Chapter 258: Hypocrisy

Xi Cheng smiled as he looked toward Ding Rong, whose ears were slightly red. She glared at Huo Tian and said, “Children shouldn’t tease adults like this in the future, understand?”

Huo Tian stuck her tongue out and ran happily back to her friends. The group of children who were handling the ingredients immediately started chattering and the courtyard immediately became lively again.

Ding Chen had just received a call from a company and specially found a quiet place and stayed there for more than ten minutes. He had just slipped back into the courtyard.

He sat down on the stool beside Xi Cheng and Ding Rong and helped to skewer the vegetables that Ding Rong had prepared onto a bamboo skewer.

He sharply noticed that there was something wrong with Xi Cheng and Ding Rong’s expressions, so he asked, “What happened just now? Why did your expressions suddenly become so strange?”

“It’s nothing. We just suddenly realized that Tiantian’s life in the Huo Family was harder than we thought.”

Ding Rong mentioned how Huo Tian had come to ask about the invitation letter just now. In the end, she said worriedly, “Previously, I just thought that the couple might have overlooked their interactions with their children because they were busy with work. I didn’t expect that they would turn the setbacks they suffered outside into anger and vent it on the children. I don’t know how much Tiantian had suffered in the past.”

As she spoke, Ding Rong’s eyes became a little moist. She quickly blinked and suppressed her tears.

Xi Cheng and Ding Chen’s expressions turned very grim.

Xi Cheng’s expression was very cold, and his tone carried some murderous intent. “Heh, the Huo Family actually dares…”

Ding Chen suppressed the anger in his heart and said coldly, “People like them are most afraid of losing face. Why don’t we follow my suggestion and not invite them to the banquet? We can let the Huo Family become the laughing stock of the high society in S City and ruthlessly crush their arrogance.”

Xi Cheng shook his head and said in disagreement, “This method of revenge is too childish. Moreover, everyone knows that our two families had brought back the wrong child back then. If we act like we’re deliberately targeting the Huo Family, in other people’s eyes, we’re the ungrateful party.”

Ding Chen’s brows furrowed tightly. “We’re ungrateful? We already gave 20 million yuan to the Huo Family. Even if the Huo Family had done us a favor, we had returned the favor with 20 million yuan. Who dares to say that we’re ungrateful?”

Ding Rong, who was at the side, suddenly said, “If Tiantian only had a tailor’s mother and an idle uncle, after we’ve returned the 20 million yuan, it would be the Huo Family who will appear to be aggressive. But now, Tiantian has the father of the head of a wealthy American family, so 20 million yuan is nothing.”

Xi Cheng nodded and explained to Ding Chen, who was still a little lost, “Compared the 20 million yuan to the kindness of the Hill Family, everyone knows which one is more valuable. If we cut ties with the Huo Family just like that, others will only think that we’ve used cheap things to repay the Huo Family’s kindness. Those people who had originally mocked the Huo Family for being cold-blooded and heartless will turn around and say that we’re sly and despicable.”

Ding Chen nodded in understanding. “You guys are right, but are we just going to let the Huo Family be an eyesore?”

Xi Cheng shook his head and said, “I’ll send the Huo Family an invitation, but not now. When they become more and more anxious, we’ll send the invitation. At the banquet, we have to express our gratitude to the Huo Family in front of everyone. As long as we do our best on the surface, no matter how we take revenge on that sanctimonious couple in private, no one will say anything.”

Ding Chen stared at Xi Cheng for a long while and could not help but show contempt. “You guys from high society really have hypocrisy carved into your bones..”