"If you want to seize back control of the Shi Family and live with dignity, you’d better be gentle with me. Of course, you can also choose not to believe what I say, and continue to be bullied by that group from the Shi Family. Thinking about the time, the annual Shi Family appreciation banquet is just around the corner. But Mrs. Shi probably wouldn’t want to attend, because in the Shi Family... there’s no place for you."
Shi Lan’s words, like a sharp dagger with barbs, violently stabbed into Shi Mother’s heart.
She was resentful and filled with hatred, yet she felt even more fearful.
Because as of today, although she lived in the Shi Family, she existed like an outsider.
No one in the Shi Family listened to her, even the servants often ignored her commands, and now she was nothing but a figurehead.
Upon hearing these words, Shi Mother looked up at Shi Lan and couldn’t help laughing, "You... help me?"
"Last year’s appreciation banquet was personally organized by Miss Shi Xiu, but this year, this chance to earn credit has fallen on the second madam, right? The guest list, preferences, preparations behind the scenes and in public, does she really know? When Miss Shi Xiu was alive, such matters were never delegated to anyone in the Shi Family. If you want to regain your prestige, this is the best opportunity. Of course, if you doubt my words, then I have nothing more to say. A lost cause can’t be helped, let’s pretend we never met today."
Shi Lan said so much in one breath, giving Shi Mother a while to digest it.
Eventually, she managed to muster a few words, staring into Shi Lan’s eyes and asked, "Who... exactly are you?"
"Who I am doesn’t matter, what matters is whether you want to change your situation or not."
"You give me a sense of familiarity," Shi Mother continued to dwell on this issue.
Shi Lan said no more.
Shi Mother thought for a long while, finally understanding where this sense of familiarity came from, her face turned pale, an instant ghostly white: "No... this can’t be."
"What are you thinking? Of course it’s not possible, but this is your only chance, you think it over, whether you want to fight back or not. After you’ve decided, contact me."
The number was already on Shi Mother’s phone.
Feeling she had laid enough groundwork, Shi Lan stood up from her chair.
"Why do you want to help me?"
"Because I don’t want you clinging to Yan Shixiu any longer, he doesn’t owe you."
After saying this, Shi Lan called for the bill.
After settling the bill, she left the hotel.
Shi Mother’s mind was in turmoil, now unsure whether to trust Shi Lan, fearing that she might have let another venomous woman into her life.
But the words that Shi Lan had just said... kept making her feel that this woman had some connection with Shi Lan.
Otherwise, how could she know secrets that even those in the Shi Family might not be aware of? She knew them not just superficially, but as if she had experienced them firsthand.
Should she trust this woman or not?
Carrying such thoughts, Shi Mother returned to the Shi Family home, where the family’s women were discussing the preparations for the appreciation banquet. True to Shi Lan’s words, these people had no regard for her presence. It was as if she was a surplus person in the Shi Family, yet she was actually the largest shareholder.
Thinking of this, Shi Mother’s heart felt as though it was being gnawed by ants.
Especially when she stood on the second floor of the Shi Family home, looking down at the living room, the laughter in the room sounded particularly harsh to her ears.
Compared to these people, why not boldly trust Yan Shixiu’s new wife?
If it was all to end in ruin...
Of course, she should turn the dagger toward her own enemies.