Mrs. Bai didn’t pay her any attention. Fan Cui’s heart condition—she’d had nurous incidents at work, usually when things got busy or stressful.
But when work slowed down and there wasn’t much to do, her symptoms would mysteriously vanish. People at the office privately murmured that she was clearly just pretending to be sick!
Mrs. Bai shot a cold glare at the man beside the pale-faced Fan Cui. "Old Cao, is Fan Cui having one of her episodes now? Get her out of here!"
Don’t you dare die here! Go die sowhere else if you must!
Old Cao, evidently used to her feigned illnesses, barely looked worried. Yet, he seed bitter over Liu Hui’s earlier comnts. With a darkened expression, he supported Fan Cui and retorted angrily, "Liu Hui! Sure, her coming here to cause trouble was wrong, but your words were too cruel. We’ve known each other for so many years and were even close to being in-laws once! Does all that history an nothing to you?"
Mrs. Bai squinted and glared sharply back at him. "You have the nerve to talk to about history? Old Cao, search your conscience and ask yourself if you’re being upright! Do you know what day it is today? Fan Cui has co and caused a massive disturbance here, and now I’m supposed to praise her and thank her instead?
Enough! No point in talking about past ties or sentints. We couldn’t afford to ’climb up’ to your level anyway. Let’s just treat each other like strangers from now on!"
Cao Yufan’s father scoffed, angrily threw back his sleeves, and supported the ghastly pale Fan Cui as they turned to leave.
Li Si finally gained deeper insight into Cao Yufan’s family. So, this is their family culture!
Luckily, Bai Shasha changed her mind in ti; otherwise, she would’ve dove straight into an inferno.
Looking back to her past life, perhaps the reason she hadn’t noticed all this was because they hadn’t yet entered marriage. Many things were hidden behind a false facade.
The absurd scene ended with people leaving, but those remaining wore equally unpleasant expressions.
At this mont, Sixth Brother glanced at Leng Mochen seemingly unintentionally, then spoke to Liu Hui, "Sister-in-law! Perhaps it’s ti to calm down!"
Mrs. Bai gratefully turned toward him. "Sixth Brother, you must think we’re such a spectacle!"
The humiliation today had been unbearable. She truly let herself be consud by anger because of Fan Cui earlier, recklessly blurting those words.
Sixth Brother smiled calmly and waved off her concerns. "Honestly, I’m embarrassed as well. Even our hotel staff had their share of missteps!"
Mr. Bai imdiately chid in, "Sixth Brother, don’t ntion that! What does sothing like this have to do with you folks? If your security hadn’t acted quickly to stop that couple, they might have burst into the wedding hall, and we’d have lost even more face. Hey, we’re like family! If anything, it’s us bringing trouble and causing a bad impression on your hotel!"
What a commotion—there were certainly plenty of onlookers. In North City, with such a small community, anything that happens today will undoubtedly beco tea-ti gossip by tomorrow.
Thankfully, Shasha is marrying into a Beijing family and will be flying there tomorrow morning for the wedding. Normally, without major reasons, she wouldn’t co back here often.
If she were marrying soone local, the idle chatter would eventually reach the in-laws’ ears, heaven knows twisted into what form!
"It’s no big deal! I don’t mind these things!" Sixth Brother waved dismissively. "I only feel sorry for you, for trusting as your older brother, yet sothing like this happened at your event!"
Mrs. Bai, anxious as though standing on hot coals, realized she’d been outside for far too long. Who knows how things were faring inside?
She quickly interjected, "Oh, please don’t say that! It’s us who feel bad! Sixth Brother, excuse while I go check on things inside!"
After saying this, Mrs. Bai nodded with an apologetic smile toward the group, then turned briskly to head back into the banquet hall.
The remaining people exchanged looks with one another. So followed after Mrs. Bai, while within monts, only a small group was left.
Old Lu couldn’t help but glance at Leng Mochen and, pointing toward the group, asked, "By the way, I haven’t had the chance to ask—who are these folks?"
Mr. Bai smiled warmly. "These are all Shasha’s good friends!"
He gestured toward Li Si and the others as he began introducing them one by one. "This is Li Si, beside her is her husband; over there is her husband’s sister, Su ng, and Su ng’s husband."
Li Si could clearly feel Leng Mochen’s intense focus when Mr. Bai introduced him.
"May I ask your surna?"
Leng Mochen’s eyes remained calm as he replied evenly, "Leng Mochen."
Sixth Brother raised an eyebrow, showing a thoughtful look. "Oh? I seem to recall hearing about a forr North City boss nad Mo Si with this exact na. Could it be?"
If he’s truly from North City, Sixth Brother might’ve heard of him—though they’ve never crossed paths.
Unexpectedly, the person left such a morable and commanding impression!
"That’s ," Leng Mochen answered coolly, though only Li Si beside him could sense his emotional undercurrents.
Facing his estranged father now, without recognition—what kind of emotions must swirl inside him? What kind of unexpected complexity?
Sixth Brother pondered briefly before speaking sincerely, "To be honest, I feel an inexplicable familiarity upon eting you today. Perhaps this is what people call fate! I’m Lu Qilin, but good friends just call Sixth Brother! If you’re open to it, we could be friends spanning generations!"
"Sure." Leng Mochen’s dark eyes glimred faintly with amusent.
It seed he wanted to see what Sixth Brother was aiming for.
Long Wu scratched his head in confusion, glancing left and right before whispering to Li Si, "Sisi! Have you t this man before?"
Li Si replied with poised composure, shaking her head. "No. It’s my first ti. Why ask?"
Su ng also looked at Long Wu and asked, "What are you up to now?"
Long Wu chuckled sheepishly. "Oh, nothing! I just feel like this old guy is acting a bit strange toward Leng Er. Probably just overthinking it!"
Li Si and Su ng both rolled their eyes at him; even Leng Ning glared in disdain. "Brother Wu! Don’t be ridiculous!"
The group shared muted laughter.
Mr. Bai smiled amid the banter. "Why don’t we head inside and continue chatting? Shasha’s probably getting impatient waiting for us!"
He knew his daughter well—after such a ruckus, even if her mother had gone inside, their prolonged absence might prompt Shasha to co out looking for them.
"Sure!"
And just like that, instead of returning to his original seat, Sixth Brother sat with Li Si’s group at the sa table to dine.
By now, Bai Shasha had changed into a red qipao and was making rounds at the tables with Xu Er, offering drinks to guests. When she reached their table, she imdiately threw Li Si a questioning look.
In a hushed tone, she asked, "What happened, exactly? My mom said it was so drunken old woman causing a scene. Is that true?"
Li Si’s gaze flickered briefly before replying with a smile, "Yes! And wow, that woman nearly clawed at the hotel security too! She happened to pass by our doorway and started acting out. But it’s fine now—she’s been taken away! Just focus on being a happy bride!"
Discussing unpleasant matters during such an occasion would only ruin the mood.
And Shasha’s personality wasn’t one to contain herself, so better leave revelations for after the wedding finishes smoothly.
It was likely Mrs. Bai shared this sentint; otherwise, she wouldn’t have concocted such an obviously flimsy story to placate Shasha.
Shasha’s smile widened, though skepticism lingered. "Of course not! You’re bluffing!"
Yet, internally, half of her wasn’t convinced.
She wanted to probe Li Si further and see if her suspicions were correct, but noticed Xu Er behind her grinning brightly for the caras while surrounded by the bustling banquet guests.
Finally, she forced herself to hold back. Now wasn’t the ti to ask.
Everything would have to wait until later!
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