Chapter 149: She Must Be Crazy!

Gu Dongliu's folding fan whoosh— unfolded, a smile at the corner of his lips tinged with sarcasm.

Gu Dongliu's statement basically ignited everyone's emotions.

One stone stirred a thousand layers of waves.

"Who would have thought? It turns out all this was Zhao Shi's self‑directed performance, and Ye Qingran was wronged!"

"I told you, no matter how indecent Ye Qingran may be, she still looks down on people like Xiao Ji."

"Zhao Shi is truly ruthless; to craft a 'Number One Stepmother' persona for herself, she even went so far as to ruin Ye Qingran's reputation!"

…

Zhao Shi stared dumbfounded, her chest rising and falling, repeatedly rolling her White Eye, looking on the verge of fainting.

Ye Huanhuan pursed her lips, wanting to say something to defend Zhao Shi, but her delicate status meant speaking would backfire.

So she gave Mu Qingrou a meaningful glance.

Mu Qingrou thought for a moment, then stepped forward, raising her voice: "Xiao Ji, your words and deeds are inconsistent—could it be that Ye Qingran threatened you? If you have any unspeakable secrets, feel free to speak up; we will help you!"

Mu Qingrou's words had no flaw. After all, Xiao Ji was indeed brought in by Ye Qingran, and his statements contradict each other; saying Ye Qingran threatened him isn't impossible.

Everyone's gaze turned back to Xiao Ji.

Xiao Ji's lips twitched, a struggle flashing in his eyes. After a while, just as he was about to speak, a voice interrupted him.

It was the crisp sound of a cup hitting the floor and shattering.

The sound was faint, but in the otherwise silent Banquet Hall it rang fairly loudly.

Instinctively, everyone looked toward the source—the table where Zhao Shi sat.

Liquid pooled at Zhao Shi's feet, and the cup lay in countless shards.

She bowed her head slightly, her body swaying gently, looking oddly sickly.

"What are you doing?"

The voice startled Ye Yu considerably, and he asked, clearly displeased.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Shi ignored him!

Ye Yu seethed with anger. Though Zhao Shi is usually fiery, she has always been meek before Ye Yu.

Is she trying to overturn everything today?

Ye Yu was about to speak again when Zhao Shi let out a sudden cold laugh.

Her laugh was especially sinister, sending chills down one's spine.

Ye Yu immediately furrowed his brows, not knowing what nonsense Zhao Shi was spouting.

"Indeed. Ye Qingran doesn't like Xiao Ji; she doesn't even know who he is! Everything is my fabrication! As for that day in front of the Xiao family shop, Xiao Ji was merely cooperating with my performance!"

The words left everyone dumbfounded.

What is going on?

Zhao Shi actually admitted it?

Shouldn't she have tried to argue?

Not only the others, even Zhao Shi's accomplices, such as Wang Yan, were stunned by her abnormal behavior.

"Sister, what are you saying? Are you mistaken?!" Wang Yan shouted sharply, trying to wake Zhao Shi's lost mind with a loud voice.

Yet Zhao Shi kept her head down, silent.

Zhao Yan also furrowed her brows, an anxious expression on her face, and shouted at Zhao Shi: "Aunt, are you alright?"

Zhao Shi's heart was tormented at that moment. She slowly lifted her head, her eyes suddenly clear.

What did she just say?

She actually claimed Ye Qingran liked Xiao Ji, that it was all her own fabrication, and that everything in front of the Xiao family shop was just a play she arranged?!

Oh my god!

How could she say that?

This isn't what she meant to say!

She must be crazy!

Shocked, Zhao Shi hurried to speak, trying to explain. Yet the moment she opened her mouth, the clarity in her eyes vanished like a water droplet under the scorching sun.

"Hahaha, I deliberately fabricated the lie that Ye Qingran liked Xiao Ji because I wanted to ruin Ye Qingran's reputation! Who gave this scoundrel any leverage? She's the daughter of that bastard Yun Sui Feng!"

Oh my god!

So explosive!

Everyone was stunned, and at the same time their eyes were full of excitement!

Zhao Shi really is a tiger; at a banquet full of dignitaries, she claims she deliberately ruined Ye Qingran just because she's Yun Sui Feng's daughter?!

Is she crazy?

Although everyone knows Zhao Shi has lived under Yun Sui Feng's shadow for years, even after Yun Sui Feng's death she never rose to become Ye Yu's principal wife. Of course, it's not that Ye Yu deeply loved Yun Sui Feng; it's because Yun Sui Feng's fame is enormous, and Ye Yu is extremely timid, fearing that legitimizing Zhao Shi would offend Yun Sui Feng's followers.

Even Zhao Shi's hatred of Yun Sui Feng is understandable. What's abnormal is that she said it in front of so many people!

"Mother, are you alright?" Ye Huanhuan could no longer bear it. If her mother kept speaking like this, not only would her own face be ruined, but the Ye Residence and her daughter's reputation would be tarnished!

She is destined to become Crown Princess, later to be a model mother to the world; how could she lose face?

Those listening beside Ye Yu were all dumbfounded.

Zhao Shi has always been cautious, never saying such things in front of herself.

But now…

"Zhao Ya, you're insane!" Ye Yu slammed the table, his eyes blood‑red.

It's not that her words offended Ye Qingran or Yun Sui Feng, but that they would bring extremely adverse effects to the Ye family and to him!

"Hehe~" Zhao Shi tilted her head, a contemptuous smile, "I'm not crazy! Ye Yu, you are the one who's crazy! Yun Sui Feng has been dead for years, yet you still keep a principal wife spot for her? Have you ever considered my feelings? I have given you so much, raised two outstanding daughters, and in the end I'm merely a concubine!"

"I hate Yun Sui Feng, I hate Ye Qingran! I will make them disgraced and ruined, I will drive them out of the Ye Residence! I am the true lady of the Ye Residence! Ye Qingran, you scoundrel, you worthless thing, go die!"

She gritted her teeth, her tone full of hatred. Speaking now, her face was even more snarling, making her already aged, faded visage appear especially grim and terrifying, like a snake spirit.

Moreover, she acted like a madwoman, flinging her sleeves, her bearing extremely undignified, sending a chill down people's spines.

"Heaven! Zhao Shi is actually this terrifying? How did we not notice before?"

"Truly, we know a person's appearance but not their heart; turns out Zhao Shi has always been a disguise!"

"So frightening; having such a concubine in the family, just staying alive is already hard. Suddenly I feel a pang of sympathy for Ye Qingran!"

……

Ye Yu heard it, his whole face convulsed!

Especially the chattering voices around, reaching Ye Yu's ears, made him instantly lose his reason.

He stretched out his hand, his trembling fingers pointing at Zhao Shi, so angry he couldn't utter a word!

"You, you want to anger me to death!" After a long moment, Ye Yu finally let out a thunderous roar, slapped forward, hurling Zhao Shi onto the ground.