Could it be that what I said today drove Jiang Mei to a corner? It might be true, since I used to ignore her. I insulted her a few times today, so she became vindictive and intended to grab this opportunity to step on me?
Meanwhile, Jiang Mei’s mother nearly cried due to her daughter’s idiocy. Her daughter used to be the pride of their family because she was good at pleasing Old Madam Jiang. Therefore, Old Madam Jiang treated their family almost similar to how she treated the family of her eldest son, and they even managed to outshine the family of her third son. But now, Jiang Mei actually did such a foolish thing during this important occasion!
Jiang Mei’s mother reprimanded her quietly, “Mei, what nonsense are you saying? Come here now!”
Pouting, Jiang Mei refused to relent. “Mom.”
“Come here now!”
Jiang Mei still stood there without budging while she indignantly looked at Jiang Xiaobai, who just stood there without any intention to explain. Compared to Jiang Mei’s expression, which was full of resentment, Jiang Xiaobai seemed calm and collected.
Old Madam Jiang was rather infuriated. This is my birthday feast, so the theme and core of this occasion should be about me, but this Jiang Mei ran to me and started making complaints out of nowhere. Is she planning to ruin my birthday feast?
However, since she had brought up the matter, it would be useless even if she shut her mouth now.
Perhaps seeing that Jiang Mei still remained there, her mother directly stepped forward to pull her in an attempt to pull her back into the crowd.
“Hold on.” Unexpectedly, Old Madam Jiang stopped her.
Hearing that, her mother’s facial expression changed as she tried to explain, “Mom, Jiang Mei is still an immature kid; you don’t need to listen to her nonsense. Today is your birthday feast, so you should just enjoy yourself. I’ll ask her to apologize to you later.”
However, Old Madam Jiang was already unhappy, so she did not accept her explanation; she just peered at Jiang Mei. “Jiang Mei, repeat what you have just said.”
Jiang Mei did not know how to reply. Her timidity suddenly kicked in as she saw the stern look in her grandmother’s eyes. Besides, her grandmother did not call her ‘Mei’ anymore; she called her name together with her surname instead.
“Granny, I…”
“Just tell me. Since you have started the topic, there should be nothing for you to be afraid of.” Since everyone had heard that, it would not be easy to just pretend that nothing had happened.
“Mom, today is your birthday feast. I think that it’s better to not let such a matter affect the mood of the occasion.” Jiang Mei’s mother still tried to salvage the situation; even her father tried to speak for her.
Nevertheless, Old Madam Jiang refused to just let it off. Since Jiang Yanming had yet to arrive, Old Madam Jiang waved at his wife, her first daughter-in-law, to have her come over. “First daughter-in-law, what do you think we should do with this?”
Being called by Old Madam Jiang, she felt helpless, but there was nothing she could do as well since she was the eldest there. She took a look around before suggesting in a soft voice, “Mom, today is your birthday feast, so aside from those matters that are relevant to you and will affect your mood, other matters are insignificant. Besides, what Jiang Mei said just now were merely matters of the children. They are still young, so as long as they didn’t do anything immoral or conscienceless, it is understandable to make some mistakes and be lazy. I watched Xiaobai and Jiang Mei grow up, and now they are adults. If you wish to have some entertainment, you can ask them to explain themselves. Nonetheless, these are merely some disagreements among the young ones, so you don’t need to be mad; just listening to them will do.”
Obviously, what she meant was that those were words by the young, and it did not concern the elders of the Jiang family. No matter what Jiang Xiaobai and Jiang Mei said or did today, these were merely the young people having fun, and Old Madam Jiang was just entertaining herself out of boredom by listening to the stories that happened among the young ones. This was not something anyone should pay attention to.
After listening to her explanation, everyone involuntarily glanced at the first daughter-in-law of the Jiang family. No wonder the first son of the Jiang family is so successful in his career; it turns out that he has a capable wife.
Upon seeing his mother being called out to handle the situation, Jiang Yoo’s hatred for Jiang Mei deepened. Intentionally, he nudged himself to stand behind Jiang Xiaobai before asking her in a low voice, “Did you offend her?”
Hearing that, Jiang Xiaobai was stunned for a moment while she blinked. “Who knows?”
“If you didn’t offend her terribly, Jiang Mei wouldn’t have dragged you into this during such an occasion.”
Jiang Xiaobai smiled. “Yeah. I was puzzled too. In order to drag me into this, she’s made a huge sacrifice.”
Looking at her unflustered and extremely calm look, as her cousin, he found it amusing. “She is pointing out your flaws, you know. Aren’t you afraid?” he asked jokingly.
As a matter of fact, among his two cousins, Jiang Xiaobai and Jiang Mei, Jiang Yoo had always disliked Jiang Mei. He felt that that girl was too crafty, and the way she looked at others was unpleasant. She would please her male cousins by pretending to be meek. However, he had seen how she talked ill of Jiang Xiaobai in private.
As for Jiang Xiaobai, he initially thought that she would go to battle with Jiang Mei, but unexpectedly, she did not even put up a fight.
For instance, years ago, their school had once organized a night event. After Jiang Xiaobai signed up for the event, Jiang Mei instantly signed up as well, and she even intentionally snatched Jiang Xiaobai’s role in the dance performance.
Jiang Yoo thought that Jiang Xiaobai would certainly be mad, since her role was taken away from her, and she definitely would want to get it back. However, unexpectedly, she casually responded, “She wants it? Just give it to her, then. That’s great; I never wanted to dance. Now, I can finally go back to my dorm to sleep and watch drama.”
At first, Jiang Yoo thought that she was just putting on an act, but deep in her heart, she would be bothered by it. However, who could have guessed that, during the night of the event, she actually slept in her dorm, and she even ordered a grilled chicken because she was hungry and gobbled up the whole chicken.
She ate up the whole chicken.
When he went to look for her, her mouth was oily from eating the chicken. Until now, Jiang Yoo could not forget this scene; it was ever so vivid in his mind even when he recalled about it now.
Remembering about this sent shivers down his spine as he glanced deeply at Jiang Xiaobai.
This girl is really unbelievable.
“Why do I need to be nervous if I haven’t done anything wrong?” Grinning, Jiang Xiaobai turned her head around and blinked at him. “Jiang Yoo, do you believe that what goes around comes around?”
“What goes around comes around? It seems like you are sure of your victory,” Jiang Yoo spoke cryptically.
“No, no,” she waved as she stated quietly. “I just think that God will help the innocent. Look at me; I didn’t do anything, but someone accused me for no reason. God will treat me nicely and help me, right?”
Jiang Yoo did not reply. By the looks of Jiang Xiaobai, he had a feeling that she was about to take action, so he faintly looked forward to it.
At that moment, Jiang Mei looked at Jiang Xiaobai. “Jiang Xiaobai, do you have the guts to come out and explain this?”
Jiang Xiaobai came to her senses. Raising her head, she looked straight into Jiang Mei’s eyes. “Jiang Mei, why are you so fierce? Though we are not sisters, we are still cousins. Can’t you be gentler and more ladylike?”
