Zhou Yuning had heard these words countless times, but she still couldn't get used to them. She turned to look at Yi Tianran, her eyes pleading for help.
"Don't be afraid, they're all trash." Yi Tianran took a step forward nonchalantly, her expression calm. "The more you care, the more smug they'll become."
"Yu Ning, who picked this out for you? It's so ugly!" As the two were talking, Zhou Qianqian walked over. She was wearing heavy makeup and had long, red curly hair. To attend the family banquet, she had insisted on wearing a green cheongsam, trying to appear alluring, but she seemed oblivious to her own ignorance. Looking at Zhou Yu Ning with disdain, she sneered, "A country bumpkin is a country bumpkin. If I were you, I definitely wouldn't attend an event like this, to avoid making a fool of myself..."
Before she could finish speaking, she noticed someone standing in front of her—a woman who looked somewhat familiar: "Miss Qianqian is very knowledgeable. I wonder if you've ever heard this saying before?"
The other person was wearing a fitted starry-colored dress and had a tall figure, but unfortunately, her face was extremely ordinary, and her black-rimmed glasses even looked a bit ugly. But for some reason, just standing in front of her made Zhou Qianqian feel a lot of pressure.
Soon, Zhou Qianqian recognized the woman in front of her as the mother of those three little bastards, who was also her uncle's mistress.
The thought of how this woman dislocated her jaw that day, and how the orthopedic surgeon spent a long time trying to put it back in, sent chills down Zhou Qianqian's spine.
But thinking that today was a family banquet of the Zhou family, and that this woman wouldn't dare to make a move, Zhou Qianqian's expression became proud again: "What do you want to say? Tell me."
Yi Tianran slightly raised her thin lips: "Red and green..."
"What a load of crap?" Zhou Qianqian blurted out almost instinctively, and then heard a series of mocking laughs coming from the side.
She paused for a moment, then immediately realized that she had scolded herself!
Her red hair paired with her green cheongsam was a classic red and green combination!
"You woman, you...you..." Zhou Qianqian really wanted to give Yi Tianran a good scolding, but when she thought about how her father was going to expose this woman's identity and reveal her uncle's true colors in front of everyone, she could only hold back.
As long as the Zhou family knows that Uncle is not as fair and selfless as outsiders say, as long as everyone knows that Uncle is morally flawed and unworthy of his position, he will completely lose the support of the Zhou family. At that time, the one in charge of the Zhou family will be her father!
Thinking of this, she suppressed her anger for the first time and turned to leave, but was stopped by Yi Tianran again.
"Miss Qianqian, this bracelet is very beautiful," Yi Tianran said with a smile.
Hearing the praise and seeing the other person's polite demeanor, Zhou Qianqian proudly raised her wrist, deliberately showing off her bracelet: "This is a top-grade emerald, at least a hundred years old, and it's been nurtured to be a vibrant green, of course it's beautiful."
Unexpectedly, Yi Tianran suddenly tightened her grip on her wrist. She instinctively tried to pull her hand back, but found herself unable to move. She watched helplessly as the other woman slipped the bracelet off her wrist. She couldn't help but shout angrily, "What are you doing! You're stealing my things!"
"Your thing? You've worn it for so long, it's time to return it to its owner." Zhou Qianqian tried to snatch the bracelet back, but someone was faster and took the bracelet directly from Yi Tianran's hand, gently putting it on her own wrist.
Zhou Qianqian stared intently and angrily said, "Zhou Yuning, have you no shame!"
Zhou Yuning gently turned the bracelet and looked at Zhou Qianqian, saying, "Sister Qianqian, a month ago you told me that you were going to attend a qipao party and needed a decent piece of jewelry. You asked me to lend you my family heirloom bracelet to wear, saying that you would return it to me in a week. I didn't expect you to have such a bad memory. It hasn't even been a few days, and you're already treating it as your own!"
As she spoke, all eyes turned to her. Zhou Qianqian was both angry and embarrassed, and she retorted, "Someone as ugly and poor as you, would I borrow jewelry from you? You've lived in a big house for a few days and you've forgotten your own worth!"
"Sister Qianqian has such a bad memory, I happen to have something good that can help you restore your memory."
As soon as Zhou Yuning finished speaking, Yi Tianran took out a roll of documents from her handbag and displayed it in front of everyone. Zhou Yuning glanced at Yi Tianran, took a deep breath, and said again, "This bracelet was a gift from my father. It's always been kept in a bank safe deposit box, and here's the bank's safekeeping certificate. I took it out of the bank safe deposit box in advance for tonight's banquet, but I didn't expect Sister Qianqian to come and borrow it. I thought it wouldn't conflict with the banquet, so I agreed, but I didn't expect..."
Zhou Yuning left it at that; the rest of the facts were already laid bare before everyone.
The bank's custody certificate is naturally genuine, and the bracelet in the photo and the record are exactly the same as the bracelet on Zhou Qianqian's wrist. It's obvious who lied.
For a moment, everyone looked at Zhou Qianqian with a hint of disdain.
In their social class, lending jewelry is a major taboo and easily invites ridicule. This week, Qianqian did something quite different; she got the jewelry and then turned around and accused them, which made everyone despise her.
Zhou Qianqian was furious that Zhou Yuning would embarrass her in front of everyone at the banquet. She jumped up and down in anger, disregarding everything else, and rushed forward to hit him, shouting, "You bastard! My dad said your dad made his fortune with public funds, his assets belong to the public. I can use whatever I want, what more do I need…?"
"Slap!" Before Zhou Qianqian could even touch Zhou Yuning, she was slapped by Yi Tianran. The crisp, loud sound immediately caused her face to swell up.
"Miss Qianqian is indeed a well-bred young lady from a prominent family. Even when you talk about robbery, you do it in such a refined and elegant way. Are you so poor because your father, Master Zhou, didn't give you enough pocket money?" Yi Tianran still had a smiling expression, but her actions were ruthless. She twisted Zhou Qianqian's hand, causing her to scream in pain, which immediately attracted the attention of everyone in the room.
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