Heartthrob, Your Image is Crumbling!

Chapter 598: The Clown Was Actually Herself

Zhou Guowei was, after all, a leader in a small county town, so he possessed a certain aura of authority.Logically speaking, given Liu Jing's status, there was no need for her to lower herself like this. However, having learned from her past mistakes, she knew better now. She had previously suffered for acting too haughtily and was heavily snubbed by Zhou Yuwen. Now, reality was staring her right in the face.

That reality was that Zhou Yuwen was currently at the height of his power, with a personal fortune on the rich list nearing fifty billion. Meanwhile, no matter how one looked at it, her daughter was six years older than him. If she wanted to get her daughter to get married to Zhou Yuwen, she definitely had to lower her stance.

So, from quite a distance away, Liu Jing took the initiative to walk over, a bright smile on her face as she reached out to shake Zhou Guowei's hand. "You must be Yuwen's father, right? When you visited Jingcheng before, I originally wanted to meet you, but unfortunately, I was tied up with other matters and missed the chance."

"And you are?"

Looking at the beautiful woman before him, Zhou Guowei couldn't quite figure out her background for a moment. He wondered to himself, 'Could this be another one of my son's romantic debts? This one is way too old.'

"I am Jiang Xinyi's mother. Hasn't Yuwen mentioned me to you?" Liu Jing asked, using a respectful tone.

"Oh, oh."

Hearing that she was Jiang Xinyi's mother, Zhou Guowei's expression became somewhat more cautious. After all, he knew Jiang Xinyi was a daughter from a wealthy family, and her mother certainly seemed to have an extraordinary bearing.

The two briefly got to know each other. Then, upon learning about Zhou Guowei's line of work, Liu Jing casually mentioned two friends working within the system in Jinling, who had previously gained experience in Zhou Yuwen's hometown.

Zhou Guowei was surprised to hear that they actually knew each other, especially since one of them had even been his direct superior for two years.

Their chatting gradually opened up, and Liu Jing put on a look of surprise, exclaiming that she never expected them to be acquainted.

"Then I'll invite him out another day, and we can all have a meal together," Liu Jing suggested.

Hearing this, Zhou Guowei felt it was inappropriate and replied that his old superior was busy with work now and probably wouldn't have the time.

Liu Jing, however, brushed it off. She explained the connections between the man and her own family, telling Zhou Guowei not to worry. She added that while others might not be able to invite him out, it would be different for her.

"When it comes to Xinyi, he treats her affairs just like his own niece's."

With just a few words, Liu Jing managed to display the profound heritage of her family. This indeed made Zhou Guowei look at her with new eyes, and his attitude toward Liu Jing subtly changed without him even realizing it.

Listening to their chatting, Pan Min couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

Even though she knew there was quite a gap between her family and Liu Jing's, having it displayed so blatantly still made Pan Min feel somewhat apologetic toward her daughter.

Their family simply couldn't compare to Liu Jing's family.

Liu Jing's purpose for coming this time was very simple: to take advantage of the New Year to give gifts and to formally introduce Jiang Xinyi.

She didn't hide her intentions, declaring that her daughter was very excellent, though naturally, she couldn't be compared to Yuwen.

"The newspapers all say that Yuwen is a once-in-a-century prodigy. Xinyi is quite a bit older than him, but the two of them have been dating for two years now. Yuwen's father, I was just thinking, why don't we settle their affairs sooner rather than later?"

Hearing this, Zhou Guowei was caught off guard and couldn't help but glance at Pan Min beside him.

He was definitely thinking to himself, 'Is it really appropriate to say such things right in front of Pan Min?'

Seeing Zhou Guowei look over at Pan Min, Liu Jing mistakenly assumed he was trying to seek her opinion.

She quickly chimed in, "Sister, you can also be considered Yuwen's elder. What do you think?"

"I..." Pan Min's eyes darted around, unsure of where to look, and for a moment, she didn't know what to say.

