Chapter 429: Unable to Eat at the Family Banquet
Xue Shan returned home and cried with her mother for more than an hour before the house finally quieted down.
There were a lot of people around the table. Xue Guangkun sat in the main seat. Next to him sat Xue Shan's parents, Xue Guanglun and Li Meixin. Xue Shan sat next to her mother. Xue Peng sat on Xue Guangkun's right, and next to him was Xue Qi.
Xue Qi's mother, Zhang Ning, lives abroad all year round and is the only member of the Xue family missing from the table.
The chef at home prepared a large table full of dishes that Xue Shan used to like, but she couldn't eat a single bite. She only drank a few mouthfuls of porridge before putting down her chopsticks.
Seeing her like this, her mother couldn't eat anymore. She put down her chopsticks and started to cry.
Everyone at the table lost their appetite.
Xue Guanglun angrily scolded her: "Why are you still crying when everyone is back?"
Li Meixin sobbed and retorted, "She's back, but don't you see how your daughter has been tortured? This is flesh that fell from my body. If you don't feel sorry for her, I do!"
Xue Shan clenched his fists tightly and lowered his head, tears streaming down his face.
Xue Guanglun glanced at Xue Shan with a look of forbearance. Xue Shan had been spoiled by her parents and brother since she was a child. She had suffered so much, and as a father, he saw it all. How could he not feel distressed? But there was nothing he could do at the moment.
He glanced at Xue Guangkun, then turned back to Xue Shan and scolded him sternly, "You brought this upon yourselves. If you hadn't provoked that woman, nothing would have happened. It's all your fault for not being able to control yourself. You fell into her trap and got tricked by her!"
Xue Shan raised her head, her face streaked with tears, her eyeballs practically red. Everyone present couldn't help but feel a pang of pain in their hearts. She stood up, crying as she spoke, "I'm a member of the Xue family. Why should I keep silent about a lowly woman? My fiancé was seduced away by that bitch. Is it too much for me to ask someone to teach her a lesson? If I don't even have this little right, how can I be the eldest daughter of the Xue family? How can I survive in the circle of North City in the future? She tortured me to the point where I'm half-human, half-ghost, and you blame me for losing my temper. Do you know how I managed to survive the past half month?"
"I want to inflict all the suffering I've endured on Jiang Yuan a hundredfold, a thousandfold. I want to make her experience a life worse than death!"
"shut up!"
A heavy scolding came from the host's seat, and Xue Shan's legs trembled with fear.
"You still think the trouble you've caused isn't big enough, huh?! I think you've been in there for nothing for the past half month! You won't be happy until you drag the entire Xue family down with you to bury you, right?"
Xue Guangkun was so angry that he slammed his fist on the table.
Xue Peng, who was sitting next to him, quickly tried to persuade him, "Uncle, don't be angry with her. She was just angry for a moment and she'll be fine in a couple of days. I stopped her from doing anything wrong."
Xue Shan's tone dropped noticeably. "I'm not angry. I don't know what you're worried about. Yin Dong has already broken up with her. She's just a minor celebrity with no reputation. She only has a useless mother left at home. Why can't I take revenge? What are you afraid of?"
Li Meixin asked: "Who told you that she broke up with Yin Dong? Can you still go online in there?"
Xue Shan glanced at Xue Qi with a gloomy face.
Xue Qi told her the news on the way back.
Xue Peng: "It's still unclear whether what's circulating online is true or not. I've arranged for people to guard Jiang Yuan's residence. It's been too short a time to see anything strange. It's possible that the two of them just had a short-term quarrel. We need to observe for a while at least, and don't act rashly."
Xue Qi's heart was agitated, but he remained silent.
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