"Dad, Mom, let’s eat!" Jiang Xue sat down and picked some dishes for her parents, placing them in their bowls.
"Let’s eat, let’s eat!"
After the banquet, guests gradually left. Father Jiang and Mrs. Jiang were also about to go home. Jiang Xue was originally going to send them back, but since she had just finished her postpartum period and had to take care of the child, she couldn’t leave and could only bid them farewell.
Meanwhile, Cheng Li returned home, and Mrs. Cheng noticed her daughter’s face had been hit. Heartbroken, she asked, "Xiao Li, what happened to your face? Who hit you?"
"Who else could it be but Jiang Xue?" Cheng Li said irritably. She couldn’t understand what had gotten into Jiang Xue; she seemed like a completely different person.
Before, Jiang Xue wouldn’t even say a harsh word to her, let alone hit her.
But ever since Jiang Xue had the child, she had completely changed.
However, Cheng Li couldn’t understand why just having a child could cause such a change. Could it be that Jiang Xue was possessed by something?
If that were true, Cheng Li needed to find a way to remove whatever it was. Otherwise, Jiang Xue being so uncontrollable would be quite troublesome.
"What? Jiang Xue hit you?" Mrs. Cheng looked at her daughter in shock and asked, "Aren’t you two good friends? Why would she hit you?"
"Who knows what madness she’s up to?"
Cheng Li growled lowly, her tone was harsh, and she moved so briskly that it pulled at the nerves in her face, causing her whole face to ache.
Feeling the pain, Cheng Li had to temporarily set aside her hatred for Jiang Xue and said to Mrs. Cheng, "Mom, do we have any ointment? Give me some, or I won’t be able to face anyone."
"Hold on, I’ll go get the medicine for you." Mrs. Cheng went inside to fetch the ointment, while Cheng Li sat in the courtyard with a sullen look, a vicious glint flashing in her eyes.
She would not let these two slaps go easily. She would make Jiang Xue pay back tenfold, a hundredfold.
It wasn’t long before Mrs. Cheng came out with a bottle of ointment and helped Cheng Li apply it to her face. After applying the medicine, she told Cheng Li to rest at home, while she went to the Mu Family, intending to have it out with Jiang Xue.
Jiang Xue was so wicked to have hit Cheng Li’s face like that; it was too much. For a woman, if her face is ruined, her whole life might as well be ruined too.
Mrs. Cheng arrived at the Mu Family home, where Bai Yuhua and Mu Siwu happened to be out, returning the tables and chairs used for the banquet. In the courtyard, only Jiang Xue was there, cleaning.
As soon as Mrs. Cheng entered the courtyard, she walked up to Jiang Xue, grabbed her forcefully, and demanded, "Jiang Xue, tell me, are you the one who hit my Xiao Li’s face?"
Jiang Xue almost fell from the tug, simmering with anger, she turned around and saw it was Mrs. Cheng. Her eyes flickered as she called out, "Auntie!"
"What auntie? Who’s your auntie? I’ll ask you again, did you hit Xiao Li?" Mrs. Cheng asked fiercely.
Jiang Xue looked at Mrs. Cheng, her gaze turned cold. Mrs. Cheng and Cheng Li had completely different personalities; she was short-tempered and fierce, only being gentle to Cheng Li, and was ruthless to everyone else.
All along, Jiang Xue had been a bit afraid of her. Every time she spoke, she dared not raise her voice. Moreover, Mrs. Cheng did not like her, even though she was good friends with Cheng Li, even though she had given Cheng Li many good things, even though she had helped around the house a lot, she had never been given a kind look.
Today, it was clear Mrs. Cheng was not coming with good intentions.