“Chuyao, today is your coming-of-age ceremony, what are you making a fuss about?” Mother Jiang didn’t ask anything and immediately launched into a scolding.
She was long accustomed to this, and her gaze at Mother Jiang was no more than one would give a stranger.
Damn family ties. If she felt sorry for that illegitimate child Jiang Chuying, then let the three of them love each other dearly and keep them locked up while they’re at it.
“Your your room, go in and check it, handle it!” Jiang Nanshan was also afraid things would escalate and spiral out of control.
“You’re the father why don’t you go? What if I go in and get a stye? Or scare your precious daughter, and the Jiang family ends up childless?!” Chuyao didn’t even think twice before firmly refusing.
“You… you’re utterly untamable!”
“Untamable!” The last four words were spoken in unison by father and son.
“How dare you talk back, slap ” Before the words were out, Chuyao saw her father raise his hand, and without hesitation, she pulled her mother in front of her to take the slap while she hid behind her.
Jiang Nanshan struck with full force, and the corner of Mother Jiang’s mouth immediately started bleeding.
“Ugh!” Mother Jiang felt her ears ringing, teeth loosened, and as the blood dripped to the floor, a tooth fell out along with it!
“Ah…” Just as Mother Jiang was about to react, a scream came from inside.
Jiang Nanshan didn’t care about anything else and kicked the door open, rushing inside…
The moment he entered, his vision went black. Pulling off the culprit covering her head, it was a small black lace ** so tiny…
“Tsk tsk, the flower blooms!” Chuyao, standing behind, had a perfect view and didn’t hesitate to mock.
“Shut up!”
“You four on the floor, my old man says shut up!” Chuyao knew exactly how to hit the nerve. Jiang Nanshan turned away; if he kept looking, he might just vomit blood.
“Look at this pale expanse good thing it’s not New Year, otherwise they could have been ready for market!”
“Chuying…” Mother Jiang entered, seeing her eldest daughter pale and thinking she must have been forced into this, her body unable to withstand such ‘stimulation.’ She immediately went forward to pull her away.
“Help… help…” With the door wide open, a cool breeze blew, waking Jiang Chuying slightly.
Using a weak voice, she called for help. The three men, whether awakened by the wind or the effects of the drug wearing off, all shivered subconsciously.
Their eyes were no longer dazed, and each rubbed his waist.
“Chuyao, I told you, I won’t compete with you, so why hurt me?” Jiang Chuying saw no one cared for her wellbeing and quietly sobbed.
This pitiful sight tugged at the heart.
“You really didn’t need to compete with me. After all, these three are enough to satisfy you.”
“Haha!” Laughter came from outside the door, presumably hearing Chuyao’s words and unable to hold back.
“All messy, I take my leave!” Chuyao had truly pushed the meaning of ‘untamable’ to the extreme.
The commotion had largely ended. The birthday girl had left, and everyone else gradually departed.
The three men inside quickly got dressed and followed Jiang Nanshan to the study. What was said, no one knew only that Jiang Nanshan was furious.
Jiang Chuying, exhausted, was helped by Mother Jiang to dress, then took her medicine, gradually recovering.
But she began crying as soon as she steadied herself.
Seeing this, Mother Jiang felt heartache. Though not her biological daughter, she had raised her as a treasure; it was as if someone was carving her heart with a knife.
“Mom, I don’t want to live anymore!” Jiang Chuying leaned on Mother Jiang, her desperate words stabbing like a knife.
“Don’t be afraid, with mom here, no one can hurt you.” Mother Jiang held her eldest daughter tenderly, speaking soothingly.
Yet such comfort could not erase her hatred.
Chuyao, you forced me into this!
After the three men left, Jiang Nanshan, drained, collapsed into a chair.
Raising his hands, he noticed both were trembling slightly.
Thinking of what his eldest daughter had just endured, his teeth itched in anger.
At this moment, Chuyao went to the neighboring Tan Jingyun’s house, not mentioning a word about what had just happened.
She had come to break the engagement.
Fortunately, Tan’s parents were also present. Hearing her purpose, they were genuinely startled.
Over the years, although they never approved of this marriage, seeing the engagement broken today still stirred mixed feelings.
“Are you serious?” Tan Jingyun hesitated; after all, she had always followed him obediently.
If he pointed east, she wouldn’t go west.
Had she been provoked today, leading to a temporary lapse in judgment?
“Of course. Breaking the engagement is better for both of us. Otherwise, in the future, you might end up an unintentional father,” Chuyao said, frowning Tan Jingyun.
As expected, her words were still displeasing.
“This engagement was arranged by our parents. If we abruptly cancel, what about your father?” Tan’s mother noticed her husband’s concern and raised it herself.
“My father wouldn’t agree. If you really care about my father’s opinion, then don’t cancel. Anyway, I won’t be the one marrying in the end.” Chuyao made it clear.
She had never agreed to the engagement.
In her previous life, because of her miserable circumstances, it was Jiang Chuying who married in her place.
But even if that hadn’t happened, in the end, her parents would have replaced her anyway, making Jiang Chuying marry into the Tan family.
Reborn, she knew exactly where to strike: hit the snake in its weak spot; to kill, aim at the heart pain where it matters!
When Chuyao left the Tan house, she hummed a little tune, clearly in a good mood.
Back home, intending to go straight to her room, she encountered her father smoking downstairs.
“Stop right there!”
“Old man, it’s nothing serious. Why so worried?” Chuyao obeyed but her mocking expression was obvious.
“You dislike your sister so much, do you want to kill her?” Her father, seeing how grown she had become, found her increasingly incomprehensible.
“How could that be? It’s not like I had a hand in her affair, how could I have killed her?” Chuyao’s sharp tongue directly made her father cough violently in anger.
He couldn’t help but cough uncontrollably.