Yu Xiyue’s patience in speaking to her son was also to prevent others from laughing at them.
She was a proud woman, believing that one should swallow their pride even when spitting blood.
She felt she had already given her son enough face.
But clearly, her son was an unpromising thing!
She distinctly saw her son glance at the young girl before saying these words.
The affection within that glance was something she saw clearly, absolutely out of the ordinary.
She even clearly saw her son tightly gripping the young girl’s hand.
It was evident that her son’s reluctance to leave was greatly related to this young girl in front of him.
For a woman, and a country woman of low standing at that, to abandon a bright future, Yu Xiyue could not comprehend.
“Chi Yiyuan!”
Yu Xiyue felt she was about to erupt in anger, her gaze fixed on Chi Yiyuan’s eyes, as if intending to flay him with her stare.
Chi Yiyuan saw the shock and incomprehension in Yu Xiyue’s eyes.
A cold smile flickered across his lips.
Did she really think he knew nothing?
These past few days, his mother had been inquiring about him and the people around him, and he knew it all.
“Ms. Yu!” Chi Yiyuan said.
Yu Xiyue was stunned; she couldn’t believe what she was hearing.
Her son called her Ms. Yu!
Ms. Yu…
Was this the proper address for a son?
It was all this young girl in front of her, not old, but with considerable means!
A country girl, making her son infatuated.
Thinking of this, Yu Xiyue’s gaze towards Chi Yiyuan became even sharper.
Chi Yiyuan was also an unpromising thing. What was his background?
As long as he agreed to go abroad, Chi Yiyuan’s future would be limitless. Why get entangled with such a country girl?
He was truly bewitched!
No, she couldn’t let her son walk this path of no return.
Yu Xiyue’s return this past week, while partly for work, also involved investigating the people and matters around her son.
This girl named Su Xiaotian was from the northwest, from the countryside.
After arriving in the capital, their family opened this restaurant called Yiming Pavilion. Although business was good, in Yu Xiyue’s observation, it wouldn’t lead to great success.
A family like that was not worthy of her son!
Yet, it was this young girl who made her son obedient.
Infuriated, Yu Xiyue could no longer restrain herself!
“Yiyuan, let go of your hand. How old are you this year? You should be studying, how can you be so easily swayed?”
Yu Xiyue’s tone was very impolite.
She was practically calling Su Xiaotian a vixen who had seduced her son.
The Su family had remained silent from the beginning until now because they felt that this was ultimately a matter for the Chi family, and as outsiders, they should not interfere.
But now that the other party had smeared their own family, regardless of their identity, the Su family could not stand by and watch Su Xiaotian be wronged.
Liang Xiu, as a mother, couldn’t hold back first. When she saw Yu Xiyue, she actually felt inferior.
But now, she felt she had no reason to be inferior; the one who should feel inferior was this woman who had never fulfilled her maternal duties!
Just then, everyone heard Chi Yiyuan’s clear voice.
“If your heart is filled with Buddha, you see all things as Buddha; if your heart is filled with dung, all you see turns to dung. My relationship with Xiaotian is like that of siblings, how can it appear so despicable in your eyes?”
Chi Yiyuan’s words were truly impolite.
Yu Xiyue hadn’t expected her son to say such things to her.
While feeling embarrassed, she also felt that her son was truly ruined.
“Yiyuan, you’ve disappointed me so much. How could you say such a thing?” Although she said this to Chi Yiyuan, her gaze was fixed on Su Xiaotian.
Su Xiaotian wanted to pull her hand away.
She had only felt Chi Yiyuan’s distress just now and wanted to comfort him.
She hadn’t expected Chi Yiyuan’s mother to say such things.
“Madam, the way you speak is truly unpleasant. My daughter and Yiyuan have known each other for many years. Back then, your son was not the aloof noble young master you imagine.”
The more Liang Xiu thought about it, the angrier she became. Did this woman have a problem with her brain?
What kind of miserable life was Chi Yiyuan living back then?
It was only because Xiaotian was kind-hearted and, out of gratitude for past favors, protected Chi Yiyuan at every turn, that Chi Yiyuan and his grandfather had a much better life in Hongxin Brigade.
This woman, not to mention gratitude, even managed to say such shameless things.
“To put it bluntly, if it weren’t for my daughter repeatedly helping your son back then, it’s hard to say if your son would be where he is today.”
Liang Xiu’s words were forceful.
She was actually not someone who liked to argue, but since the other party had started scolding her daughter, as a mother, she couldn’t pretend to be deaf and mute.
“You…” Yu Xiyue wanted to say something but was interrupted by Liang Xiu.
“As a mother, do you know what kind of miserable life your son lived back then? Do you know how fortunate it was for someone to help and protect him during those times? Is this how you treat those who once helped your son?”
Yu Xiyue didn’t know what to say. Although she hadn’t seen it with her own eyes, she could imagine what kind of life her son had lived back then.
“It’s precisely because Yiyuan suffered too much back then that I want to take him abroad to live a better life!” Yu Xiyue said dryly.
For some reason, she felt that her words lacked confidence.
She felt that what this country woman was about to say next would surely be something she didn’t want to hear.
But she didn’t know how to answer this woman’s words.
What this woman said was likely true; with so many people present, she wouldn’t lie.
A lie that could be so easily exposed was not worth telling.
But her pride prevented her from uttering words of thanks.
“Do you know what your son thinks in his heart?” Liang Xiu said with a cold laugh. “I dare say, my daughter, in your son’s heart, is like sunshine!”