Carrying Tuan Tuan with one arm, Lin Nuan pulled her pendant out from around her neck with the other hand. \"This pendant was a gift to me by the well-known writer Shu Xin on a variety show. There are two of them! I wear one, and I gave Tuan Tuan the other. What a coincidence! Shu Xin said that there are only two of these custom-made pendant necklaces. Fu Cheng, it turns out that your daughter managed to conjure another identical one to give to your son! You really have widened my horizons!\"
Fu Cheng's expression darkened in an instant.
Chu Xun's vision swept over Little Lu, who was trying to peek into the house from outside. She recognized him. He was Fu Huai'an's assistant!
She thought about it, then said softly in Old Madam Fu's ear, \"Grandmother, I'll go upstairs and keep Huai'an from coming down. The commotion is getting greater here, and although the study is situated relatively far from here, there's no guarantee that they can't hear the din from the study. Even if Huai'an didn't hear, his assistant Little Lu is standing at the door, and there's no guarantee that he won't call Huai'an! We must settle this matter before Huai'an comes down, or else, based on how much Huai'an shields Tuan Tuan, he might not go easy on them. Both Huai'an and Fu Cheng are shielding their own kids. It'd be bad if things get nasty between them. This matter must be resolved quickly, and it must be resolved before Huai'an comes down, lest things get tricky!\"
Old Madam Fu felt that Chu Xun's words made a lot of sense…
She then thought, if Fu Huai'an's wife were Chu Xun, she'd definitely not be as troubled now, and she would also not be so distant with Fu Huai'an.
Old Madam Fu nodded. As if afraid others might suspect Chu Xun's intent when she left, she said in a low voice, \"It's on my bedside table, go help me get it!\"
Chu Xun nodded, then instructed the servants by the side to support Old Madam Fu before heading upstairs…
\"Why are you the only one who can possess this pendant? Why can't it be that my daughter gave it to my son?\" Ye Ziqi shouted at Lin Nuan.
\"Does the pendant your daughter gave your son contain a portrait of our family of three?\"
Lin Nuan opened up the pendant…
Nobody expected that the exquisitely carved pendant had a secret button that could open it and reveal a portrait of their family of three!
Su Manman snickered, watching Fu Cheng's family put up a circus show with a look of disdain. She released the two kids' collars and casually pulled off the pendant hanging around Fu Mingming's neck. The necklace scratched Fu Mingming's ear, and he started bawling.
Su Manman's mother frowned as she gave Su Manman a forceful whack. \"What are you doing?\"
Su Manman's mother, who was standing next to her, could tell that Su Manman did this on purpose.
\"Su Manman!\" Ye Ziqi shrieked and was about to charge over to scratch Su Manman's face when Fu Cheng stopped her.
When the pendant opened up, there was indeed a portrait of Lin Nuan's family!
\"Interesting!\" Su Manman stared at Fu Cheng's daughter, Fu Xinxin. She bent over and raised the pendant before the little girl's face and, with a cold smile, asked, \"Why did you put other people's family portrait in the necklace you gave your younger brother?\"
Fu Xinxin was, after all, only a child. Her little face instantly turned white, and she clenched her little fists and looked to her mother for help.
Ye Ziqi had always been defensive of her children, so how could she allow her daughter and son to be bullied?
Seeing the way Su Manman picked on Fu Xinxin, she pushed away Fu Cheng, who was holding her back, then ran to shield her kids behind her. She no longer had the same righteous indignation that she had earlier, yet she refused to concede defeat. \"What's so strange about two identical pendants? Is it a custom-made pendant just because you said so? Must there only be two of these just because you claim there are? Must whatever comes out of your mouth be true? There are so many things in this vast world, so what's the big deal about Mingming having an identical one? Mingming apologized already. He thought it was a present from his older sister! Why do you deny others the chance to apologize?\"
\"Would an apology suffice if you pushed a person into a lake just to snatch away a pendant? They nearly caused a person to die!\" Lin Nuan asked in turn. There was a sarcastic smile on her lips. \"You surely teach your kids in an innovative way!\"
\"Lin Nuan!\" Ye Ziqi was fuming inside. \"You insist that my son snatched it away just because you saw him wearing it! Where's the evidence? I could also say that my son picked it up from the ground and, thinking it was a present from his sister, wore it around his neck. When your son saw this, he thought it was his pendant and, while trying to snatch it away, lost his footing and fell into the lake! Then here you are, accusing my children! My two children are still so young! How can you bear to accuse them? You're a mother yourself… do you not have any shame or conscience?\"
Lin Nuan took a look at Tuan Tuan, then pulled away the clothing at the back of Tuan Tuan's neck. She couldn't help raising her voice by several pitches as she said, \"Did your son pick it up from my son's neck? Conscience and shame? First, ask yourself if yours has been eaten by dogs! Or did you leave it in your mother's stomach when you were born? That must be why you managed to give birth to two vicious things whose thinking is so rotten they give off a stench!\"
Tuan Tuan was fair and tender to begin with, so the red strangling marks had already become swollen. It was particularly striking on Tuan Tuan's delicate skin.
Several of the elders were shocked upon seeing this.
Little Lu, who saw this situation from outside the door, nearly couldn't resist charging in. He clenched his fist and, with his brows tightly furrowed, whipped out his phone to call Fu Huai'an. However, the call couldn't be connected.
Fu Xinxin's small hand held Ye Ziqi's large hand tightly. She added to Ye Ziqi's words, \"Mingming already said sorry! I really did give Mingming an identical pendant. Mingming must have thought that it was Tuan Tuan who picked it up and refused to give it back to him, that's why he snatched it back! He didn't intentionally push Tuan Tuan into the lake!\"
Lin Nuan dryly laughed as she looked at Ye Ziqi. \"How interesting! Your daughter is speaking incoherently!\"
First, she claimed it wasn't her brother who pushed Tuan Tuan. Then, feigning generosity, she said that if Tuan Tuan wanted her brother's necklace, they could give it to him if he asked. Now, she was claiming that he said sorry before snatching it back and hadn't intentionally pushed Tuan Tuan into the lake.
\"It's highly unlikely that he said sorry!\" Su Manman handed the pendant to Tuan Tuan. Her beautiful eyes fixed on Fu Cheng's daughter. One couldn't tell whether she was smiling or not. The more she looked at her, the more she felt that Fu Cheng's daughter was exactly like him!
Both liked to pretend to be obedient and submissive before the elders. Both could lie without blushing or having their heart rates escalate. And both were top-notch and lightning-fast when it came to weaving a story.
Tuan Tuan grabbed the pendant and tightly clutched it in his hand, his pale little face looking at Su Manman. His dark eyes that appeared to have been washed by the rainwater stared at Su Manman as he thanked her, \"Thank you, Aunt!\"
Su Manman's heart ached incredibly for Tuan Tuan, and she raised a hand to stroke his little head.
\"The well-known writer Shu Xin begged Venerable Konglong to carve these two pendants for Lin Nuan! And she gave them to Lin Nuan on a variety show! As for the family portrait inside, it was personally drawn by Shu Xin…\" Su Manman sneered.
Ye Ziqi tightened her hand around her daughter's hand. The little girl was so frightened that she hid behind her mother and dared not utter a sound.