Chapter 103: Go to Hell 8
“Enough, this matter ends here. Do not mention it again. Continue with what you were doing and do not waste time on irrelevant people,” Old Madam Ling stated decisively.
Xu Jingyun was overjoyed. As long as Old Madam Ling considered her Ling Hanmu’s fiancée, then she was the only one. No matter how much Xia Chenge jumped around, it would be useless and would only make Old Madam Ling disgusted.
Xu Jingyi was equally satisfied with this outcome. Although the process had been full of ups and downs, he had at least gotten what he wanted!
Xia Chenge watched their smug expressions and smiled without speaking. Had she prepared for so long only for them to succeed so easily?
Xia Chenge was about to start the “slapped in the face” moment but was interrupted by Ling Hanmu.
“Grandmother, you can’t say that. It’s better to clarify things,” Ling Hanmu said calmly. The next moment, his gaze suddenly turned cold. “Xu Jingyun, you said you saved me. How did you save me? Can you describe the process?”
Hearing this, Xu Jingyun’s heart trembled, and an indescribable fear arose within her.
How did she save Ling Hanmu? She, how would she know?
Xu Jingyun trembled slightly and secretly tugged at Xu Jingyi.
Xu Jingyi was also caught off guard by Ling Hanmu’s question. Why hadn’t Xia Minglan asked the old undying about what happened?
“Why aren’t you speaking? You should at least have some memory, right?” Ling Hanmu stared at her. “It’s better to speak up, lest my grandmother accuse me of being ungrateful. I don’t want to bear such a serious charge. And another thing, how old were we then?”
The series of detailed questions immediately stunned the Xu Jingyun family of three.
The guests’ gazes fell upon them, making them feel like they were sitting on pins and needles.
“I, I don’t remember very well,” Xu Jingyun stammered, her mind a blank.
“Since you don’t remember, why do you claim to have a life-saving grace towards me?” Ling Hanmu sneered. “How can you have no memory of such a significant event? Are you fabricating this and deliberately deceiving our Ling family?”
Ling Zhongjing’s complexion was very displeased. “Xiao Mu, don’t talk nonsense.”
“Everyone, stop talking. I am the main character today,” Ling Hanmu interrupted Ling Zhongjing indifferently, as if he had reverted to his previous persona of a dissolute young master.
Xu Jingyi racked his brain, cursing Xia Minglan for being useless.
“Jingyun was young back then, and it was her maternal grandfather who took her out. It’s normal for her not to remember, right?” Xu Jingyi improvised.
“And you? Don’t you know when your daughter went out?” Ling Hanmu asked with a half-smile. “This matter seems to have a big problem.”
“When she was young, it was always her maternal grandfather who took her. My wife and I were busy with work and didn’t pay attention to everything.”
“If she was young and didn’t remember things, how could she have saved me?”
“Her maternal grandfather told us about this. He didn’t go into the details.”
“Enough!” Old Madam Ling couldn’t listen anymore and stopped Ling Hanmu. “I said this matter ends here! Since the Old Master arranged for you to be engaged to Xu Jingyun, then Xu Jingyun is your fiancée. Xia Chenge, as a friend, should not stand in a position that doesn’t belong to her.”
Xu Jingyun couldn’t hide her smile and stepped forward, staring directly at Xia Chenge. “Bitch, why aren’t you leaving? Do you want to continue embarrassing yourself?”
Xia Chenge spoke calmly and powerfully. “Don’t the people directly involved know this matter best? Back then, my grandfather and Old Master Ling left me and Young Master Ling to play by the poolside. Young Master Ling was pushed into the pool by a servant and almost drowned. It was I who saved Young Master Ling.”
The hall, which had been somewhat noisy, instantly fell silent at Xia Chenge’s words, and everyone looked at Xia Chenge in astonishment.
Xu Jingyun stopped in her tracks, her face filled with shock.
“You stole the merit that belongs to me and then tried to frame me?” Xia Chenge looked calmly at the Xu Jingyun family of three. “I have tolerated you time and again, and you have become more and more aggressive, wanting to kill me. I didn’t speak not because I was afraid, but because I didn’t want Grandfather and Grandmother to be saddened by your wolfish ambition.”
“Even when you wanted Xu Jingyun to replace me and get engaged to Young Master Ling, I had no objections because I didn’t want to use kindness to coerce others.”
“But you are too terrifying. You want to get everything you desire and then hunt me down to the very end!”
“Old Madam Ling, I said, I have a clear conscience!”
Old Madam Ling was stunned by Xia Chenge’s forceful words and was momentarily speechless.
“Xia Chenge, you are slandering me! Your maternal grandfather must have told you these things! You want to steal everything that belongs to me. I finally understand why my maternal grandfather mentioned the marriage contract but never spoke of how I saved Young Master Ling back then. It turns out you were the one intimidating them,” Xu Jingyun argued frantically.
“Don’t the people directly involved know these things best?” Ling Hanmu mocked. “Since you claim to be that little girl, let me tell you another detail. I bit the person who saved me back then. Do you know where I bit?”
Xu Jingyun was stumped again, saying flusteredly, “I said I was young back then and don’t remember so much. Moreover, even if there was a bite mark, it would have healed long ago after so many years. Who can provide evidence?”
“Old Madam Ling, I am truly disappointed. Our Xu family has never asked the Ling family for anything based on this matter, and now we are being interrogated like criminals. It’s truly laughable,” Xu Jingyi also stepped forward angrily to defend Xu Jingyun, though his heart was as chaotic as hers.
He vaguely felt that today was a trap set by Xia Chenge for them. It would have been better to pretend to be unable to bear such anger and leave quickly, to avoid being in a dilemma later.
“Who says there’s no evidence?” Ling Hanmu sneered. “I’ve given you chances all along, but I never expected your shamelessness to be so astonishing that it breaks my limits again and again.”
“I went through life and death back then. Even though I was only four years old, I will never forget who saved me, and I left a scar on her shoulder that will never disappear!”
After Ling Hanmu finished speaking, he signaled a servant to bring the prepared disinfectant and wash away the sticker on Xia Chenge’s left shoulder. A clear, visible bite mark appeared before everyone.
“If this isn’t evidence, what is?” Ling Hanmu retorted coldly. “Don’t really think you can play me like a fiddle. Is the Ling family something your Xu family can scheme against? I truly don’t know what deep hatred you and your family have for Chenge. You keep saying you’re family, but what’s the reality?”
The hall erupted in an uproar, filled with shock. They looked at the Xu Jingyun family of three with disdain, contempt, and disgust.
Old Madam Ling’s face turned ashen with anger. “This is outrageous! Xu Jingyi, what do you take our Ling family for?”
Xu Jingyun was struck by lightning, her face pale. Xu Jingyi and his wife felt as if a basin of ice water had been poured over them, their bodies turning cold, all their beautiful dreams shattered.
At the same time, the large screen that had been playing a slideshow of Ling Hanmu’s photos from childhood to adulthood suddenly changed its style and turned into a bizarre video.
Second update finished. Good night everyone, remember to vote.
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