CHAPTER 473: CHAPTER 284: EXPOSED

Liang Huarui’s words fell, and the hall suddenly fell into silence. Nanny Zhang had accompanied the old lady to marry into the Wen Family, and later the old lady had decided to let her get married, but she never left the Wen Family, or rather, she had never left the old lady’s side.

Thus, her position in the old lady’s heart was definitely not as simple as that of a servant. Now that Liang Huarui had made such a statement, it would be strange if the old lady was pleased.

After a long silence, the old lady pointed to a position diagonally opposite her: "Huarui, sit down, we need to have a good talk."

"Mom..." Liang Huarui glanced at Ye Xuan, her expression unsettled as she stammered: "Can we... talk back in the room?"

"No need!" The old lady waved her hand.

"But... but..." Liang Huarui bit her lip, "After all, Ye Xuan hasn’t gotten engaged to Ye’er yet. It wouldn’t be appropriate to discuss the Wen Family’s affairs in front of him, would it?"

Luo Ye raised her left hand, revealing the creamy white Phoenix Jade Ring on her slender middle finger – she had donned it at some point, "This is a Ye Family heirloom. Do you need to verify it?"

A flash of emotion passed through Ye Xuan’s eyes; she had been wearing the ring he gave her all along, and she wouldn’t tolerate him being slighted in the slightest, this silly girl!

At that moment, his greatest wish was to hold her in his embrace, tightly, yes, to hold her as tightly as holding onto happiness itself!

The old lady waved dismissively at Liang Huarui: "Forget it, I have nothing to discuss with you anymore. Go back to your room, and for now, don’t appear in front of me."

"Mom..." Liang Huarui looked at the old lady with a wronged expression: "What do I have to do to make you satisfied? I am really doing everything for the Wen Family’s good."

Wen Yan looked at Liang Huarui with displeasure: "If Grandma tells you to go back to your room, you go. Whatever ideas you have, you can explain them to your uncle later."

Liang Huarui "plop" knelt in front of the old lady: "Mom, Wen Tong is such a filial child, if you don’t like it, he definitely won’t marry me.

I’ve already moved into the Wen Family home, if something goes wrong, not only will I lose face, the Wen Family will lose even more face. Mom, wherever you are unsatisfied, please tell me, I will definitely change, please believe me."

Luo Ye looked at her speechlessly. Could it be that she thought kneeling was a panacea?

She really couldn’t understand this woman’s mindset anymore; her earlier behavior was clearly meant to please herself, but her behavior just now clearly intended to push her out. What exactly was she thinking?

The old lady looked at her expressionlessly: "Huarui, how many times have you knelt since you came to this family? Your father is a university professor, surely his teachings to you weren’t like this?"

"It’s not shameful to kneel for one’s family, Mom. For the happiness of me and Wen Tong, I’d be willing to kneel to you every day," Liang Huarui sobbed, "I just beg you to accept me."

"You should know that I... wish for my son’s happiness more than you do," the old lady said to Liang Huarui, enunciating each word.

"Mom..." Liang Huarui’s mind was in total disarray; she realized that the situation seemed to be getting worse due to her interference, but she didn’t know how to reverse it.

"Buzz buzz buzz..." Ye Xuan’s phone suddenly vibrated. After listening for a few moments, he glanced briefly at Liang Huarui, apologized to the old lady, and stood up to head to the study.

Luo Ye moved next to the old lady and whispered something in her ear, then gave everyone a slight smile and quickly followed Ye Xuan to the study.

"Grandma, what’s happened?" Wen Su asked confusedly.

Wen Yan pinched him and looked at the old lady: "Grandma, shall I help you back to your room to rest a bit?"

"No need." The old lady sighed, "Some matters must be resolved sooner or later; if we avoid it today, we can’t avoid it tomorrow..."

"Mom..." Liang Huarui’s face showed concern, "What do you mean by that?"

"Nothing, if you don’t want to get up, just keep kneeling."

Exhaustion flickered across the old lady’s face. Her youngest son’s marriage had always been a sore point for her. Thus, when her youngest son encountered his first love and wanted to rekindle the old flame, she readily agreed.

She hoped that her youngest son would have a truly understanding partner to make up for the previous lack. Little did she expect that Liang Huarui, since getting engaged, had changed entirely, becoming neurotic with gains and losses. She had thought that the recent business fiasco was an accident, but now it seemed it might have been deliberate.

What kind of impact would this have on her youngest son? As a mother, she only hated that she hadn’t helped her son to be more discerning, which led to the situation today.

The hall fell into silence, the younger generation exchanged looks, understanding their grandma’s character too well. She was always smiling; to see her like this today meant she was extremely angered.

Liang Huarui hesitated for a long time, finally stood up and sat next to the old lady, looking at her anxiously and uncertainly. Her lips moved a few times, but she didn’t say a word.

The oppressive atmosphere was unbearable. Wen Ke, trying to make conversation, said: "Grandma, I think Ye Xuan and Ye’er are quite a good match, don’t you think so?"

The old lady glanced at her granddaughter, a hint of a smile appearing on her face: "If you think so, then you should use that as your standard in the future."

