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“Your words and actions should match your status.”

Tang Wan took a sip of water and looked up at Tang Mo. She was standing there, her face turning even redder, hands trembling as she held the teacup.

They said Fifth Master Jiang was eccentric due to long illness, and it really seemed true.

His words were nearly equivalent to telling Tang Mo,

“She wouldn’t dare call me brother; you, even less!”

Moreover, her relationship with Tang Mo was already precarious; yet he picked on her while stepping on Tang Mo.

Even harsher.

It seemed there was a deeper meaning to his words:

Recently, in Pingjiang, there had been many rumors that Tang Mo would replace Tang Wan to marry into the Jiang Family. How these rumors spread, any smart person could see. These words were a veiled warning to the mother and daughter, saying, “Your status doesn’t match; don’t covet what isn’t yours.”

“Fifth Master, I’m sorry. She’s young and doesn’t know any better.” Zhang Liyun immediately stepped forward, taking the tea, and subtly shielding Tang Mo behind her, offering the tea personally to him. “Please don’t mind a child.”

Zhang Liyun, after all, was his elder, yet he still didn’t accept the tea, instead shifting focus abruptly.

“Speaking of children, I suddenly thought of my nephew.”

Zhang Liyun didn’t know what his intent was, just forced a smile and went along, “I know that. Heard he’s smart and cute.”

When complimenting a child, only speak of the good—can’t go wrong.

“I myself have no children, not sure how to educate them. But my brother manages to educate his child well, because since my nephew was very little, he never treated him as a mere child.”

“Because my brother says…”

“If you don’t treat him like a person when he’s young, he won’t become a person when he grows up.”

Zhang Liyun stood there, her face immediately turning bluish-green. Just now, Tang Wan mildly chided her, and now Fifth Master Jiang had slapped her hard on the face.

Her face stung!

“Tang Madame, do you think my brother’s educational philosophy is correct? He says if parents are irresponsible and fail to teach their children properly, society will teach them when they grow up.”

His voice was calm, but the corners of his lips held a coldness even more chilling than before.

His implicit meaning was:

Zhang Liyun failed to teach Tang Mo how to behave, so…

He would do it!

“I think it’s very correct.” Zhang Liyun had no choice but to go along reluctantly, even though frustration was boiling inside her, she couldn’t oppose him.

Tang Wan lowered her head sipping water. True, Fifth Master Jiang had a sharp tongue, and his heart was pitch black.

Under the guise of his brother’s name, if Zhang Liyun rebutted, it would mean opposing his brother, at which point, he could entirely use this as a pretext to retaliate, keeping himself clean.

The mother and daughter of the Zhang Family suffered in silence, being slapped in the face but having to applaud, likely never having felt so aggrieved in their lives.

Tang Mo was even more embarrassed, using the excuse of going to the restroom to retreat to her room.

She had specially dressed up today, only to look like a clown.

Though Tang Wan held old grudges against this pair of mother and daughter, they were, at the end of the day, family. Still, she had never openly torn into them and wouldn’t be so blunt with some words.

Today, however, a sense of relief washed over her as she sipped the tea, feeling a profound sense of satisfaction.

She knew certain people didn’t need a knife to kill, and clearly, Fifth Master Jiang was an expert at it.

Sharp as flowers and leaves, all could wound.

*

Meanwhile, Jiang Jinsang went out to take a phone call, probably from home; after a brief chat, he hung up, turned to reenter the house.

“Fifth Master, I heard those rumors about Tang Mo being a replacement daughter-in-law in Pingjiang City were spread by that mother and daughter. Your earlier warning to them was right.”

“Warning them?” Jiang Jinsang’s voice was gentle, “Are they worth my attention?”

“Then, were you… doing it for Miss Tang?” Moments ago, even outside, one could feel the tension inside the house, and besides, the Tang Family was endlessly embroiled in inheritance disputes, stepping on that mother and daughter was indirectly elevating Tang Wan.

“After all, if the marriage goes through, if she isn’t my sister-in-law, she might just be…” my wife.

The few Jiang family members who came along exchanged glances, what Fifth Master said was indeed true, but coming here this time…