Chapter 138: Receiving The Invite
Jiang Xinxin was caught off guard and directly kicked to her knees on the ground. She widened her eyes and looked incredulously at Ge Peiyao: “Grandmother, you…”
“What me! Hurry and kneel to apologize to Sister Yuanman! Until she forgives you!”
Nan Yuanman widened her eyes, looking surprised at Ge Peiyao. Wasn’t she very distressed about Jiang Xinxin before? How could she bear to make Jiang Xinxin kneel?
Feng Congqian also frowned slightly.
Ge Peiyao scowled and scolded Jiang Xinxin: “Apologize quickly!”
Jiang Xinxin’s face flushed red, feeling utterly drowned in shame. Her self-esteem wouldn’t allow her to kneel like this. She wanted to stand up but didn’t dare. She cried aggrievedly: “Sorry, sorry! Sister Yuanman, I’ve knelt to you! I was wrong! I really know I was wrong, wuwuwuwu…”
Nan Yuanman looked at Jiang Xinxin kneeling before her and felt particularly uncomfortable inside. She furrowed her little brows: “Forget it. I accept your apology and thank-you gift. You can get up.”
Jiang Xinxin didn’t dare stand up immediately. She timidly looked at Ge Peiyao and only staggered to her feet slowly after she nodded, tears streaming down her face from grievance.
Ge Peiyao immediately smiled and handed her the basket in her hand: “I knew it. Yuanman is a good child. Come, the basket is yours. From now on, you and Xin Xin are still good sisters.”
Feng Congqian raised his eyes to signal the bodyguard beside him to take the basket.
Ge Peiyao didn’t care who took the basket. Anyway, as long as the item was given away, Jiang Tianzong’s tasked mission was accomplished. She looked at Nan Yuanman and couldn’t help saying: “Yuanman, your grandmother and uncle have had a little accident and are also hospitalized in this hospital right now. If you have time, go see them. No matter what, they are your relatives.”
“You’re still young and don’t yet know how important relatives are to you. We don’t blame you for your mother’s matters. In the future, we’ll treat you like our own child and love you dearly.”
Nan Yuanman felt her words strangely uncomfortable. She furrowed her little brows and was about to retort when Feng Congqian sneered and said: “Relatives? Are you worthy?”
“Madam Ge, don’t forget, Yuanman’s mother was personally driven out by you back then. Back then, it was also you who said to sever the mother-daughter relationship with Yuanman’s mother. What kind of relatives are you to Yuanman?”
Ge Peiyao had no idea Feng Congqian knew the past events so clearly. Her face flushed bright red, and she opened her mouth to quibble: “I-I…”
The quibbling words reached her lips but turned into: “Who made her bully Yao Yao first? Yao Yao was raised by us to be so innocent, yet because of her repeated framing, her life was nearly lost. How could I possibly recognize such a vicious person as my daughter?”
Ge Peiyao’s face stiffened, her mind blank for an instant, but deep down she felt she hadn’t said anything wrong. Back then, if not for Bai Wenyin’s vicious bullying of Yao Yao, she wouldn’t have been so angry as to sever the mother-daughter relationship with her.
A mocking smile appeared on Feng Congqian’s face. He lost the desire to continue talking with Ge Peiyao. He looked at her coldly and then said: “Since you think that way, then three days from now, the Feng family will hold a press conference. At that time, I will invite the Jiang family to attend. You must come.”
Ge Peiyao’s face lit up with delight: “Press conference? Are you going to introduce Yuanman to the whole nation? Great, we’ll definitely be there!”
This was the Feng family’s press conference! Its value went without saying. Their Jiang family finally had a chance to step out of S City!
Sure enough, bringing Xin Xin to apologize was the right decision. Look, the Feng family’s attitude toward the Jiang family had softened.
Feng Congqian sneered mockingly, picked up Nan Yuanman, and turned to leave.
Ge Peiyao also happily led Jiang Xinxin as they turned to go downstairs. Tears welled in Jiang Xinxin’s eyes, and she walked with a limp. She twisted her little head to look at Nan Yuanman held in Feng Congqian’s arms, a trace of envy surging in her heart for the first time…
If only, if only she had a father too.
If her father were here, he definitely wouldn’t let Nan Yuanman and her father bully her like this.
She wanted a father too…
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Inside the hospital room where the Jiang family was.
Jiang Tianzong suppressed his anxious heart and waited on the hospital bed for Ge Peiyao and Jiang Xinxin to arrive, occasionally looking toward the doorway.
Jiang Hengzhi and Jiang Chuyun had been discharged the next day when they could get out of bed to chase down the culprits who had bagged them.
The hospital room only had Jiang Tianzong left and Jiang Yueyao pretending to be dead on the bed.
After about five minutes, footsteps sounded outside the door. Ge Peiyao, full of joy, led in Jiang Xinxin, who was lowering her head and wiping tears.
As soon as Jiang Xinxin entered the hospital room, she shook off Ge Peiyao’s hand and ran pattering toward Jiang Yueyao: “Mom, wuwu…”
Hearing her voice, Jiang Yueyao quickly sat up to hug her: “Xin Xin!”
Seeing Ge Peiyao’s empty hand, a glint flashed through Jiang Tianzong’s turbid eyes: “She accepted the item?”
“She accepted it. Not only that, the Feng family Patriarch personally invited our Jiang family to attend the Feng family’s press conference three days from now!” Ge Peiyao lowered her voice, extremely excited.
Delight appeared on Jiang Tianzong’s face: “Really?”
“The Feng family Patriarch said it to me personally. How could it be fake?” Ge Peiyao huffed lightly: “Do you think the Feng family is letting go of what we did before, for Yuanman’s sake?”
“Possible. After all, Yuanman is just a five-year-old child, exactly at the age craving family affection. We are her biological grandmother and grandfather. No matter how angry she is, she won’t bear to cut ties with us.”
Jiang Tianzong spoke with particular confidence: “When the time comes, we’ll attend the press conference and make clear to everyone our relationship with Yuanman and the Feng family. Then, the Jiang family will surely rise to the next level!”
Jiang Yueyao held Jiang Xinxin, seemingly comforting her but actually perking up her ears to listen, her heart stirring with ideas.
If she could also attend the Feng family’s press conference, her status in S City would rise to the next level. Those who mocked her before would only look up to her and fawn over her!
Jiang Yueyao bit her lip and spoke in a soft, weak voice: “Dad, Mom, I… I want to go apologize to Sister Wenyin.”
Jiang Tianzong and Ge Peiyao turned to look at her. Jiang Yueyao lowered her eyes: “What happened at the family reunion banquet before was my fault. The Feng family’s attitude toward me is unclear now. You can’t keep me locked up forever. Why not let me go proactively apologize to Sister Wenyin and let Yuanman calm down.”
“That way, Yuanman will help say more good things for us in front of the Feng family.”
Ge Peiyao’s heart stirred, thinking this was indeed a good idea. She turned to Jiang Tianzong: “What do you think?”
Jiang Tianzong’s gaze was indifferent: “We’ll talk after asking Yuanman.”
Jiang Yueyao nodded obediently: “Okay.”
As Jiang Tianzong and Ge Peiyao discussed future plans, Jiang Xinxin couldn’t help her red eyes and looked up to ask her: “Mom, I want Dad. Where is my dad now? Why isn’t he by my side protecting me?”
Jiang Yueyao’s body stiffened, panic flashing across her face.
“Right, Yao Yao.” Ge Peiyao was also puzzled: “Who is Xin Xin’s biological father, exactly?”
