Chapter 261 Young Master Shen is not worthy of liking my daughter
"Mom, can you please not be so harsh? Yaoyao is a very good and outstanding girl. I've liked her for a long time, and whether you agree or not, I will not give up on her."
"This is not a place for you to cause trouble. You should go back now." Shen Mingsu's brows furrowed deeply, and his tone towards Madam Shen was somewhat impatient.
Madam Shen said, "I'm not leaving, Shen Mingsu. If you want to marry this secondhand woman, you can only do so if I die. Otherwise, don't even think about being with her."
What makes her so outstanding? If she were really as good as you say, why would she have gotten a divorce?
How well-behaved and law-abiding you were before? This woman must have used some underhanded tactics to make you so unreasonable now.
If you ask me, someone like her has probably hooked up with countless idiots like you behind the scenes. If she were truly a dutiful and virtuous wife and mother, how could she possibly have been kicked out of the house…”
A sharp crack interrupted Madam Shen's shrill voice, and the air in the banquet hall seemed to freeze for a moment.
Qu Xinting sat in her wheelchair, blocking Jiang Xingyao's way. Her hand, raised high, was still raised, and her angry eyes were fixed on Shen Mingsu: "Young Master Shen, is that right? Don't bring your dog when you go out. Your dog has ruined a good banquet with its mouth full of filth."
Silence reigned; the banquet hall was as still as a stagnant pool.
Jiang Xingyao was still reeling from Qu Xinting's sudden appearance when Qu Xinting's words stunned her.
In fact, Jiang Xingyao's impression of Qu Xinting was vague. She had no idea what the real Qu Xinting was like, but she instinctively felt that the heir carefully cultivated by her maternal grandfather should be calm, capable, and well-mannered.
But the two sentences Qu Xinting said to Madam Shen just now completely overturned Jiang Xingyao's imagination.
Shen Mingsu's expression was also a little distorted. No matter what Madam Shen was like, she was still his mother. Qu Xinting's words were too vulgar, which made him feel more or less dissatisfied.
However, since Qu Xinting was Jiang Xingyao's mother, he hesitated several times, unsure of how to respond. He could only force a polite response, saying, "Aunt Qu, isn't it a bit inappropriate for you to say that?"
"What's inappropriate about it? Your mad dog has already bitten my daughter's head, and you expect me to greet you politely? Young Master Shen, you're being far too unrealistic," Qu Xinting said.
Madam Shen only belatedly realized what was happening and screamed, "You dare hit me?"
"So what if I hit you? You have such a disobedient mouth, and you caused a scene at someone else's celebration party. Don't you deserve a lesson?"
"If you know what's good for you, get out of here. If you have anything to say, bring someone from your family who can speak for you back in China and come find me at the Qu family. I have no time to deal with mad dogs," Qu Xinting said.
Madam Shen covered half of her face, looked at Qu Xinting, then at Jiang Xingyao: "Who do we have here? It's you, you lunatic."
A woman who caused her father's death and then sent her husband to prison—no wonder her daughter is also a discarded, secondhand possession.
Madam Shen had a penchant for stabbing people in the back, and Jiang Xingyao's anger was starting to get the better of her. But Qu Xinting's hand reacted faster, and with another sharp slap, she landed a second slap on Madam Shen's face.
Although she was sitting in a wheelchair and much shorter than Madam Shen, her aura was by no means weak. Not content with slapping her, she reached out and pulled Madam Shen's hair: "This mouth of yours is dirty, isn't it? Well then, I'll be merciful and wash it for you. Jin Qingyu, what are you standing there for? Bring me some water."
It wasn't easy to find water in the banquet hall, but there was wine everywhere.
"Alright, Mother-in-law." Jin Qingyu neatly handed two bottles of wine to Qu Xinting, but Shen Mingsu stopped him with her hand: "That's enough, don't go too far."
Qu Xinting lifted her eyelids: "Too much? When she was insulting Yaoyao just now, why didn't you think it was too much? Why didn't you feel sorry for Yaoyao?"
"Now you're talking nonsense to me, Young Master Shen. Your mother keeps saying my Yaoyao isn't good enough for you. In my opinion, you're not even as good as the one next to me. You still want to marry my Yaoyao? Dream on!"
She stopped insisting and released Madam Shen's hair. Jin Qingyu handed her a handkerchief and then deliberately flattered her, saying, "Thank you for your affirmation, Mother-in-law."
Qu Xinting snorted: "Stop talking nonsense, you're no better than me."
"Yes, yes, you're right, but at least he's better than him, right?" Jin Qingyu wasn't embarrassed at all and continued to flatter Qu Xinting.
As Jiang Xingyao watched him and Qu Xinting banter back and forth, she truly felt that, without her knowledge, Jin Qingyu and Qu Xinting were indeed in close contact.
He must have spent a lot of time with Qu Xinting in private.