Just at that moment, Zhou Yuwen's mother, Yang Lijuan, came in from the backyard. Seeing so many people suddenly gathered, she found it rather strange and asked, "What are you all muttering and chatting about?"

Coming in alongside Yang Lijuan was, of course, Su Qing.

Liu Jing, whose face had been glowing with enthusiasm, completely froze the moment she saw Su Qing. She was extremely puzzled—why was Su Qing here?

Liu Jing was several years older than Pan Min, clearly looking like someone from the same generation as Zhou Yuwen's parents.

From behind, Yang Lijuan saw her husband being surrounded by this older woman acting all amiable and pleasant. Naturally, she felt a bit displeased, walking over to shoot Zhou Guowei a sharp glare.

Zhou Guowei hurriedly explained, "Oh, this is Xinyi's mother."

Because of her preconceived notions, Yang Lijuan didn't give Liu Jing a good look.

Liu Jing, however, was incredibly warm and affectionate toward Yang Lijuan.

She even mentioned that they were discussing the wedding between Jiang Xinyi and Zhou Yuwen.

"Wedding?" Hearing this, Yang Lijuan was taken aback even more.

She cared deeply about Zhou Yuwen's marriage prospects. However, with so many women around Zhou Yuwen right now, she definitely wanted to carefully select the best for her son. Yet Liu Jing came right out and proposed that Jiang Xinyi and Zhou Yuwen get married?

To be completely honest, Yang Lijuan absolutely disagreed.

Setting aside whether Jiang Xinyi's family had power and influence or not.

The main issue was Jiang Xinyi's age.

Her son was in his prime; why should he find a woman older than himself?

In fact, over the past few days, Yang Lijuan had been evaluating a few girls. There were three she particularly favored. One was Tao Tian; she felt this woman would be able to give birth to sons. Moreover, she understood the bigger picture and was easy to converse with. If she became Zhou Yuwen's wife, having two kids in three years would be no problem at all.

Another was Su Qing. Su Qing could be considered Zhou Yuwen's first girlfriend, and he had brought her home to meet the family back then. Yang Lijuan had some understanding of Su Qing, not to mention that Pan Min was also currently staying in the villa.

Therefore, Yang Lijuan felt that having Su Qing as her daughter-in-law would be acceptable too.

The last one was Lu Lin. This girl usually kept quiet and didn't make a fuss, but she gave off a steady and reliable vibe, so she was a viable option as well.

As for the others, like Zheng Yanyan and the rest, Yang Lijuan's evaluation was that Zheng Yanyan was too impulsive. She would yell and shout at the drop of a hat, and from their interactions, it was obvious that she spent money like water.

Women like that wouldn't know how to run a household. If given a choice, she definitely wouldn't pick her.

Now, Liu Jing kept going on and on about discussing the marriage between Zhou Yuwen and Jiang Xinyi, and right in front of Pan Min to boot. Let alone Zhou Guowei glancing at Pan Min, even Yang Lijuan couldn't help but shoot her an extra look.

Liu Jing hadn't expected Pan Min to hold such an important place in their hearts.

Fortunately, she had established good connections with Pan Min in advance.

At this moment, Liu Jing spoke up, asking Pan Min to help put in a good word for her.

She prompted, "For instance, Sister Pan Min, what do you think?"

Before Pan Min could even speak, Su Qing coldly interjected from the side, "You're anxious to marry off your daughter. What does that have to do with my mom? Why should my mom say anything?"

"?" Liu Jing blanked, failing to process the situation for a moment. She looked at Su Qing, then looked back at Pan Min.

It was only at this moment that she realized Su Qing and Pan Min bore a striking resemblance to each other.

The realization hit Liu Jing like a ton of bricks. "She is your mom!?"

Su Qing wasn't afraid of Liu Jing in the slightest. She hadn't been afraid of her in the past, and after gaining so much life experience abroad, she naturally feared her even less now. She asked coldly, "Is there a problem?"

