Chapter 472 - An Unfair Judgement From A Despicable Mind. (1/2)

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio  Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

As Liu Tongjia listened to Li Qianxue’s words, she stepped forward to speak. Huo Mingguang quickly held her back and took her in the direction of Huo Yangxiu.

“Uncle and aunt, I’m sorry. I’m just keeping Tongjia company to see a friend so that we’re not back too late. Please don’t mind us.”

“We’re all family here. There’s no need to be so cordial.”

Huo Yangyuan often mixed in official circles, so it was natural for him to want to remain blameless.

“Yeah, have a seat.”

Huo Yangxiu also responded and motioned to the couple to sit down. However, even after Old Master Li and Li Qianxue had greeted the two of them from their end, they still hadn’t sat down.

Old Master Li looked amused, and Old Master Huo stood up and gestured for both of them to sit down.

“Come, brother Yongfeng, come and sit here.”

Old Master Li looked pale and sat down with Li Qianxue. Except for Huo Yangxiu and Huo Yangyuan, the rest of them who were present were all from the same generation as Li Qianxue.

After Huo Jinyao had introduced himself, everyone took turns saying hello. From start to end, Li Qianxue had a steady smile on her face as if making sure that the expression she’d had when she entered the door was a mistake.

This side of Li Qianxue was naturally very approachable in the eyes of the other relatives in the Huo family. Having seen this other side of her, Su Qingsang, who was sitting next to Li Qianxue, made sure to interact with her from time to time.

To Huo Yangxiu and Huo Yangyuan, their in-laws seemed impressive indeed. However, Huo Mingliang and Huo Mingmei had always known that Su Qingsang was an illegitimate child. They suspected that the scene playing out in front of them was just pretense.

Huo Mingmei glanced at her own elder brother and found that Liu Tongjia’s face looked very unpleasant. Li Qianxue’s eyes didn’t reflect much kindness, either.

After thinking about it, she seemed to understand what was going on; Su Qingsang was nothing but an illegitimate daughter. Li Qianxue and Old Master Li must have come to take advantage of the Huo family’s influence.

Uncle and aunt didn’t know the details of the inside story, but Liu Tongjia knew everything.

Huo Mingmei felt like she had unlocked the key for the answer to all of this, so when she looked at Su Qingsang, she regarded her with great suspicion.

“Is my eldest daughter-in-law called Qingsang? Look at me, I can’t even remember her name.”

Just through her opening sentence, she had disparaged Su Qingsang, and also successfully invited some private gossip in the living room. People who were engaged in small circles of conversation all set their eyes on Su Qingsang at the same time.

Su Qingsang didn’t answer but glanced at Huo Mingmei. Her eyes were clear, and it showed that she did not take any provocations from other people to heart.

“Qingsang, Did I just hear you call the lady next to you ‘mom’?”

“Yes,” Su Qingsang said, as courteous as ever and quite calm. “This is my mother.”

“But why was it that I heard from Huo Jinyao that your mother was someone else?”

It had been said that there was an affair involved, but in reality, everyone knew that Su Qingsang was an illegitimate daughter.

Huo Mingmei’s eyes lightened, and her tone was placid. She asked, “How is it now that you’re calling her ‘mom’ again?”

The sarcastic and pointed tone she used made Su Qingsang and Li Qianxue frown at the same time.

Huo Jinyao, who was sitting aside, became quite serious, his eyes turning icy.

“I have explained this matter to Old Master Huo before. Qingsang was mistaken for another baby by the hospital after she was born. I later learned that Qingsang was my biological daughter. Qingsang and I have since acknowledged each other as mother and daughter, so it is only natural that she now calls me mom. ”

Li Qianxue said all this with a straight face, and although other people didn’t think to believe much of it, they were unlikely to question this claim at that time.

It was only Liu Tongjia, who had been sitting a little far from Li Qianxue, who became a little cold. She pursed her lips in mockery.

Huo Mingguang looked at his wife, squeezed her arm, and gave her a reassuring look.

“Oh, someone made a mistake, and then later, when you realized it, you acknowledged each other?” Huo Mingmei was dragging out the issue. Her face suddenly seemed to show a sense of understanding. She said, “You realized that you were mother and daughter right after Su Qingsang married Jinyao. The timing of your reunion was just right. That must have felt good.”

She laughed sarcastically a couple of times and glanced at the other people present. “This was discovered no sooner or later than at the exact period when Jinyao married her. What a great discovery!”

The people who were there were smart enough. After Huo Mingmei spoke her piece, who could have misunderstood what she was trying to say?

It simply meant that the Li family recognized this illegitimate lady as their biological daughter because they saw that this humble little girl had worked her way up in the Huo family.

Old Master Li’s face sunk at Huo Mingmei’s words, but he was more senior than Huo Mingmei so it was naturally impossible for him to lower his status to start an argument with her.

Su Qingsang did not look good either, and her lips moved as she opened her mouth. The back of her hand was immediately held down by Li Qianxue.

“And this is–” Li Qianxue squeezed her hand to keep her from speaking, but her gorgeous eyes were still staring straight at Huo Mingmei’s face.

Huo Jinyao had already introduced her earlier, but Li Qianxue made it seem like she had forgotten.