Daddy! Come Home for Dinner!-Chapter 684: Direct Confrontation

"Is it you who sent them here? Is it you who made them greedy?"

Ye Fei shook her head, and the old lady said, "That’s it. Instead, you’re stuck in the middle, left in a difficult spot, and even get blamed by them. Just now, when we talked about preparing the dowry, you saw the look on their faces, they must have hated you for it. Who knows how they’ll blame you later on."

"So, next time, don’t say anything about these matters, let us handle it. If they have any issues, let them come at us. That way, you won’t give your parents any reason to complain about you, and your mother won’t have anything to spread around."

"But this is clearly trouble I’ve caused. If I just ignore it and leave it all to you, I really can’t justify it." Ye Fei said, feeling guilty.

The old lady’s face fell, and she pretended to be displeased: "If you do that, it means you’re treating us like outsiders, not as family. From the day you and Xiao Shen got your marriage certificate, we said it, you’re a Zhao Family member from then on. In your previous family, no one cared for you, but now, people from our Zhao Family care for you. You’re a part of our family."

"We will support you in everything. Since we are family, what obstacle can’t you overcome? Why worry about troubling us? You feel like your family is causing us trouble, but I see it as others bullying you, bullying our Zhao Family, and we ought to protect you."

"You’re not a trouble for us. No matter what happens, if we don’t protect you, who will? You’re acting distant with us, doesn’t that make us sad?"

Hearing this, Ye Fei felt even more guilty, gripping the old lady’s hand tightly: "Grandma, I didn’t mean it like that, I didn’t..."

"I know." The old lady patted the back of Ye Fei’s hand, "I understand. Anyway, just rest easy in the future, leave everything to us, don’t speak out. When you’re stuck in the middle, anything you say can be used against you."

"That’s right," the old man chimed in, "just now when you went out to see them off, your grandma and I discussed it. We’re all in agreement."

"Earlier, when Ye Ning insisted you see them off, was she trying to tell you something on the way?" the old lady asked again.

Ye Fei didn’t hide anything and relayed Ye Ning’s words: "She probably thinks Xiao Mo is a child I had with someone else."

This was something Ye Fei didn’t dare let Xiao Mo hear, so she whispered it quietly to the old lady.

Fortunately, although the old lady was of age, her hearing was still quite good, without any issues.

The old lady was well aware of the past schemes by Ye Ning regarding giving Ye Fei to Boss Liu.

Now hearing Ye Ning claim Xiao Mo was a child Ye Fei had with someone else, the old lady naturally guessed who the "someone else" was.

Previously, the old lady was considerate of Ye Fei, as although Ye Fei didn’t look kindly upon the Ye Family, there was still blood ties, so the old lady refrained from speaking too bluntly.

But now the old lady couldn’t hold back any longer, exclaiming in astonishment, "Is she out of her mind!"

Ye Ning’s conjecture was utterly ridiculous!

She underestimated the Zhao Family too much.

Does she really think the Zhao Family can’t even confirm whether Xiao Mo is their own child?

Or does she think that if Ye Fei really hid something, they wouldn’t be able to find out?

Even if Ye Fei came with a child who wasn’t Zhao Gushen’s,

the Zhao Family wouldn’t be so narrow-minded as to not accept one small child!

This Ye Ningxin is narrow-minded, perceiving the Zhao Family as equally narrow-minded.

Ye Fei thought of Ye Ning’s words and couldn’t help but laugh in anger: "She thinks this is my weakness, so she’s been using it to threaten me, wanting me to help her get money from our family."

Ye Fei’s words also expressed her stance, considering the Zhao Family as her own, which warmed the old lady’s heart.

Ye Fei continued, "I also told her that this can’t threaten me, and she can do as she pleases. If she wants to come in front of our family and expose it, I’ll let her."

"The reason there was a commotion at the door was because I directly dragged her back, giving her this opportunity to clarify things today. But then she didn’t say anything, I don’t know what she was thinking. I’m guessing she just wanted to do the opposite of what I told her, deliberately."

Ye Fei found Ye Ning’s confidence somewhat laughable.

She had made it clear that she wasn’t afraid of Ye Ning’s threats, so Ye Ning’s perception of it as a substantial leverage was puzzling.

The old lady chuckled coldly: "Since she only has that one piece of leverage, let her hold onto it! Whatever time, whatever occasion she decides to say it, we’re not afraid."

The old lady was right; precisely because Ye Fei directly spoke about having the Ye Family prepare a dowry, Xu Huizhen grew to resent Ye Fei.

The three of them were sitting in the car on their way back to the hotel, while Xu Huizhen kept nagging at Ye Dezhang: "Did you see it today? Ye Fei, that ungrateful brat, just to please her in-laws, is shamelessly plotting against our family! Constantly asking us for a dowry!"

"She married into such a good family, not thinking about helping her own at all, but instead taking money from us to save face within the Zhao Family! Does she even realize that the Zhao Family is so wealthy that they wouldn’t even care about the little dowry we offer? Even if we gave it, the Zhao Family wouldn’t appreciate it and would just mock us for being stingy."

"We’re doing our utmost to give what we consider an excellent dowry, yet the Zhao Family might think we’re low-class, not even considering the dowry and maybe even laughing at us behind our backs."

Xu Huizhen quickly turned to Ye Dezhang: "This daughter of yours, did you see today? Every word she said favored the Zhao Family. She only cares about her status in the Zhao Family and doesn’t think about us at all. Have you lost faith in her now?"

"Did you hear her talk about the dowry? So straightforward! Dowry this, dowry that, but did she even call you ’Dad’?"

Ye Dezhang stayed silent, not saying a word, and Xu Huizhen also didn’t speak further, just smiling with satisfaction.

When their car reached the hotel entrance, the three of them got out and entered the hotel.

They took the elevator to the floor where they were staying, stepped out, and headed toward their room.

Suddenly, five men came rushing towards them. Wearing hats, masks, and sunglasses, their faces were completely covered, looking very suspicious.

Xu Huizhen, Ye Ning, and Ye Dezhang all tensed up, feeling an instinctive sense of danger.

But it was too late to run, as the five men had already reached them and started attacking Xu Huizhen.

"What are you doing!" Ye Dezhang’s face changed, and he tried to pull them apart.

So from the five men, two split off, one stopping Ye Ning, and the other stopping Ye Dezhang.