Chapter 123 Why are you kneeling before her? ! Are you afraid of her? !
Feng Wu covered his face and looked at his father in disbelief, tears instantly welling up in his eyes.
Feng Mingzhou slowly wiped the corners of his mouth with a napkin and glanced coldly at the father and daughter.
"It seems that the third cousin is old and has no time to discipline his daughter on weekdays."
He paused, his eyes fell on the middle-aged man, his tone was calm but every word was piercing: "Today is the last time your family will appear at the Feng family's family dinner."
The middle-aged man's face turned pale, and he fell to his knees with a plop!
"Master! Master, please spare me! It's my fault for not educating my daughter well! I deserve to die! Master, please give me another chance! I..."
He kowtowed and begged for mercy incoherently, and his forehead hit the floor with a dull sound.
"Dad! What are you doing! Get up!" Miss Feng Wu screamed and tried to pull her father. "Why are you kneeling to her?! Are you afraid of her?!"
The middle-aged man shook off his daughter's hand and cried, "It's all my wife's fault! I spoiled her so much that she doesn't know how high the sky is or how deep the earth is! Master, please be magnanimous. Please consider that I am doing this for the Feng family..."
"Please ask them to go out." Feng Mingzhou interrupted him and signaled to the security personnel next to him.
Immediately, several security guards in black suits came forward and half-carried and half-dragged the crying and struggling father and daughter out of the banquet hall.
The screams and pleas for mercy gradually faded away, and the banquet hall returned to its previous bustle, as if the scene just now had never happened, except that the smiles on everyone's faces became a little more cautious.
Outside the banquet hall, the middle-aged man who was dragged out was limp all over, his face ashen, and he sat on the cold marble steps, muttering: "It's over... It's all over... We can't stay in Tianjin anymore..."
Feng Wu was still wiping away tears, indignantly saying, "Dad! What are you afraid of?! What else can he do to us? At worst, we can just stop being surnamed Feng! What's the big deal!"
The middle-aged man raised his head suddenly, looking at his daughter who didn't know whether to live or die with despair in his eyes: "What do you know?! Not surnamed Feng? If we leave the Feng family, we are nothing!"
"How do you think we got what we have now? Those businesses, those connections, which one of them didn't rely on the resources given by the master family? Without the big tree of the Feng family, we are nothing!"
“Feng Mingzhou… do you think he’s just talking?” The middle-aged man’s voice was shaking. “It’s only been a few years since he took over the Feng family. How many methods has he used, how many obstacles has he cleared? Just ask around! Those who once opposed him, the grass on their graves is now so tall!”
"He didn't have to do anything himself to expel us from the clan! There are so many people in Jincheng who want to please him! Some people would torture us to death just to show their loyalty to him! Do you understand?!"
Feng Wu panicked when he saw his father's distraught look, but he still said, "Dad, don't scare yourself! Our family's savings over the years are enough for us to live comfortably abroad for the rest of our lives even if we leave the Feng family! Let's go now!"
The middle-aged man suddenly raised his head, staring at his daughter with bloodshot eyes, as if she were a fool: "Leave? Do you think you can take her away?!"
His voice was hoarse and filled with desperate tears: "Our family's business, real estate, accounts... Which one is not linked to the Feng family's system? The head of the family can freeze everything we have with just one word! We can't even buy a plane ticket to go abroad! Do you understand?!"
"We are finished! Our family has been completely ruined by you, this evil creature! It's too late to say anything now!" The middle-aged man pounded the cold steps, tears streaming down his face.
Miss Feng Wu was completely stunned. The slap marks and whip marks on her face were intertwined, and the pain was so intense, but it was nothing compared to the fear in her heart. She grabbed her father's arm, her voice trembling, "Then...what should I do? I'll go and beg her! I'll go and apologize to that woman! I'll go and beg the mistress!"
Just then, several figures walked out from the side door of the banquet hall and approached them.
The leader was a middle-aged man, followed by a woman, and behind them were two young people, a man and a woman.
It was Feng Xuexiang and her family who blocked the whip for Gu Manman yesterday.
Feng Xuexiang saw the father and daughter slumped on the ground, stepped forward and said, "Fifth sister, are you...are you okay?"
Miss Feng Wu was in extreme panic and humiliation. When she saw Feng Xuexiang, who usually followed behind her and was submissive, now preparing to enter the banquet hall in fancy clothes and pretending to care about her, the anger in her heart suddenly rose.
