her daughter's side.

Ji Yanting's eyes fell on Wang Yufeng coldly, "What did you do to Yaoyao?" His daughter was a very stable person, and the other party could make her lose control and hit someone, which showed that the other party had done something too much.

Old Master Ji looked at Wang Yufeng disappointedly, and looked at his eldest son with a cold face, "Watch out for your wife." He knew very well what kind of personality his eldest daughter-in-law had. This matter must have been provoked by her.

Seeing that everyone was protecting Ling Yao, Wang Yufeng was so angry that she was shaking all over, "I was the one who was beaten." Are they all blind?

"Ling Yao didn't respect my mother and beat her up." Ji Youran said.

Ji Yanting ignored Wang Yufeng and Ji Youran and looked at Ling Yao with concern, "Yaoyao, what happened? Tell Dad and Dad will help you solve it." His daughter is his treasure, and he will not let her suffer any grievances.

Ling Yao recounted what had just happened in detail.

"Wang Yufeng, you've really gone too far! How dare you bully my daughter like this? Do you really think I'm dead?" Ji Yanting's eyes were gleaming with cold light, and his gaze like a sharp blade pierced straight at Wang Yufeng, emanating a stern aura that made people dare not look directly at him.

Wang Yufeng was frightened to death, her legs went limp, and she hid behind Ji Yanfeng, trembling. "Yanfeng, look at them, the father and daughter teamed up to bully me."

Ji Yanfeng reached out and held Wang Yufeng's hand, patted the back of her hand soothingly, then turned to look at Ji Yanting, "Yanting, it's clearly Lingyao's fault in this matter. No matter what, Yufeng is her elder, how could she hit someone?"

"Can an elder say such unbearable words?" Ji Yanting's voice was extremely cold, without any emotion. If it weren't for him, how could Yaoyao lose the care and companionship of her father since childhood.

"Yufeng has always been outspoken, but no matter what, Lingyao, as a younger generation, should not beat the elders, she must..."

"Okay!" Old Master Ji interrupted Ji Yanfeng, his cold eyes fell on the three of them, "Since you lost, you must keep your promise. Youran, take off the jade pendant and give it to Yaoyao, and apologize to Yaoyao."

"Dad!" Wang Yufeng and Ji Yanfeng looked at Old Master Ji in disbelief. Didn't he hate Lingyao the most? He was the first person who opposed Ling Xuemei and her mother coming back.

"Apologize!"

Wang Yufeng looked at Ji Yanfeng, and when he nodded, he gritted his teeth in humiliation and glared at Ling Yao, "I'm sorry."

"And you." Old Master Ji turned to look at Ji Youran. He knew everything his granddaughter had done today, and he was a little disappointed with her.

Ji Youran reluctantly stretched out her hand slowly, took off the jade pendant from her neck, and then handed it to Ling Yao.

Just when Ling Yao's fingers were about to touch the jade pendant, Ji Youran suddenly let go.

The jade pendant fell straight down and hit the hard ground with a crisp cracking sound.

"Snap!"

The jade pendant broke into two pieces in an instant.

Ji Youran immediately burst into tears, tears pouring out like a flood. "I have already given you the jade pendant, why did you break it? Do you know how important it is to me?"

She stared at Ling Yao while crying. Deep in her eyes, which seemed to be filled with grief, she hid a hint of smugness that was hard to detect. This is mine. Even if it is destroyed, I will not give it to you.