For a moment, Liu Jing didn't know what to say. She looked at Pan Min, looked at Zhou Yuwen's parents, and then looked at Su Qing again.

They were already living together!

Then what did that make her visit today?

Thinking of this, Liu Jing abruptly turned her head to look at her own daughter.

Only to see Jiang Xinyi hanging her head in guilt, completely silent.

Liu Jing's expression turned ice-cold. "You knew everything, didn't you?"

"Mom," Jiang Xinyi opened her mouth, but she didn't know what to say.

She tugged on Liu Jing's arm and pleaded, "Mom, let's just go home first. I'll explain everything to you when we get back."

But who could have anticipated that, right at this moment, Liu Jing would abruptly raise her hand and slap Jiang Xinyi across the face.

"Slap!"

The slap happened in a split second. No one had time to react.

Jiang Xinyi's cheek instantly bloomed a bright red.

Everyone was deeply shocked by the scene.

They wanted to ask Liu Jing how she could strike her own daughter like that.

Yet the expression on Liu Jing's face showed that her fury was far from quenched. Her chest even heaved with rage. She was furious at Jiang Xinyi—why hadn't she told her about something so important earlier?

Now look at what happened. She looked like a complete clown right now!

Their parents had already been here all along?

And you were still fooling around with Zhou Yuwen on the side?

What exactly was going on? "Jiang Xinyi, explain this to me! What on earth is going on!?"

One couldn't blame Liu Jing for suddenly lashing out, for thanks to her precious daughter, she had become a complete clown.

Having never seen her mother lose her temper so explosively, Jiang Xinyi instantly burst into tears. She couldn't understand why her mother was throwing such a massive fit.

Seeing things escalate to this point, Pan Min hurriedly rushed over to mediate. She pleaded, "Sister, there's no need for this. There's no need to hit the child."

As she spoke, she tried to physically block Liu Jing.

But who knew that Liu Jing would violently shake her off? "Don't call me sister! My family's business is none of your concern!"

"If you want to discipline your daughter, go do it at home! What are you shoving my mom for!?"

Seeing her own mother being bullied, Su Qing was the first to refuse to tolerate it.

The main issue was that Pan Min was still acting delicate and frail, and she had nearly been accidentally injured by Liu Jing just now.

Staring at Su Qing, who was guarding Pan Min like a fierce mother hen, and then glancing at the delicate and frail Pan Min.

In that moment, Liu Jing was genuinely so angry that she burst into laughter.

Good, very good. What a pair of vixens!

No wonder people always say, if the upper beam is not straight, the lower ones will go aslant!

It was absolutely true.

They truly were a shameless pair of mother and daughter!

The daughter goes out to seduce men.

While the mom runs over to someone else's house to act as a nanny.

And they even learned how to deceive people!

"What the hell did you just say!?"

Naturally, Su Qing couldn't bear to see Liu Jing insult her and her mother like this, her face turning a livid shade of green.

Pan Min, however, felt that she was in the wrong first, so she tried to hold her daughter back.

But how could Pan Min possibly restrain the current Su Qing? In the face of Liu Jing's mocking insults, Su Qing mercilessly shot back, declaring that it wasn't clear yet who the real vixen was.

Zhou Yuwen broke up with your daughter almost a year ago.

Who is the one shamelessly pestering him every single day?

And you have the nerve to talk about my mom?

You think you're so tough?

Do you even know the meaning of shame?

If you had any shame, why would you come here yourself?

Wasn't it just to propose a wedding for your daughter?

Why don't you take a good look at how old your daughter is?

Do you honestly think she's a match for Zhou Yuwen?

"You!"

Liu Jing never expected Su Qing to have such a sharp tongue.

Liu Jing was so infuriated she laughed; this was the first time she had ever been so furious.

Hah!

You really don't know who you're messing with, do you?

"Do you know who I am?"

Liu Jing was truly enraged. Did Su Qing honestly think they belonged to the same social class?