She waved away Feng Xuexiang's outstretched hand and said sarcastically, "Hey, how can your family be qualified to attend the family banquet in the main hall? Shouldn't you stay in the small hall outside?"
Feng Xuexiang was pushed back a step by her, with a look of embarrassment on her face.
The younger brother standing behind her took a step forward and stood in front of her. With a youthful look on his face, he looked at Feng Wu and said with a proud tone, "Why can't we enter the main hall? My sister saved the mistress yesterday, and the mistress sent a letter herself, inviting our whole family to attend the family dinner!"
Miss Feng Wu seemed to have heard a huge joke, and then looked at Feng Xuexiang with even more resentment, "Who do you think you are? You are just a dog by my side! Do whatever I tell you to do!"
Feng Xuexiang’s face turned pale, her lips moved, but she didn’t say anything.
Her brother was so angry that he sneered, "Fifth Miss, you will probably be disappointed in the future. Anyway, your family will be driven out of Tianjin soon, and it is still unclear who will be the dog in the future! My sister is now a favorite of the mistress!"
"Xiao Jie! Stop talking nonsense!" Feng Xuexiang immediately turned around and scolded her brother in a low voice.
Feng Xuexiang's father frowned: "Xiao Jie, don't be rude."
Feng Xuexiang's mother also stepped forward and held her daughter's arm, whispering, "Xuexiang, let's go in quickly, the mistress is still waiting."
When Feng Wu heard this, hatred in her eyes almost burst out. She stood up suddenly, pointed at Feng Xuexiang and screamed, "You bitch! So you did it on purpose! You already knew her identity, so you stood in front of her! You calculated the timing and paved the way for your family!"
Feng Xuexiang was frightened by her sudden accusation and stepped back repeatedly: "I didn't, Fifth Sister, I really didn't--"
Feng Wu rushed forward and was about to grab her face: "Why are you pretending to be innocent! If it weren't for you, I wouldn't--"
“That’s enough!” Feng Xuexiang’s father stopped Feng Wu and said, “Your family is already unlucky enough, don’t cause yourself any more trouble.”
Feng Wu's father also quickly got up and grabbed his out-of-control daughter: "Xiao Wu, stop messing around!"
Feng Wu shook off his father's hand: "Dad! Don't you understand? She hurt us!"
Feng Xuexiang's father looked at Feng Wu coldly and said, "The whole Feng family knows my daughter's character. If she hadn't blocked the whip that day, you can imagine the consequences."
Feng Xuexiang's mother held her daughter's hand and said, "Let's go. Don't pay any attention to them."
The family walked around the embarrassed father and daughter on the steps and entered the brightly lit banquet hall.
Miss Feng Wu stood there in a daze, tears rolling down her eyes. She suddenly understood what a real gap was - in just one day, her life was turned upside down.
In the banquet hall, Feng Xuexiang's family was seated near the main table.
Gu Manman saw them come in and nodded slightly.
Feng Mingzhou took a look, waved for the butler to come over, and whispered a few instructions.
The butler responded respectfully, turned around and whispered a few words into Feng Xuexiang's father's ear.
Feng Xuexiang's father's expression changed from surprise to joy. He nodded repeatedly and thanked the housekeeper profusely.
"What are you so happy about?" Feng Xuexiang's mother asked curiously.
"The head of the family said that he wants me to be in charge of a project in Jincheng." He lowered his voice and said excitedly, "This is a core business that only direct descendants can access."
Feng Xuexiang looked towards the main table and met Gu Manman's calm gaze.
She plucked up her courage and raised her glass to greet Gu Manman.
Gu Manman smiled faintly, raised her glass, gently touched her own glass, then turned around and talked to Feng Mingzhou.
Feng Xuexiang's heart was beating wildly. She knew that this simple action of raising the glass was enough to let everyone present see that her family had won the favor of the mistress.
Sure enough, someone soon came over to toast her father, and there was a bit more warmth and respect in the conversation.
As the banquet was coming to an end, Feng Mingzhou took Gu Manman's hand and left the main table.
After Feng Mingzhou and Gu Manman left, Feng Xuexiang's family was still immersed in joy and unable to extricate themselves.
Feng Xuexiang's mother wiped her tears and said, "Your fate has changed in an instant. Xuexiang, you are really the lucky star of our family."
Feng Xuexiang's brother looked around proudly: "See? Those who looked down on us before are now very jealous."
Feng Xuexiang's father patted his son gently and said, "Remember, the more you have to keep a low profile at times like this. Our every word and action represents the face of the mistress, do you understand?"
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