Li Caiyi t a lot of old acquaintances tonight, so her mind couldn't help but wander to the past all the ti. She only ca back to her senses when Li Chunhua grabbed her hand and protectively stood in front of her.
"That's not true. Brother Renshu is the one who asked my sister to be her partner first. He is a gentleman, so he can't bear to let her trouble herself, especially after he was the one who asked her. As for , my mother bought this for just like Auntie bought yours. Please retract your statent," Li Chunhua said in a calm voice, but Li Caiyi could tell that her sister was upset. She only restrained herself because ng Renshu and Qin Xiangjun were there.
ng Shuchun snorted. "Then she should at least show so restraint. Do you know how much ti and money was invested in that one dress your sister wore?"
"Shuchun, I said stop it! Don't cause any more trouble here!" ng Renshu reprimanded her harshly, and ng Shuchun looked away in defiance.
Li Chunhua couldn't bear to listen to her again, so she was about to hurl so sarcastic and an remarks. Nobody could insult her sister in front of her!
"Xiaohua, don't."
However, she was stopped by Li Caiyi's words and a firm hold on her shoulder. Li Chunhua looked back and found her sister shaking her head at her. There was no ripple at all in her sister's calm eyes, as if what ng Shuchun said was nothing but children's words to her.
Then, Li Caiyi moved forward and switched their place, with Li Chunhua standing behind her.
The sight of Li Caiyi from behind was sothing Li Chunhua rarely saw. No, it was safe to say that this was her first ti looking at Li Caiyi's back properly. Usually, she was the one who stood in front of her sister, not the other way around. She never knew that Li Caiyi's back could appear this dependable. Li Chunhua instantly clamped her mouth shut when she saw that.
"You seem to be pretty fixated on this dress. Did you perhaps want to have this dress too?" Li Caiyi asked while smiling.
ng Shuchun, who clearly heard a hint of provocation in her tone, retorted, "Who wants that cheap dress? I have lots of other dresses better than that."
"But that wasn't what you said earlier, though? So you want to say that your brother spent so much effort on a cheap dress?"
ng Shuchun's brows twitched, and she unconsciously sneaked a glance at Qin Xiangjun, who seed adamant to be a spectator here. As willful as she was, ng Shuchun still held so fear for her mother, who was excellent at almost everything and the epito of a high-class lady. She couldn't let this gold digger beat her in an argunt, or her na wouldn't be ng anymore!
"Don't twist my words like that. When did I ever say that? But I guess it's expected of you. You can't win an argunt without resorting to cheap tricks like that." ng Shuchun scoffed mockingly.
"It doesn't sound convincing coming from a little kid who threw a tantrum after her brother refused to accompany her. That's not good, you know? A good kid should know when to not inconvenience people around her."
"Y-you! Don't treat like I'm below you!" ng Shuchun growled.
If there was one thing Li Caiyi had, but ng Shuchun hadn't, it was patience.
Li Caiyi recalled how she would tolerate ng Shuchun's every whim, even to the unreasonable one just so she could leave her alone. When she snatched Li Caiyi's things or ca to 'borrow' the black card ng Renshu gave to her, Li Caiyi never complained.
ng Shuchun thought that whatever ng Renshu bought for Li Caiyi was also rightfully hers because it used her family's money. Hence, she felt no qualm snatching her sister-in-law's things from ti to ti.
Li Caiyi didn't like conflicts and only wanted to spend her days peacefully, so she never resisted. ng Renshu wouldn't mind spending his money on her sister, either.
Back to the current situation, Li Caiyi studied ng Shuchun's reaction and realized once again that this kid didn't seem to grow at all. Her older self was just a bigger version of her younger self.
"Why can't I? It couldn't be that the young lady from the ng family was so uncultured that she didn't know how to respect those older than her? What do you think, Xiaohua?" Li Caiyi looked back at her sister with a smile, and the quick-witted Li Chunhua ca forward with a Cheshire cat smirk on her face.
"Of course, there's no way the young lady from the ng family wouldn't know that. Don't be so harsh on her, Xiaoyi. She is just a KID, after all. What does a kid know about behaving properly?"
"Now, you are the one who is too harsh on her," Li Caiyi chuckled.
ng Shuchun's face reddened when she heard her emphasize the word 'kid'. Especially when so people who gathered to watch the show until a few monts ago dispersed one by one as well. They took it as 'children squabble' and just let them be.
"Y-you two…" ng Shuchun's body was trembling in anger. She wanted to scream and yell at them, but a fierce glare from her mother was all it took to shut her mouth.
Qin Xiangjun smiled apologetically towards the twins. "Oh my, it seems my daughter had offended you two. I'll make sure to scold her later, so can you two let this one go, for Auntie's sake?"
Li Caiyi wasn't surprised anymore by how smoothly Qin Xiangjun salvaged the situation by putting herself in a lower position. If she said it like that, the twins would be unreasonable if they pressed the matter further.
Qin Xiangjun also didn't ask ng Shuchun to apologize, aning she also tacitly agreed with her daughter. Because they were always the right ones, there was no need to apologize.
Well, no matter. It was just one of ng Shuchun's crazy episodes. This wasn't her first ti saying degrading remarks about their family, and certainly wouldn't be the last one either.
"Auntie, your words are too distant. ng Shuchun is just throwing tantrums, like always. We don't mind at all," Li Caiyi said softly, which incurred more rage from the girl in the red dress. Next, she turned her head towards ng Renshu and said to him, "Brother Renshu, please don't mind us and go ahead. We won't hold you back anymore. Please excuse us, Auntie."
"Xiaoyi!" ng Renshu tried to call her, but Li Caiyi had dragged Li Chunhua with her and walked away.
anwhile, Qin Xiangjun watched the twins leave with a calculating gaze.
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