usatvline Chapter 91 Your daughter is the top scorer in the college entrance examination? Don't be ridicu
Chapter 91 Your daughter is the top scorer in the college entrance examination? Don't be ridicu
Jiang Chengcheng followed behind her parents, and only after everyone was seated did she randomly find a seat.
But after sitting down, I counted carefully and realized that it seemed that more than just my maternal grandfather, uncle, and second aunt's family had come.
There were more than ten people sitting at the table; it's only because the room is big that we could have accommodated them all.
Zhang Chengcheng saw several unfamiliar people besides her step-grandmother. She was a little confused and secretly glanced at her mother, her expression full of doubt.
What's going on? Didn't we agree to only eat with Grandpa and the others?
Cheng Juan, who was standing next to her daughter, received a look from her and shook her head in response, indicating that she was not quite sure either.
Putting aside the strangers, Jiang Chengcheng glanced at her uncle secretly. His expression had been rather unpleasant from beginning to end. This scene made Jiang Chengcheng even more certain that today's dinner party was not as simple as she had imagined.
"Come on, everyone's here. Let me introduce you. This is my son He Jun's family, and this is my daughter He Yan's family. Their child is also taking the college entrance exam this year, so I thought I'd invite them all here so we can all chat and have some fun." Step-grandmother Liu Fengxia stood up and introduced several people who were unfamiliar to Jiang Chengcheng after everyone had arrived.
Only now did Jiang Chengcheng roughly guess why her uncle looked so unwell.
Jiang Chengcheng's adoptive maternal grandmother, Liu Fengxia, was her grandfather's second wife after her biological maternal grandmother passed away a few years ago.
The younger generation in the maternal grandfather's family, including Jiang Chengcheng's mother, had never gotten along well with the other party.
The reason was simple: Jiang Chengcheng's maternal grandmother died in a car accident, and her grandfather remarried this stepmother only half a month after her passing.
To be honest, they did try to stop him at the time, thinking that it was really inhumane for his father to remarry so soon after his mother's death.
But what son in the world can interfere with his father's marriage and children?
If the two of them hadn't been complete strangers, several of the younger generation would have been tempted to suspect that the accident was deliberate!
Not long after Liu Fengxia finished introducing the group, the dishes were served one after another.
The group of people ate their meal while chatting idly.
Because their relationship was not very close, the atmosphere at the dinner table was a bit awkward, and Jiang Chengcheng now truly understood what awkward small talk meant.
Perhaps to ease the tension, Liu Fengxia, who was sitting at the head of the table, took the initiative to speak and break the deadlock.
"Chengcheng, I heard you're also taking the college entrance exam this year." Liu Fengxia looked at Jiang Chengcheng beside her and asked.
“Yes.” Jiang Chengcheng didn’t expect the other party to call her.
"How did you feel about the exam? I think the results have been released yet?" Liu Fengxia asked casually.
"It's okay, I can get into the university I like." Jiang Chengcheng heard that the other person was going to bring up the college entrance examination, but she didn't really want to talk about her grades in front of so many people.
She's making it sound like she's showing off. Shouldn't you stop undermining other people's confidence?
But she didn't want to talk about it, yet others just kept pushing her forward.
Upon hearing Jiang Chengcheng's words, He Yan, who was standing to the side, spoke up.
"Hey! It's just a test score! It's okay if you didn't do well, no one will laugh at you!" Judging from the other person's tone, it seemed that they were certain that Jiang Chengcheng's test score was not very good.
“Yes, it’s okay, everyone makes mistakes.” He Jun chimed in, seemingly trying to comfort Jiang Chengcheng, but it wasn’t hard to detect a hint of smugness in his words.
"Who said my daughter didn't do well on the exam? My daughter is the top scorer in the college entrance examination!" Before Jiang Chengcheng could even speak, her mother couldn't help but chime in after hearing the two women's sarcastic tone.
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As soon as Cheng Juan said those words, the previously noisy area around the dining table seemed to be silenced, as if a pause button had been pressed, and no sound could be heard.
A long silence filled the air, and then it was unclear how much time had passed.
A sudden laugh rang out, followed by increasingly exaggerated laughter.
"Haha! You're saying your daughter is the top scorer in the college entrance exam? Haha... That's hilarious! Don't you know the top scorers haven't even been announced yet? How do you know your daughter definitely is? Even if you're vain, you shouldn't lie to everyone like this." He Yan, as if she'd been tickled, clutched her stomach and mocked Cheng Juan's delusional fantasies in an exaggerated manner.
Consider how many tutoring classes her son attended since childhood, yet even so, his college entrance exam score was only barely in the top 100 in the city. How could Jiang Chengcheng, a young girl with no resources, possibly surpass her son?
When He Yan said this, she didn't give the Jiang family any face at all, which made her uncle's expression even more unpleasant.
Even my grandfather, who always liked to smooth things over, felt a little embarrassed.
Perhaps realizing that his younger sister's words and actions were too impolite, He Jun quietly pulled her under the table, reminding her to tone it down a bit.
He Yan knew what her elder brother meant, so she could only purse her lips and say nothing more.
"Um... the child is ignorant, I apologize to everyone on her behalf." With that, He Jun poured a glass of baijiu and said in the direction of Jiang Chengcheng's family.
"Oh, Mom, how old am I this year?" The other person had let it go, but Jiang Chengcheng, who was exceptionally vengeful, would not let it go easily.
She didn't respond to the man's words, but instead chose to ignore him.
Then he turned to Cheng Juan and said something inexplicable, leaving everyone around him completely baffled. Even He Jun, who had been holding a wine glass the whole time, seemed a little embarrassed.
"Fifteen, why are you suddenly asking about this?" Cheng Juan asked, puzzled.
"Oh, it's nothing. I consider myself mature enough, but I never expected to encounter a giant baby who's even older than me," Jiang Chengcheng replied casually, taking a bite of her vegetables.
The expression on his face was incredibly sarcastic; it was even more unpleasant than pointing at He Yan's face and cursing her.
"Who are you calling a giant baby! How can a child speak so rudely!" He Yan was spoiled and pampered, and had never been treated like this before. Upon hearing this, she stood up from her seat with a thud, her expression extremely unpleasant.
Even Cheng Men, the uncle who had been looking quite grumpy, almost burst out laughing.
Serves you right! If our family is unhappy, you shouldn't be too happy either!
Cheng Men thought to himself.
Originally, today's gathering was just an excuse to have Liu Fengxia visit her family. They wanted to invite their father, Cheng Jianguo, to get together with them separately, since the younger generation didn't have a very good relationship with Liu Fengxia, but they couldn't make it look too bad on the surface.
But who would have thought that no sooner had he hung up the phone than his father called Liu Fengxia back from her visit home, leaving Cheng Men furious and even blaming his father for not being able to read the room.
It would have been fine if Liu Fengxia had come alone, but she brought her whole family, turning what should have been a family gathering into a company social event!
How could the Cheng family be happy?