"But I will absolutely not accept someone who has hurt my mother, because of the tremendous pain my mother and her mother have gone through."

Her words were spirited and touching, especially her heartfelt admissions about her mother and rejecting Ye Lu, which didn’t come off as mean-spirited but instead made her seem like a person of conscience and character.

She won the sympathy and sighs of many guests. Indeed, how many can accept a child of the other woman as their own sibling? Yiren is someone who dares to love and hate with such a passionate temperament!

Principled, proud, and self-respecting.

"What the heck, that vixen is just putting on an act." Standing at the back, Ye Yiyi’s eyes bulged with anger, infuriated, "This damn vixen, daring to say that Mommy is the daughter of the other woman—totally shameless."

How dare she insult her Mommy? She was determined to put the vixen in her place.

The little girl puffed her cheeks in anger, rolled up her sleeves, and was about to step forward to fight the fox on her mother’s behalf but was quickly pulled back by a quick-reacting Ye Yuan.

His warning gaze fixed on her, he was inwardly annoyed: "Don’t make trouble; our job tonight is just to be cute and adorable, don’t reveal your wild princess style. It won’t help Mommy, but it will give people something to criticize, to attack her for lack of home training."

He was also furious at this despicable woman for attacking Mommy, but he was clearer about the situation; if they were to misbehave in this setting, it would negatively impact Mommy.

So, they must stay calm and not cause any trouble.

Act only when it is the right time to do so.

Ye Lu watched Yiren’s pitiful and prideful expression, but she clearly saw the needle-like sharpness and venom hiding in the woman’s eyes, along with the floating smugness and sarcasm.

Those seemingly righteous words were an unabashed humiliation towards herself and her mother, Yan Yu.

She could tolerate the woman’s veiled insults and sarcasm directed at her, but she could never bear Yiren humiliating her mother like this—her mother was the person she respected and loved the most, and she absolutely did not believe her mother was the disgraceful type to be a homewrecker.

Yiren, this scoundrel. Originally, Ye Lu had planned no matter what tonight to keep her composure and maintain a graceful and generous image, but some things simply cannot be endured.

"Shut up, what right do you have to humiliate my mother like this? You say my mother is the other woman, do you have any evidence? Without evidence, you’re just slandering, utterly uncultured!" Ye Lu glared at her furiously.

Yiren sneered: "What evidence do we need? Anyone can see that you’re an illegitimate child. My mother and father are married, living together happily. And your mother? She’s just someone with no status, appearing out of nowhere with ill intentions, attempting to climb up by getting pregnant.

In the end, her schemes came to nothing, and she remained an unacknowledged woman. Isn’t that the biggest evidence? Tearing apart someone else’s family, and still, you shamelessly defend your adulteress mother, you really are as shameless as she is!"

She was determined to have a showdown at this banquet, to leave Ye Lu with nowhere to hide, her reputation ruined.

Anyway, she didn’t care whether the Hua family lost face or not; as long as she could trample Ye Lu down, get the upper hand, and seize all the inheritance rights, that was all that mattered.

Ye Lu’s face turned even colder, a heavy frost settling over her features, her icy gaze shot towards Yiren with a chill, and she suddenly laughed disdainfully.

Her laughter was mocking, her gaze filled with scorn.

The guests were puzzled by her sudden laughter.