Ning Tangxi felt a little uncomfortable. However, she refused to feel guilty about her presence in the Yang family home. "It's been many years since I've seen President Yang and his wife, and I happened to bump into Yang Ziyu on the way, so I stopped by to visit. I didn't expect that today would be your engagement party, and Yang Ziyu didn't tell me either. I'll make up for the present."
"You're just a weasel paying a new year's visit to a chicken! You have no good intentions!"
"You still have the nerve to talk about others!" Yang Nuo's pent-up anger finally exploded. He slammed the table. "Tell me what's going on between you and that An Shaosi!"
'An Shaosi?'
Yang Xi widened her eyes. "What's going on between me and Young Master An?"
"Your brother has already told me what's going on between you and Young Master An, and you still want to deny it in front of me?
"You're an unfilial daughter! You sl*t!"
"Dad! What nonsense are you spouting!" Yang Chen couldn't hold it in any longer. No matter how angry his father was, he wouldn't allow him to insult Yang Xi. Mrs. Yang cried silently at the side.
Yang Ziyu stood beside his adopted father and looked on impassively like an indifferent spectator. Yang Xi's gaze shifted to Ning Tangxi. She could see the guilty look in her eyes.
Yang Xi felt a chill in her heart. 'What exactly did this woman say to Yang Ziyu?'
The contempt in Yang Ziyu's eyes was clear as he sneered, "No wonder you're not eager to marry me. It turns out that you've already hooked up with that playboy."
"Dad, I have nothing to do with An Shaosi." Although Yang Xi did not want to marry Yang Ziyu, she did not want to damage her relationship with her father.
Yang Ziyu scoffed again, "Who would believe that? Don't you know how rotten your reputation is? Do you think that An Shaosi would fall for you? Who doesn't know that you've been promiscuous since you were seventeen years old? I've already let bygones be bygones by agreeing to marry you. Stop daydreaming!"
Yang Xi bit the tip of her tongue as she tried to control her emotions. Her resentment was slowly rising.
The guests in the room also looked at her with contempt in their eyes.
"Ziyu, why are you bringing up the past?" Ning Tangxi asked him helplessly. "Didn't I tell you to forget about it? Don't bring it up again?"
"Ruochu, is Yang Xi your friend?" Ning Tangxi's gaze landed on Gu Ruochu. Her gentle smile carried a hint of seduction. "I've never heard Ziyu mention it before. I didn't think that the two of you would become friends, even though such different personalities."
When Gu Ruochu heard Ning Tangxi's remarks, she did not know if she was implying that they were as rotten as a nest of snakes, or if she was trying to probe her on their relationship.
"Yang Xi is my friend," Gu ruochu quickly replied, and her smile turned warm and cold. "When it comes to making friends, you know how to pick them. Yang Ziyu, an adopted son of the Yang family, has maliciously accused Yang Xi of promiscuity in front of so many people. Let's not debate whether her promiscuity is real or fake. The fact that he has maliciously humiliated his sister in public is enough to show how disgusting his character is. I didn't expect Miss Ning to make friends with such a person, did I?"
Gu Ruochu's accusation made the guests gasp.
Ning Tangxi's smile turned into a frown. Yang Ziyu reprimanded Gu Ruochu. "What do you mean by that?"
Was she calling him and Ning Tangxi disgusting?
The voices in the room grew louder as the guessed discussed among themselves and pointed at Yang Ziyu.
After all, he was the Yang family's adopted son. For a man to criticize his own family member like a gossipy woman, that was too tasteless.
"Mrs. Huo, this is our family's business. I hope you will stay out of it." Yang Nuo reprimanded Gu Ruochu. He then turned to glare at Yang Xi. "As for you, you will marry Ziyu immediately and stay at home for the next few days!"