Acting?
Chen Tang snorted coldly through his nostrils, his gaze sweeping across Lin Feng and Grandma twice, lingering for a few seconds on the Second Uncle, Third Uncle, and a few other senior relatives nearby.
All of these people were watching with great interest, looking forward to the drama unfolding between Chen Tang and Lin Chuxue.
Obviously, they had all colluded, waiting eagerly for the show!
Chen Tang watched Grandma intensely, but couldn’t help recalling Lin Feng’s words from yesterday, that Lin Chuxue’s days as president were numbered.
It seemed Grandma was truly determined to seize power today.
Probably, none of these relatives knew about the investment the company had secured!
Lin Chuxue smiled slightly, “I’m just afraid Grandma won’t like it!
Chen Tang, hurry up and get the gift out!” she called to Chen Tang.
Lin Feng and Second Uncle Lin Zhong, Third Uncle Lin Cheng looked on indifferently at Lin Chuxue and Chen Tang.
The others might not have been aware, but Lin Feng knew very well that the jadeite earrings Lin Chuxue had bought yesterday were ones he had personally had shattered.
It would be surprising if Lin Chuxue and Chen Tang could produce them now!
“Oh!” Chen Tang reached into his pocket and rifled through it, even turning out his pants pockets, but could not find the box that previously held the earrings.
Panic flashed across Lin Chuxue’s face, “What’s wrong?
Chen Tang, the earrings?
Weren’t you holding them when we left?”
“Right, where are they now?
They must have been left in the car.
Give me the car keys; I’ll go and look for them!” Chen Tang wasn’t pretending—before leaving the house, he indeed had placed the gift box with the earrings in his pocket, but now it was truly missing.
As he spoke, Chen Tang reached out to Lin Chuxue for the car keys.
Lin Chuxue’s face showed some embarrassment, “Hurry up!”
Lin Feng, who had been waiting to enjoy the spectacle, finally seized the opportunity, bursting into loud laughter, “Hahaha, my dear cousin, so you were lying to me about buying eight hundred thousand yuan worth of earrings, huh?
Humph!
It was a mistake for Grandma to hand the company over to you.
Not only is the business nearing bankruptcy, but you’ve also learned to deceive…
I bet it was that idiot Chen Tang who led you astray…
Such a worthless cur has no place in the Lin Family!”
Chen Tang was all too familiar with Lin Feng’s tactics.
To tell the truth, with just one phone call from Chen Tang, Lin Feng could immediately disappear from this world.
The reason Chen Tang hadn’t done so was simply because he felt there was no need to, for now.
But this didn’t mean Lin Feng could act recklessly, “Lin Feng, watch your tone.
Even if you don’t respect me, at the very least you should respect Chuxue.
She is the eldest granddaughter of the Lin Family, the successor designated by Grandpa!
And I am her husband, you should be calling me brother-in-law…
Didn’t your dad teach you the very least in manners?”
Chen Tang’s words may not have seemed sharp, but they were laden with veiled insults—not only did he scold Lin Feng, but he also took a jab at Lin Feng’s father, Lin Zhong!
If Lin Feng lacked manners, that was Lin Zhong’s fault!
“Respect?
Respect my ass…
Chen Tang, do I need to spell out your background for you?
A stray dog picked out of the trash heap, just a pretty boy living off women, serving day and night in KTVs.
Do you earn enough to support yourself?” Lin Feng snorted coldly, “Let me tell you the truth.
Today, Young Master Zhao will also be coming.
He is the best match for my cousin.
If I were you, I would gracefully bow out and stop embarrassing myself here!”
Young Master Zhao?
Chen Tang and Lin Chuxue exchanged glances, Zhao Chengyi?
Chen Tang was somewhat familiar with this person, the scion of Yun City’s affluent Zhao Family conglomerate.
He had pursued Lin Chuxue during university, but she had not accepted his advances.
Even after Lin Chuxue and Chen Tang got married, Zhao Chengyi had not given up.
