Xia Rindong explained, "The reason Xie Siwan didn't come looking for you to settle scores after you scalded her face a few days ago wasn't out of fear of the eldest young master. She was simply waiting for Jin Xiushi and Jin Yunxiao to return."
"That father and son treat Xie Siwan like the apple of their eye. If they hadn't been away on an overseas business trip, they would have come for you long ago. They will be at the family banquet tonight, and they are bound to make things difficult for you—or worse, they might even invoke the Jin family rules against you."
Originally, Jiang Lai had been quite happy eating her pan-fried bacon. But upon learning she might be subjected to the Jin family's disciplinary rules that evening, her smile turned into a grimace. "I’m not even a member of the Jin family! On what grounds can they use their family rules on me? I won't accept it! Besides, I was only paying her back in her own coin!"
Chapter 28