Chapter 70 - Lihua's Confrontation With The Old Madam (2)
The Old Madam slightly jolted as she looked at Lihua. She was taken aback by Lihua's anger and she didn't understand why she seed even more defensive than before.
Lihua glared at her. Even if Jiang Weizhe was quiet and seed unaffected by the humiliation, she knew it must have felt hurtful anyway. Whenever she looked at him, she would always get reminded of Wei and imagining them to be the target of soone's insults short-circuited her fuse.
Fu Renshu choked and watched her in horror.
What is that dumb woman doing!?
Ruoi also had the sa thoughts as Fu Renshu. She watched her in disbelief as she challenged the Old Madam, now twice.
But the most dumbstruck here was none other than Jiang Weizhe. He rapidly blinked his eyes at her and tilted his head.
Why did she suddenly get so angry?
The Old Madam's voice thundered as she spoke, "What did you say?"
Lihua looked straight into her eyes and said, "I said don't talk to him like that!"
"Are you teaching how to talk to my son?" She threateningly took a step towards her and asked in a quiet voice laced in danger and alarm.
"I will! Because clearly, you don't know! Didn't you say that I was rude just now? Then what you are doing crosses all the limits of rudeness! How can a mother insult her son like that? How can she say that her son is an embarrassnt to her and the family? Are you pausing here to think just how he must be feeling when his own mother is saying such hurtful words? Just because he isn't fighting back doesn't an that it isn't affecting him!"
Silence.
Ruoi wanted to faint. She could only watch Lihua in horror. But she found this a good chance to be in the Old Madam's favor.
She tremblingly pointed a finger at her.
"You! Are you in your senses!? I knew it. Lowly people like you can only be mannerless and shaless! Nobody has ever dared to speak to the Old Madam like that. Who do you think you are?"
Lihua angrily laughed. "I see where the problem lies now. It's because nobody spoke to her like that which is why she has beco so arrogant! I don't know what went wrong between you two. I am pretty sure that Uncle here is innocent, but maybe, just maybe even if he made so mistake that might have disappointed you, you are going too far with the humiliation."
The Old Madam gritted her teeth. In all her life, nobody has managed to get on her nerves like that.
"You-"
But Lihua cut her off. "Before teaching how to be a proper lady, first teach yourself how to be a proper mother. A mother is a source of love and comfort to her child. But what are you doing here? This is not how mothers behave with their own children!"
The Old Madam froze.
Ruoi grabbed her arm. "Enough! Such humiliation in front of others. You are crossing all your limits!"
"Others? Hah! That's so joke. Did she bother that there are strangers standing here before saying such harsh things to her son? Are you blind? So it's okay if she is insulting her son in front of others, but it's wrong if sobody insults her? That's so hypocrisy!"
The Old Madam clenched her fingers into a tight fist as she balled up her anger. This was the first ti she felt like raising her hand against soone to slap so sense into her. But that was too undignified for the Old Madam of the Jiang family.
Lihua put her hand on her waist and faced Ruoi. "And you! Can you not open your mouth and say that she is wrong? What are you doing just standing here and keeping silent when Uncle is unnecessarily getting humiliated? Don't you care about him?"
Ruoi froze. The words got stuck in her mouth. If the Old Madam was her future grandmother-in-law, then Jiang Weizhe was her father-in-law. Even if he had fallen off her graces, she couldn't act as if he ant nothing to her.
"How could you sar my na like that? Of course, I care about my father-in-law!"
Lihua sneered. "Sure. I can see that with the way you are just siding with this 'Old Madam.'"
Ruoi's face flushed in embarrassnt. She didn't dare raise her head to et Jiang Weizhe's gaze.
Lihua harrumphed and turned to look at Jiang Weizhe who was staring at her with a dumbfounded expression. In all these years after his wife, nobody had been able to crack an expression on his blank face, not even his own son, Wei.
Her gaze softened and her heart ached to see him suffer. She tip-toed on her feet and patted his head. "There there. Don't feel bad, okay? Hmph. Just ignore her words."
Jiang Weizhe froze.
Am I being...patted? Consoled?
Fu Renshu almost spat the water he drank.
Song Lihua...I don't understand if you are brave or plain stupid!
The Old Madam took a deep breath as she held in her anger. "I didn't want to stoop to your level and deal with you. But you give no choice."
Jiang Weizhe narrowed his eyes. He coldly glanced at her. Fu Renshu straightened up and he knew that it was ti to co out of his hiding. He had to do sothing before Lihua would get into trouble.
Lihua glared at her. "Hah! Let see what you can do!"
"How dare you make a commotion here?"
She was shocked to see Fu Renshu stomping his way towards her. "You! How dare you speak to the Old Madam like that? You deserve punishnt!"
She was speechless.
Huh? You called here and now I am getting punished? Huhu, what is going on?
Fu Renshu bowed in front of the Old Madam. "Old Madam. Leave this woman to . I will take care of her. You don't have to trouble yourself dealing with such a lowly woman."
"..."
The Old Madam coldly said, "I don't want to see her face in this city."
"Of course Old Madam!"
He glared at her. "Co with , you fool! I will show you what it is to ss with the Old Madam!" He grabbed her arm and quickly dragged her away.
"Hey!"
As soon as Fu Renshu dragged her away, Ruoi looked at the Old Madam, concerned, "Are you fine? I cannot believe sobody could be so mindless. Don't take it to heart, Old Madam."
The Old Madam shot a dangerous glare at her, making her step back. "You don't have to tell that Shi Ruoi. Do you think I am a fool to let that clouth's words get to ?"
"O-of course not. I was just worried about you."
"Worry about your position more, Miss Shi. Because it will be in danger if you disappoint . Don't teach what I should do and what I shouldn't."
Ruoi stiffened and lowered her head. "Apologies, Old Madam."
She gnashed her jaw and cursed Lihua. If not for her, Old Madam wouldn't have gotten into such a bad mood and scolded her.
The Old Madam glanced at Jiang Weizhe and smiled. "You don't have to be so happy by feeling defended by a pathetic woman like her. Don't let it get to your head that sobody stood up for you."
Jiang Weizhe didn't comnt.
"As of this mont, I have ruined her life in this city. So, it's not like we are going to et her again."
He slightly squinted his gaze.
Who knows if we really don't et her again?
Jiang Weizhe turned and left without bothering to reply to her.
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Fu Renshu forcibly dragged her into a car.
"Hey! Leave ! This is kidnapping! I refuse to leave this city! Who are you to throw out!"
His brow twitched. "Shut up, stupid woman!"
He dumped her into the car and glared at her. "Stop talking!"
Lihua was speechless. "Why should I? I don't know what the hell is going on! You called in this rich store out of the blue. Then a woman started picking a fight with out of the blue. And then so old lady began to question my character out of the blue too! Now she says that she will throw out of this city! Who does she think she is!?"
Fu Renshu sighed.
Well, it is understandable for her to be so confused.
"Oh! Oh! And I t an elderly Uncle whom I t in a supermarket before!"
She narrowed her eyes at him, making him cough. "Assistant Fu said in his ssage to pretend as if I didn't recognize if I t soone familiar. You ant by him, right?"
"*Ahem* Yes."
Wow, her dumb brain actually worked…
She widened her eyes. "So you know him! Who is he?"
Suddenly, the door to the other side of the car opened and Jiang Weizhe stepped in. He elegantly sat in his seat and looked at her.
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