ebookland Chapter 676: Humble and Polite
Chapter 676: Humble and Polite
In the banquet hall, Li Chuyue and others stopped because Ye Yingran suddenly ran over to say hello.
Li Chuyue knew that Ye Yingran, who suddenly appeared, was here to look for Ou Jinghuan's mother, so she played with Xu Zhishan nearby.
Xia Shumei, who was standing in the middle, had no intention of exchanging polite words with Ye Yingran.
After she briefly greeted Ye Yingran, she prepared to let Ying Muyun take them in the direction they were going.
But Ye Yingran had no intention of giving way. Instead, she had already noticed something was wrong and immediately signaled Xie Ruxue and Ye Yanzhi behind her to come over and say hello.
At this time, she was full of curiosity about Li Chuyue who could stand between Xu Zhishan and Xia Shumei, and she also had doubts about Xie Ruxue's resistance.
But she didn't know that Xie Ruxue had caused her trouble again, and the smile on her face was still on her face.
At this time, Li Chuyue heard what Ye Yingran said when she called Xie Ruxue over, and she immediately realized that Xie Ruxue had not told anyone what had happened before.
Knowing this, she looked at the resistance on Xie Ruxue's face and smiled.
On the side, Xu Zhishan, who was shaking Li Chuyue's body, also realized this and stopped what she was doing.
Then, she, Li Chuyue and Xia Shumei looked at Xie Ruxue together, their eyes filled with ambiguous smiles.
When Xie Ruxue heard her aunt Ye Yingran's call, she looked up at Li Chuyue, Xu Zhishan and Xia Shumei, whom she had proudly provoked just a few minutes ago.
When she looked at Li Chuyue and Xu Zhishan, her expression was just a little embarrassed.
When she looked at Xia Shumei, she lowered her eyes again, pretending to be apologetic, like a child who had done something wrong.
After a while, Xie Ruxue followed Ye Yanzhi and was pulled in front of Xia Shumei.
Ye Yingran made way for Xia Shumei and let Ye Yanzhi and Xie Ruxue stand in front of Xia Shumei and Ying Muyun.
She stood in front of Li Chuyue, nodded at her, and smiled gently.
Li Chuyue just responded with a smile, with no intention of taking the initiative to say hello. Her gaze quickly shifted to Xie Ruxue.
She guessed that Xie Ruxue should now know that the person she had scolded before was Ou Jinghuan's mother.
She was very curious about how Xie Ruxue was going to face the person she had looked down upon before, and watched Xie Ruxue's next performance quietly.
At this time, Ye Yanzhi noticed Li Chuyue's gaze, and she was very worried about what Li Chuyue would say in front of Ye Yingran.
So, in order to minimize the conflict between Li Chuyue and Xie Ruxue in front of Xia Shumei and Ye Yingran, she deliberately moved sideways to block Li Chuyue's view of Xie Ruxue.
At this moment, Ye Yingran hinted at Ye Yanzhi with his eyes. After receiving the reminder, Ye Yanzhi immediately pulled Xie Ruxue and said with a smile:
"Ruru, don't be embarrassed. When you were little, didn't you always say you wanted to meet Brother Jinghuan's mother, but you never got to see her?
Now that you've finally met her, why don't you say hello to your Aunt Ou?"
Hearing this, Xie Ruxue looked embarrassed and looked at Xia Shumei with an awkward expression.
Her mouth seemed to be stuck with glue and she couldn't open it, and it was difficult for her to say hello.
When Ye Yingran saw Xie Ruxue's timid and hesitant look, she was even more dissatisfied and disappointed than Ye Yanzhi.
But she still controlled the expression on her face, smiled, spoke softly and calmly:
"Ruxue, why are you so shy? Hahahaha.
No matter how much you like Jinghuan, no matter how familiar you feel with your Aunt Ou, you can't be so rude.
Don't worry, your Aunt Ou may look aloof, but she's actually very gentle. Come and say hello.
Finally, under the urging of Ye Yanzhi and Ye Yingran, Xie Ruxue looked up at Xia Shumei, forced a smile on her face, and said:
“…Hello, Auntie!”
After Xie Ruxue briefly greeted her, she was frightened by Xia Shumei's cold eyes and immediately lowered her head.
Just when Xie Ruxue thought Xia Shumei was going to complain to her mother and aunt about what happened before, she heard Xia Shumei reply:
"okay."
Xia Shumei was still the same as before, because she had no feelings for Xie Ruxue and didn't want to have anything to do with her.
