Chapter 298: Who Is Ungrateful?

Wenren Chi looked serious and came to the living room. When he saw the people inside, surprise was written on his face. “How… It’s you?”

After hearing that, Shi Qingxue who was talking with Shi Junhe raised her head and showed a beautiful smile. “Chi, are you surprised?”

It turned out that the visitors were from Duke Shi’s mansion (they had lived apart from the second master’s and third master’s families) and Mo Junyang.

The four were sitting and chatting in the living room in harmony like a family.

Apart from Mo Junyang, the arrival of Shi Junhe and his wife as well as Shi Qingxue did make the new couple feel surprised and happy.

And meanwhile they were confused. “What brought you here?”

Seeing that his daughter and son who was also his son-in-law were in a daze, Shi Junhe was amused involuntarily and said loudly, “Qingxue guessed that your mansion would be cheerless this morning, so she asked us to come here and have a free meal. What? We are not welcome?”

“Of course yes!” Wenren Chi answered in a hurry and showed a relieved smile on his face.

Shi Qingxue’s head popped out from behind Shi Junhe, and she stated smilingly, “Am I smart? I knew that you and Baoning would like it.”

Looking at Shi Qingxue’s beautiful and bright smile, Wenren Chi was in a trance, but soon he came back to earth and just pursed his lips, saying, “Thank you!”

Shi Qingxue waved her head gracefully and expressed that she did so much not to make Wenren Chi thank her.

The family talked and laughed. It happened that the butler Li came to report that it was time for lunch. Shi Qingxue smiled again and looked at Wenren Chi with expectancy. “Brother, I haven’t visited your mansion for a long time. What delicious food did you prepare today?”

Wenren Chi heard that and couldn’t help but laugh with affection. He raised his hand and rubbed Shi Qingxue’s soft hair. “It’s all that you like. You will surely be satisfied.”

“Ahem!” Before Shi Qingxue could express her happiness, she was stopped by Shi Junhe’s cough.

Both of them looked at Shi Junhe at the same time, with their questioning eyes.

Then Shi Junhe patted Qingxue’s head and pretended to be serious, instructing, “Chi has married your sister. Why didn’t you change the form of address?”

Although he taught Shi Qingxue a lesson, he glanced at Wenren Chi meaningfully.

Wenren Chi’s smile was frozen and then faded gradually till it disappeared.

Shi Qingxue didn’t notice that.

She held her head and her big eyes rolled. Then she looked as if she was suddenly enlightened.

Afterward, she turned to Shi Baoning and Wenren Chi, calling in a sweet voice, “Sister, Brother-in-law.”

Her voice was pleasant, and her bright smile was gorgeous, like a flower.

However, the two people concerned didn’t return her a smile that she expected after hearing that.

Wenren Chi’s face was dark, and Shi Baoning looked stiff.

Shi Qingxue’s smile also dimmed.

For a moment, she was at a loss for what to do.

She had realized that she might have done something wrong, yet for the first time, she couldn’t figure out what wrong she had done.

The living room fell into silence at once, and it was awkward.

Fortunately, Mo Junyang was here. He was not good at breaking the ice, but he would never stand by and watch his sweetheart being “bullied”.

Mo Junyang forcefully stood between Shi Qingxue and the couple. When Shi Qingxue couldn’t see that, he gave a warning glance at the two. Although Shi Qingxue might not know the reason, he was clear about it. No matter what the couple were thinking about, they couldn’t affect Shi Qingxue.

Shi Baoning feared Mo Junyang originally for no reason. Only after he glanced at her, she felt that she was stiff all over her body and a shiver ran down her spine. She even trembled subconsciously.

Wenren Chi also stiffened and then avoided Mo Junyang’s eyes with guilt.

Seeing that he achieved his goal, Mo Junyang didn’t pay attention to the two anymore and then asked the butler Li, “Where shall we have lunch?”

Li lowered his head and didn’t notice the weird atmosphere in the room. He just answered respectfully, “Lunch is in the main hall. Please go to the main hall, everybody.”

“I don’t know where it is.” Mo Junyang said that to Shi Qingxue intentionally.

Only he came to the Wenren family’s mansion for the first time.

Shi Qingxue switched her attention as expected. She excitedly led Mo Junyang to walk out and explained to him in high spirits, “I know where it is. I tell you. I used to play hide-and-seek here when I was young…”

They walked out of the living room in advance with Li. Shi Junhe just glanced at Wenren Chi peacefully and suggested, “Let’s go.”

Wenren Chi pursed his lips and nodded, without saying anything. He followed Shi Junhe and went out of the living hall.

Only Dong Hui and Shi Baoning were left. Dong Hui grabbed her daughter’s hand and asked with a frown, “What happened?”

Shi Baoning just came to her senses from Mo Junyang’s glance and still felt scared. She shook her head in silence.

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Dong Hui’s face darkened, and she stared at Shi Baoning, rebuking in a cold voice, “Don’t think that your mother is a fool. You looked as if a word ‘unhappy’ was written on your faces. Do you want to hide it from me? Tell me what happened. Did Chi bully you?”

Although both of them were her children in name, Dong Hui was partial to her biological daughter Shi Baoning.

