C18 Jiang Niancheng Returned to the Country
Hot sunlight fell all over the place.
The Chung family doorbell rang.
The girl was wearing a long white dress. She had short hair and a clean face under her black wide hat.
The door opened and she carefully poked her head into the room.
The maid looked at her up and down in puzzlement. "Who are you?"
The girl smiled at her and introduced herself, "Hello, my name is Chung Niancheng and Zhao Xianrong is my mother."
"You are Madam's daughter?" The maid was even more confused because she had never heard of Zhao Xianrong having another daughter.
Chung Niancheng's tone was gentle as she asked, "Can I trouble you to call mother for me?"
The maid hesitated and was about to go back to the house to ask.
"Ah Cai, who came?"
Zhao Xianrong's voice came from the staircase and her sight touched the person who was sweating outside. She immediately rushed downstairs with the help of the staircase. She looked up and down at the person in front of her in surprise. "Cheng'er, when did you come back? Why didn't you tell me in advance?"
"Mom." Chung Niancheng called her sweetly. "I ran into some things overseas, so I came back."
Zhao Xianrong stopped a short distance in front of her and said, "Why did you come back at this time and come back so suddenly?"
This Chung Niancheng was Zhao Xianrong's elder daughter. She had been raised overseas since she was young and because of various reasons, she rarely contacted her. Of course she was surprised that she suddenly came back without greeting.
Chung Niancheng clearly saw the flash of displeasure in Zhao Xianrong's eyes. She pulled out a smile and said, "Mom, can I go in first and then talk?"
The maid did not think that this was really the wife's daughter. Seeing the thin and weak Chung Niancheng moving the luggage with difficulty, she immediately went forward to help.
"Thank you." Chung Niancheng smiled gratefully.
"Mom..." Chung Niancheng sounded a little hesitant. "My boyfriend owes a lot of money and now he is being chased every day. I am really at a dead end... Can you lend me some money for emergencies?"
Her tone sounded pitiful.
When she heard the word "lend money, Zhao Xianrong's tone became strange. How long has it been since we last met? You usually don't even want to call me. Now that you need money, I remember that you still have a mother."
Chung Niancheng was very humble. "Mother, I really have no choice but to ask you for help. Please save me..."
"I thought that your conscience found out and specially came back to see me. It turns out that it was to borrow money. Then don't even think about it. It's impossible." Zhao Xianrong rolled her eyes and her tone was firm. She turned around and was about to walk upstairs.
"I was thinking. I heard sparrows chirping early in the morning. It turns out that the spendthrift came looking for me." Upstairs, Chung Menglai looked at the person who came and deliberately shouted loudly.
Since she was young, she did not like Chung Niancheng. Her hatred towards her was even greater than Chung Luoyi's. When they met again, they could not help but seize the opportunity to ridicule her.
"Some people have been helping outsiders since they were young and have never cared about their mother's life or death. Now that you have gotten into trouble, you still have the nerve to come back and ask for money. You must have some face!"
If it wasn't for Jiang Hong's foresight to send Chung Niancheng overseas to study, who knows what kind of chaos this family would have caused.
Chung Niancheng called out to her with a good temper, "Menglai, long time no see."
"White Lotus!" Chung Menglai snorted.
"Alright, stop messing around!" Zhao Xianrong was obviously unhappy and spoke to stop them. "It is your father's birthday banquet three days later. Bear with it even if it is a big matter. Whoever makes the family embarrass themselves in public again, I will not forgive her."
The three women were just putting on a show. When these two daughters were together, she was the one who hated peace and quiet the most.
Jiang Hong's birthday banquet arrived as scheduled, and the location of the banquet was at home.
Although Chung Luoyi got married in name, her father's birthday was still coming back.
Furthermore, she had more important things to do. The last time she came back, she broke Zhao Xianrong's affair and was unable to enter her mother's room to find the jade pendant. This time, she must seize the opportunity!
She locked the door behind her and searched her mother's room, but she still found nothing. Seeing that the commotion downstairs was getting bigger and bigger, she had no choice but to give up on going downstairs.
When she went downstairs, the opening remarks were already over, and all the guests had already taken their seats.
Chung Luoyi hurriedly went to her seat and sat down. The people sitting at this table were all relatives, friends, and important customers. It was just that she did not expect Chung Niancheng to also come back.
Their gazes met and they did not say much before shifting their gazes away.
"Why is Roy late? Although you are married now. Remember to go home more often. The Chung family will always be your home." Zhao Xianrong said hypocritically and got up to pour Chung Luoyi a cup of wine. "It was not easy for our family to get together today. Come and give your father a glass of wine."
She handed the glass of wine to her. In front of so many people, Chung Luoyi naturally did not want to reject it.
How could she have any good intentions? Finding someone to kidnap her did not work. She was probably thinking of a new trick to deal with her now.
Chung Luoyi hesitated and did not immediately reach out to take the glass of wine. Just as she was about to take the glass of wine, Chung Niancheng suddenly reached out and snatched the glass of wine.
She raised the glass of wine and said to Jiang Hong, "I should be the one to toast first. You have to thank father for taking care of me for so many years. Let me toast to you and wish you a happy birthday."
After saying that, she drank the glass of wine in one gulp.
Zhao Xianrong wanted to stop her but it was already too late. She cast a fierce glance at Chung Niancheng. She did not know what kind of limelight this stupid girl would have at this time!
Chung Niancheng poured the cup over and indicated that she had already finished the cup.
The relatives at the same table all applauded and praised her.
"This daughter is really not raised for nothing. She really knows the rules too well. This is really not a biological daughter who is better than a biological daughter."
Chung Niancheng felt the changes in her body and forced a smile, "Sorry, I need to go to the washroom."
She quickly ran to the washroom.
Chung Luoyi also followed with the excuse of going to the bathroom.
"Urgh..." In the bathroom, Chung Niancheng powerlessly leaned against the wall of the bathroom and dug her throat to urge her to vomit.
Chung Luoyi poured out the medicine from the bottle and passed it to her, "Take this, it can cure the medicine."
She saw that she ate the medicine and could not help but ask.
"Why did you help me just now? You refuted your biological mother's face."
Chung Niancheng used a tissue to wipe away the water stains and smiled faintly at Chung Luoyi.
"I just saw her drug you. She has already done enough wrong and I do not want to see her make mistakes again and again."
In this house, other than Chung Luoyi, the one with the most positive three views was probably only Chung Niancheng.
Chung Luoyi looked at the pale Chung Niancheng and thought of the things that happened when she was young. She unconsciously smiled, "I remember that when I was young, you were also abused by your mother. When you treated me, you protected me like this."
At that time, she really felt that Chung Niancheng was the only warmth she had in this family.
"I will also protect you now." Chung Niancheng took Jiang Luoyi's hand and spoke in a sincere tone. "I have never changed."
"So Miss Chung Niancheng, I will repay you properly."
The two of them looked at each other and could not help but laugh in tacit understanding.
After the two of them tidied up and came out of the washroom, the dishes were almost ready.
Just as the two of them sat down, a loud noise suddenly came from the door. The door was knocked so hard that cracking sounds could be heard. The maid went forward to open the door. In the next second, she was kicked far away.
The group of people standing at the door looked fierce. One look and one could tell that they were not good people. The leading man looked inside but did not see the person he was looking for. He shouted at the top of his voice.
"Chung Niancheng, if you have the guts, don't hide inside and be a coward. Get out here and pay the money back!"