The Useless Heiress Is Actually A Bigshot
Chapter 428 - Chapter 428 Chapter 428 Apology

Chapter 428: Chapter 428: Apology Chapter 428: Chapter 428: Apology “No matter the reason, she wanted to harm you–that is a fact!” Lu Yichen’s eyes flashed with suppressed anger, “Such a person, continuing to stay in the Zhong Family, is not good for you.”

Zhong Niangyao could tell that Li Yiqiu had done it on purpose, and naturally, he could see it too. No matter the reason, if Li Yiqiu harbored intentions to hurt Zhong Niangyao, he would not allow Li Yiqiu to continue to appear near Zhong Niangyao.

“A gentleman does not stand beneath a dangerous wall,” Zhong Niangyao said with a smile, “Even though I don’t know what exactly Li Yiqiu wants to do, I still cherish my own life very much. Li Yiqiu, I will absolutely not let her off.”

Lu Yichen nodded, “Then what do you plan to do?”

“Do nothing,” Zhong Niangyao shook her head, a trace of depth flickering in her eyes, “Li Yiqiu indeed deserves to die, but before that, we need to clear up what exactly she wants to do.”

She could see that Li Yiqiu wanted to harm her, and had even taken heavy action. But she could also feel that Li Yiqiu only wanted to injure her, not take her life. Such contradictory actions made her feel especially strange–as if Li Yiqiu harmed her just to get something from her.

Lu Yichen naturally understood Zhong Niangyao’s thoughts. He nodded without saying anything more.

Zhong Niangyao looked outside, let out a sigh, and then spoke with some resentment, “No matter the reason, Li Yiqiu causing trouble on such a day really deserves death.”

“Today is Grandfather’s birthday banquet, it was supposed to be a very happy day. Now, because of her, the atmosphere at the banquet will definitely not be good.”

“Old Sir Zhong’s mood at this moment must be very bad,” Lu Yichen nodded in agreement, then continued with some meaningfulness, “The fact that Li Yiqiu chose today to act, might not be to ruin the birthday banquet, but because only today she had such an opportunity.”

Zhong Niangyao raised an eyebrow, then did not dwell on the matter any further.

After such an event, neither Lu Yichen nor Zhong Niangyao were in the mood to return to the main hall to continue mingling with others, toasting and drinking.

However, since today was Old Sir Zhong’s birthday, and the matter with Li Yiqiu was still unresolved, the two of them could not leave.

Thus, they continued to sit in the side hall, chatting sporadically, the atmosphere exceptionally warm.

The atmosphere inside the side hall was good, in contrast to the main hall, which was not so much.

What was originally a lively birthday banquet had now been disrupted by such an incident, and even someone from the Lu Family was injured. Even if the hosts did not ask people to leave, some guests had already taken the initiative to bid farewell.

Especially after Zhong Mingyu came back, seeing his less than amiable expression, even more guests took their leave.

What should have been an exceptionally lively birthday banquet had to end hastily due to this incident.

After sending the last guest away, Old Sir Zhong had already gathered everyone together.

In the living room–

Old Sir Zhong and Old Madam Zhong sat in the main seats, while everyone else had also taken their places.

After a whole evening of socializing, and then the incident, fatigue was evident on the faces of Old Sir Zhong and Old Madam Zhong. They were already not young, and entertaining for an entire night was exhausting enough.

However, with such a big incident occurring at the birthday banquet, as the elders of the family, they had to give Lu Yichen an explanation, so the matter must be resolved tonight, and absolutely could not be dragged out until the next day.

Li Yiqiu was sitting beside Zhong Mingyu, keeping her head down, with a hint of uneasiness in her demeanor. Clearly, she also realized her mistake.

The members of the senior branch looked at Li Yiqiu without any superfluous expression on their faces.

Up until now, they still hadn’t understood how exactly the incident had happened. However, they did not take any joy in this misfortune; on the contrary, they were somewhat worried.

Because this time, the person injured was not someone else, but Third Young Master Lu, Lu Yichen. If this truly annoyed the Lu Family, it would definitely not be good for the Zhong Family. Currently, the Zhong Family did not have the capability to confront the Lu Family.

Even though Zhong Niangyao was Lu Yichen’s girlfriend and they had even started discussing marriage, they were still worried. They even began to fear that this incident might lead to changes between Zhong Niangyao and Lu Yichen!

Shared glory, shared humiliation.

They still understood this simple truth.

Even though, under normal circumstances, the senior branch and the second branch were often fighting over the inheritance rights to the Zhong Group, when faced with a threat to the family, they still stood on the same side.

The atmosphere in the main hall was somewhat tense, and no one took the initiative to speak.

Finally, Old Sir Zhong was the first to make a move. He slowly got up and moved in front of Lu Yichen, about to bow deeply.

Seeing this, Lu Yichen moved quickly, standing up and supporting Old Sir Zhong, stopping his action, “Old Sir, what are you doing? I truly cannot accept this.”

Old Sir Zhong’s gesture was naturally something he could accept.

However, Old Sir Zhong was Zhong Niangyao’s grandfather and someone she respected greatly. By association, he treated Old Sir Zhong as an elder. Therefore, he naturally could not accept such a deep bow from the other party.

“Grandfather!” Zhong Niangyao immediately stood up as well.

“This is all my fault,” Old Sir Zhong’s face was full of remorse, “Third Master, you were injured in my Zhong home, no matter the reason, it’s due to our inadequate hospitality. I should apologize to you.”

“Grandfather, what did you do wrong!” Zhong Niangyao frowned, speaking directly, “You are not at fault at all for tonight’s events, and you certainly don’t need to apologize to Lu Yichen. Even if an apology is necessary, it shouldn’t come from you.”

As she spoke, her gaze fell on Li Yiqiu.

It was clear from this statement who the person that should apologize was.

Everyone’s gaze settled on Li Yiqiu.

Suddenly, Li Yiqiu became especially uneasy in her seat.

“Zhong Niangyao, this was just an accident,” Zhong Mengxuan couldn’t help but speak up, “My mother didn’t do it on purpose; she was just kindly offering the cake-cutting knife to Grandfather. She didn’t expect such an accident to happen. You can’t be angry at her like this.”