"Hmph!" Madam Fan slammed her hand on the table. "They're bullying Huihui! Huihui is a proper young lady of our Lin family. If she's a burden, she should be aware of that! And why isn't Madam Yuan here? Does she not respect me, this old lady?"
“Mother, it was my fault for not letting her come. It was just a small misunderstanding between Yu Yan and Hui Hui. What family doesn’t have arguments? Besides, Xiao Ya gave Hui Hui a jade bracelet. No matter how you look at it, Hui Hui didn’t lose out.”
Upon hearing that Lin Huihui had acquired another jade bracelet, Madam Fan's eyes lit up immediately: "Are you serious?"
"Of course it's true. It's just that Xiaoya spoils the child. She gave away bracelets worth tens of taels of silver without hesitation."
Lin Shikang knew what kind of person his mother was. Sure enough, after he deliberately mentioned the jade bracelet and its value, a smile appeared on her face.
“Yuan Shi is a good person, and she’s good to Huihui. It’s normal for children to fight and bicker. Back in Lin’an Village, she and Er Ya and San Ya used to argue every day, but afterwards they would always call each other ‘older sister’ and ‘younger sister’,” Fan Shi said. “However, jade is easy to break, and once it’s broken, it’s worthless. Huihui is still young, so I should keep her valuable things safe. Feng Mama, go and fetch Miss.”
Granny Feng immediately withdrew, feeling even more contemptuous of Madam Fan. She clearly wanted to take her granddaughter's things, yet she claimed they were for her granddaughter's safekeeping. She was shameless, befitting a country bumpkin.
Seeing that his mother's attention had finally shifted, Lin Shikang breathed a sigh of relief. With his mother's temper, if she made a scene, the whole family would lose face, and it might even affect her relationship with Yuan Yajing. Right now, he couldn't let anyone affect his relationship with Yuan Yajing.
After all, he still needs to use Yuan Yajing...
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