"Ranran, without you, this family is no longer the same as it used to be. If we hadn't treated you so well back then, would our family be living a happy life now?"
Similarly, the Wei family also received an invitation from the Lu family.
The head of the Wei family and Madam Wei are now at odds with each other.
After receiving the invitation, the head of the Wei family directly threw it to Wei Zishu.
"You will attend Xiao Qingran's child's hundred-day banquet on behalf of the Wei family."
Wei Zishu glanced at the invitation coldly and refused directly: "If you want to go, go ahead. I am not the head of the Wei family."
The head of the Wei family sneered: "You are afraid of seeing the happiness that Xiao Qingran is living now, and you don't want to face it! Come to think of it, it seems that you didn't like Xiao Qingran from the beginning. I don't understand. Putting aside the fact that she and Xiao Yuruo were taken away by mistake, although she was a bit of a scumbag in school, she is not completely useless. Moreover, she has a good family background and good looks. Why did you hate her from the beginning to the end?"
Wei Zishu raised the corner of his mouth with a hint of sarcasm: "If you don't like it, you don't like it. If you hate it, you hate it. Why are there so many reasons?"
Patriarch Wei didn't believe it: "How can there be love and hate without reason in this world? Even though Xiao Yuruo plotted against you before, you didn't give up on her. And when you heard that Xiao Qingran and Xiao Yuruo had the wrong baby, you took the initiative to go to the Xiao family to cancel the engagement. Even though you were engaged to Xiao Qingran before, except for the New Year and other festivals, you went to the Xiao family on time to give gifts, and never set foot in the Xiao family's door at other times. Ever since you broke off the engagement with Xiao Qingran and got together with Xiao Yuruo, you have been running to the Xiao family almost every day. There must be a reason that outsiders don't know. I am your father, how could I not know what kind of person you are. What did Xiao Qingran do to make you hate her so much?"
Seeing his father gossiping like this, Wei Zishu sneered, "It's not something that can't be said."
He loosened his bow tie, unbuttoned a button on his shirt, and said calmly, "Remember how I spent nearly ten years, scratching my hands countless times, and finally carved a light blue crystal slipper?"
Patriarch Wei nodded: "Of course I remember, it's your hard work. Normally you wouldn't let us touch it."
Wei Zishu scoffed, "Yes, I crafted it with great care, intending to give it to my wife in the future. Unfortunately, Xiao Qingran entered my room without permission and broke it."
The head of the Wei family was slightly stunned. He looked up at Wei Zishu, whose eyes were now filled with mockery. He couldn't help but say, "But it was clearly Qingqing who broke it. Qingqing and Xiao Qingran were just adults at the time. To show off, Qingqing went into your room and took out your crystal slippers to show Xiao Qingran. She accidentally fell and broke them. Your mother and I scolded her for a long time. Why do you say it was Xiao Qingran who broke them?"
Wei Zishu's eyes widened in disbelief, "How is that possible? It was Xiao Qingran who came to me and told me that she accidentally broke into my room and broke the crystal slipper."
The head of the Wei family pointed at Wei Zishu helplessly: "Isn't it obvious? Xiao Qingran is taking the blame for Qingqing. She was about to get engaged to you at the time, and you couldn't do anything to her even if she broke it. If you knew it was Qingqing who did it, you would definitely beat her. Xiao Qingran is protecting Qingqing."
Wei Zishu was stunned for a long time, refusing to accept this fact.
Patriarch Wei said with a look of deep regret, "I'm not the only one who knows about this. Your mother, as well as the cleaning ladies Wang and Li, all know about it. Look at you, Xiao Qingran was such a good child, but because of a misunderstanding, you hated her, framed her, and even wanted to put her to death. Now, even if you know the truth, there's nothing you can do to undo it."
"No, this is not true. I don't believe it. You must think that I can't reach Xiao Qingran now, so you deliberately distort the facts."
After Wei Zishu finished speaking, he ran out.
Patriarch Wei pressed his eyebrows together and muttered to himself, "If I had known that the incident with the crystal slippers would lead the two children to this point, I should have taken the initiative to admit that it was actually me who accidentally broke it. Qingqing was just taking the blame for him. Perhaps what happened later would not have happened."
The Chu family also received the invitation sent by the Lu family.
Although the Chu family is now an empty shell, the name of the four major families still exists.
Old Master Chu was on the verge of death. In the past few months, he had been issued critical illness notices by the hospital no less than ten times, but he managed to survive every time.
When Boss Chu handed the invitation to Mr. Chu, he was taking a nap in a wheelchair.
The wheelchair he was sitting in was the one Luo Jiuyan had built for him. Now, the entire Chu family couldn't possibly spend so much money to build such a good wheelchair for Old Master Chu.
When Mr. Chu saw the name on the invitation, he was stunned for a moment before he closed the invitation tremblingly, with a tired look on his face.
"Boss, were we too extreme back then?"
Countless times, Old Master Chu secretly regretted it. But he dared not show it. He knew all about what his three sons had done to Luo Jiuyan, yet he always went easy on them, defending his sons. He even, instigated by others, worried that Luo Jiuyan would change the name of the Chu family to the Luo family, and was determined to expel him from the Chu family.
In the past, when Luo Jiuyan was in the Chu family, even the Lu family gave them face. The Chu family was so prosperous that no matter who went out, there were people following them.
Since Luo Jiuyan left, the Chu family quickly collapsed. The Chu family also became someone else's. The Chu family members were all driven out of the Chu family, and now the entire Chu family is just a shell. The eldest daughter-in-law and the eldest son are divorced, and the eldest grandson is still lying in a coma at home. Even the granddaughter...
When Old Master Chu thought about everything that happened to the Chu family after Luo Jiuyan left, he was suddenly filled with sadness.
He never dared to show such an expression in front of his son before, but now he couldn't hold it back any longer.
"Dad, it's wrong! Things have already happened. Even if you regret it, there is no chance to do it again."
When Boss Chu said this, his heart was bleeding.
He was also filled with regret. But regret was useless. Regret wouldn't bring Luo Jiuyan back to the Chu family.
Their Chu family has hurt Luo Jiuyan too badly.
“What a sin!”
Old Master Chu burst into tears.
Boss Chu wiped his eyes and choked up, "Dad, this time we will go to his child's hundred-day banquet together. We should be more polite. We don't ask him to forgive us, but we only ask him to consider our family's miserable end and not embarrass us because of what happened in the past."
The father and son were immersed in a sad atmosphere when Chu Lao San suddenly rushed in.
"Dad, big brother, you're all here! I heard Luo Jiuyan is going to hold a hundred-day banquet for his child. I'll go too. I must invite him back."
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