Cen Jie escorted the guests back to the banquet hall, her face beaming with smiles and offering words of apology.
At that moment, she suddenly heard the whispers of the ladies in front of her, and her expression changed drastically.
"Hey, don't you think these two Cen sisters are interesting? The younger sister slapped her own son to protect her nephew. And the older sister is funny too, she immediately stepped forward and slapped her younger sister. Even though the younger sister was protecting her son, she seemed very dissatisfied, and even lectured her nephew on the spot to hit him back."
"Yes, the Cen family is a scholarly family, and they are very strict in raising their daughters. You've never heard the two sisters curse anyone before. But now they've both hit someone in public, and Cen Jie even cursed them as 'a beast,' which was really awful! It's clear they're truly enraged!"
"Exactly. Just now, those two women were acting like fierce shrewish women. Where was their self-respecting and noble demeanor? Anyone who didn't know better would think they were raising their sons in rotation."
The ladies, unaware that she was following behind, burst into laughter upon hearing her words, clearly finding them quite amusing.
After laughing, the group changed the subject.
The speaker meant no harm, but the listener took it to heart.
Cen Jie's eyelids twitched wildly. She had just been slapped by her elder sister, and what welled up in her heart was humiliation and rage.
But hearing these few words now feels like falling into an ice cellar.
She protected Jiang Chengyi so fiercely because she knew that Jiang Chengyi was her own son, so she was willing to risk getting hurt to stop Wei Sheng.
But why is Cen Ying acting so strangely? Does she also know something?
If the Jiang family finds out the true parentage of the two children, she's finished.
"Mother!" Wei Jiao called out to her, and Cen Jie was startled, unable to help but cry out, "Ah!"
The mother and daughter looked at each other in panic, and it was clear that Wei Jiao was also frightened by her mother's startled reaction.
"Mother, what's wrong?" she asked with concern.
After Cen Jie realized what was happening, she gently slapped her: "You child, why do you walk so quietly? Suddenly popping up from behind can scare people to death, don't you know that!"
"No, Mother, I've called you several times already," Wei Jiao said, sounding a little aggrieved.
"Alright, what is it?"
Wei Jiao pouted and immediately began to complain: "Mother, you weren't here just now, and Li Chunlan and Xu Wanying teamed up to bully me, saying that I was dressed poorly, while Yuan Yiran and Yu Ninglu were dressed better than me. Mother, do you think they were deliberately trying to sow discord, or are I really dressed badly?"
Wei Jiao kept grumbling about her grievances. In front of her mother, she naturally acted like a spoiled little girl.
But Cen Jie had no time to pay attention to her at the moment. She was preoccupied with her elder sister's reaction and wished she could recall every single moment that had just happened.
In addition, Wei Jiao's words, which were all about trivial matters of dressing up, made her even more irritable and gave her a worse look.
"Can't you figure out what they mean?"
"Of course they can't stand to see me doing well, but I think they're right. Those people say they have a good relationship with me, but today is my birthday banquet, I should be the main character. Why are they dressed so formally, overshadowing me!" Wei Jiao couldn't stand Xu Wanying and the other woman, but their words had swayed her mind, and she also felt annoyed with her best friend.
"Tsk, how did I give birth to such a stupid girl like you? Go figure it out yourself. Your cousin is seriously injured, I have to go see him first, I can't worry about you!"
Cen Jie impatiently shook off her hand and quickly followed the guests to see them off.
Being abandoned by her own mother made Wei Jiao feel even more wronged, and her eyes turned red with grievance. She stomped her feet in anger.
"Cousin, cousin, all you ever do is call him Yi-ge'er. Even if you want him to be your son-in-law, you should at least appease your own daughter first. If I don't agree, this marriage can forget about happening!"
Of course, what she said was just said in anger. After composing herself, she quickly caught up with Cen Jie and together they saw the female guests off.
Although the birthday party was only halfway through, the guests couldn't stay any longer because of what had happened to the Wei family, and they all said goodbye and left.
***
In the southwest courtyard of the Wei family, Cen Ying suppressed her grief and anger and said to Jiang Chengyi in a stiff tone, "Aren't you getting up? What kind of appearance is this, lying on the ground like that?"
"Mom, my whole body aches. My cousin hit me really hard. He heard that I'll recover in a while and be able to walk upright again, and he threatened to break my legs." Jiang Chengyi whined and immediately tried to be cute.
"Get up!" Cen immediately shot her a glare, her voice even colder.
Jiang Chengyi pursed her lips, wanting to say something but not daring to speak again.
Although Madam Cen doted on him and was very tolerant of him, once she got really angry, nothing he said would work.
"What are you two standing there for? Come here and help me up!" Jiang Chengyi could only vent his anger on the servant.
Li Shan and the other person immediately stepped forward, carefully supporting his arms and helping him up.
But even with his utmost care, he still winced in pain, and Jiang Chengyi immediately began to nitpick: "You two idiots, you disobey your master's orders, and now you're even clumsy in serving him. You'll get whipped when you get back!"
When Cen saw Wei Sheng standing to the side with his head down, no one comforted him or paid him any attention. Even the servants of the Wei family were more concerned about Jiang Chengyi.
She was already heartbroken, and when she heard Jiang Chengyi's complaints, the stark contrast made her feel like she was about to shatter.
"Don't force me to beat you up at the Wei family's house."
Cen clenched her fists so tightly that her nails dug into her palms.
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