The Zhang Family had plenty of money, so they set up a feast to treat Zhang Xiao, but their daughter could not even afford to buy a new evening dress, so she still had to pick up Ling Hong Yu"s old clothes to wear. Ling Hong Yu was a stepmother, so who would believe that she did not abuse Zhang Xiao to such an extent?"I don"t know how to cherish such a capable daughter. If I had such a beautiful and capable daughter like Chief Zhang, I would burn incense every day to thank the heavens."
"Alas, a motherless child is like a blade of gra.s.s."
"How many stepmothers are good? His clothes are changed into three sets a day, but the stepdaughter doesn"t even have a new evening dress. Sigh, truly a motherless child is like a blade of gra.s.s, even that child Zhang Xiao doesn"t know how she endured. "
"No wonder I can"t hear any news about Miss Zhang. So it turns out …"
The discussions started again, and many people looked towards Ling Hong Yu with reproachful eyes, causing him to clench her teeth in anger. Even Zhang Hao Tian looked at her reproachfully with his cold eyes.
The two Wen Family"s old men heard the discussions, and immediately scolded Zhang Xiao with a dark face, "Xiao Er, you"re silly, I don"t think you can find clothes that I don"t want, but you can wear it here and there, you don"t have an evening gown, at worst you can just wear it, it would be better than picking up clothes that others don"t want, who knows if she threw it on the ground and stepped on it hundreds of times before giving it to you? You silly girl, do you think that she has good intentions for you? If it was for your own good, I wouldn"t have let you stay in a place without a fixed home. You, the young miss of Zhang Family, wouldn"t even be able to take out a new set of clothes. She is so nice to you. Why didn"t she take you to order a few evening gowns in advance? How much does an evening dress cost? "It"s not even as good as your old man"s tie, nor as good as your stepmother"s Herm s handbag."
Zhang Xiao looked at the evening gown that she was wearing, and then looked at Ling Hong Yu, "Did aunty not want it?"
"Xiao Er..."
"Follow me!"
Zhang Hao Tian did not let Ling Hong Yu speak. Instead, he angrily pulled Ling Hong Yu back into the house in front of so many people.
He was truly infuriated.
Her biological daughter, Zhang Hao Tian, was actually wearing the Old gown that his current wife did not want. Others would not think too much of it, they would only think that he and his wife were really very bad to their ex-wife"s daughter.
What he had said to refute the Wen Family and the two elders earlier had instantly become a lie.
Zhang Xiao was living a good life, she did not need to wear the evening gown that her stepmother did not want.
Zhang Hao Tian was angry at Ling Hong Yu for making him lose face.
As soon as the host entered the room, all the guests in the courtyard surrounded them. The man and the two Wen Family Elders chatted with each other, while the woman took care of Zhang Xiao with great care. Some of them knew how to act, while some even held onto Zhang Xiao"s hands.
Even if the Zhang Yu brothers did not come today, they knew that Zhang Xiao had come back tonight to humiliate their parents and intentionally ruin Zhang Family"s reputation. However, they did not dare to kick Zhang Xiao out, as that would only make things easier for the others. Moreover, they still needed Zhang Xiao to help them make a large amount of money so that they would have an inexhaustible amount of money after taking over the Haotian Group.
Zhang Xiao"s ident.i.ty was confirmed, she was the big miss of Zhang Family.
When Zhang Hao Tian and his wife were not around, she immediately did what the young miss had to do and entertained the guests with food and drinks. She was generous, his manner and speech was proper, many n.o.ble women praised her endlessly, some of them were unmarried, they started to have ideas on Zhang Xiao.
Zhang Xiao might not really be favoured, but she was capable. Marrying such a daughter-in-law to her was equivalent to planting a tree full of money at home.
For their own benefit, these bright and cunning people would try their best to curry favor with Zhang Xiao, and even Ye Qing. Especially when they saw that Zhang Xiao would eventually take the time to care for him, they knew that Ye Qing was very important to him.
Yi Xiu Jie accompanied Ye Qing to sit in the corner. Looking at the long-sleeved woman, Yi Xiu Jie was a little sad.
Ye Qing looked at Yi Xiu Jie with sparkling eyes, and said: "Your mother sent Zhang Xiao to wear the evening gown that she was wearing."
Yi Xiu Jie forced out a few words: "My mom is too much."
"Zhang Xiao helped me take on the humiliation your mother gave me."
Yi Xiu Jie tightly held onto her hand and said with a pained heart, "I know. I... It won"t be Xiao Er"s fault. "
He could not help Zhang Xiao to deal with his mother, but he could not help his mother either.
The most difficult part was still Yi Xiu Jie.
Ling Hong Yu, who was dragged by Zhang Hao Tian to the second floor, softly explained along the way: "Haotian, listen to my explanation, I really didn"t do it on purpose, and those clothes were not for Xiao Er either. Xiao Er did this on purpose, she has never been satisfied with me."
After bringing her back into the room, Zhang Hao Tian immediately went to the wardrobe and opened it, pointing at the new clothes, he cursed Ling Hong Yu: "Look at your cabinet, no matter how many famous clothes you wear, they are still new. Even your evening dresses are numerous, can"t you send a few new sets of clothes over? I know you want to deal with Ye Qing, but why didn"t you think of Xiao Er? Xiao Er and Ye Qing are good friends, if you are going to use Ye Qing, then you have to consider Xiao Er"s reaction. If you do not have the ability to deal with Xiao Er"s counterattack, then do not touch Ye Qing. "
"I, I thought that even if Xiao Er knew, at most, she would just throw away her clothes."
Zhang Hao Tian snorted, "Do you still think that Xiao Er is a three year old child? She had been out in the world self-reliant for a few years, and the one who was experienced and knowledgeable was no longer the Xiao Er of back then. Now, even if I were to speak to her, I would have to repeat it three times in my stomach before I dare to say it out loud.
No matter what, I am her own father, but you are her stepmother. Her stepmother was originally someone who made people want to go astray, and you even allowed her to take advantage of this opportunity. How can you teach me that you want me to speak for you? Even if I knew that you weren"t going to deal with Xiao Er, but rather Ye Qing, can I explain this to the people outside? Hongyu, I have long advised you. Regarding Xiujie and Ye Qing, don"t push them too far, or maybe you can help them out and help Xiao Er out. "After tonight, both your reputation and mine will be tarnished."
Ling Hong Yu had played the role of a good stepmother for more than twenty years, and in just one night, it had been broken.
"Haotian, I"m sorry. I have implicated you."
Ling Hong Yu said apologetically with a gentle voice as she snuggled into Zhang Hao Tian"s embrace, "It"s all my fault. I hated Ye Qing so much that I would do that. I don"t care if Xiao Er hates me, I know that, but if she wants to make others think that I am a venomous woman in front of everyone, as long as she is happy, I will do whatever she says. If others misunderstand me, I can let it go and ignore it. Since my mouth is on someone else"s body, I can"t stop them from saying whatever they want to say. It"s fine as long as you don"t misunderstand me. "