Lu Zhaoyang suddenly found the whole incident funny . She sighed quietly and said, "Alright, let's say I did it . What now? Will you punish me according to the family rules?"
Old Mrs Huo's expression darkened . The younger woman's calm reply angered her even further .
"What's with that attitude?" Old Mrs Huo raised her hand as she stepped closer toward Lu Zhaoyang .
Lu Zhaoyang noticed her gestured and promptly took two steps back to avoid the imminent attack .
"Firstly, I was not eating melon seeds . I make my own meals in this house and never stepped outside, so how on earth could I get my hands on melon seeds? Do you think anyone in the house would be so kind to offer me snacks right now? Secondly, I did not break the porcelain vase . This is obviously a case of the guilty blaming the innocent . We will know who broke the vase by checking the fingerprints . "
Lu Zhaoyang spoke without pause with her wiping cloth still in her hand . The servant who accused her paled in fear .
The servant's reaction did not escape old Mrs Huo . The truth was obvious .
Nevertheless, few people had ever dared to try and avoid being slapped by her . Lu Zhaoyang looked like a weak young lady, but inside she had a stubborn character .
"I don't need your lengthy explanation . Had I really wanted to punish you, do you think you will still be standing here unharmed?"
Lu Zhaoyang was tired of her current lifestyle . She considered for a moment and then said, "If you really hate me so much and will not tell me anything about Che . . . uncle, I'll leave the Huo family residence and stop harassing you . "
"No! You're not going anywhere! I know that once you left, you will try to find your own way to enter military grounds and see Chen . I will not give you the chance to create more trouble!" Old Mrs Huo spoke to the servants around her, "Keep an eye on her!"
"Yes, madam . "
Xue Yuming headed downstairs the moment she heard that something was wrong . She went to her daughter and asked the latter to apologize without hearing her out first .
"Yang Yang, don't talk back . Apologize to her!"
"I did nothing wrong here . " Lu Zhaoyang would not allow herself to be pushed around like this . She would compromise if it was appropriate, but she had her limits .
Ever since she came back, old Mrs Huo had vented her anger on her . If old Mrs Huo stayed angry, anything she did would be useless .
Xue Yuming approached her daughter and pulled at her arm . "It doesn't matter if you did wrong . You shouldn't talk back to your elders! I've taught you to apologize if you make a mistake . "
"Alright, I was wrong . I shouldn't have been together with Chen back then . Had I known that he is of the Huo family, younger brother to Uncle Huo… Mum…" Lu Zhaoyang turned to look at her mother and smiled . "I would have stopped you from marrying into the Huo family . It's all my fault . My ignorance had resulted in this grave mistake . "
Xue Yuming started at her daughter . She had never talked back like this before . "Young lady, what are talking about, you…"
Lu Zhaoyang put her wiping cloth down on the table and left the room as everyone stared at her .
Lu Zhaoyang had always hid her true feelings in favour of keeping the peace, so they were all taken aback by her retort .
Xue Yuming did not try to console old Mrs Huo, who looked like she was about to burst in anger, for fear of getting blamed as well .
Chapter end
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