Hearing Dong Hui’s concerned words, Shi Baoning felt grieved at once, even though she hid it hard all the time.

She couldn’t help but rush into Dong Hui’s arms, calling in a sobbing voice, “Mother! Mother…”

“What’s wrong?” Dong Hui finally panicked.

She looked and asked seriously just now, aiming at Wenren Chi, yet she didn’t believe that he wouldn’t be nice to Shi Baoning.

How could a child raised by her be not good?

Dong Hui supported Shi Baoning’s shoulder and tried to pull the girl out of her arms and ask.

However, Shi Baoning hid in her arms all the time and shook her head crazily, refusing to raise her head, as if she was too ashamed to show her face.

Dong Hui was anxious and angry, and she was helpless. She had to ask patiently, “Since it’s not Chi, what happened?”

“I, I…” Shi Baoning spoke on and off and couldn’t explain it clearly after a long time.

Dong Hui had to guess. “I asked Jing Yi just now. She said that you were fine this morning… Do you think that we came abruptly?”

Shi Baoning shook her head in a hurry and replied while sobbing, “No. I am happy that you and Father came.”

Dong Hui heaved a sigh of relief and thought that they didn’t do something wrong out of kindness, but suddenly she found something wrong with Shi Baoning’s words.

She felt nervous and hurriedly raised Shi Baoning’s chin, asking anxiously, “I and your father? So, you don’t like…Qingxue?”

Shi Baoning turned away in silence.

She…gave tacit consent unexpectedly.

After realizing this point, Dong Hui felt cold all over her body. She turned Shi Baoning’s face back emotionally and questioned harshly, “Do you know what you are talking about? She is your sister. She is so nice to you. How can you…” be so ungrateful?

Dong Hui couldn’t say the rest.

On one hand, such a question was too hurtful, and on the other hand, Shi Baoning’s sob made her heartbroken.

Both Shi Baoning and Shi Qingxue were her daughters. It couldn’t be denied that she was partial to the younger daughter at any time in the past except that she chose Shi Baoning when she thought at the gate of King Rui’s mansion that Shi Qingxue would die. It was impossible that she could ignore either of them.

After hearing Dong Hui’s question, Shi Baoning looked grieved and smiled bitterly. “So, even you think that I am ungrateful and I am wrong, Mother?”

Dong Hui kept silent.

In the past two years, Shi Qingxue had grown up quickly, and all people saw that she was nice to Shi Baoning and cared about her.

Even though Shi Qingxue never claimed credit for herself, Dong Hui saw everything that the girl had done, and even the mother couldn’t be so selfless in something.

So it was really difficult for Dong Hui to believe that Shi Qingxue didn’t treat her sister well.

Shi Baoning certainly understood what Dong Hui’s silence meant, and she looked more gloomy. She lowered her head, sobbing. “I know it. I know it…She is warmhearted and kind to everybody and cares about us. All people in our family, including Father and me have received many kindnesses from her and have been saved by her, so we should be grateful to her, right? Even if she crosses the line, we can’t complain about her because we owe her…”

Since Shi Baoning had gone too far while speaking, Dong Hui couldn’t help but interrupt her harshly. “Baoning!”

Shi Baoning stopped crying abruptly, and glittering tears were still on her cheeks. She looked pitiful.

Dong Hui took a deep breath and restrained her anger and anxiety. Then she held Shi Baoning’s face and expressed with concern, “Baoning, I believe that you won’t talk nonsense. What you said just now…”

It was too unpleasant to hear, and Dong Hui couldn’t repeat it. She paused for a moment and then continued, “I believe that you said that for a reason, but what kind of person is Qingxue? I don’t need to say more. You have been her sister for so many years. Don’t you know her character?

“Most of the time, she would rather let herself suffer than treat us unfairly. How can I believe your denouncement?”

Dong Hui said in distress but was unwilling to rebuke Shi Baoning who cried sadly. She had to ask in another way, “Is there a misunderstanding? Or which brainless guy slandered her in front of you? Or did your grandma say something to you?”

At the thought of the last possibility, Dong Hui confirmed her guess.

Then she lectured Shi Baoning sternly, “Don’t you know that till now? That old woman is not your biological grandma. She hopes that all the members in our family will be out of luck. Don’t believe her words to ruin your relationship. She harbors evil intentions.”

“No!” Shi Baoning denied it anxiously.

She had known the gratitude and enmity between her father and grandma, yet she had been brought up by Mo Shujun since childhood, and it was difficult for her to forget their kinship, so when she heard Dong Hui speak evil of Mo Shujun, she defended her grandma subconsciously.

Dong Hui also knew that, so she didn’t bother about this matter and just asked, “What on earth happened? Tell me frankly.”

Shi Baoning bit her lower lip and lowered her head. After staying silent for a long time, she expressed gently, “Mother, since childhood, I admire you and Father as a couple for a lifetime and there is no other women. I hope that I can be like you.”

Dong Hui thought that Shi Baoning was just worried that Wenren Chi would have concubines, so she heaved a sigh of relief and couldn’t help laughing.

When she planned to joke with her daughter, she heard Shi Baoning’s deep and depressed voice. “So I can’t accept the story about Ehuang and Nüying as two sisters married one husband.”

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