The Real Daughter is Done Pretending - Chapter 4: Good News: The Real Daughter Can Speak! Bad News: She Offends Everyone with Her Words!

 Chapter 4: Good News: The Real Daughter Can Speak! Bad News: She Offends Everyone with Her Words! 

This speculation immediately caused a commotion.

Even the guests nearby couldn't help but look over.

The Ye family's banquet hall was tall, with a giant crystal chandelier hanging from the ceiling, refracting thousands of lights and making the entire hall shine brilliantly.

Ladies wearing jewelry and long gowns, and gentlemen in ties and famous watches, all holding their wine glasses and chatting, were now drawn by the small exclamations and turned their heads one by one to look towards the corner where Ye Kong was.

These children of heaven were accustomed to being in the spotlight and didn't mind the attention. They either covered their mouths in surprise or whispered with their friends.

Ye Kong heard their voices, buzzing like mosquitoes—

"No way? Ye Baozhu, you never mentioned that your sister was mute?"

"No, she's not mute... she shouldn't be, just timid."

"Timid to the point of not saying a word until now? Then she hasn't even called Ye Grandma or Ye Aunt?"

"Not even called Mom? That's too much; it would've been better not to bring her back."

"Stop it, you guys!"

Ye Baozhu hurriedly walked up, took Ye Kong's hand, and with a stern face said to the few, "Ye Kong is my real sister, my parents' real daughter, and her status in the Ye family is equal to mine! If you continue to mock her, you're mocking me and the Ye family!"

"Okay, okay."

Her friends apologized, some shrugging, some apologizing. Only then did Ye Baozhu's expression relax. She turned and looked at Ye Kong hesitantly, slowly calling her sister.

"Can I know why you haven't spoken all this time?"

Her expression was cautious, but the look in her eyes was arrogant and proud, as if she was loudly declaring, "Do you see? This is my territory!"

"I don't mean anything else," she continued, "It's just that if you keep not talking and not addressing anyone, Mom and Grandma, and Dad, who's about to come back, and our brother and sister, will all be very worried. If you're scared, you can practice with us first."

She pointed to herself and smiled innocently, "I'm Ye Baozhu, your sister. Grandma and Mom like to call me Zhu Zhu, you can call me Zhu Zhu too."

【Don't speak!】

【Absolutely remember that!】

In her mind, the director crossed his fingers in front of his mouth with a firm and fierce look.

But Ye Kong saw Wen Can in the distance with her peripheral vision.

He had just come in from the terrace, and everyone he passed gave way to him, while his face had returned to its usual gloomy expression.

【Are you sure that as long as I fulfill the marriage contract, I can stay in the Ye family?】

"Of course."

The conversation on the terrace overrode the director's firm "X". Ye Baozhu tugged at her sleeve.

"Sister, can you really not speak?"

Ye Kong slowly turned her head and met her gaze.

A worried expression, with malicious and pleased eyes.

Ye Kong looked at her, slowly raised her hand, touched her hair, and softly called, "Zhu Zhu."

A voice so sweet it could melt hearts, crisp and light, making the onlookers briefly stunned, some even looking around to see if they were hallucinating.

Ye Baozhu was even more dumbfounded, raising a smiling face after two seconds: "Sister! You spoke!"

"Have you seen your biological mother?"

"I have."

"She came to me, knelt down, and begged me not to drive you out of the Ye family."

"Do you know why?"

"Because she has AIDS and needs medical expenses."

"She's afraid that if you leave the Ye family, she won't have money for treatment—Zhu Zhu, have you given her any money?"

A dead silence fell.

The woman named Ruowei frowned and tilted her head: "What? What is she saying? Did I hear it wrong?"

"What are you talking about?!"

Ye family cousin, who had been indifferent to Ye Kong, now seemed about to explode. He rushed in front of Ye Kong, pulling Ye Baozhu behind him, glaring fiercely: "Are you crazy? No matter how jealous you are, you can't talk about your own sister like this. Do you believe that if you keep going, no one in the Ye family will recognize you?"

"So it's jealousy? Is she out of her mind?"

"I didn't even understand, is she making up stories?"

……

Ye Kong ignored all the voices, looking past the cousin at the still stiff Ye Baozhu: "Zhu Zhu."

She softly said the name: "Bao Zhu—what a nice name. Do you know your biological father's surname? Should I tell you?"

Ye Baozhu finally started trembling, as if waking up from a nightmare. She grabbed the cousin's clothes, her whole body shaking, her eyes almost popping out in disbelief.

Feeling the person behind him trembling, the cousin couldn't bear it anymore and raised his hand, roaring:

"Stop it right now!"

A loud slap—

It wasn't a slap on Ye Kong's face but Ye Kong raising her hand to stop it.

She looked up, meeting her cousin's gaze for the first time, then without hesitation raised her other hand—

Smash!

Porcelain shards flew, and the plate holding a dessert was smashed on the man's head.

Blood trickled from his hair, his fierce eyes turning to shock and daze.

Ye Kong brushed the fragments off her hand, took a step forward, and stared at him with her dark eyes: "What do you want to do? Hit me? Who do you think you are to lay a hand on me? Does the Ye family need you to decide whether to recognize me?"

She looked at the man's face and said, "You look so ugly. I suspect you're not even a biological child either. How about you go for a paternity test with your cousin?"

She leaned to the side and looked at Ye Baozhu behind the man: "Zhu Zhu, what do you think?"

Ye Baozhu suddenly looked up, her face pale, eyes wide open, staring at Ye Kong as if she wanted to tear her to pieces.

But in the end, she only held her head and screamed.

The commotion finally drew the attention of all the guests. Mrs. Ye and Grandma Ye hurried over.

"What happened? What is going on?!" Mrs. Ye hurriedly supported Ye Baozhu and, not having time to comfort her, was startled by the blood on the cousin's face, "Lianzhou, your face!"

"Don't worry about me! Check on Zhu Zhu first!" The cousin wiped the blood off and coldly glanced at Ye Kong, "Your newly returned third cousin said Zhu Zhu is not a child of the Ye family."

Mrs. Ye's pupils shrank, reflexively shouting: "She's talking nonsense..."

Her words were drowned out by Ye Kong's dark eyes.

She stared at Mrs. Ye, the bright lights reflecting in her irises, but they were deep and frozen like the sea under the moon.

Cold, distant, and with a hint of cruel scrutiny, as if if she said half a wrong word, the dark sea would break through the ice and swallow everything without hesitation.