Li Suhua felt a knot in her stomach.
She realized she had been petty and suspicious.
If Su Jing could raise Liu Renzhi, her nephew, as her own son, how could she possibly harbor such condescending thoughts?
She genuinely apologized to Su Jing:
“I’m sorry. I was being petty. I won’t think that way again.
As for Keke, we’ll let her decide when the time comes.
She can be with whoever she wants. I won’t interfere.”
The party continued lively. Liu Renzhi brought Lin Wanyi several small cakes.
The wealthy ladies and young misses eagerly tried to add Lin Wanyi on WeChat, but Liu Renzhi blocked them all.
His girlfriend didn’t need to socialize.
At least not now. Later, once Lin Wanyi gradually adjusted to her identity, she could add whomever she pleased.
He wouldn’t control her life.
Lin Wanyi watched Wang Keke happily running around with Chen Hui and Liu Siyue, and her mind drifted into deep thought again.
How was she supposed to tell Liu Renzhi that she didn’t want children right now?
Would he accept it?
Most people probably wouldn’t.
Before she could find an answer, a commotion broke out at the main entrance.
Su Jing frowned and asked the maid:
“What’s going on? Who’s causing a scene outside?”
The maid quickly replied:
“It’s Nanny Wu and Zhou Chenyu. They don’t have invitations but insist on coming in. The security guards stopped them, and they started yelling and causing trouble.”
Su Jing headed to the entrance, with Liu Renzhi pushing Lin Wanyi in her wheelchair not far behind.
The guests also raised their glasses and gathered to watch the drama.
Seeing Su Jing, Nanny Wu immediately switched from the fierce demeanor she had shown the security guards to a smiling face.
She said:
“Madam, today is your birthday, so Xiaoyu and I specially came to wish you well.
But these security guards won’t let us in.
That’s why I got into a fight with them.”
Su Jing’s face was expressionless:
“Nanny Wu, as I recall, I didn’t invite you.”
Nanny Wu hadn’t expected Su Jing to be so blunt. She had assumed that given her decades of service to the Liu family, Su Jing would treat her differently.
After all, that had been the case for many years.
She had even come to believe that in the Liu family, aside from Su Jing, her status was the highest.
That she was the second mistress of the Liu household.
But now, with so many people watching, Su Jing was humiliating her.
She refused to accept it. And Zhou Chenyu was even more unwilling.
Zhou Chenyu stepped forward:
“Aunt Su, my mother and I came to wish you a happy birthday, not to beg for food.
Besides, my mother and I have lived here for decades. Since when do we need an invitation to come back?
In past years, I always came and went freely. What are you trying to do now?
Are you trying to kick us out of the Liu family?”
“Kick you out of the Liu family?”
Su Jing let out a cold laugh:
“Do you think that’s an appropriate thing to say? Zhou Chenyu, your mother is just a nanny for our Liu family. I only let you stay out of pity.
Don’t tell me you actually believe that because we were kind enough to let you live here for decades, you’ve become a real member of the Liu family?
Listen to yourself. Do you really think the Liu family belongs to you?”
Zhou Chenyu was furious. She had thought Su Jing, as a wealthy socialite, would choose her words carefully to save face all around.
She hadn’t expected this.
She didn’t want to talk to Su Jing anymore. She turned to look at Liu Renzhi, deliberately ignoring Lin Wanyi beside him. Her eyes glistened with tears as she stared at him:
“Renzhi, are you really going to be this heartless? Have you forgotten the bond we’ve had for thirty years?
We went to school together, came home together, and I followed you everywhere.
In elementary school, some people looked down on me and said I was just a nanny’s daughter, that I didn’t deserve to study in the same school as you.
You even got into a fight for me back then. In high school, when some rich kid bullied me, you didn’t hesitate—you beat him until he was begging for mercy.
After college, worried I wouldn’t find a job, you immediately arranged for me to be your secretary.
Have you forgotten all of this? Don’t you remember any of it?
We grew up together. Why have you changed?”
Before Liu Renzhi could reply, Liu Siyue couldn’t hold back:
“Zhou Chenyu, how can you be so shameless? My brother has said countless times in public that he doesn’t like you.
He only sees you as a sister. Why can’t you get that through your head?
Are you just going to cling to him like a stubborn stain that won’t come off?
Let me tell you, my brother has a girlfriend now. Stop this delusional nonsense.”
“What girlfriend? I don’t acknowledge her. My mother doesn’t acknowledge her either.
Renzhi, my mother raised you from childhood. She’s closer to you than your own mother.
You can’t defy her. That would be unfilial and unforgivable.”
Liu Siyue wanted nothing more than to slap her.
The guests around them started murmuring, and their opinions were surprisingly unanimous:
“How terrifying. A nanny actually thinks she can act like the employer’s mother?”
“Exactly. They paid her a salary, didn’t they? It’s not like she worked for free.”
“Scary. I need to have a talk with my own nanny when I get home. I can’t let her think she owns the place after enough time.”
“Seriously. I’m going to think about this too. This nanny’s mindset is terrifying—she actually dares to challenge the master of the house.”
Zhou Chenyu grew even angrier and shouted:
“What do you know? When Liu Renzhi was a child, his own mother abandoned him. If it weren’t for my mother, he would have died long ago. None of what he has now would exist.
My mother is no ordinary maid. She’s not.”
She then turned to Lin Wanyi:
“Lin Wanyi, don’t get too cocky. Renzhi is just bewitched by you right now. Once he wakes up, he’ll dump you.
And my mother will never accept you. Never.”
“Zhou Chenyu—”
Su Jing roared, but Lin Wanyi gently squeezed her hand:
“Auntie, don’t get angry. Let me handle this.”
Su Jing fell silent. Lin Wanyi signaled Liu Renzhi to help her stand.
She stood in front of Zhou Chenyu, and without a word, she suddenly raised her hand and slapped her hard across the face.
“Zhou Chenyu, I haven’t come looking for you yet, but you’ve delivered yourself right to my doorstep.”
Stunned by the slap, Zhou Chenyu covered her face and screamed:
“You hit me? Lin Wanyi, you bitch, what right do you have to hit me?
You—”
Smack!
Before she could finish, Lin Wanyi gave her a second slap:
“What right do I have? You don’t know? How did I injure my foot? Others might not know, but you do.
Who tricked me into going out to the suburbs? Who conspired with the staff to abandon me there?
And who sent two thugs to try and rape me?
Zhou Chenyu, do you think I didn’t know?
I was planning to settle this with you once my foot fully healed. But since you’ve come to me yourself, let’s get it over with now.”
The wealthy ladies around them gasped in shock:
“Oh my God, Zhou Chenyu, how could you be so vicious? How could you do something like that?”
“Exactly. If you fancy Mr. Liu, you should compete fair and square. Why resort to such despicable tricks?”
“Just like everyone says—the daughter of a nanny. Viciousness runs in the blood.”
“Tsk, tsk, I’d say Mr. Liu is just too level-headed. Otherwise, Zhou Chenyu would have succeeded after pestering him all these years. It just goes to show she’s no good.”
