Became a salted fish pretend heiress and handed over the system
Chapter 152: Anger

Chapter 152: Chapter 152: Anger

"Hmm, you guys carry on with your conversation. My wife and I are going to greet some people over there." Yan Zhengyi nodded, seeming to have nothing suitable to chat about, and departed following his wife’s suggestion.

When they left, Xia Yue and Xia Xin breathed a sigh of relief.

"Whew, their presence was was too overwhelming, couldn’t handle it." Xia Xin commented.

"Yeah, I wasn’t even sure how to respond." Xia Yue nodded in agreement.

"You two could learn a thing or two from Xiaoxi, look how composed she is." Looking at their reactions, and then at Xia Xi’s calm demeanor, Xia Yu said with a smile.

Xia Xin and Xia Yue looked over at Xia Xi and both shook their heads.

"No way, Xiaoxi’s psychological endurance is too strong, I can’t match it." Xia Xin objected.

"I get awkward around people I’m not familiar with, it’s just not something I can manage." Xia Yue added.

"You need to make more friends then." Xia Yu advised her with a smile.

"Why should I be making so many friends, it’s not like I enjoy going out often." Xia Yue retorted.

"Oh you," Xia Yu responded with a resigned chuckle upon hearing what she had said.

"Alright bro, you go do what you need to do, I’m going to grab something to eat. I spent the entire afternoon with grandparents, drinking a bellyful of tea and having some dim sum. I’m starving." Xia Yue directed at Xia Yu.

"Off you go, just don’t overdo it. There’s cake to be had later, it’s made by a famous pastry chef, it tastes amazing." Xia Yu nodded his advices.

"Alright, no problem." Xia Yue nodded.

Xia Yu picked up his wine glass and left for other parts of the place, and Xia Xin went off to find her own friends.

"Shall we eat? Or would you prefer to stroll around?" Xia Yue asked Xia Xi.

"Let’s eat, I don’t know any of these people anyway." Xia Xi responded.

"Let’s go, off we go" Xia Yue told her, then headed towards the buffet section, which was now serving a completely different menu from lunch time.

Xia Yue and Xia Xi picked up small plates and selected the dishes they liked.

At that time, instead of finding a corner to sit and eat, they stood by a high table, placed their plates on the table, ate and observed the crowd, occasionally nodding and smiling at people who passed by.

"Where did you two wander off to this afternoon? You were nowhere to be found." While they were eating, their mother Song Qin approached, sounding somewhat angry.

"Mother," Xia Yue and Xia Xi greeted her in unison.

"We spent the afternoon with our grandparents." Xia Yue answered with a smile.

"If you have any objections you should take it up with our grandparents." Xia Xi said indifferently. Although the woman was her birth mother, since her return she hadn’t really experienced much motherly love and found it hard to show respect. Having interacted a few times, she had found the right tone for answering her.

"You... you... Do you even remember I’m your mother? How could you talk to me like this?" Song Qin was left speechless by their responses, she choked out in anger.

"Mother, I was just answering your question. You’re making it seem like I’m bullying you or something, which really isn’t the case." Xia Yue was somewhat helpless at her repeated tactics.

"Keep in mind that the banquet isn’t over yet, don’t disgrace the Xia family." Xia Xi reminded coolly.

Song Qin glared at them even more disgustedly, as if they had committed some vile act against her.

After shooting them a scornful glance, she turned and left, to avoid being seen arguing with her two daughters and potentially becoming the subject of gossip.