Pampered by My Ex's Cousin

Chapter 409 - 403 Unacceptable Truth (Part 8)

During this time, all the major satellite TV channels were broadcasting news, discussing the New Year travel rush. Watching the crowded train stations, Ji Mingyue suddenly asked, "It’s already New Year’s Day. Isn’t Ji Anning planning to come back?"

The patriarch frowned and glared at her, "What does it have to do with you?"

"Miss Danning is here."

Suddenly, the butler’s voice came from outside the door.

Before the butler had finished speaking, Yang Danning appeared in everyone’s view, wearing an orange wool coat.

"Uncle." As she entered, she glanced at the people in the living room, greeted the old man first, and then nodded to Ji Mingyue and Lin Yanqin in turn.

Her demeanor was completely different from her previous visits to the Ji Family.

She was carrying various designer shopping bags in both hands.

After changing into the slippers provided by the butler, she walked towards everyone.

Lin Yanqin watched Yang Danning approach, a hint of confusion flashing in her eyes. When she got close, she greeted her with a smile, "Danning is here, haven’t seen you in a long time, come sit here."

"Yes." Yang Danning nodded, and as she walked, she said, "I’ve been studying abroad, and since there’s no New Year’s holiday abroad, I took a few days off for myself."

She walked to the sofa and placed the large and small bags she was carrying on the coffee table, "These are New Year’s gifts I brought for you all from City N."

"Didn’t you break up with our fifth brother? Why would you buy such expensive gifts for our family? How can we accept them?"

She was straightforward, speaking her mind directly. At home, everyone had gotten used to it.

But with guests...

The faces of the few people sitting there were very odd, especially Lin Yanqin and her two daughters.

Yang Danning was very embarrassed, blushed, and didn’t know what to say for a long while.

"Ming Yue, it’s New Year’s Day, go offer incense to your mother,"

Finally, the old man spoke up to break the awkward atmosphere. His face dark, he looked at Ji Mingyue, then added, "Ask her to bless you to find your ideal husband soon."

At these words, the others all pursed their lips tightly, holding back laughter.

"You jest, Sister Four, these aren’t worth much." Yang Danning, having recovered from her initial embarrassment, showed a generous smile to Ji Mingyue, "But I didn’t know Sister Four you were at home, so I didn’t buy for you."

Her smile looked innocent and harmless.

But everyone could hear the pointedness in her words.

"It’s fine, you and Anning are good friends, calling me Sister Four, I feel overwhelmed." Ji Mingyue also smiled broadly, then she glanced down at the things Yang Danning had brought and leisurely said, "In Country Y, I often meet JC’s partners or clients. Everyone knows I’m the Ji Family’s darling. I don’t know how much I waste on these kinds of things in a year, it would be a waste for you to give them to me too."

She deliberately emphasized the words "Ji Family’s darling."

In Hai City, who doesn’t know that the Ji Family is the foremost noble family? Her Yang Family could at most be considered affluent.

Even though both of them were daughters of wealthy families, their statuses and values were starkly different.

Thus, her words were clearly a slap in Yang Danning’s face.

The tension in the air grew thicker, and a sneer hid in the eyes of Lin Yanqin and her two daughters.

Ji Mingyue’s sharp tongue was well known in the Ji Family; aside from Ji Chicheng, who never paid her any mind, no one could outtalk her, and the old man often got so angry with her he felt like dying.

Now, with the strong-willed Yang Danning here, they felt there was good drama ahead.

After being slapped with her status by Ji Mingyue, Yang Danning still maintained her smile, "Sister Four is famously well-connected."

Everyone knew that since Ji Mingyue was in elite kindergarten, she was known for being too straightforward, never getting along with all the girls in the class; her true friends were all boys.

Saying she was well-connected was a counter-slap to her face.

The battle was escalating.

The old man, with a dark face, couldn’t sit still anymore, he stood up and called out to Yang Danning, "Danning, come and play chess with me."

Just then, the butler’s voice came from the door.

"The Young Master is back!"