Mrs. Young suddenly didn't know how to continue; Scarlett Glenn's words were always beyond her expectations.
The reason she spoke up to plead just now was actually out of worry... that her younger siblings would be foolish and say something they shouldn't have; she thought she could at least control the situation somewhat.
But now, she realized she couldn't control it at all!
People around her were watching her, waiting for the joke to unfold, as if Scarlett Glenn's hand could slap her face at any moment. Mrs. Young felt a suffocating pain in her chest and a sharp pain on her face, losing face, but she couldn't make any other expression. On the contrary, she had to pretend to be magnanimous!
Mrs. Young hoped the Old Man would help her, but with the Old Lady coldly looking on, the Old Man dared not speak again; to him, the Old Lady meant more than everyone in the world combined.
