Jiang Ying was a step late because she was wearing a dress and had difficulty moving. She finally squeezed over and was stunned when she saw Su Man and Jiang Yao surrounded in the middle.
How could this happen? She had clearly explained everything in advance.
Even if Su Man found out, she could use the excuse that it wasn't intentional. What's more, she had tampered with the thin belt in advance, so it could be explained as an accident.
Jiang Ying looked at Su Man's torn skirt and the dumb Jiang Yao, and even though she was eloquent, she couldn't explain what was going on.
Mrs. Huang put a men's suit on Su Man and looked at Jiang Ying with contempt.
He is indeed the son of a mistress, so despicable.
Although the other ladies didn't say anything, they all thought the same thing.
Mrs. Li said to Mrs. Liu next to her with a tone of disgust, "He's so vicious at such a young age. He really needs supervision and education."
"Who says it's not true? This mother is a mistress, how can her son be any better?"
"A bastard child bullying someone else's original wife's child, what a piece of shit."
"Exactly. If it weren't for Yang Tianjiao, how could this family host such a banquet? How ungrateful."
Some guests who didn't know the inside story couldn't help but ask, "Illegitimate child? Wasn't it said to be the stepmother's child?"
"What? It's Jiang Xiangrong's child. Let me tell you..."
The discussions became louder and louder, with occasional words like "gigolo", "ungrateful", and "mistress" floating out, making Jiang Xiangrong's face hot, his temples throbbing, and his breathing becoming rapid.
After finally having a new beginning, I was brought back to square one. Besides a sense of powerlessness, I felt more angry.
Jiang Xiangrong glared at Jiang Yao, who was still confused, and said, "Tell me, what have you done!"
"I..."
Jiang Yao subconsciously looked at Jiang Ying, hoping she could speak for him.
Jiang Ying's face turned pale, but she had to stand up. However, she did not plead for Jiang Yao, but said sternly, "Didn't you hear Dad asking you a question? What's going on? Did you deliberately ruin your sister's skirt?"
This statement was apparently a question, but it invisibly gave Jiang Yao options.
Intentional/Not intentional, even a fool knows how to choose.
Under Jiang Ying's guidance, Jiang Yao regained his composure. "I, I didn't mean to do that. I just fell and accidentally stepped on my sister's skirt."
Jiang Ying breathed a sigh of relief, finally Jiang Yao was not completely confused.
With an excuse, she turned to Su Man and said, "I'm sorry, Xiaoman. Jiang Yao has always been clumsy. I'll definitely beat him up later. But now so many guests are here to celebrate grandma's birthday. We can't just keep them waiting. So, you go upstairs with me to change your clothes. I'll let Jiang Yao apologize to you later."
Jiang Ying clearly wanted to keep things quiet, and she kept talking about the guests. If Su Man insisted on making a fuss about it, she would be considered ignorant.
Jiang Xiangrong, who was standing by, was eager to put the matter behind him and pretended to be calm and controlled the situation. "Yes, Xiaoman, you go up first."
Su Man naturally wouldn't give way so easily. She gathered her clothes and stood up, looking at Jiang Xiangrong with disappointment, pausing over each word, "It's like this again."
Only four words, but they fully expressed her grievances.
It was obvious that this was not the first time such a thing had happened, and she had suffered injustice every time.
Seeing that everyone started pointing and criticizing her because of these four words, Jiang Xiangrong couldn't scold her, nor could she not scold her. She could only repeat stiffly, "You go upstairs first."
Being so biased, the surrounding people started to talk again, "He took my sister away in public and didn't care. He will definitely kill someone and set fire to her tomorrow."
"Yes, he looks like he's in his teens, full of evil intentions. Illegitimate children are not allowed to be on the stage."
“…”
The discussions were getting louder and louder, and Jiang Xiangrong could only pretend not to hear them, thinking about settling the score with Su Man later.
He and Jiang Ying both wanted to keep the peace and cover up the matter first, even pretending not to hear that Jiang Yao was being demoted.
The idea was good, but they forgot one person, Grandma Jiang.
Grandma Jiang always doted on Jiang Yao unconditionally. She would even defend Jiang Yao when Jiang Xiangrong said something, not to mention being criticized by so many outsiders.
Unable to bear it any longer, Grandma Jiang pushed aside the gossips in front of her and rushed to Jiang Yao in two steps, protecting him behind her. She couldn't get angry with the guests, so she could only target Su Man.
"What nonsense are you talking about? What do you mean by it again? Are we short of food or drink? You're always arguing with your brother. I've never seen a child as ungrateful as you."
Grandma Jiang had lived in the town for the past few decades and her ideas were rather old-fashioned. Under normal circumstances, when others heard her say such things, they would just say, "Old-fashioned." But in this situation, her words seemed particularly harsh, as they were equivalent to confirming Jiang Yao's identity as an illegitimate child.
Jiang Xiangrong's face turned green, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Mom, this is none of your business. Go and rest first."
"I won't leave. No one can bully my grandson."
Grandma Jiang, who was eager to protect her grandson, refused to leave. Not only did she not leave, she also scolded the guests, "Every one of them has such vicious words, pointing fingers at a child. I don't know where their manners are."
"mom!"
Jiang Xiangrong tried to stop him in a hurry, but the words spoken were like spilled water, which could not be taken back.
Mrs. Huang and others who were chatting about gossip most enthusiastically just now all looked sullen. These wealthy ladies were usually respected wherever they went, but suddenly they were lectured by an old lady who came from nowhere, and they simply couldn't swallow this humiliation.
Mrs. Huang picked up Barbara and said with a forced smile, "Since Mr. Jiang still has family matters to deal with, we won't stay."
As the leader of the wives' gang, as soon as Mrs. Huang left, the other wives also said goodbye.
"Mrs. Huang, Chairman Huang, it's so hard for you to come here, please come and sit with us."
"Why..."
In the blink of an eye, most of the room was empty.
After finally stopping Mrs. Li and her husband, Jiang Xiangrong smiled apologetically and said, "Mr. Li, the banquet isn't over yet. Please sit down for a while."
Before Mr. Li could speak, Mrs. Li said sarcastically, "It's better not to. The Jiang family is a big family, so they probably don't need customers like us. It's unreasonable to poke people in the back."
"No, my mother is old, she's just talking nonsense, I..."
"Mr. Li, Mr. Li!"
After a while, only Jiang Xiangrong and the company's employees were left in the room.
After all, these are Jiang Xiangrong's subordinates, so they can't just leave their boss alone. But seeing Jiang Xiangrong running into obstacles everywhere, it's not easy to just stand there and watch, making it difficult for these employees to keep looking for things to do.
Some people pretended to be drunk and leaned on the side with their eyes closed to pretend to be asleep, some pretended to look at the marble tiles on the floor, and some had awkward conversations with the people around them. The concentration of awkwardness in the air was suffocating.
The most embarrassed person was Jiang Xiangrong. The way he tried to keep the guests was like a dog who was unwilling to break up. In the end, he was left with nothing. He was the only one left standing at the door, gritting his teeth as he looked at the backs of the guests.
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