Pampered by Short-Lived Bigshot

“Yeah, I bid for a smoking pipe for my grandpa. He’s always loved smoking and likes collecting these things.”

“I heard last night’s auction was quite lively.”

“It was pretty lively,” Qi Zeyan said while sipping his tea.

“Then tell me what happened.”

Qi Zeyan was no fool; an auction followed a fixed process, and there wasn’t much to say about it. The only thing worth discussing was the little incident between Tang Wan and Zhuang Rao.

“Something did happen, but I wasn’t present at the time. I only heard about it afterward. It’s just,” he smiled and glanced at Tang Wan and Jiang Shuyan, “speaking ill of others is never really nice, is it?”

“The main issue is that Shuyan just mentioned there’s been some misunderstanding between her and Wanwan, and since they’re both involved, they’re hesitant to speak up. Their words might be biased, but you’re an outsider, you can be fair.”

The old lady smiled at Qi Zeyan, “This isn’t really speaking ill of others, I just want to clear up any misunderstandings between them.”

“If there was a true misunderstanding, it’d be bad to hold a grudge.”

Jiang Jinsang’s lips curled up slightly; the old fox knew his tricks!

Qi Zeyan, catching the hint, took a sip of his hot tea, “Actually, what happened last night was very simple, Grandma. Do you know Zhuang Rao?”

“I don’t.” The Jiang family matriarch genuinely didn’t know her.

Qi Zeyan chuckled, “That person, she’s famous in Beijing for being a troublemaker. Depending on her family’s little wealth, she’s quite arrogant and overbearing. After Miss Tang took her seat last night, she stood up for someone and provoked her, saying very unpleasant things.”

“You know, the typical ‘country bumpkin who’s never seen the world’, ‘assuming too much authority with little backing’, saying she has no shame or whatever, calling her thick-skinned and shameless, intentionally refusing to leave your house…”

“It’s one thing to just talk, but she even went as far as to hit someone. Can you imagine how infuriating that was?”

“She resorted to violence?” Old Mr. Tang’s expression grew even darker upon hearing this.

Old Mr. Tang was also aware of the incident but certainly there were differences in detail.

“Exactly, can you see how arrogant that is?” Qi Zeyan finished speaking and saw Jiang Shuyan’s face looking a bit unsightly, “What’s wrong?”

“Last night she…” Jiang Shuyan was about to speak, but Qi Zeyan cut her off immediately.

“Sister, I wasn’t there at that time, so this is all what I heard afterward. Some details might be off, but the main outline should be correct. If there’s anything incorrect, feel free to correct me!”

Tang Wan lowered her head, almost laughing out loud.

He had exaggerated the part where Zhuang Rao insulted her, but Jiang Shuyan couldn’t correct that at all.

“If you don’t have anything to correct or add, then I’ll continue!” Qi Zeyan clearly didn’t have much sympathy for her.

“You go on,” the old lady said while picking up the newspaper and resuming her reading.

“I heard that at the auction, it wasn’t the first time. There was another incident before where she deliberately provoked Miss Tang,” Qi Zeyan looked at Tang Wan, “Is that right?”

“Yes, indeed I have encountered her before,” Tang Wan nodded.

“You see, one incident after another, anyone would get angry. Miss Tang just got upset and had a ‘friendly exchange’ of words with them. But since that person is Little Sister Jiang’s friend, she naturally defended her… came out to cover for her…”

Jiang Shuyan’s face turned livid with anger!

How did it become her defending someone in his story? She obviously came out to mediate.

“At the time, both Xiaowu and I weren’t there. Miss Tang was all by herself, in such a vulnerable situation, really pitiful, tsk— had she not been a little feisty, she might have had to leave in tears last night.”

“In previous years, you and Little Sister Jiang always went together, naturally sitting together. This year, your invitation was given to Miss Tang. I guess some people feel she’s ‘unworthy’ to sit in that spot.”

“To humiliate her in front of so many people, telling her to get lost!”

With that, the old lady slammed the newspaper down on the table with a “whack,” producing a muffled thump.

“Utterly outrageous!”