She really had been pissed into laughter by her, and simply couldn’t be bothered with her anymore.
She stood where she was and let out a cold laugh as well. "Fang Han, even being willful has a limit. You’re getting married, and the elders from our side ca, brought you generous gifts—that’s already them giving face, helping you hold up your status in front of the Li family, lifting you up. Otherwise, what do you think they’re doing it for? Because you’re about to marry into the Li family and beco their daughter‑in‑law? The Li family does have so power, but what does that amount to in the eyes of your grandparents, your uncles and aunts? So don’t go thinking that just because you’re marrying into the Lis, from now on you can have whatever you want, that you can even look down on our elders and order them around as you please!"
She took a deep breath, pulled herself together, and her voice returned to calm. "Today, whether you’re happy or not, your cousin is not coming to your wedding. You need to face that fact! Now, it’s getting late. You should go get your makeup done, go see the guests you need to see. I’m very busy too, there’s a lot outside waiting for to arrange!"
With that, she straightened her back, elegantly adjusted her own gown, and turned around. "I’m going out. If you need anything, have your assistant co find ."
Seeing Ning Xian really shake her hand free and leave—
Fang Han’s heart instantly panicked.
She hadn’t expected her mom’s heart to be this cold, that she wouldn’t even handle such a small matter for her.
"You tell to face reality—have you faced reality yourself?" She felt a rush of anger surge straight up to her head, making her whole body burn with discomfort, and she shouted incoherently, "If my family weren’t like this, would I need my uncles, my grandparents, my aunt and the others to bring gifts and prop up my face?!"
Fang Han’s voice was sharp and shrill, like a blade stabbing into Ning Xian’s chest, carrying a hysterical breakdown. "I’m getting married, and the family won’t give this, won’t give that, there’s no support at all. Once there’s a problem, all you know is to tell to figure sothing out, to find people to fix it! Which ti before did I not do my utmost to help this family?! Now that it’s my turn to need your help, you just wash your hands of it like this? Are you still my mom?! You say you love —this is how you love ?! You can’t even handle sothing this small!"
—"Do you think my life is so easy? That getting a little sothing is so effortless? If my uncle and grandparents hadn’t pitched in for this wedding, and if I couldn’t earn a bit myself, would I even have the face to get married? What’s left in our family, you’re saving it all for Fang Huai. When there’s a problem to solve, why don’t you go to him, huh? Now I ask you to do a tiny favor, and you actually tell not to think that marrying into the Li family will let have wind when I want wind, rain when I want rain..."
Fang Han felt as if sothing was lodged in her chest, unbearably, unbearably suffocating.
She tilted her head back and closed her eyes, and a tear slid down from the corner of her eye. "If marrying into the Li family really ant I could have wind when I want wind and rain when I want rain, I wouldn’t insist that Ning Youguang has to co today! Do you get that?! Do you think I really like her, really want to see her? I have no choice..."
By the end, her voice grew weaker and weaker.
Fang Han bit down hard on her lip, as if it took a huge effort just to force the words out.
"You... how can you say that? When have I ever not given you anything?"
Ning Xian was dizzy from being battered by Fang Han’s sharp words, her steps rooted to the spot, unable to move even half a step.
Compared to her daughter’s attitude toward her niece, what hurt her more was the earlier part of what her daughter had said.
She slowly turned around, her face flushed red, staring at Fang Han in disbelief—
"Back when you entered the industry, you asked the family for money, we gave you money; you needed connections, we gave you connections. Have we not paid enough for you? You’ve forgotten all that? Your brother doesn’t have much ability, but from childhood till now he’s never asked us for half as much as you have! Of everything you’ve eaten, worn, lived in since you were little, which one wasn’t better than his? We’ve given you so much. Now that you’re capable, the family’s in trouble, and it’s not right to ask you to help? You want us to go to your brother? Don’t you know what he’s like? He lies around at ho all day eating, drinking, playing gas—what can he do?! Besides, he’s a boy, he’ll be the one staying with us in this ho in the future. How can we not save sothing for him? You’re about to marry into the Li family, the Lis are rich and powerful—what won’t you have once you’re there? The little we’ve kept for your brother is just enough for him to get by, and you still want it? If we give it to you, what will we do when we’re old? What will your brother do in the future?!"
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