“Mom, by the way, what was all that you were just talking about? Didn’t the Zhang family show up? Not a single one of them came over? There were so many people outside—looks pretty lively! What’s going on?”

Liu Qingqing did her best to keep her emotions in check, making sure her mother wouldn’t notice even the slightest hint, let alone any outsiders picking up on something unusual.

Mentioning this, Liu E burst into another tirade, slapping her hands together in indignation: “There were plenty of people—swarming like ants—but not a single one came up to say hello to us. And I didn’t see Zhang Yang’s parents either. Clearly they’re not from the Zhang family!”

“Mom, don’t read too much into it. Maybe they just don’t know us. Or maybe…” Liu Qingqing stopped there, because she suddenly remembered the phone call her mother had made that day.

On the phone, her mother said that their maternal grandmother had been bullied—two elderly folks and a young one.

Although Liu Qingqing still hadn’t figured out exactly who that “young one” was, she was absolutely certain about the two elders: they must be the Zhang family’s senior couple, Zhang Yang’s parents.

Since they’d already made their way to Ningcheng and even to the Qingyue Mansion, it was only natural that they’d dug deep into her affairs—probably knowing every last detail, if not the whole story.

How their maternal grandmother ended up where she is now.

How their Mother ended up where she is now.

And how their Auntie ended up where she is now.

As well as Uncle’s death…

Chances are those two old fogies already know all about these things.

With the Zhang parents’ self-righteous, old-fashioned attitude, they’d surely look down on someone like her—and on the Liu family, too. So they must harbor a strong bias against her, Liu Qingqing.

They probably even wear tinted glasses when it comes to her family and her loved ones.

After that, in order to resolve the trouble, she took the initiative and struck first, using a mix of soft and hard tactics to bring Zhang Yang under her control, ensuring he stayed by her side and fulfilled his promise to marry her.

Even though Zhang Yang tried to cover it up, whenever she cautiously probed, he would evade the question, doing his best to help his parents hide the truth.

But she could tell that Zhang Yang had argued with his parents—because of her.

No doubt the Zhangs’ elderly couple already hated her to death.

So it’s understandable that they’re not rushing over right now…

Still, today is their son’s wedding. No matter how much they dislike her, how unwilling they are, or how much they look down on her, can they really defy Zhang Yang?

Sooner or later, they’ll have to come.

Even if they have to force a smile and put on a cheerful face, they’ll have to go through with today’s ceremony.

As for those relatives who remain silent, Liu Qingqing thinks that’s also understandable.

After all, now that things have reached this point, the Zhang parents would never willingly introduce her—their future daughter-in-law—to their own family.

But for the sake of the Zhang family’s reputation, for the sake of the elderly couple themselves, and for the sake of their beloved son Zhang Yang, those two old fogies will definitely keep her background under wraps—and even more so, they’ll keep the Liu family’s background hidden as well.

Thinking this, Liu Qingqing felt a lot more at ease.

“Or maybe… what else? Qingqing, why did you stop halfway through what you were saying? Is there something you can’t talk about? Or is there something else…?”

Liu E had been listening halfway through the sentence but couldn’t hear the rest, so she grew anxious and asked.

Liu Qingqing let out a soft sigh. Rather than spoil her mother’s mood with these troubling thoughts, she smiled faintly and shook her head.

End of Chapter 247: Counterattack 174