Married to My Ex-Fiancé's Cousin-Chapter 861: Deliberately Causing Embarrassment
"Mom." Qi Ling listened on from the side, feeling very awkward. He simply couldn’t stand his mother praising him like that in front of others.
Hearing Qi Ling’s protest, the second aunt restrained herself a bit.
Ji Yunhuan listened to the conversation downstairs and walked down. Both Qi’s father and mother were there. She greeted, "Dad, Mom."
Qi’s mother saw Ji Yunhuan and said, "Come, have a seat."
Ji Yunhuan walked over, glanced at the second uncle and second aunt seated on the other side, and was about to speak when she heard the second aunt’s somewhat sharp voice, "Seeing us and not greeting, does she think we’re beneath her?"
"..." Ji Yunhuan originally wanted to speak, but was choked into silence by her words.
Qi’s mother was quite adept at smoothing things over, and said to Ji Yunhuan, "This is your second uncle and second aunt."
"Second Uncle." Ji Yunhuan glanced at the second uncle with a cold look. No help for it, he’s now the highest status in this family, so it seems like no one else is worth his attention.
Ji Yunhuan then looked at the second aunt. She was dressed very properly and her demeanor was very graceful, yet she’s the one who said such harsh words. But Ji Yunhuan, still adhering to the principle of not giving her family trouble, greeted her, "Second Aunt."
Even knowing Qi’s mother was helping to smooth things over, the second aunt had no intention of letting Ji Yunhuan off, "It’s not like we haven’t met before, it’s been so short a time, have you already forgotten?"
Ji Yunhuan’s face went a bit pale.
The second aunt did not pursue her, instead turned her gaze to Qi’s mother, "You taught your son poorly, and now you’re teaching your daughter-in-law the same way."
"..." Qi’s mother remained silent, not wanting to argue with the second aunt at this moment.
Ji Yunhuan had already sat down beside them, feeling a choking breath constantly rising in her heart.
Qi Ling sat on the side, sighed, "Mom, aren’t you done yet? You’ve been talking non-stop since you came in. You’re a guest; aren’t you meddling too much?"
"We are all family, I’m just speaking freely." The second aunt didn’t feel she was wrong at all, and simply scrutinized the family with a critical eye.
Ji Yunhuan sat upright. Originally she was at fault, but now seeing the second aunt’s attitude, she felt that it was justified not to greet her.
After all, how could this woman see everyone as family?
Later, the sister-in-law and Qi Mo came down too, but they couldn’t escape being criticized.
The whole family was quite unhappy, yet considering the second aunt was a guest, and seeing Qi’s father and mother say nothing, they let her speak freely.
Fortunately, when the second aunt went too far, Qi Ling would speak up, causing her to hold back a bit.
Qi Cheng took Yangyang out to play today.
Ji Yunhuan felt Yangyang was too isolated, so she let Qi Cheng take him out to play with other kids, and Ruirui went along with them.
The two children, who used to cling only to Ji Yunhuan, have recently begun relying on Qi Cheng too, thanks to his efforts to spend time with them.
Not until lunch did Qi Cheng return with the two children.
When he came in, his gaze swept across the second uncle and second aunt, without greeting, he went straight to sit beside Ji Yunhuan.
The second aunt’s face immediately darkened, presumably ready to scold someone again.
Ji Yunhuan glanced at Qi Cheng, realizing this man was deliberately not greeting them.
No way around it, when he’s upset, he’s so willful.
Sure enough, the second aunt didn’t miss the opportunity to reprimand Qi Cheng. She chuckled, sighing, "Qi Cheng, you didn’t even greet your second aunt."
Although not as arrogant as with Ji Yunhuan, the meaning was much the same.
Qi Cheng listened to the second aunt’s words, only glancing at her, and ultimately his gaze fell on Qi Ling, "Qi Ling, long time no see."
"..." The second aunt’s face turned a bit uncomfortable, being blatantly ignored!
Qi Ling politely said to Qi Cheng, "Long time no see, Third Brother."
Because of Qi Cheng’s ignoring, the atmosphere became unbearably awkward, so even during the meal, the atmosphere was stiff.
Ji Yunhuan, seeing Qi Cheng’s deliberate behavior, remained silent, actually finding it amusing.
After all, in this family, only Qi Cheng dared to be so defiant.
Conversely, only he could be so childish.
The second uncle, maintaining his aloof demeanor, couldn’t help but speak during the meal. He asked Qi Cheng, "Qi Cheng, what’s going on with you and Zhou Jinlian?"
He had expected the second uncle to bring up this topic after arriving here.
Qi Cheng said, "It’s a cooperative relationship."
"You’re actually cooperating with the Zhou family? What do you think you’re doing? Grandpa didn’t particularly like the Zhou Family when he was around!"
If grandpa hadn’t stirred things up, it wouldn’t have been enough just with Qi Cheng’s influence for anyone to dare trouble Zhou Yixiu. With Zhou Family’s father’s help, they would soon cover Zhou Yixiu’s matters, without a trace of news leaking out.
"I know my limits, thank you for the concern, Second Uncle." Qi Cheng said, "But since Second Uncle specifically came here, you should be a guest, not coming to scold people. Don’t get angry over my issues, lest you harm your health."
The second aunt said, "Your second uncle is concerned about you. If you get involved with the Zhou family and suffer, wouldn’t it still be our Qi Family’s face that’s hurt?"
Qi Cheng said meaningfully, "So Second Uncle is afraid I’ll suffer, I thought it was because I made Zhou Yixiu suffer that you came to scold me!"
"..." Qi Cheng’s words made the second uncle’s face turn awkward.
The second uncle stared at Qi Cheng; he originally came for this matter.
Although not on good terms with the Zhou family, won’t cooperate with them, the second uncle also didn’t want Qi Cheng to offend Zhou Yixiu.
The second uncle said, "Is the Zhou family so easy to provoke? Do you know how reckless you are in doing these things? In the whole world, only you would be so willful, so that everyone knows your poor relations with the Zhou family. If anyone with ill intentions steps in, do you know how much trouble it could cause?"
"Everything Second Uncle says is true." Qi Cheng replied coldly.
The second uncle, seeing Qi Cheng’s indifferent attitude, said, "You have no intention of accepting opinions humbly."
"That only works if Second Uncle genuinely cares about me. I hear you criticized everyone once since you came today; is Second Uncle usually so concerned about us? When we encounter problems, have you ever helped even a little? Besides kicking us when we’re down and siding with outsiders to bully our family, what else have you done?"
"Qi Cheng!" The second uncle looked at Qi Cheng in disbelief, "Your parents have spoiled you."
"No matter what I become, I’ll always be their son. But if I become bad, would Second Uncle still consider me one of his own? Or are you already not considering me as family? If so, don’t pretend to care about me here, I can’t bear it."