Yet today, at Grandma’s birthday banquet, Lin Feng had brazenly invited Zhao Chengyi, and Grandma didn’t object, which seemed like tacit approval of Lin Feng’s action.
Interesting, more and more interesting!
Originally, Chen Tang thought that today’s birthday banquet for Grandma was just a chance for pressing down on Lin Chuxue and himself, or perhaps a chance to usurp power, but now it looked like Zhao Chengyi was also in the game, which made things even more entertaining.
Before Chen Tang could speak, Lin Chuxue quickly stepped forward two steps and fiercely slapped Lin Feng across the face with the back of her hand!
Slap!
The crisp sound echoed in the hall, Lin Chuxue trembling with anger, “Lin Feng, you’ve gone too far!
At the very least, he is your brother-in-law right now, please show some respect!”
Hiss!
The scene fell into an eerie silence; no one had expected that the always genteel Lin Chuxue would slap Lin Feng in the face at Grandma’s birthday banquet.
Lin Feng was Grandma’s most beloved grandson, after all—wasn’t slapping Lin Feng the same as slapping Grandma’s face?
But Chen Tang knew that Lin Chuxue had reached her limit.
She had endured all the tripping up by Lin Feng at the company before this.
Just yesterday at the shopping mall, not only did Lin Feng fight with Lin Chuxue over a pair of earrings, he even had someone smash them, and today he kept pressing and humiliating Chen Tang repeatedly; Lin Chuxue couldn’t take it anymore.
If Chen Tang had remained as obscure and unremarkable as he had been previously, that would have been the end of it.
But yesterday at the KTV, afterwards at the mall, and then pulling in investment for the company…
linking together these successive events, Lin Chuxue realized that this Chen Tang seemed different from before.
At the KTV, when Boss Zhang’s bodyguard was about to strike a deadly blow, Master Liu appeared just in time—what a coincidence!
Was this really all just coincidence?
Lin Chuxue thought a lot last night and had a suspicion, though it was still unverified, her sentiment toward Chen Tang had already changed.
At the very least, she wouldn’t allow Chen Tang to be humiliated at Grandma’s birthday banquet.
“You…
Lin Chuxue, have you gone mad?
How dare you hit me?
Grandma, look at Lin Chuxue, what is she resembling?” Lin Feng covered his swollen half of the face and looked plaintively towards Grandma beside him.
Grandma’s face darkened, “Chu Xue, what are you doing?
Hitting your own brother for an outsider?
You’ve grown bold indeed…
Hmph, Chen Tang, that good-for-nothing, I find him displeasing as well!
If you didn’t buy a gift, then you didn’t buy it, why pretend to be something you’re not?”
In the entire family, aside from Grandpa who genuinely adored Lin Chuxue, no one else really had much fondness for her.
Lin Chuxue had anticipated Grandma’s reaction, turned her head to look at Chen Tang, “Chen Tang, go get the gift from the car!”
Chen Tang nodded, “Are you alright?”
I’m fine, I can handle this!” Lin Chuxue had been running Lin Group for so long, so naturally, she had her own mettle.
As for these internal family conflicts, Lin Chuxue was not overly vexed.
At least for now, Grandma and the others were not yet ready to completely burn bridges.
Chen Tang took the car keys from Lin Chuxue’s hand, turned around, and walked towards the entrance of the hall.
Lin Chuxue, neither humble nor arrogant, retorted to Grandma, “Grandma, Chen Tang is my husband, legitimately married to me, how is he an outsider?
If Grandma finds us displeasing to the eye, after Chen Tang brings the gift, we will leave immediately.
Staying here is pointless!”
Lin Chuxue was firm in her stance, leaving no room for negotiation.
It seemed as if she truly planned to leave!
Hearing Lin Chuxue’s words, Lin Feng immediately panicked, his eyes seeking help from Grandma.
Today, Lin Feng, Grandma, Second Uncle, and others had planned a huge scene, and if Lin Chuxue and Chen Tang were to leave, their play couldn’t go on, “Grandma…”