Chapter 338 Argument
Su Yindi dismissed it: "So what? I was just talking to her, I didn't talk about Huo Ran at all. Besides, our family has such a good relationship with Huo Ran, isn't it normal for him to talk to his stepmother? We're all family, why are you so nervous?"
Jiang Mi was a little angry: "I told you not to talk nonsense, why didn't you listen? Huo Ran and his stepmother don't get along well. If you talk nonsense, you'll ruin Huo Ran's plans."
Su Yindi was unhappy: "What could I possibly do to him? We were just chatting about everyday things. I didn't say anything bad about him or talk about you. I know I can't talk about your relationship with Huo Ran in public. Look how scared you are, really."
When Jiang Mi heard Su Yindi say that, she didn't know what to say. She felt helpless and decided that she should try to avoid Su Yindi in the future and not give her any opportunity to talk to others.
Hearing the arguing coming from inside the carriage, Jiang Xuan and Jiang Zhi couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong? What are you arguing about? Why are you fighting?"
Su Yindi began to complain to her husband: "Husband, look at your good sister. I only said a few words to Madam Huo. Why is she so nervous? She must have something to hide. Otherwise, why would she be so afraid of me talking to Madam Huo?"
Jiang Zhi said unhappily, "What nonsense are you talking about? Don't talk like that. Which Mrs. Huo are you talking to? The one from the Huo family?"
Su Yindi nodded: "That's right. We have a good relationship with Huo Ran, so naturally I'm thinking of getting along well with his family. Maybe that will be good for your career. Husband, am I right?"
Jiang Zhi's face immediately darkened. Fortunately, there was no one around. He lowered his voice and said, "Everyone knows that Huo Ran and his stepmother don't get along. They're only superficially friendly, and sometimes they even pretend not to be friendly. Yet you insist on getting along with Madam Huo. Are you deliberately going against Huo Ran?"
Su Yindi was taken aback. She covered her mouth and said, "What? I didn't know. I just thought they were a family. Who knew the relationship was so complicated? But Madam Huo and I didn't say anything. There shouldn't be anything wrong, right? Besides, Madam Huo is always cold to me. There's nothing between us."
Jiang Zhi suppressed his anger: "How many times did I tell you before we went not to say anything out of line? Why didn't you listen? Never mind, I'll talk to you about this when we get home."
Su Yindi threw the curtain down and sulked there, unhappy.
Liang Lan sighed, unsure of what to say. No matter what they said, Su Yindi wouldn't listen and would insist on doing things his own way. They could only hope it wouldn't affect the Jiang family.
Upon arriving home, Jiang's mother and son greeted him happily at the door. This was their son's first time interacting with high-ranking officials and dignitaries. Although they hadn't gone, they were still quite nervous at home.
"How was it? You met quite a few people this time, didn't you?"
Jiang's mother asked happily, but seeing that Liang Lan and Su Yindi's expressions were not good, she asked Jiang Mi, "What's wrong? What happened?"
Su Yindi now knew she was in the wrong, so she didn't dare to say anything more and could only stand aside.
Liang Lan glanced at Su Yindi but didn't say anything, and Jiang Mi was too lazy to say anything more either.
"It's alright, Mother, don't worry. I'll go back and change my clothes first."
At this moment, Jiang's mother noticed the jade hairpin in Jiang Mi's hair and exclaimed in surprise, "The quality of this is too good! I've never seen anything like it before. Where did my honey get this?"
Su Yindi said sourly, "That was a personal gift from the Old Madam, who even put it on Honey herself. We don't have such good luck."
Seeing that she spoke in a sarcastic tone, Jiang Zhi said angrily, "You don't need to be so lucky. You just need to say less. I don't have any other requirements for you. Just sit there quietly. Is that so difficult?"
In front of so many people, Su Yindi felt embarrassed and retorted, "What did I do? I didn't say anything. I just sat there and didn't say anything else. Ask Second Sister-in-law if I said anything else after that."
Liang Lan smiled awkwardly: "After that, I only exchanged a few words with the lady next to me, and that was it."
Jiang Zhi sighed: "What did you say to the other ladies this time?"
Su Yindi angrily went into the house, and Jiang Mi also went back to her own room.
Seeing that the atmosphere was not good, Jiang's mother asked Jiang Zhi, "Did she say anything bad? It didn't affect you, did it?"
Jiang Xuan shook her head and smiled to comfort her mother: "It's nothing, Mother, don't worry, nothing will happen. It's just a few words from a woman, it won't affect us."
Jiang's mother was still a little worried: "Really? Then why is Zhi'er so angry? You must be hiding something from me, right? Liang Lan, tell me, what happened?"
Liang Lan didn't dare lie to her mother-in-law. She glanced at her husband and had no choice but to tell him the truth.
“My sister-in-law... she spoke a few words with Madam Huo, but she probably didn’t say anything she shouldn’t have. I think Madam Huo was just being perfunctory with my sister-in-law and didn’t say anything else.”
"Madam Huo?" Jiang Cheng thought for a moment. "Could she be Huo Ran's stepmother?"
Liang Lan sighed and nodded: "Yes, it's her. She looks very young, not much older than me. Maybe she takes good care of herself. I'm envious of her, but it seems that she doesn't have a good relationship with Huo Ran."
Mother Jiang's face also darkened: "We won't take Su Yin next time. What if she offends the Huo family? Although Huo Ran won't do anything to us, who knows what kind of person his stepmother is?"
Jiang Zhi said angrily, "I'll go talk to her."
Jiang Cheng stopped him: "That's enough, that's enough. It's already like this. There's no point in you two arguing. Why hurt your feelings? You should reason with her. At most, you can just stop taking her with you in the future."
Jiang Zhi said coldly, "Try to reason with her? If only we could make sense of her. You say you can't let her go out, but if I become a high-ranking official in the future, she won't be able to show her face in public either? I'm not going to marry anyone else. We have to make her understand the seriousness of this matter."
Jiang's mother also said, "Yes, we need to teach her a lesson. If it doesn't work, I'll take her back to our hometown and not let her stay in the capital. Our hometown is better. Let her go back there and be smug. Doesn't she just like to show off in front of others?"
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