Chapter 523: 142: Lin Fang and her Daughter’s Dream of Living in Luxury Shattered_4

Mingming was laughing just a second ago.

Even though Lin Fang didn’t want to go out of her way to please someone who was ignoring her, she still had to put on a smile and woo the Shangguan family’s matriarch. “Madam, my name is Lin Fang. Lin Guihua is my aunt,” she said.

Lin Fang was confident in her charm; she believed she could win over this old woman.

“Madam, I heard from my aunt that you’re in your sixties, going on seventies, but you don’t look a day over forty or fifty!” she praised.

Who doesn’t enjoy a good compliment?

If there’s one skill Lin Fang lacks not, it’s flattery. She knows exactly what everyone wants to hear.

It’s comparable to the old saying, “Speak the language of the listener.”

If the matriarch hadn’t met Lin Fang at the clothing market, she would probably have been quite fond of this eloquent potential daughter-in-law.

But now, all she felt was disdain!

The old lady frowned and said nothing.

The smile on Lin Fang’s face began to falter.

Sensing the mood growing tense, Shangguan Xi hurriedly intervened, “Grandma, you must be tired after just coming back from the Hospital, right? Please, take a seat.”

While speaking, she winked at Lin Fang.

“Madam,” Lin Fang hastily interjected, “There’s nothing seriously wrong with you, is there? When I heard you’d gone to the hospital, I was beside myself with worry.”

“So, did you die?” asked the old lady, looking at Lin Fang.

Lin Fang: “…”

The atmosphere immediately plunged into awkward silence.

Even Lin Fang, who was usually so suave and adept at handling social situations, found herself struggling to keep up.

Didn’t the old woman, Lin, say that Shangguan Furong was the most difficult person in the Shangguan family to get along with?

Why was this old woman also so difficult to deal with?

Shangguan Furong was unsure why her mother had suddenly changed her tune. She had seemed quite pleased with Lin Fang initially…

“Mom,” Shangguan Furong began, “Lin Fang is a very filial person, and she’s even brought you a gift.”

“That’s right.” Lin Fang confirmed, simultaneously unwrapping the present. “Madam, this is a garment Xiaoyue picked out for you. I’m not sure if it’ll fit.”

The old lady glanced at the garment.

True to her suspicions, it was the burgundy silk shirt.

Shangguan’s matriarch took the shirt, and a hint of a smile played across her lips. “This shirt is made of real silk, isn’t it?”

Seeing that the old lady finally smiled, Lin Fang felt a wave of relief wash over her. She flattered, “Madam, you have excellent taste! This is indeed made of silk. You maintain your figure so well, I’m sure you’ll look great in this shirt!”

Shangguan Furong hastily said, “That’s true, Mom. This shirt really matches your temperament!”

The smile on the old lady’s face quickly faded as she tossed the shirt onto the table, scoffing, “I’m just a small business owner. I can’t afford such flashy clothes!”

At those words, Lin Fang’s face drained of color, leaving her as pale as a ghost.

Now she finally understood why the old woman seemed so familiar…

She was the same one she’d encountered at the mall last time!

Didn’t they say that Ni Yang was just a small business owner with no real status or wealth?

So why was she walking arm in arm with the old lady from the Shangguan family?

And why were the two of them so intimate with each other?

Lin Fang couldn’t have imagined in her wildest dreams that the old lady she’d mocked before was none other than Shangguan’s matriarch herself…

If she had known that was the matriarch earlier, she would’ve been nothing but polite and done everything to make her happy.

The reactions of Chang Yue and Lin Fang were identical.

Her first thought was that she was doomed.

Her second thought was that Ni Yang was trying to sabotage her.

If it weren’t for Ni Yang, she would never have made such a mistake!

What should she do now?

Baffled by the situation, Shangguan Furong asked, “Mom, what are you talking about? Why are you upset all of a sudden?”

Exactly, why was she suddenly so angry?

Shangguan Xu and Shangguan Xi both turned their eyes to their grandmother.

Even Shangguan Dehui was a bit puzzled.

The old lady was usually very amiable with them and had never been so difficult to talk to before.

The matriarch waved off Shangguan Furong’s hand and turned to Shangguan Dehui. “Dehui,” she declared, “I object to your association with this Lin Fang comrade!”

Before Shangguan Dehui could utter a word, Shangguan Furong demanded, “Mom, you must be joking, right? Lin Fang is so talented and filial. How can you possibly object to that?”

Could Xu Lian have been stirring the pot?

Otherwise, considering the old lady’s manners and etiquette, even if she truly objected, she would never humiliate Lin Fang in public.