Chapter 15: Banquet Incident (Part 2)
Everyone's eyes fell on the person who was speaking, including Su Mengxue, Sun Suqin and Gu Xuejiao.
Shen Min stood out from the crowd. She walked quickly to Su Mengxue and stuffed the white shirt on her arm into Su Mengxue's hand without saying anything: "Your clothes are torn, put this on to cover it up."
Su Mengxue was stunned in surprise. It was her, the woman she had just met in the department store.
Seeing that she didn't respond, Shen Min leaned over to her ear and reminded her, "If you don't put it on, you will be seen by those stinky men with bad intentions in vain."
After she finished speaking, she stood up and smiled at her. Su Mengxue looked around and saw a man staring at her collar.
She glared at the man fiercely, and he immediately looked away in fear. She turned around and thanked Shen Min, then put on the white shirt and quickly buttoned it up.
In the crowd, Chen Yanzhi saw her wearing his clothes, and a smile flashed in his eyes.
Gu Xuejiao couldn't help but gasp when she saw Shen Min suddenly jump out.
Shen Min is Chen Yanzhi's biological sister. The relationship between the two siblings has always been close. In order to marry Chen Yanzhi, she has tried hard to please Shen Min over the years.
But Shen Min was arrogant, and her attitude towards her was not only indifferent, but even blatantly disliked. Now Shen Min took the initiative to hand Su Mengxue clothes, obviously wanting to speak for her.
Su Mengxue was just a wild girl from the countryside, and Shen Min didn't even know her, so why should she help her? She was clearly deliberately going against him, wanting Shen Yanzhi to hate her!
She curled her lips and muttered to herself that she must not let Shen Min succeed.
Shen Min looked at Sun Suqin and Gu Xuejiao, and said in a slightly raised voice, "Auntie Sun, I was bored in the living room just now, so I thought of running to the pavilion to play for a while, and I happened to see them arguing with each other, and soon someone fell into the water."
She deliberately stopped talking halfway through her words.
Gu Xuejiao tightened her grip on Sun Suqin's fingers, and Sun Suqin instantly understood.
The people who came today were all powerful people from Jiangbei. If they knew that Jiaojiao was the instigator of this incident, it would definitely affect her image. Besides, Shen Min was a person who spoke without restraint, so she had to stop her.
Sun Suqin smiled and tried to smooth things over, "Minmin, Mengxue will soon become a member of the Gu family. It won't involve testifying or anything like that. Otherwise, people will think we're not on good terms as a family. Let's just put this matter behind us. It's almost time. Don't keep the old man waiting any longer. Let's all go in quickly."
Gu Xuejiao took the opportunity to speak and said softly, "Yes, we are all family. I don't blame Sister Su."
Shen Min glanced at her and said sarcastically, "You forgive her? Gu Xuejiao, with your acting skills, it's a shame not to join a theatre troupe."
Gu Xuejiao glanced at Chen Yanzhi guiltily, only to see that his face was calm and his attitude was unclear.
She turned to look at Shen Min, and said with a look of grievance: "Minmin, I know you don't like me, but in this matter I... I am indeed the victim. If you say that, I am afraid I can't clear myself even if I jump into the Yellow River."
"Really?" Shen Min paused, folding his arms at his sides. "I clearly saw you pushing the person just now."
As soon as the words fell, the quiet crowd suddenly started talking again. The Shen family was second only to the Gu and Jiang families in power in Jiangbei, and the Shen family's daughter was famous for her straightforward nature and her inability to lie.
Su Mengxue didn't expect the girl to speak up for her. After all, they were not familiar with each other, and a hint of surprise unconsciously appeared on her face.
Gu Xuejiao looked at Chen Yanzhi in panic, and tried to argue: "Minmin, how did I offend you? I fell into the water, you can't confuse right and wrong and accuse me like this."
Shen Min expected Gu Xuejiao to say this, and raised her eyebrows: "Are you saying I'm lying?"