So she treated the person she disliked the way she did, not intending to pursue the matter from the beginning.
However, it was impossible for her to have a close relationship with Xie Ruxue in the future, and she didn't care at all why several people had to come and say hello to her.
Therefore, Xia Shumei's eyes were cold and her tone was as calm as water. She responded very simply and didn't say anything else.
Xie Ruxue didn't hear Xia Shumei's voice complaining for a long time. She suddenly looked up with a look of surprise.
When she saw that Xia Shumei really didn't want to bother with her, a glimmer of hope ignited in her heart.
So, she deliberately did not explain herself clearly in front of her mother and aunt, but apologized with ambiguous words:
"Aunt Ou, what happened earlier...I really didn't mean it.
I am not usually like this, I sincerely apologize to you!
I will explain it to you later. I believe you will understand me. I hope... you will not take it too seriously. Thank you!"
As soon as Xie Ruxue finished speaking, Ye Yanzhi and Ye Yingran, who didn't know the specific development of the matter, both showed satisfied smiles.
Ye Yanzhi and Ye Yingran both thought Xie Ruxue was apologizing for her stingy greeting just now, so Ye Yanzhi immediately came to Xie Ruxue's rescue and said:
"Ruru is actually a very sensible child. Whenever she meets an elder she doesn't know, she always behaves humbly and politely.
She might have just found out that you, the mother of Jinghuan, whom she has loved since childhood, are also at the birthday party, so she is both happy and nervous.
Hahaha, I hope Sister Shumei doesn’t mind.”
Upon hearing this, Li Chuyue, Xu Zhishan and Xia Shumei all showed surprised expressions, and Xu Zhishan almost couldn't help laughing out loud.
Li Chuyue could understand why Ou Jinghuan's mother, who traveled every day to release her emotions, didn't want to argue with the young people.
But when she looked at Xie Ruxue's flattering look and recalled what Xie Ruxue's mother and aunt had said, she felt speechless.
She didn't expect that Xie Ruxue's way of solving the problem was to continue hiding it from the people on one side, and then apologize to them with confusing words as if they were fools.
At this time, Xia Shumei and Li Chuyue were able to restrain themselves from making things too embarrassing, but Xu Zhishan on the side really couldn't help it.
She felt disgusted when she saw Xie Ruxue pretending to be well-behaved and polite.
She had a bad temper to begin with, and she was in a particularly bad mood today. She also remembered that Xie Ruxue had provoked her more than once today.
In addition, Xu Zhishan also remembered that before she went downstairs, Ou Jinghuan gave her the task of protecting Li Chuyue.
So, with her cousin's support, she never thought that just because it was Grandpa Ou's birthday party, she would let Xie Ruxue, who had just provoked Li Chuyue, go.
She looked at Xie Ruxue's mother, Ye Yanzhi, pretending to be interested, with a smile on her face, and reminded her with a hidden meaning:
"Auntie Ye, Xie Ruxue isn't so nervous just because she just found out my aunt is here~
And she just came to say hello to my aunt not long ago! I guess you guys don’t know!
She was so loud back then! She was completely different from the timid and humble person she is now~"
Hearing this, Xie Ruxue's heart tightened and she frowned as she looked at Xu Zhishan, her eyes filled with anger and a hint of uneasiness.
Ye Yanzhi and Ye Yingran's smiling eyes darkened, their expressions suddenly became serious, and they turned their heads to stare at Xie Ruxue.
Xie Ruxue immediately felt the cold gazes from her mother and aunt, and she immediately lowered her head in guilt.
Seeing this, Ye Yanzhi and Ye Yingran quickly realized that what Xu Zhishan said was true.
Veins popped up on Ye Yanzhi's forehead instantly, and she was so angry that she wanted to directly ask her what trouble Xie Ruxue, the good-for-nothing, had caused.
But Ye Yingran was still more patient than Ye Yanzhi, and she quickly stopped Ye Yanzhi who was about to curse.
Although she was also angry that Xie Ruxue was causing trouble again, it was impossible for her not to stand on Xie Ruxue's side now.
So, she smiled with a few fine lines in her eyes, looked at Xia Shumei, and said softly:
"Oh? I see! No wonder Ruxue wanted to apologize!
Ruxue has been in a bad mood recently, and has been speaking and acting impulsively. When she came back to us just now, she looked guilty.
She obviously knows she was wrong, so please forgive her earlier rude behavior because she apologized sincerely."