Chapter 46: Defense (1)
"Why did Fangzi Qian hit your sister?" Knowing that his daughter had now become tight-lipped, Zhang Yun gave up asking her and turned to ask his son instead.
"I didn't see anything." Fang Zikong replied impatiently, he never liked attending these banquets and had long since snuck away to play games in his room. Now, being dragged down here for questioning out of nowhere made him very unhappy. This Fang Zixuan was getting more and more useless, acting so arrogant in front of him, and yet still managed to get beaten by that weakling Fang Ziqian, it was really stupid.
"You naughty kid!" Zhang Yun gritted her teeth, "Neither of you is considerate!"
"She hit you and you won't hit back?" Fang Zipeng rolled his eyes at his mother and said to Fang Xuan in a careless tone.
"Are you kidding me? Are you not going to fight back?" Zhang Yun was fed up, "You got beaten for no reason and still stand there stupidly. Do you want to reason with her now? If it weren't for me, you would have taken this hit for nothing..."
"When bitten by a dog, do you have to bite back?" Fang Zixuan admitted that at the time, she didn't think of fighting back on the spot. It wasn't because she was stunned from being hit, but rather because she was used to using her mouth and hadn't developed a conditioned reflex for using her fists. After being hit, the first thing she thought about was why she was being beaten, not immediately hitting back.
"What a bear child!" Zhang Yun choked back, she was all for her daughter, now she had to be sarcastically called "human biting dog", if it weren't for the fact that she was her own flesh and blood, she wouldn't have let it go, but now she could only swallow this breath hard. "I really don't know what I owed you in my previous life? Now I have to come and annoy me like this!"
Even if she resented her daughter and son, Zhang Yun still had to make arrangements for them. The second family would never give up easily. She straightened her back and prepared for another fierce battle ahead.
"Father, Zi Yan was wronged by Zi Xuan back then, and no matter what, Eldest Third must give us justice." As soon as the banquet ended, Fang Lao Ye's several sons were still outside seeing off guests. Fang Jianxin, who had been holding it in all night, couldn't wait any longer to report to Fang Lao Ye.
"These years, Jianxin has become more and more unaware of what is called propriety." Before Old Master Fang could speak, Old Lady Fang coldly said. The two elderly people had been busy for a whole day and were already very tired. In the middle, they were disturbed by Erge's family, their mood was terrible, and naturally, they didn't have a good expression when they saw Jianxin.
"There's no need to talk about it now, let's discuss it tomorrow." Old Master Fang looked at Fang Jianxin with a disappointed expression, also feeling disheartened by his second son's lack of tact.
Fang Jianxin didn't give up, "Father and mother, Zixi is also your granddaughter. Since that incident, she has become introverted and timid. I've taken her to see many psychologists but it's been no use. I'm worried..."
Fang Jianxin continued to pester the two elderly men, and Fang Lao looked at him with a glance, suppressing the anger in his heart. He instructed his daughter beside him, "Call over Old Three and his family."
Fang Jianlan responded with a sound, but in her heart she was secretly anxious. Her second brother was really too straightforward and didn't even think about what day it was today. By making things public on this day, he had no good intentions for his family at all.
Erniang, despite being from a scholarly family, has an excessively proud bone, and doesn't even try to conceal her contempt for these wealthy families. This arrogance not only fails to win over Fang Lao Furen's favor but also leads to Erge's self-imposed exile from the center of power in the Fang family. Even if she wanted to help, she would be powerless to do so. She has always disliked the absurd San Ge and the cunning Zhang Yun, and thus stands on the side of Fang Jianxin by default.
"What's going on today?" Mr. Fang's face was tired but still dignified, sitting upright on the sofa and slowly scanning his children and grandchildren standing in front of him.
"Dad, you have to take charge of this! Our Xiaoyan has always been obedient and well-behaved, sitting quietly on one side. But then Xiaoying comes over and slaps her twice without saying a word! They're sisters born from the same root, why are they so eager to hurt each other? And as an older sister, she's actually willing to lay hands on her younger sister..." Zhang Yun rushed forward, crying bitterly, tears streaming down her face like rain.
"You! You scoundrel, you go first!" Feng Yannan was so angry that she almost fell over backwards. When it came to being shameless, Zhang Yun would always be one step ahead of her.
"How can you be so shameless? If necessary, we can review the surveillance footage to see who started it!" Zhang Yun was originally a person who wouldn't let things go easily. "Some people just love to pretend to be noble and virtuous, but in reality they're just hypocrites with hearts full of evil intentions!"
"Who are you yelling at?" Feng Yannan was so angry that she wished to slap Zhang Yun twice, but when it came to quarreling skills, she was far inferior to her sister-in-law.
"I scold whoever is clear in their heart." Zhang Yun rolled her eyes impatiently at her.
"Third sister, let's talk properly, it's getting late, don't disturb Dad and Mom from resting." Fang Jianlan also couldn't stand Zhang Yun's nonsense.
"It's still Jianlan who is right, it's the daughter-in-law who is not good and doesn't know how to be considerate of her father and mother." Zhang Yun's facial expression changed extremely quickly, in less than a second she had put on a flattering smile.
Fang Jianxin looked at Zhang Yun with disgust, "Dad, I just want to know why Yan Yue was invited to today's banquet?"
Old Master Fang lazily raised his eyelids and glanced at Fang Jianxin, "What are you talking about? When did I invite him?"
"Feng Yannan said coldly, 'Zi Yan personally saw him being intimate with Fang Zixuan in the corner.'"
"Second wife, you can eat as much rice as you want, but don't talk nonsense. Zijun is young and doesn't understand things, it's possible that she was wronged too. You, as a mother, shouldn't follow her in making trouble." Mrs. Fang glared at Feng Yannan with disgust, although she disliked Zhang Yun, over the years she had grown to detest Feng Yannan even more. Zhang Yun, despite opposing her, at least maintained a polite facade and showed some respect towards her, so she still considered him somewhat reasonable and willing to curry favor with her.
This Feng Yannan is different, all day long pretending to be noble, but doesn't even understand basic etiquette, always confronting her face-to-face, and even forcing her own son and granddaughter to immigrate with her. Now she's deliberately causing trouble at her birthday banquet, if she doesn't give her face, don't blame her for not giving her dignity.
"Did you see wrongly?" Feng Yannan sneered, thinking that Mrs. Fang had intentionally invited Yan Yue to humiliate their family, "Zi Qian is not someone your old eyes can handle."
"You!" Madam Fang was so angry that she pointed at Feng Yannan and couldn't say a word.
Fang Jianlan and Berg stood on one side, speechless, but somewhat embarrassed. Fang Jianxin and Feng Yannan had always been secretive about their reasons for immigrating, and only today did they learn that it was actually related to Yan Yue. However, Yan Yue and Berg were close friends, and the invitation letter for tonight's banquet was also given by Berg to Yan Yue. Originally, they thought that this elusive great god might not show up, but unexpectedly, he was spotted by Fang Zicai sisters, causing such a big commotion. The two of them felt guilty and ashamed, so they kept their mouths shut, no matter what, not wanting to reveal at this time that it was themselves who had invited him to come.