Gu Xuejiao didn't dare to refute Shen Min directly, otherwise she was afraid that she would not let go. She turned to look at Sun Suqin and said aggrievedly: "Mom, you know your daughter best. I really can't say anything to defend myself."
Sun Suqin understood Jiaojiao's thoughts. She was afraid that Shen Yanzhi would hate her if he knew the truth. But this girl from the Shen family was not easy to deal with.
She looked at Shen Min and sighed, "Minmin, since it has already happened, no matter who is right or wrong, we are family. I will not pursue it anymore. Jiaojiao is soaked and I am afraid she will catch a cold. I will take her back to the room to change into clean clothes."
"Who forced me to apologize and ask for evidence just now? Now that the truth is out, why are you talking about being a family? It was Gu Xuejiao who did something wrong, and it's not your turn to say whether to forgive her or not. I want Gu Xuejiao to apologize to me in public." Without waiting for Shen Min to speak, Su Mengxue spoke in a loud voice.
Gu Xuejiao got anxious and retorted, "Why should I apologize to you?"
After she finished speaking, she realized that her tone was too extreme. She softened her expression and whispered, "Sister Su, it was obviously you who pushed me, and you asked me to apologize to you. Aren't you too bullying?"
Seeing Su Mengxue's persistence, Sun Suqin showed displeasure: "Mengxue, you've delayed all the guests here. If you delay the old man's birthday party, can you afford it?"
"No one here today is an outsider. I believe that no one will hold a grudge against our Gu family whether the banquet starts earlier or later. The most important thing right now is to find out the truth about the drowning."
A calm voice came from behind the crowd. Gu Changhe, dressed in gorgeous clothes, looked dignified without anger. He walked towards the crowd with the support of Gu Yunting and Jiang Weilong.
Gu Yunting, who was standing next to Gu Changhe, glanced at Su Mengxue's white shirt, and a dark light flashed in his eyes.
Gu Xuejiao's eyes instantly turned red when she saw Gu Changhe. She let go of Sun Suqin's hand and rushed to Gu Changhe, crying, "Grandpa, I just ran into Sister Su in the pavilion. I was kind enough to chat with her, but I don't know what I said that offended Sister Su, and she pushed me into the water for no apparent reason... Now, not only does she not let me go back to change clothes, she even made me apologize to her in public."
Seeing Gu Xuejiao doing this again, Shen Min walked straight up to Gu Changhe and said angrily, "Grandpa Gu, I saw Gu Xuejiao push someone into the water just now!"
Gu Changhe looked at Sun Suqin coldly and asked in a serious tone, "What on earth is going on?"
Sun Suqin knew Gu Changhe's temper and said with a smile on her face, "Dad, it's just those two young people playing around and losing their composure. It's not good to have the guests waiting here, and we don't want to delay your birthday party. Let's go back to the front hall."
Gu Changhe knew this family best. He said with a sullen face, "They all fell into the water? You told me you were joking. I'm not senile yet. Someone in our Gu family almost died. If we don't investigate thoroughly, what will happen if the news gets out?"
After he finished speaking, he turned to look at Su Mengxue, his tone softened a bit: "Mengxue, tell me, what exactly is going on?"
Su Mengxue said truthfully, "Grandpa Gu, it was Gu Xuejiao who suddenly pushed me into the water, but she wasn't as strong as me, so I got so angry that I pulled her down with my backhand."
What Su Mengxue said was similar to what Gu Changhe had guessed. Su Mengxue did not deny the fact that she pushed others into the water, which showed that this child was honest. Similarly, she was not someone who would allow others to bully her. It seemed that she and Yun Ting were indeed a good match.
Just as he was about to seek justice for Su Mengxue, Gu Xuejiao fell to her knees in front of him, sobbing, "Grandpa, Sister Su is lying. I have no grudge against her, so why did I push her? She obviously couldn't stand the fact that I was wearing better clothes than her, so she pushed me into the water."
Gu Yunting looked at Gu Xuejiao, his eyes as cold as ice. Just as he was about to speak, a nonchalant voice rang out from the crowd: "Gu Xuejiao, you've mastered the art of conflating right and wrong!"
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