"Grandma, you’re making it too difficult for me. Who is Ye Xuan, anyhow? The only one who can barely be mentioned in the same breath as him is Feng Tianzhi. In other words, there’s only one Ye Xuan in the entire country. By saying this, you’re clearly making me unable to get married," Wen Ke pretended to be serious, stroking her chin, "Or do you mean to suggest that I should snatch my brother-in-law from Ye’er’s hands?"

The old lady glared at her: "There you go talking nonsense again."

Liang Hua Rui interrupted, "Mom, Wen Ke is so beautiful and has such good prospects, she will definitely find a good family. You don’t need to worry."

"Grandma, we’re back! Big brother, second brother, sister, when did you all get here? Ah, where is Sister Ye’er? She said she was going to come back to keep you and grandpa company." Little Pumpkin led a group of people into the living room, scanning around looking for Luo Ye, and the people behind him also hurriedly greeted.

"She’s with your grandpa." Grandma, having recovered her usual mood, smiled and called out to the kitchen: "Nanny Li, bring the kids some orange juice."

"I’ll go." Liang Hua Rui quickly stood up.

The old lady glanced at her: "No need, you sit."

Xing Nong moved closer and wrapped her arms around the old lady’s arm: "Grandma, our garden, they were completely taken by surprise."

Liang Huarui gave her a surprised look and said nothing.

"Yo, did Lu Lu come too?" Wen Ke teased Xing Nong with a mischievous smile: "Did you force Little Pumpkin to invite Lu Lu?"

"Of course, if I come, how can Lu Lu not?" Xing Nong said with a grin: "Big brother, second brother, sister, let me introduce them, this is Zhan Hao, this is Liu Xing, this is Wu Zetian..."

After Xing Nong finished introducing, Wen Ke rested her chin on her hand and sized up Wu Zetian: "Not bad, your name is really well-chosen, I like it a lot."

Wu Zetian scratched his head: "If you like it, swapping names with me is no problem."

"Even if I wanted to, my elders wouldn’t agree, it’s not fun if the surname isn’t Wu." Wen Ke shook the old lady’s arm: "Grandma, why isn’t such a good surname part of our family?"

The old lady chastised: "Talking nonsense again."

Wen Su, who was getting along well with Liu Xing, shouted to the old lady: "Grandma, Liu Xing is also from the same city as Aunt’s family. When Ye’er comes over to study, the Alliance Army really isn’t small."

Just as the hall was bustling, Old Master Wen came out of the study, followed by Ye Xuan and Luo Ye. Liu Xing’s eyes flashed with a twinge of pain then quickly returned to calm.

Little Pumpkin shot Luo Ye a resentful glance, he felt something was amiss, after all, he didn’t need introductions to guess who this person was.

Old Master Wen walked straight to the sofa, staring at Liang Hua Rui: "Go back to your room, pack up your things, and you can leave."

"Dad, what do you mean by this?" Liang Hua Rui looked confused.

"Playing dumb with me? You’ve leaked Wen Family’s data to the Yu family in private, repeatedly late for scheduled negotiation times, causing the other party to lose trust in the Wen Family, do you want me to continue?"

"Impossible, how could you have investigated so quickly..." Liang Hua Rui suddenly covered her mouth, her face turning pale.

Old Master Wen looked at her expressionlessly: "You needn’t regret speaking too soon; everything I said has evidence, I’m not trying to trick you."

"Dad, please forgive me, I didn’t mean to, I was so in love with Wen Tong, so afraid of losing him, that’s why I did this, for the deep love I have for him, please forgive me, okay?"

There, a "thump" on the floor, she knelt down.

"I will not forgive you, everything has a limit, what you did was too much! I won’t pursue your responsibility, considering your past feelings for Xiao Tong. That’s all I have to say, restrain yourself." Old Master Wen nodded to everyone and then turned back to his study.

"It can’t be... it can’t be... I don’t want to leave Wen Tong..." Liang Hua Rui collapsed to the floor, her face ashen, muttering non-stop.

"Grandma, better call her family." Luo Ye suggested.

"I already have." Wen Yan answered.

"Just like big brother..."

"Are you implying that little brother isn’t little brother anymore?" Little Pumpkin came over with an unhappy face, of course, without forgetting to bring along Little Mi.

"Little brother will always be little brother, and in the future, little brother will be just as smart as big brother." Luo Ye patted Little Mi’s head: "Little Mi, is Little Pumpkin brother fun?"

"Pretty good." Little Mi replied with a reluctant air.

"That’s good, I’ll bring you over to play again, okay?"

"No problem!" Little Mi quickly covered her toothy grin with her small hand, looking embarrassed, which made Luo Ye laugh uncontrollably.

"Brother-in-law, you’re my idol!" Wen Nan pulled on Ye Xuan’s arm and swayed it back and forth: "I’ve heard so much about you, I can’t believe you became my brother-in-law, what did you see in my sister? She’s not gentle at all, full of bad ideas, disobedient..."

Luo Ye interjected: "Enough, Little Pumpkin, no matter how you bad-mouth me, you’re still a boy, it’s not your place."

Wen Nan whispered into Luo Ye’s ear: "Sis, I’m doing this for your own good. After listing a bunch of flaws, if he still doesn’t mind, that means he truly likes you."

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