Chapter 75

Xia Qingning stared intently at Wang Mingfang and asked with feigned confusion:

“Auntie, you allow your daughter to start a fire, but you don’t allow others to light a lamp?”

Hearing Xia Qingning’s words, everyone was very confused and turned their gaze towards her.

Xia Qingning didn’t rush to explain. Instead, she walked slowly towards Wang Mingfang and looked at her with a “you know what I mean” expression.

Wang Mingfang felt uncomfortable under her gaze. She instinctively sensed that this girl wouldn’t say anything that would benefit them. Now that she had turned the situation around, she didn’t want to cause any more trouble. So she quickly changed the subject and said:

“You child, what are you talking about, fire and lamps? Oh, it’s getting late. We should go home and start a fire to cook. We won’t stay any longer.” She pulled He Shanshan and tried to leave.

Seeing that she was about to leave, Xia Qingning stepped forward and stopped them. She smiled politely and asked:

“Auntie, why are you in such a hurry? We haven’t figured things out yet…”

“What’s unclear? Qingning, I know you feel sorry for Shanshan and feel that your family has been wronged. You’re upset, but we’ve already said we don’t blame Xiao Wu. Let’s just let it go. If he and Maimiao really end up together, Auntie will wish them well.”

Before Xia Qingning could finish, Wang Mingfang immediately interrupted her.

Wang Mingfang knew that Xia Qingning wouldn’t feel sorry for He Shanshan, but her words “your family” were clearly a reminder to Xia Qingning not to side with outsiders.

Xia Qingning didn’t expect that Wang Mingfang would use the emotional card to shut her up. But this aunt probably forgot that there was no affection between them.

Xia Qingning’s lips curled into a faint smile. She wouldn’t fall for Wang Mingfang’s tricks. She didn’t give Wang Mingfang any face and asked:

“Auntie, you just said that Xiao Wu went on a blind date with He Shanshan two days ago and then went on a blind date with Maimiao today. It’s inconsiderate, it’s humiliating, it’s slapping you in the face, right?”

She paused at this point, didn’t hesitate, directly tore off Wang Mingfang’s fig leaf, and looked at her and asked:

“But doesn’t He Shanshan often do this?”

Wang Mingfang’s heart sank when she heard Xia Qingning’s question. Before she could figure out how to explain, she heard Xia Qingning continue to ask:

“I remember last month, didn’t He Shanshan go on blind dates with two different people on the same day? Hmm, I still remember their names.” She didn’t give her a chance to breathe and continued to ask, “How come, when you do the same thing, it’s fine, but when someone else does it, it becomes humiliating to you?”

Wang Mingfang was on edge. She was panicked and embarrassed, but she still struggled to save face and explained:

“Well, those two families, they’re not as close as our family and Maimiao’s family. They don’t know each other. It doesn’t matter.”

“Oh.” Xia Qingning nodded, as if she agreed with her explanation, but after a moment, she showed a more confused expression.

“That’s not right. I remember, the month before last, He Shanshan went on a blind date with someone’s older brother in the morning, didn’t like him, and then went on a blind date with his younger brother in the afternoon. Older brother, younger brother, don’t they know each other?”

Hearing Xia Qingning’s words, the onlookers looked at Wang Mingfang and her daughter with incredulous eyes and whispered:

“Is that true? Didn’t she just say that it’s inconsiderate to do that? Why did she do it first?”

“This is hypocrisy! It’s a good thing she was so righteous just now, making herself look so wronged.”

“Heh, going on a blind date with both older and younger brothers at the same time. It’s okay if it doesn’t work out, but if it does… how awkward would it be to meet each other later?”

Wang Mingfang’s scalp tingled. The face she had managed to save was ruined again by this stinky girl, Xia Qingning, with a few words. She couldn’t just sit there and let it happen. After she reacted, she immediately argued:

“We didn’t know they were brothers at the time. It was a misunderstanding.”

“You didn’t know?” Xia Qingning didn’t give her a chance to argue. She looked at the matchmaker next to her and asked deliberately, “I remember those two blind dates. You were the one who brought them to our house, Auntie. Didn’t you tell them clearly about the relationship between the two men?”

After being cursed at by He Shanshan, the matchmaker was still feeling stifled. Now, she wouldn’t help her cover up the truth, and she wouldn’t take the blame. She immediately denied it:

“How could I not tell them?” She looked at Wang Mingfang and said very firmly, “Those two are brothers. I told you clearly. You can’t blame me.” As if she still wasn’t satisfied, she revealed all of He Shanshan’s secrets, “And it wasn’t me who introduced both brothers to your He Shanshan at the same time. It was your He Shanshan who didn’t like the older brother and instead liked the younger brother who came with him. She asked me to play matchmaker. In the afternoon, she went on a blind date with the younger brother, but unfortunately, he didn’t like her…”

“Shut up!” Hearing this, He Shanshan could no longer suppress her anger. Those two or three people who didn’t like her during her blind dates were now exposed.

She considered herself beautiful and had a very high opinion of herself. How could she tolerate such a thing? She didn’t care about anything else anymore. She angrily threw Wang Mingfang’s hand away and rushed to the matchmaker, roaring:

“You old hag, you don’t look at what kind of rejects you’re introducing. They’re either ugly or blind! You have the nerve to say they didn’t like me?”

Hearing the words “old hag,” the matchmaker’s face changed.

She had been a matchmaker for half her life. She had introduced hundreds of couples, all from respectable families. Now, she was being called a “madam.” How could she tolerate this? She turned to Wang Mingfang with a black face and said sarcastically:

“Wang Mingfang, your daughter is really something! She constantly accuses people of being ‘hags.’ With this kind of temperament, I’m afraid no one will dare to come to your house to introduce a match for her anymore.”

If she could, Wang Mingfang would just stuff this troublesome and clueless daughter back into her belly. Why did she have to provoke these matchmakers?

They, the matchmakers, met so many people every day. If they spread today’s incident, her daughter’s reputation would never be salvaged.

“Auntie, please don’t be angry. Shanshan just doesn’t know how to speak…” Wang Mingfang was still struggling to survive, but the crowd couldn’t stand it anymore. They said:

“She doesn’t just not know how to speak. She’s just ill-mannered. Now that she’s been exposed, she’s still cursing at the matchmaker.”

“She had the nerve to ask Xiao Wu to wait a month before coming back. Your He Shanshan can’t even wait a day? She has the nerve to ask someone to wait a month for her sake? That’s ridiculous!”

“It’s a good thing Xiao Wu has good eyes and liked Maimiao. He didn’t like her. If he had married her, wouldn’t it have caused chaos in the family?”

“She used to look down on Maimiao. She always mocked her for not being as good-looking as her. Now, she’s been slapped in the face, hasn’t she?”

Those who had felt a little sympathy for He Shanshan now felt that they were blind and foolish. They couldn’t even bear to spit on her. How could they sympathize with her?

Listening to everyone’s comments, Xia Qingning’s lips curled up slightly. Now, even if Wang Mingfang could talk her way out of anything, she couldn’t cover this up anymore.

After today’s commotion, He Shanshan’s reputation was completely ruined!