Is Scarlett going to gamble that the boy is a good person?
“All the reasons why we had no choice, and our trust in Xiaochun, were just excuses.” Si Jiali sobbed.
She cried so hard that she didn't care about her makeup or appearance at all; she was clearly heartbroken.
When Sixin heard her younger sister's name, the chopsticks in her hand trembled slightly, and she nervously lowered her eyes.
She pursed her lips, unable to help but think of the daytime, when her younger sister stepped out of the luxury car with an air of swagger, hand in hand with her wealthy boyfriend, the center of attention she had received. She flinched slightly, but still couldn't help but whisper, "Mom, don't worry. Xiaochun is doing very well."
She timidly said to Si Jiali, whose eyes were filled with tears, "President Dongfang likes her very much. I heard that Xiao Chun is now living in the Dongfang family and is living a better life than us, not worse." She just wanted to comfort her mother, but as she said this, she felt a hand pat her on the shoulder.
She looked down at the hand, then turned her head in surprise.
Nangong Xiang, who had walked in at some point, looked down at her. When she turned her head to look at her, she raised her hand and slapped her across the face!
The slap was delivered with full force, and Si Xin was immediately thrown off the chair, falling to the ground along with it.
She huddled awkwardly in the chair, unable to move.
"Ah Xiang!" Nangong Cheng was overjoyed to see his daughter, whom he hadn't seen for a long time, return. However, when he saw Nangong Xiang openly hitting someone, he immediately stood up.
"How could you do this?" No matter the reason, you can't hit people, Nangong Cheng said with some resentment.
"What's wrong with slapping her?" Nangong Xiang looked at Si Xin, who suddenly burst into tears while covering her face, with disgust. Seeing that her stepmother had also stood up, but for some reason did not reprimand her, she sneered.
She was a very outgoing girl to begin with. Seeing the girl in the same white cotton dress huddled up and looking at her in fear, she couldn't help but think of Si Chun, who was also wearing a white dress and smiling at her. She found it strange; Si Chun and Si Xin were clearly the same in temperament and equally beautiful, yet she disliked Si Xin intensely.
This dislike wasn't a sarcastic remark to Sichun that carried a hint of protection; it was genuine dislike.
Even though she kept saying she hated Sichun, she never laid a finger on her. But when it came to Sixin, she felt that even a slap wasn't enough.
Of course, Ms. Nangong would never admit that she and Sichun were friends.
"Hearing such disgusting words makes me want to beat her up!" Nangong Xiang said to her father with intense emotion. "What do you mean by 'living better than in the Nangong family'?! Is this something an older sister should say?! Sichun is so timid, won't she be scared in a strange place? Won't she hide and cry? An innocent girl living in her boyfriend's house, won't the Dongfang family look down on her? Will they think she's a promiscuous girl?! She doesn't know anything, how dare she be so irresponsible?! You're not worried after just saying 'Don't worry'? You all know who Dongfang Xuan is, yet you still dare to say don't worry?! This is utterly shameless!"
She grabbed her hair, which had recently become frizzy again, and kicked Si Xin in the stomach.
"You bitch!" she cursed.
"Ah Xiang!" Nangong Cheng actually thought Si Xin was a bit shameless, not as strong as Si Chun, but in front of his wife, even though he disliked Si Xin, he still scolded her.
Scarlett swayed, wiped away her tears, but said nothing.
Even Nangong Xiang knew to stand up for her youngest daughter, so why would her eldest daughter say such things?
Could it be... that this daughter is really that despicable?
Even though Nangong Xiang was scolding her own daughter, which would make her lose face, Si Jiali didn't blame Nangong Xiang at all.
"Where's my brother?" Nangong Xiang didn't come home today for a family reunion. Besides, in her opinion, her father, who had married a new wife, had been taken away by someone else. However, she wasn't the type to take revenge or get entangled with others just because she was upset. She kicked Si Xin, making her cry out in pain, and didn't care about this burden anymore. She asked Nangong Cheng with a very arrogant expression.
She seemed to have little respect for her father. Nangong Cheng rubbed his eyes and said wearily, "It seems there's something going on at the company. He said he'd be back later."
"Ah Xiang, are you and Xiao Chun doing well?" Si Jiali suddenly asked.
She could tell that Nangong Xiang was protecting Sichun.
Nangong Xiang ignored her stepmother, snorted coldly, but did not refute her.
But it was this very attitude that brightened Scarlett's eyes. She twisted her hand and asked cautiously, "Is she alright?"
"Is it done?" Nangong Xiang said, pouting.
The thought of Dongfang Xuan made her stomach ache, especially since that naive and innocent girl treated Dongfang Xuan like a great person, which really made her unhappy.
No matter how much they love each other, she is currently living in the Dongfang family's house, dependent on them, or rather, living in the man's house without any official status. Won't people look down on her? Nangong Xiang felt there was too much to consider, and she was momentarily confused.
Seeing his daughter's troubled expression, Nangong Cheng hesitated for a moment, then took out a black card from his suit pocket and placed it in her hand, saying gently, "You and Xiaochun are classmates, so protect her from now on. Give this card to Xiaochun, and if possible, have her live with you to avoid gossip."
In his heart, his stepdaughter was certainly allowed to date Dongfang Xuan, but he hoped that the relationship could be more equal and he could feel more confident in it.
How can you be so self-righteous in front of Dongfang Xuan when you're eating and living in his house?
Girls should be more reserved and precious.
Nangong Xiang originally wanted to slap the card on her father's face, but when she thought of Shen Wangshu's smiling eyes at her, she pursed her lips and accepted the card without saying anything.
Then she and Sichun maxed out the card!
"But speaking of which, she left our family because she was bullied by her brother." Nangong Xiang came today to settle scores with Nangong Yao. She sat down in her chair with an air of superiority, not even eating, and said coldly with a pale face, "That little...that burden is so honest, how could she possibly provoke my brother? Who dragged her into this?"
Her gaze swept over her stepmother, then focused on Si Xin. She bent down, grabbed a head of her soft, long hair, and pulled it up in front of her. Suddenly, she smiled and whispered, "It must be you!"
She had heard everything; during the day, at the school gate, this woman had thrown herself at her brother.
Just as she was about to say something more sarcastic to Si Xin, she heard a servant enter the room with a blank expression.
"Master," the maid said to Nangong Cheng in a very respectful, though not really respectful, tone, "a young lady is looking for you at the door." The maid paused, then glanced disdainfully at Si Xin, who was being held by the hair by Nangong Xiang and crying helplessly.
"She said she was pregnant."
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