Tang Lian searched the rest room but found no one. She was about to go to the toilet to take a look when the sound of high heels behind her stopped her movement.
Chen Yuzhen stood in front of the mirror. She was leisurely, elegant, and noble. None of these seemed to be enough to describe her. At this moment, in a completely closed space with no surveillance, no other people's eyes, she no longer needed to disguise herself with her appearance, and the smile at the corner of her mouth disappeared little by little. , there is anger hidden in his cold eyes.
Tang Lian took a deep breath and mustered up the courage to step forward.
It would be a lie to say that I am not afraid.
The mistress controls the lifeblood of the family's children. In order to show fairness, the children of the mistress need to be selected with more stringent standards than others.
She had always followed the rules carefully and had no intention of resisting.
But this time it was too much, just interfering in her life, not even giving her a chance to compete.
Tang Lian rehearsed in her heart how to argue with reason.
After all, the other party is the mistress. As a member of the clan, she has a natural superior-subordinate relationship with her. No matter what, it is always wrong to regret temporarily and not follow the instructions.
Just admit your mistake later, and then reason with your mistress, and she should be forgiven.
Tang Lian's lips twitched twice: "Mom..."
"Snapped!"
Chen Yuzhen turned around when she spoke, raised her hand high and then lowered it, giving Tang Lian a firm slap.
"Why don't you do it?"
Chen Yuzhen asked her coldly: "Do you know what you have done?"
In the mirror, Tang Lian's face was crooked, her gray vest was a little wrinkled, her hands were helplessly frozen in the air, her hair, which was already a little messy due to the competition, was stuck to the side where she was beaten, and her bright eyes gradually dimmed. , as calm as dead water.
She covered her face and straightened back, lowering her head and shaking.
"Speak!" Chen Yuzhen raised her voice, "You can't answer the mistress's questions for more than three seconds. Have you learned all the rules you learned from the elders in the clan and learned them from the dog's belly?"
Tang Lian clenched her fists tightly and bit her lower lip, trembling even harder.
"It's useless, it's the same as before." Chen Yuzhen turned around in disgust, her tone became more serious, and she said with a strong sense of disgust, "How could I have given birth to a daughter like you?"
"I'm also thinking about how I could have a mother like you."
Chen Yuzhen stopped and saw her slender figure reflected in the mirror. She still maintained a good figure even though she was over fifty years old. In addition to giving her a temperament and skills that were more in line with a mistress, time had not even asked her for the price of aging.
"What did you say?"
She completely darkened her face: "How dare you speak to me like this?"
Tang Lian put down her hand and boldly retorted: "So what? I have never treated you like an ordinary mother. Apart from perverted oppression, is there any other family affection between you and me?"
"Snapped!"
Another slap, and Tang Lian was knocked down on the table.
Chen Yuzhen's chest heaved up and down, and she stared at someone: "Take this back, I can still take care of the relationship between mother and daughter and continue to train you, otherwise I will use your talent..."
"What happened to my talent?" She stood up and interrupted, "Tell me! Tell me instead! Who downgraded my rating from genius to imbecile! Who made me look down upon in the clan! Who didn't? Give me resources! Who told me to be wasted! Who gave me useless scripts! Who told me to leave the Tang family!?"
"That doesn't count as separation!" Chen Yuzhen was getting angry, but she was still trying to restrain herself. "If I let you rely on the name of the Tang family to prosper, those who want my position as mistress will make a fuss about it. ! How can I give you resources then? Only by being fair and just can I maintain this position!"
"Nonsense!" Tang Lian walked towards her step by step, "You are just trying to suppress me for what others say is perfect! It's just because you're afraid that those collateral aunts will talk about me being too good, and they're afraid that they will say that I am successful. You are all behind this! But do you think any matron in the clan has not found a way out for her children? What about you, you use me as a tool for casual sacrifice!"
"Shut up!" Chen Yuzhen pushed Tang Lian, "Do you think you are excellent? Do you think that just because you are rated as a genius, you are really a genius?"
She said contemptuously: "You only dare to be arrogant in front of me because you bear the surname Tang! I don't have a daughter who can only rely on the resources of the clan to grow up! Only those who can fight their way out on their own in adversity are worthy of it." Be my Chen Yuzhen’s daughter!”
Tang Lian was pushed to the table again, but this time her bent waist did not straighten up.
It took a long time for Chen Yuzhen to regain her senses, and then she smiled helplessly.
The laughter grew louder and louder, until tears formed in the corners of her eyes.
"Sure enough..." Tang Lian's eyes were like broken stars, "Because you hate my father, you also dislike me, right?"
"Back then, you were just a self-made restaurant owner. My father took a fancy to you and came to your house for matchmaking. Grandpa thought he was a high-ranking official and agreed without your permission, which ruined your dream of independence. So..." Tang Lian laughed again. , "So all these years! What you asked of me is to follow your path, to try to deprive me of my rights, to torture me, to see me being played with, and you have a place to vent the hatred in your heart, right? ?"
"presumptuous!"
Chen Yuzhen raised her hand for the third time and used almost all her strength to slap Tang Lian down. She fell to the ground along the leg of the table.
She was so angry that she was shaking, hating and hurting: "I said, I did all this for your own good. So far, no branch has been able to be re-elected as mistress. If you want to gain a foothold, you need to work harder than others." If you pay more, if you can't ignore the Tang surname and still be arrogant, you will never succeed."
Tang Lian looked up at her with a calm tone.
"It's impossible. From now on, I won't be at your mercy anymore."
Chen Yuzhen was stunned.
"What are you talking about? What are you talking about about life? I have never received any sympathy or love from you. You impose your delusions on me, trying to make me counterattack in a world surrounded by tigers and wolves?"
Tang Lian sneered. She seemed to have never been so happy as at this moment.
"Don't be naive! You can't even control your own marriage, and you still want to control me with lies? Fuck you!"
She scolded her fiercely, and then she burst into laughter until she slapped the floor. She laughed until Chen Yuzhen couldn't stand her laughter and ran away.
Tang Lian suddenly returned to indifference.
"Come out."
Shi Xin hid behind the door of the locker room. He was not surprised when he was called, but was embarrassed that he was caught eavesdropping. He coughed twice and pretended to be calm and walked out.
Looking at the scene in front of her, she was stunned.
Tang Lian fell to the ground with a decadence she had never seen before.
The woman who was once aloof, whose status and strength were prohibitive, now has no image, her hair is disheveled, her clothes are disheveled, her eyes are empty and helpless, and she no longer has the proud look of the past.
Shi Xin thought for a moment and said, "A monkey attacked me. I'm afraid I might get more seriously injured if I stay here, so I didn't finish the competition with you."
(End of chapter)