Qu Xinting did not refute, and then said to Shen Ming, "I know what you're here for. I'm telling you right now, Yao Yao will never marry you. Get out of here and stop getting in my way."
Shen Ming said, "Aunt Qu, it seems that my relationship with Yao Yao doesn't need your decision."
“Shen Mingsu, you can leave. I’ll listen to my mother. Her opinion is my opinion,” Jiang Xingyao said.
She had always felt that Shen Mingsu had helped her a lot and was a very good and important friend of hers.
Even when rejecting someone's feelings, she would first consider their feelings and not want to embarrass Shen Mingsu because of her own mishandling of the situation.
But from the moment Madam Shen appeared, Jiang Xingyao felt it was unnecessary.
Shen Mingsu's sudden appearance in front of her on such a grand occasion showed a complete lack of respect for her wishes. Furthermore, he failed to properly handle the potential troubles that would follow before making this decision.
Having Madam Shen cause a scene at her victory celebration, and having her wounds reopened on her most important occasion, Jiang Xingyao felt that her friendship with Shen Mingsu was almost over.
"Yaoyao, I'm sorry, I didn't expect my mom to come today. Please don't condemn me to death all at once, okay? You know, I truly love you," Shen Ming said.
Jiang Xingyao said, "Do you think I refused you today really because Madam Shen came along?"
Shen Mingsu, before you even started pursuing me, you hadn't even sorted out your family relationships. Even if Madam Shen hadn't come today, or even if I had been moved by your confession and accepted it, what would happen when I returned to the Shen family? Wouldn't I still have to face all of that?
You say you like me, but you haven't considered my feelings at all. When you were pursuing me, you didn't even consider your family's situation. Or perhaps your pursuit of me was just a passing fancy, and you never thought about our future. Why should I agree to be with you?
Shen Mingsu appeared before her when she was at her most desperate. Over the years, he has been guiding her, encouraging her, and giving her a lot of help. Before today, in Jiang Xingyao's heart, Shen Mingsu was always different.
Even though she had no romantic feelings for Shen Mingsu, he always held a very high place in her heart.
But from this moment on, the high wall that Jiang Xingyao had built in her heart for Shen Mingsu collapsed. She suddenly realized that Shen Mingsu was not as good as she had imagined.
Perhaps he's a good friend.
But now that he insists on turning this friendship into love, the various drawbacks he has exposed have already affected his image in Jiang Xingyao's heart.
Shen Mingsu was silent for a moment, then quickly said, "These are indeed things I did wrong. I didn't think that far ahead. But Yaoyao, it's true that I like you. You can't deny my feelings just because of this one thing."
“This is just one thing in your eyes, but I see the long-term future, Shen Mingsu. You know I had a less-than-perfect marriage, and I don’t have the energy to start a new relationship on a whim. So please let me go,” Jiang Xingyao said.
Shen Mingsu's eyes still showed obvious resentment. He wanted to continue to persuade Jiang Xingyao, but Madam Shen said, "It's best if you think this way. My Shen family will never accept you."
"In that case, quickly hand over the betrothal gifts Asu gave you, and that will be the end of it."
"What dowry?" Jiang Xingyao didn't react for a moment.
Jin Qingyu took out his phone, brought up a page, and handed it to Qu Xinting.
Qu Xinting glanced at him, then burst out laughing: "Five hundred million? Ha, Young Master Shen, you used that five hundred million you've been longing for to bet on my daughter, and it's already multiplied tenfold."
Shouldn't Madam Shen thank my daughter for giving your Shen family this extraordinary wealth?
I've heard that Young Master Shen helped my Yao Yao before. This 5 billion yuan is enough to repay Young Master Shen's kindness to my Yao Yao ten or a hundred times over, right?
"I wonder if Madam Shen can now take your son and get out of my daughter's victory celebration banquet?"
A hint of shock flashed across Madam Shen's face, but it was quickly replaced by excitement. She couldn't wait to look at the page on Qu Xinting's phone, and the smile on her face never faded.
This amount of money is equivalent to the total value of the shares that her family of three is currently considering. Madam Shen has never seen so much money in her life.
Shen Mingsu's face burned with embarrassment because of Qu Xinting's words. He said, "Aunt Qu, these are all for Yaoyao. No matter how many times they've been multiplied, they're still..."
"Stop it already! Our Yaoyao hasn't even taken anything from your Shen family yet, and your mother already wants to eat Yaoyao alive. Are you saying all this now because you think Yaoyao hasn't been wronged enough today?"
Young Master Shen, if you cared even a little bit about Yao Yao, you shouldn't have allowed anyone to cause trouble at Yao Yao's celebration banquet.
Even now, you still have no intention of letting Yao Yao go.
You keep saying you like her, but you don't consider her feelings at all. Then your affection is pretty cheap.
Or perhaps, by choosing this moment to confess your feelings, you calculated that Yao Yao would be soft-hearted and embarrassed to reject you in public, so you deliberately used this method to solidify the relationship.
This is what you call liking someone.
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