Chapter 2492: Chapter 198: What Is the Wallace Family Trying to Do—Aren’t They Embarrassed Enough?
"What do you mean not at all, isn’t your Wallace family one of them?"
Mrs. Wallace was dumbfounded, and her already unpleasant expression turned even paler.
"This... how could this be, there must be some misunderstanding. We’re about to be in-laws, how could we possibly leave our future in-laws unsatisfied... Is there any conflict with Leslie’s mother regarding the wedding arrangements, or any disagreement? My daughter-in-law comes from a humble background, naturally her vision can’t compare to Mrs. Lucas’s. As for the wedding, Mrs. Lucas, you can fully take charge. There’s no need to damage the harmony over such a minor issue."
Mrs. Wallace was indeed a good speaker. Upon noticing the surrounding people with faces full of inquiry or even a sense of watching drama, she immediately smoothed over the situation.
If it were anyone else, they might give the Wallace family face and go along with her words.
Unfortunately, now facing her was Lily Redington, the dignified Mrs. Lucas, who didn’t need to give the Wallace family any face.
Lily’s beautiful almond-shaped eyes slightly raised, the hint of a smile not quite reaching: "If it were merely the wedding matter, I wouldn’t be this angry. My sister-in-law is beautiful and kind; as long as the marrying partner is my brother, she wouldn’t care for other wedding vanities. Such a good sister-in-law, of course, I would arrange the grandest wedding for her, but regrettably, the trouble is that while the main party doesn’t mind, some irrelevant people are assuming authority, making numerous demands to our Reddington family."
"Ah, how is that possible? Who’s the one without eyes that dared to make demands of the in-laws!?" Mrs. Wallace reluctantly responded, already sinking with worry.
She had a bad feeling.
Sure enough, the next second, Mrs. Lucas’s eyes turned cold and, with some arrogance, said, "Who else could it be? Of course, it’s your Wallace family such a good in-law. Leveraging a marriage alliance to make excessive demands of our Reddington family... heh, Wallace family surely takes themselves too seriously."
"Hiss—"
An exceptionally clear sound of air being sucked in rose within the Wallace family living room.
All the guests attending the tea party couldn’t resist sharply inhaling.
The Wallace family is simply audacious, climbing such a good marriage alliance, not cherishing it, but even courting disaster.
At this moment, Mrs. Wallace’s hand placed beside her was uncontrollably trembling slightly, her back was soaked with cold sweat, and her face looked almost bloodless.
At the start of today’s tea party, she definitely didn’t foresee the current situation.
She organized this tea party to show off the glory of the Wallace family, to let others know that the Wallace family was marrying into the Reddington family, so there’d be broader connections and greater face in the shopping mall future.
But now, they were actually publicly scorned by the Reddington family’s eldest daughter.
Mrs. Wallace almost couldn’t speak, barely maintaining her composure to respond: "Misunderstanding... there must be some misunderstanding. Our Wallace family is marrying off a daughter, not selling a daughter, how could we..."
"How could it not be selling a daughter?"
Lily slightly raised the corners of her lips, cutting off Madam’s words.
"Our Reddington family wants to marry Leslie, what does it have to do with your Wallace family’s notorious Young Lady Winona Wallace in the slightest? Why should my brother marry Leslie, yet my father has to adopt Winona as a goddaughter.
Your Wallace family is truly laughable, my brother marries one, yet my father is asked to acknowledge another as a daughter; such unreasonable demands disregard even seniority, what is the Wallace family aiming for, isn’t the embarrassment enough?"
[Next Chapter around 20:00]
