"It's me, Mrs. Huang. You have a great memory." Su Man smiled softly and said gently, "Today's banquet is Italian food, all ham and bacon. It's inevitable that Barbara is a little agitated."
"No wonder. Like I said, my Barbara is usually the most obedient. She would never make a scene at a party."
Mrs. Huang patted Barbara's head lovingly. Suddenly, she thought of something, "Hey? How do you know its name?"
"I saw it at your party before, and I thought, how could there be such a cute dog? I kept it in mind. Today, thinking I'd meet Barbara, I prepared a small gift for it in advance. I didn't expect it to come in handy."
Su Man had done her homework before the banquet. Mrs. Huang had never had any children after her marriage, so she treated Barbara like her own child and took her with her wherever she went.
In her previous life, when Mrs. Huang attended a banquet, Barbara also made a fuss. She screamed loudly and could not be comforted, so she broke free from Mrs. Huang's arms and ran around on the ground, causing a small commotion.
So Suman prepared some dog teething biscuits in advance just for this moment.
If Su Man had said anything else, Mrs. Huang might not have felt much, but when she mentioned her daughter Barbara, Mrs. Huang immediately opened up and asked, "Are you talking about Barbara's fifth birthday party?"
Barbara's birthday party?
Su Man was stunned for a moment, but her professionalism allowed her to react quickly and perfectly. "Yes, it was that time. I still remember the jewelry you wore that day. It was simply dazzling and stunning."
Su Man was lying with her eyes open, but she was not afraid of being exposed. Jewelry is a necessity for a lady, especially at a banquet. If she didn't bring it, she would be gossiped about.
Sure enough, Su Man's lies were not exposed, but instead turned out to be a blessing in disguise. Mrs. Huang was overjoyed after hearing this. "Oh, you're worthy of being Yang Tianjiao's daughter. You have good taste. The set I wore for Barbara's birthday was a pet series specially made by a jewelry designer. Many people didn't realize it. I didn't expect you to remember it after all this time."
Su Manming was right, and followed her words, "Yes, most people think that jewelry is good as long as it is big and expensive, but I think the best jewelry is one that can carry emotions and record the present moment."
When Mrs. Huang heard Su Man's words, her eyes lit up, "You girl, although you are young, see things more clearly than adults."
As she spoke, she sighed again, "It's hard for you. You're so young, and something like this has happened to your family. You know how to cherish things better than your peers."
Su Man cooperated with a gloomy expression, "Thank you, Mrs. Huang, for your comfort. However, it has been so long. No matter how sad it was then, let's forget it now."
She looked in the direction of Jiang Xiangrong, and there was another woman in his arms.
Jiang Xiangrong, who used to only be able to follow behind Yang Tianjiao, finally stood in front of the crowd. He was full of energy and looked like a completely different person.
Seeing this situation, Mrs. Huang "tsk tsk" twice and wanted to say something to the wife's gang, but when she turned around, Su Man's eyes were already red.
Seeing that she was discovered, Su Man quickly blinked away her tears and said embarrassedly, "I made a fool of myself for my wife."
Although she was forcing a smile, Mrs. Huang, who was always gossipy, still caught a glimpse of something unusual. She and several other wives who also looked at her with gossip on their faces showed great concern for Su Man.
"We are all elders, what's the joke? Don't be so formal by calling me Madam. Just call me Aunt Huang."
Mrs. Huang took Su Man and introduced her, "This is your Aunt Song, and this, this is your Aunt Li."
Su Man asked obediently. After they had gone around in a circle, Mrs. Huang took Su Man's hand and said, "I just saw that your eyes were red. Did you suffer any injustice?"
The lady next to Mrs. Huang, who was wearing a royal blue dress, followed suit, saying, "We are all your elders, and we're old acquaintances of your mother. If you have anything, you can tell us."
Su Man knew that most of what they said was out of curiosity about gossip, but she also needed such a circle right now.
So Su Man bit her lip and said, "It's nothing, it's just that Dad is more like a family with my brother and Aunt Jiang."
"How could that be? Isn't your brother the stepbrother brought by your stepmother? He can't be closer to you than you."
Su Man sighed, "If only it were true..."
“…”
After a moment, Mrs. Huang was surprised, "So your brother is really Jiang Xiangrong's biological son."
Su Man hung her head in silence, feeling increasingly sad.
Seeing Su Man acquiesce, the other ladies immediately started discussing, "Jiang Xiangrong was just a poor boy before. If it weren't for Yang Tianjiao's influence, he wouldn't be where he is today."
"That's right. I thought I chose an honest man, but it turns out that this honest man is only honest in appearance."
The wives were outraged by this. While they despised Jiang Xiangrong, they also thought of the philandering husband in their own family.
People like Mrs. Huang originally looked down on Jiang Xiangrong, who made his fortune by relying on women. After hearing this, they looked down on him even more.
Seeing that her goal had been achieved, Su Man glanced at Jiang Xiangrong and Jiang Ying who were chatting in various places, and whispered, "I'm going to the bathroom."
Mrs. Huang thought she just couldn't bear it and wanted to cry alone, so she softened her heart and said, "Go ahead."
After Suman left, the wives' discussions became more explicit.
"I just saw the girl next to Jiang Xiangrong, Jiang Ying, she looked so fake."
"Oh, Mrs. Huang, you're right. I think so too. That behavior is really uncomfortable to watch."
"It's good enough for a mistress to pretend like this. Her husband still had to rely on women to force his way in. She, haha, is even worse."
"Yeah, I saw the news a few days ago. It said a man deliberately killed his wife for her property."
"ah?"
Mrs. Huang perked up. "You said, Jiang Xiangrong wouldn't be like this too, would he?"
"Maybe, didn't you just hear his daughter say that Yang Tianjiao died because of giving birth to her second child?"
"Yeah, you said that at this age, if the man doesn't want it, how can you get pregnant?"
The more the wives talked about it, the more likely it seemed to them. However, they didn't think Jiang Xiangrong had done anything. They just thought that Jiang Xiangrong knew the dangers of giving birth at an older age and deliberately made Yang Tianjiao pregnant.
"Tsk tsk, he's so cruel to his own wife, who would dare to do business with him? I'll have to tell my husband to stay away from him."
"Me too. With people like that, you never know when they'll bite you. It's better to avoid them."
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