In that brief mont when he raised his hand to block, You Yunzhi actually lifted her other arm and swung back, landing another slap on him.
A sharp "smack—".
The sound was crisp and chilling to the bone.
This one was even harder than the first, and it ca straight at his face, a frontal strike. You Hongxian’s lip split at the corner, a thin line of blood seeping out, enough to show how much force she used.
"Things have co to this, and you still refuse to admit it. I’m really, truly disappointed in you."
"How did you beco like this!"
You Hongxian had lived to this age and had so standing in Beijing. Being privately scolded was one thing, but in front of so many people, getting slapped and lectured by his own older sister.
His pride, his male self-esteem couldn’t handle it; he snapped and yelled at her.
"You’re disappointed in ? You think I’m not disappointed in you?"
His face twisted and contorted, like sothing that had been repressed for a long ti suddenly exploding. That terrifying look even made You Yunzhi’s heart jolt.
Si Yushan walked straight over to his wife, ready to shield her behind him, but she pushed him away.
"You’re disappointed in ? Then tell —after all these years, as your elder sister, when have I ever treated you unfairly?" You Yunzhi gave a bitter laugh. "So many people are here today, let’s settle this account properly. What exactly have I done to you, that you, as an uncle, would treat your own niece like this?"
"Uncle..." Since things were already torn apart, he didn’t bother to hide anything. "What am I? How do I deserve to be the uncle of the Si Family’s eldest daughter?"
"You want to treat her like my own niece, then what about you?"
"Did you treat my son like your own nephew? He’s about to go to prison, I begged you to help, to save him—did you?"
"You watched him die without lifting a finger, and even warned off for the sake of so unrelated outsider. It’s not you who’s disappointed in , it’s who’s utterly disappointed in you!"
As You Hongxian spoke, he even raised his hand to point at Jiang Chengsi, clearly marking him as that "unrelated outsider."
The crowd let out another round of sighs and murmurs.
Honestly, Jiang Chengsi had just been standing to the side watching the show for a long ti without saying a word. How did he end up so involved in the whole thing, like he’d been in the drama from start to finish.
You Yunzhi helplessly pulled at the corner of her mouth.
"You wanted to save Shenming—your feelings I can understand. But how exactly did you expect to save him?"
"He committed preditated murder. The other side only sued him for intentional injury; that’s already an extrely lenient charge. And you still want to pull strings for you? What strings am I supposed to pull? The Si Family just has so money; being surnad Si doesn’t an we can control the judiciary."
"Shenming ended up like this, and as his father you bear a huge part of the responsibility. Have you ever reflected on yourself? In your eyes it’s always soone else—everyone else owes you. Have you ever properly said ’sorry’ to Old Master Shen, to Shen Shuci, to Tang Wan?"
"You don’t conduct yourself properly and still shove the bla onto others? If you could quietly examine your own faults and truly reflect, I might be willing to run around the Shen Family on your behalf. But that’s not the case..."
"You refuse to bow your head, and just expect to go begging for you! Have you completely mixed up what cos first and what cos after?"
Fire was burning in You Yunzhi’s chest as well. Once she finished, everyone understood the situation clearly.
The root of it all was that she hadn’t gone to save that bastard son of You Hongxian’s.
You Hongxian’s face went pale then livid at her words, the red handprint on his cheek stark and bloody, the veins on his forehead throbbing.
"You say I’m shielding an outsider? Then I want to ask you—when you wanted to争取 leniency for Shenming, what exactly did you do in the process?"
"You ran off to Pingjiang to harass the Tang Family, got thrown out, and then you shoved all the bla onto an innocent junior."
"You think I don’t know anything? Still trying to talk your way out of it in front of ! Don’t you feel the slightest bit ashad?"
...
You Yunzhi’s expression was agitated—angry, burning, furious, but underneath it all was a bitter disappointnt in him for not living up to expectations.
You Hongxian knew that on this matter, he had no moral high ground. He clenched his teeth, then suddenly jumped to another point, blurting out:
"Anyway, all these years, you and my brother-in-law have never thought much of !"
He didn’t respond directly to You Yunzhi’s accusations; instead, he deliberately shifted the focus.
Hearing that, You Yunzhi was even more enraged. She was just about to speak when Si Yushan tugged her behind him. "What did you say? Your sister and I never thought much of you?"
"Because I look down on you, we didn’t help your son, so you decided to go after my daughter?"
"You Hongxian, don’t forget who gave you everything you have today. To put it bluntly, without the Si Family, what the hell are you?"
Si Yushan’s words were far more blunt than You Yunzhi’s.
They were simple, crude, vicious, and satisfying.
They even drew open snickers from the people below:
"What the Si Family’s given him still isn’t enough? Says the Si Family looks down on him? If you’ve got the guts, then don’t rely on them. You’ve eaten up all the benefits that ca from them and now you turn around and kick them—what a damn ungrateful wolf."
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