Chapter 408 Suddenly I felt like I was okay again
"You!" Guan Yilu's face flushed, she felt embarrassed and annoyed, but she couldn't find any words to refute.
The daughters of wealthy families who had just been speaking ill of her enthusiastically now took a step back silently, as if they wanted to distance themselves from her.
The atmosphere was at a stalemate, but then a sweet and gentle voice came to her rescue: "Ms. Meng, she was just joking. Why are you being so aggressive?"
Everyone looked at the newcomer.
She was wearing a pink knee-length dress with a bow on her shoulder, which made her look sweet and lovely, revealing her fair and delicate calves that were as crystal clear as white jade.
Her pretty face has a little baby fat, her skin is delicate and full of collagen.
The light fell on her chestnut curly hair, revealing a misty golden edge, as if she was a girl walking out of an oil painting.
Meng Anran looked at the information of the Jiang family and recognized her. She was the third daughter of the Jiang family, Jiang Zhili, who had an engagement with Qin Mu.
"Miss Zhili, hearing about you is worse than meeting you in person. I didn't expect you to be so generous and not mind others treating you as an object. No wonder the Jiang family rushed to send you to Qin Mu, and you didn't resist at all."
Jiang Zhili was stunned. She just wanted to curb Meng Anran's arrogance and show her gentle and generous side in front of Qin Mu.
She didn't expect Meng Anran's attack power to be so strong. There was no flaw in her words, but she got herself into trouble and couldn't get out of the situation.
"Ms. Meng, why are you so hostile to me on our first meeting?"
"I'm just following what you said, what's wrong with that?" Meng Anran raised her eyebrows slightly, and the smile on her lips revealed an unspeakable sense of oppression.
She was so calm and composed, as if this was not the Jiang family's home ground, but her Meng Anran's territory.
"Since this is our first meeting, please change your address, Miss Zhili. I'm not used to being called 'Miss Meng,' and no one in the Jingshi business community has ever addressed me by my last name."
In order to maintain her ladylike image, Jiang Zhili couldn't confront Meng Anran face to face. She forced a smile and continued, "I'm sorry, Miss Anran, I didn't know someone would reject their own surname."
As soon as these words were spoken, Guan Yilu seemed to have his Ren and Du meridians opened up, and he suddenly felt that he was fine again.
She proudly took a step forward with her head held high, and said meaningfully, "It seems the recent trending searches on Weibo were right. If you can't even admit your own last name, how can you be considered a person with a conscience?"
Hearing this, a hint of pride flashed across Jiang Zhili's eyes imperceptibly.
This is the Jiang family's banquet, and it is not appropriate for her to undermine her own manners and go against Meng Anran, but she only needs to give a hint, and many people will stand up for her.
"My surname represents my family. I don't rely on family background, whether it was the Lu family before I was seventeen or the Meng family after I was seventeen." Meng Anran glanced at Qin Mu beside her and smiled at each other: "Or my future husband's family. My surname is not worthy of being my title. I will always belong to myself."
Her condescending and arrogant remarks caused considerable controversy, especially among the men present, who accused her of being inconsiderate.
The husband is the leader of his wife, the father is the leader of his son, and the king is the leader of his subjects.
Throughout history, women should be virtuous, obey their fathers at home and their husbands after marriage.
What Meng Anran said just now clearly denied the status of a father and a husband, which is totally against ethics and morality!
"Ridiculous! A woman belongs to her husband's family after she gets married. How can you have the right to talk nonsense here?"
"Yes, as the saying goes, 'Marry a chicken, follow the chicken; marry a dog, follow the dog.' Whoever you marry, you're his wife. If everyone thinks like you, wouldn't the world be in chaos?"
Obviously, her words stimulated the pitiful self-esteem of too many men, and they all started to criticize her passionately.
Meng Anran nonchalantly took Qin Mu's arm and smiled. "First of all, I don't intend to change the world, so there's no need to break down your defenses and target me. Secondly, I've found someone who absolutely respects and loves me, so I don't need your understanding."
Jiang Zhili clenched his back teeth, very unhappy with Meng Anran's attitude of taking advantage of others.
At the same time, I feel disgusted by the remarks made by those men.
It has been many years since the fall of the Qing Dynasty, but women are still being required to be "virtuous and kind".
Do you really treat women as your property?
Why don’t you take a piss and look at yourself?
Guan Yiliu snorted coldly, hands on her hips, and looked at Meng Anran with disdain, "Zhili and Young Master Qin were engaged when they were children. You said these words with great righteousness, but in the end you are the one who knows the third party and takes the third party?"
Meeting those provocative eyes, Meng Anran smiled nonchalantly, "It's strange, I've known Qin Mu for twenty years, and I've never heard of any marriage between the Qin and Jiang families. How come as soon as Grandpa Qin passed away, someone suddenly appeared and claimed to be related by marriage?"
Qin Mu looked at An Xiaoran lovingly as he fought against all the enemies, and echoed, "Well, I've never heard of any child marriage either."
Guan Yiliu looked like someone had stepped on her tail. She stared and couldn't help but raise her voice: "Zhili has already shown me the marriage certificate. A mistress is a mistress. It's not your turn to deny her!"
All the other guests in the banquet hall turned their attention here, so how could the Jiang family not notice it?
Just now they asked Jiang Zhili to go over and help Guan Yilu out, and to give Meng Anran a warning at the same time.
Unexpectedly, Jiang Zhili was no match for Meng Anran, and instead made Qin Mu deny the engagement in advance.
The Jiang family can no longer sit still. Now that the mainland's science and technology and economic development are increasingly rapid, the Jiang family's status is much lower than before.
The quickest way is to marry into the Qin family in Beijing.
Taking advantage of the old relationship with Old Master Qin, this marriage should be easier to achieve. We must not let Meng Anran interfere and ruin the plan.
"What are you arguing about? This is the Jiang family banquet, not a vegetable market."
Jiang Zhiyi, the eldest daughter of the Jiang family, walked over slowly to control the chaotic atmosphere.
Unlike the sweet and gentle Jiang Zhili, Jiang Zhiyi is obviously much more mature and stable, and his aura also has a bit more majesty.
She glanced coldly at Meng Anran, then fixed her gaze on Qin Mu, her attitude becoming noticeably more polite. "Young Master Qin, Grandpa is concerned about the old relationship with Old Master Qin, so I specially invited you to come and meet him. But... since you've brought a female companion with you, shouldn't you be a little more restrained in her words and actions?"
Here comes another person who treats Meng Anran as Qin Mu's accessory.
Qin Mu curled up the corners of his lips, but the smile did not reach his eyes. "She has always been the only one who cares about me, not me. If you think it is inappropriate for her to be here, then let her go..."
Guan Yilu and Jiang Zhili's expressions suddenly changed, their pupils lit up as if they had won a game, and they couldn't wait to ask Meng Anran to leave.
Just as she was about to speak, she heard Qin Mu say, "Anyway, if she hadn't agreed to accompany me, I wouldn't be willing to come to this party."
He glanced sideways at Meng Anran, took her hand, and smiled sweetly as if no one else was around: "Since the Jiang family doesn't welcome us, we can just go on a date."
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