This ignorant little lass had absolutely no idea how terrifying the power of wealth and authority could be.

"I don't give a damn what you are! As long as you dare insult my mom, I'll tear your mouth to pieces!"

Su Qing wasn't afraid of Liu Jing in the slightest; she lunged forward, ready to brawl with her.

Fortunately, Pan Min and Yang Lijuan were beside her to hold her back.

Jiang Xinyi was also tightly holding her own mother back at this time.

The two women were finally separated.

Jiang Xinyi hurriedly pulled at her mother and pleaded, "Mom, let's just go back first!"

"Let's go home first!"

But at this moment, Liu Jing had completely lost all sense of grace. She pointed fiercely at Su Qing and cursed, "Don't hold me back! Just watch as I find someone to cripple her!"

"Fine! Let's see who cripples who! Bring it on!"

Su Qing was similarly being restrained by Pan Min, but she showed no fear, even looking for a weapon to attack Liu Jing with.

This farce was ultimately broken up because Zhou Yuwen's parents were present to intervene.

By the time Liu Jing returned home, her meticulously styled hair was a complete mess. To make matters worse, Jiang Xinyi, her useless daughter, was still crying.

This genuinely infuriated Liu Jing to the point of exploding.

Although that Su Qing was headstrong and willful, when her mother was being bullied by someone else, she actually stepped up to fight.

Taking another look at Jiang Xinyi's pathetic state, they simply couldn't be compared.

"Cry, cry, cry, all you know how to do is cry! Did I raise you all these years just so you could sit around crying!?"

Liu Jing was beside herself with rage. She gripped Jiang Xinyi firmly, making her sit properly on the sofa, and demanded that Jiang Xinyi explain everything to her clearly!

But Jiang Xinyi was feeling wronged. She sobbed, "Mom, didn't you say that Yuwen could have other women?"

"I said he could have them, but that doesn't mean they can march right into his house and take over! That Su Qing even brought her own mother into Zhou Yuwen's home! And what about you? What are you supposed to be? Do you still want to get married to Zhou Yuwen or not!?"

Liu Jing was incredibly furious.

However, by this point, Jiang Xinyi was completely love-struck. She said, "As long as I can be with Zhou Yuwen, it doesn't matter if we get married or not."

"Nonsense!"

Hearing this, Liu Jing truly abandoned all elegance and began to swear.

What kind of joke was this?

Who did you think you were?

You are the wealthy daughter and rich young lady of the Jiang Family Estate!

You are a wealthy daughter ranked among the very best in all of Jinling.

And you ran over there to be the other woman for someone else?

Do you really want to nail your father and me to the pillar of shame?

"You are bringing disgrace to the entire Jiang Family Estate!"

Liu Jing was truly angry. She had just declared she would teach Su Qing a harsh lesson, and she wasn't speaking in a casual manner.

That wretched lass didn't know the immensity of heaven and earth at all.

Did she honestly think she had no way of dealing with her?

Liu Jing let out a cold snort, thinking to herself that this wretched lass knew absolutely nothing about power.

When Jiang Xinyi heard that her mother was getting serious, she panicked for a moment. She pleaded, "Mom, don't do anything reckless. Yuwen will get angry."

Hearing this, Liu Jing almost died of anger.

What time did she think it was? And she was still harping on about Yuwen?!

He hasn't even thought about marrying you!

"Everything I've done has been in the hopes that you could get married to him, not so you could serve as his toy! Just you wait! No one can bully our Jiang Family Estate, absolutely no one!"

At this moment, Liu Jing had gone a bit mad.

Watching her mother act like this, Jiang Xinyi knew in her heart that things were looking bad.

Ever since getting back together with Zhou Yuwen, he had treated Jiang Xinyi very well. Jiang Xinyi had also grown to love this kind of life and didn't want to fall out with Zhou Yuwen again.

So, after pondering for a moment, Jiang Xinyi ultimately passed the news that her mother wanted to deal with Su Qing on to Su Qing herself.