"Who called this trash here?" Before Thea could answer her husband, Ben who came to the party with a grand entrance, the first daughter-in-law of the matriarch, Aunt Mary shouted angrily.
The old matriarch has three sons and a daughter. The eldest son is the whole in charge of the Frost family's business and his wife, Mary is the most respected one in the family as she brought a lot of wealth to the Frost family.
Frost's family's business is half dependent on Mary's family. That's why no one speaks a single word against her as the matriarch will support only Mary in any case.
After seeing Mary, cursing Ben, more people start taking their chance to throw their remarks on Ben.
"Thea, why did you call him here? Don't you that matriarch doesn't like him at all? Do you want to shame me in front of all the relatives?" Mother of Thea, Anna Frost cried out with bloodshot eyes.
"Look at his clothes… Sister, at least you should have asked him to wear something good." (Thea's sister, the second daughter of Anna Frost) Lilly Frost said with a disgusting look.
Without caring about anyone's remarks, Ben continued to stare at his wife Thea. For him, Thea is the only person to care. He completely ignored Mary, the first daughter-in-law of the Frost family.
Thea felt humiliated after hearing her own family's ranting on her husband. She never understood what mistake Ben had made to be hated by all these people.
But deep inside she already knows the answer to this. Because Ben is just a Qi condensation cultivator. At the age of 23, he is still stuck in Qi condensation. That's why almost everyone in the town thinks Ben is trash.
"Lilly, stop speaking nonsense. Our family didn't pay a single penny to him in these two years. How could you expect him to buy luxurious clothes?" Thea said in an impatient tone as she felt irritated.
"Thea, why are you supporting this pauper? Your sister said correctly. As a man, it is his responsibility to earn more." Thea's mother, Anna Frost said in a loud tone.
Thea didn't try to argue with her mother as she knew that her mother would start crying without any logic.
"Who parked this dirty eagle in here?" The first son of the matriarch, Mathew Frost, the authoritative figure of the Frost family who missed the grand entrance of Ben, shouted loudly at Anna's family as he already knew about the owner of that eagle which always stuck to Ben's side.
Anna and Lily became silent as they didn't want to involve themselves in whatever drama going to happen because of Ben's actions.
"First Uncle, It's mine. I'm in a bit of a hurry as my wife called for an urgent reason. Give me a minute I will leave." Ben said in a polite tone as he didn't want Thea to take his burden. But Mathew ignored Ben's polite words and turned towards Thea.
"Anna, how many times have I said not to bring this trash son-in-law of yours? Don't you know what occasion it is? Do you think the matriarch will feel good to see his face? Your family contributes nothing to the Frost family's development. Look at your husband, he is running behind that Antelope like an idiot, and here is your son-in-law spoiling all the party." Mathew continued to scold Anna, (his own sister, the only daughter of the matriarch).
All the guests who were looking at the unconscious matriarch turned their attention towards Anna's family. They all are staring at Ben who is a famous trash son-in-law of the Frost family who stuck at Qi-condensation from 16 years old.
"First Uncle, stop scolding my mother. Ben is always working hard to make those pills for the family and I'm also working day and night to look after the Finances of the family. Why are you speaking like we are not adding any value to the family?" Thea asked in an aggrieved tone as her eyes became moist.
"How dare you speak against your uncle? Thea, say sorry." Before Mathew could speak back, Anna cried out angrily as she knew that they wouldn't get any good by arguing with her first brother Mathew.
"Mother, it's not our fault. Our family is really working hard to contribute to the Frost family and more than that…" before Thea could finish her argument her mother Anna began crying without any tears in her eyes.
"You are speaking against me for this lowly son-in-law who is stuck in Qi-condensation. (Rrrrr…. Crying sound) Why do you even call this waste bag here? Haaa… Do you want me to get insulted by all the guests?" Anna started crying more loudly and she successfully grabbed the interest of all the guests.
Everyone is staring at Thea and Anna with wide-open eyes as they finally came to the conclusive question Why did Thea call Ben to the party?
"Speak Thea, why did you call this trash in here? Don't you know that matriarch banned him from attending any parties of our Frost family?" Mary (Mathew's wife) asked in an authoritative tone.
Thea felt shy to speak in front of all the guests. She knows what will happen if she says the real reason. After a brief moment, she gathered her courage as she stared at Ben, the man who stood for her in these couple of years.
"I… I called him to save grandmother." Thea said in a low tone. But in that silent atmosphere, everyone clearly heard her answer.
"What? Thea, are you insane?" Anna is the first one to respond.
Mathew started laughing loudly and all the guests followed him. Mary began laughing more hysterically to embarrass Anna more.
"Hahaha… Anna, I never thought your daughter trusted your trash son-in-law to this level. Haha… this is the biggest joke I ever heard in my life." Mary said in a sarcastic tone and more laughter followed. The second and third daughter-in-law of Frost's family joined in the act of making fun of Anna.
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