"You’re trying to lecture ? Who do you think you are? My brother hasn’t even married you yet. With just one word from , you can forget about becoming the princess consort of S-country!" Shi Qing turned to look at Yi Luowa, "And you! A petty little opportunist! Tong Airui will eventually tire of you one day, and let’s see who would even want a second-hand like you then..."
"Slap!"
"Slap!"
After two loud slaps, Shi Qing’s vision imdiately went starry, and she staggered before falling to the floor. Blood started trickling down both corners of her mouth. Dazed, Shi Qing looked up at the two people standing before her.
Tong Airui! You Jia! They both had struck out at her simultaneously. Shi Qing burst into tears with an "Ah!"
Long Che swung his large hand, sending the fruit plate on the coffee table flying.
With a loud crash, everyone in the hall imdiately stood up. While Long Che had never been known for having a mild temper, ever since marrying Tong Yao, he hadn’t lost his temper in such a dramatic way.
"Is this the kind of education Ni Lu and Jack have given their children? So young, yet acting like a shrew!" Long Che kicked over the coffee table, "Tong Aino, go retrieve the surveillance footage!"
Shi Qing’s crying abruptly stopped. Surveillance footage?!
"Uncle..." Shi Qing staggered to her feet.
Long Che cast a cold glance at her, "I hardly have the privilege of being called your so-called princess uncle anymore!"
Tong Aino went into the study room and quickly retrieved the footage. Frowning deeply as he erged, he handed it over. "You Jia, go watch it yourself. That way, you won’t accuse us of falsely framing your sister!"
You Jia didn’t even flinch. Judging by Tong Aino’s remark, he didn’t see the need to watch.
Everyone in the hall turned cold gazes toward Shi Qing. Shi Qing panicked as she looked around. She was frantically trying to figure out how to salvage the situation.
Long Che stepped forward, grabbing her by the scruff like a chick, dragging her to the phone and activating the speakerphone as he dialed You Jia’s father’s number.
Shi Qing timidly looked at Long Che, "Uncle..."
Long Che glared at her coldly, rendering her too frightened to make another sound.
From the other end of the line, Carlos’s laughter soon traveled through the speaker, "Hello? Could this be Long Che? Did you head out to Z-country so early?"
"Your wonderful niece here has sothing to tell you!" Long Che said in a deep tone, still gripping Shi Qing. "Repeat exactly what you said earlier about my daughter and daughter-in-law to your uncle here, word for word, without leaving anything out! And tell him exactly what you’ve done to my daughter-in-law, too!"
Yi Luowa lifted her gaze to look at Long Che. He had referred to her as his daughter-in-law! Was he this furious because she and Ai Ni were bullied? But even if Shi Qing had targeted them, Tong Airui and You Jia had already taught Shi Qing a lesson; why was he still so enraged?
Shi Qing struggled in Long Che’s grip, casting pleading eyes toward the silent Tong Yao, "Auntie, save !"
Tong Yao raised an eyebrow slyly, "You should know what kind of man your uncle is. You’d better do as he asks, or else he might tear the house down, and then the whole family will be holess!"
"Brother—Are you really this cruel to just sit there and laugh at my humiliation?"
"You brought this on yourself!" You Jia turned his pale, furious face away.
"Haha..." Shi Qing let out a bitter, hopeless laugh, then wailed into the phone, "Uncle, didn’t you hear? They’re all bullying ... Boo hoo... I want to go ho, I want my mom... Boo hoo..."
"Shi Qing! What exactly have you done? Long Che can be unreasonable, but Tong Yao isn’t! Let talk to Tong Yao."
"My wife was made sick by your lovely little niece!" Long Che, breathing furiously, roared into the phone, "Shi Qing frad my daughter-in-law..."
"Shi Qing frad Qiqi as well?"
"Not Qiqi—Ai Rui’s wife!" Long Che, face dark as iron, pushed Shi Qing’s head down, "Speak for yourself!"
Seeing there was no one who would save her, Shi Qing began crying and confessing at the sa ti, "Uncle, I was actually just joking around with Yi Luowa. I put Aino’s watch, Ai Ni’s jewelry, and Mi Chenxuan’s statuette inside her backpack. And who knew—she imdiately got so upset. Then... my brother and Tong Airui stepped in to defend her, and even hit . Boo hoo... Uncle, my face is swollen, my mouth is bleeding — uncle, save ..."
"Not a single word of truth!" Tong Airui kicked at You Jia’s leg, "You go explain! If you two brothers don’t make everything crystal clear today, if I let either of you step out of this door, I’ll stop calling myself Audric!"
Without hesitation, You Jia strode to the phone and recounted everything that had just transpired.
Yi Luowa looked at Tong Airui, whose eyes were blazing with fury. She gently squeezed his hand. Getting angry at garbage wasn’t worth it.
Tong Airui’s deeply furrowed brows relaxed slightly, but he still blad himself as he spoke, "I promised you and Second Uncle that I wouldn’t let you suffer even a little... but I didn’t fulfill that promise."
Yi Luowa shook her head, speaking softly, "You already have."
Once You Jia finished recounting the events, his tone turned serious as he spoke, "Dad, you and Uncle and Aunt can’t keep coddling Shi Qing like this. We forgave her for her childhood antics since she was still young then, but now, she’s grown up. Every word and action of hers represents the Carpenter Royal Family. Just now, she insulted Ai Ni, claiming she could make it impossible for Ai Ni to ever beco my princess consort. She even threatened Miss Yi, saying she’d make sure Miss Yi could never rest in peace. I’m utterly disappointed in her—how could words like that co from a princess?"
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