NABC Chapter 502 I Will Protect Her
Chapter 502 I Will Protect Her
It's perfectly fine for children to eat first when family and friends gather for a meal. This idea is common in many families, especially for younger children. Or, you could even serve the child a bowl first and let them eat from their own bowl.
But I've never seen anyone like Qian Ping's son, who just went ahead and destroyed the cake.
Lin Qingping didn't believe that any of the adults present would find it agreeable! Most of them were probably just too proud to admit it, thinking it wasn't worth embarrassing He Qiancheng over a child's small birthday cake. So when Zhiyuan spoke up, everyone pretended not to hear, probably because they felt he had spoken their minds. So they simply let the child make a fuss?
Lin Qingping wanted to see how things would end today; in any case, she couldn't let Zhiyuan and Xiaomai suffer a loss.
Zhiyuan's words were utterly humiliating for Qian Ping. She forced a smile, her eyes brimming with tears. "So, does that mean Shengsheng and I are outsiders? You're all brothers and sisters, family, and we're the outsiders. We'll be going now..."
These words were meant to discourage people, but no one tried to persuade her to stay, so in the end, it was He Qiancheng who was discouraged.
He Qiancheng's face was as bitter as a gourd.
Actually, things would have been much easier if she hadn't said those words. Even if she had just said, "My son is being unreasonable, I'll talk to him properly when I get back, please forgive me," she probably would have gotten through this today. Even if people still have reservations, at least things would have looked good on the surface.
But she was fiercely competitive and unwilling to admit defeat.
Zhiyuan is neither too old nor too young. You could say he's immature, but he knows a little bit about everything. You could say he's sensible, but his actions and words are still very childish.
At this moment, the expression on his face was truly quite matter-of-fact: You two are outsiders anyway.
To him, everyone else was an old acquaintance, except for the mother and son, who were newcomers. Oh, and Uncle Wei had another person with him, but even that aunt didn't stand out as much as the two of them!
Qian Ping's son, Qian Sheng, knew that Zhiyuan was talking about him, but he didn't care at all and snorted, "So what if I ate it? Aren't these all my family's food? Humph, I'm eating my own family's food, what's it to you?"
"Yours?" Zhiyuan retorted with a snort. "What do you mean, 'your family'?"
"The cake!" Qian Sheng pointed to the birthday cake that he had already messed up. "The cake shop belongs to my family. When I grow up, it will be mine. What's wrong with me eating my own cake?"
"Don't talk nonsense! My aunt made the cake herself! When you're in someone else's house, you don't respect the host and you're impolite, so you're an unwelcome person!"
“You’re the one who’s not welcome! Where did you come from, you country bumpkin? This is the capital, not a place for you to run wild!” Qian Sheng stood on the stool, pointed at Zhiyuan’s nose and shouted loudly.
Zhiyuan didn't care about that at all. Instead, he mocked the other party, saying, "Only a wild brat who doesn't know any manners would act like a rude child, stepping on someone else's stool and causing trouble in their house!"
"You..." Qian Sheng was furious, hands on his hips, "So what if I stepped on it? This is my stool! This is my home! My mom said that when I grow up and marry Xiaomai, everything here will be mine! Your dessert shop, cake shop, and this big house will all be mine!"
Everyone was shocked by these words.
Xiaomai burst into tears, "I don't want to! I don't want to marry you!" At such a young age, she only vaguely understood the word "marriage," and upon hearing it, she burst into tears.
Qian Ping was also completely taken aback that her son would reveal their private conversation. Seeing Gu Youlian's eyes redden with anger, as if she was about to throw a stool at someone, she quickly tried to smooth things over with a smile, "No... it's just a joke between kids. Shengsheng likes to play with Xiaomai. Xiaomai is pretty, so I was just teasing him to make him more ambitious so that he can marry Xiaomai when he grows up and play with her every day..."
Could Gu Youlian believe her nonsense? She was about to explode when Gu Juncheng held his sister down, lowered his voice, and called out, "Brother He."
He Qiancheng's face turned purple, and he abruptly stood up. "Let's go!"
Qian Ping didn't want to leave and wanted to continue talking, but He Qiancheng immediately lost his temper, "Aren't you leaving?!"
After saying that, he cupped his hands in apology to the people at the table, "I'm sorry, brothers and sisters, I apologize to you all for what happened today. Xiaomai, don't let this upset you. Uncle He will apologize to you again later. We'll be going now. Have a good birthday and be happy."
Then, instead of calling Qian Ping, she simply walked away on her own.
Seeing that he had left and everyone at the table was staring at her menacingly, Qian Ping was genuinely afraid she would be taken advantage of. She immediately pulled her son along, her face turning grim, and shook her head, saying, "Let them go, who cares!"
As Qian Sheng left, he turned back and made a face at Xiaomai, saying, "Hmph, fine, I'm leaving. Who wants to marry you? My mom said that if it weren't for your family having a big house, I wouldn't have married you!"
Qian Sheng's mouth was so fast that Qian Ping couldn't cover it up, so she simply pulled him out.
Zhiyuan chased after her to the door, but Gu Youlian called him back and slammed the door shut.
Gu Youlian was still furious, thinking about what Qian Sheng had just said, and she was panting heavily. "Outrageous! Outrageous! That bitch, she actually thought of taking advantage of someone who has no descendants!"
After finishing her tirade, she glanced up and saw Gu Juncheng and Wei Zhonghua, knowing full well their close relationship with He Qiancheng. However, she still needed to make her point clear: "Chengzi, and a few other brothers, these past two years in the capital haven't been easy for us. We've supported and relied on each other along the way. But relationships are relationships, and reason is reason. Regarding what happened today, I will never forgive that man surnamed Qian, and my Gu family will never welcome them, mother and son, again. As for Brother He…"
Gu Youlian paused, "They are family, so I have no choice but to turn them all away. I know you brothers are very close, you've been through thick and thin together. I've said my piece. If you blame me, there's nothing I can do. My daughter is the most important person to me, and I have to protect her!"
Xiaomai kept crying. When Gu Youlian got to this point, she remembered how she had taken Xiaomai out of the cannibalistic Du family and struggled to make a living in the capital. The two of them depended on each other for survival, and she couldn't help but hug Xiaomai and shed tears.
"Mother, don't cry..." Xiaomai cried herself, wiping away Gu Youlian's tears.
Gu Youlian nodded and hugged Xiaomai tightly, "Xiaomai, don't be afraid, Mother will protect you!"
Zhiyuan shouted back, "What are you afraid of? I'll protect you too! When I'm not around, there's still Xiaoyuanlian and the others. If they dare to touch you, does that fat guy from the Qian family have a death wish?"