Sitting beside her, Tang Mo did not look surprised as she turned her gaze towards the accusing servant, her face innocent. "Xiao Lian, with so many people at this banquet, and everyone constantly moving around, it's full of feet down there. Don't you know to watch where you're going? You cause trouble and then blame someone else? Does that mean I shouldn't have legs at all?" As she spoke, Tang Mo deliberately looked down at the floor. People were coming and going, some sitting, some standing, some lounging with their legs crossed, some chatting with their legs intertwined. At her words, they all subconsciously shifted their feet, afraid of tripping over another careless servant and causing a commotion. "No, no, no, that's not what I meant! Second Miss, you have to believe me!" "Really, it was really Miss Tang..." Xiao Lian kept waving her hands as she spoke. Tang Ling looked at Tang Mo, seemingly ready to step forward and slap her. Tang Mo looked down and sneered, truly a good dog of Lin Fen's, knowing whose leg to cling to. Recalling the times her whereabouts had been leaked by this Xiao Lian, the cold light in her eyes grew even sharper. "Grandma, I think I should leave. After all, no matter what, I'm just superfluous here..." Tang Mo said with her head lowered, her words tinged with a hint of bitterness. Any random servant in the household dared to open their mouth and bite her, such a life truly held no status at all. Seeing her granddaughter's aggrieved and fragile appearance, Grandma Tang thought to herself that the child had been talking to her just now, how could she have had the chance to trip anyone? She couldn't help but feel dissatisfied, and her hand wearing the green jade ring heavily slammed down on the table. "Tang Ling, do you really believe the word of a servant who casually tries to shirk responsibility?"

“She is my own granddaughter, your sister, and the young mistress of the Tang family. Is it worth doing such a thing?” “Grandma...” “And you. As a servant of the Tang family, you accidentally made a mistake and instead of thinking about how to take responsibility for your error, you immediately blame your master.” “Is the food in the Tang family so delicious?” Madam Tang looked at Xiao Lian with great dissatisfaction. If it was like this in front of her, who knew how much such humiliation her good granddaughter had suffered behind her back? Thinking of this, Madam Tang felt that the matter could not be settled just like that. She beckoned to the butler, “Old He, we can’t afford servants with such a nature in the Tang family!” To kill a chicken to warn the monkeys, to see who would dare to bully her own granddaughter in the future. “...Yes, madam.” Old He came over with a clear understanding and led the person away. Lin Fen, who was busy at the banquet, saw Xiao Lian, whom she had trained for a year, being taken away by the butler in a dispirited manner, and looked at her daughter Tang Ling with a face full of confusion. “What happened?” Lin Fen came over and asked Tang Ling in a low voice. “It was Tang Mo. Tang Mo deliberately tripped Xiao Lian, causing Xiao Lian to accidentally knock over the tea on the table, Mom... My back must be scorched red!”

“Grandma is so partial...” Tang Ling coquettishly complained to Lin Fen, casting a resentful glare at Tang Mo. Upon hearing this, Lin Fen pulled her daughter over, glanced at her soaked clothes, then looked at Tang Mo, and turned to walk towards the old lady. “Mom, don’t be angry. It’s my fault for focusing only on managing household affairs and neglecting to discipline the servants, which led to this thoughtless incident.” “When we get back, I will definitely straighten out the servants at home, and make sure our Mo Mo won’t suffer such injustices again!” Lin Fen said with a smile, continuously apologizing, and carried the tea from the table, presenting it with her virtuous hands to Old Madam Tang. Only then did Old Madam Tang ease her expression. She had originally planned to scold her for not being strict enough in teaching, but now, she didn’t feel the need to say much more, simply commenting, “It’s good that you know.” Upon hearing this, Tang Ling was infuriated to see that her mother not only didn’t speak up for her, but actually shielded Tang Mo, and she couldn’t help but stamp her foot in anger. “Mom, today is your birthday, we absolutely can’t let such a trivial matter spoil your mood. By the way, Tang Ling, this child, knowing it was your birthday, has been saving money early on, saying she must buy you a birthday gift with her own pocket money!” “Tang Ling, hurry up and bring the birthday gift you bought for grandma?” As Lin Fen spoke, she gave Tang Ling a look. Tang Ling was stunned for a moment, looking at Lin Fen with some confusion. Where would she have saved a year’s worth of pocket money to prepare a birthday gift for her grandma?

Even if she did, she herself couldn't wait to buy several designer handbags. For the birthday gift, she did prepare one, but it was nothing more than ordinary tea sets that wouldn't impress anyone. 'This child, go and get it, your mother has had it wrapped for you, it's the one in the red gift box, hurry up!' Lin Fen gave Tang Ling a look, signaling her to go and get it quickly. Tang Ling then realized and looked at Lin Fen with gratitude, turned around nimbly to get the gift. Tang Mo glanced at the departing Tang Ling, took a sip of the rock sugar orange juice on the table, and sneered inwardly. He had to admit, Lin Fen was indeed a generous and selfless mother. To give her daughter a good impression and to make a good impression in front of everyone, she was willing to give up her own carefully prepared gift for her daughter, leaving herself empty-handed. In the blink of an eye. Tang Ling came over with the gift box in her hands, her heart full of joy, looked at her mother with gratitude, and presented the treasure-like gift in front of Grandma Tang, carefully placing it before her. 'Grandma, this is... is something your granddaughter has taken great pains to choose for you, although it's not very expensive, it's the thought that counts, I hope you like it!' Tang Ling said with a beaming face. Grandma Tang looked at the beautifully wrapped red gift box in front of her, her attitude softened a bit, 'This child, is quite sensible, it seems that you, as a mother, have raised her well.'

As she spoke, Old Madam Tang glanced at Lin Fen with approval and opened the gift box in person, but her originally gentle smile froze on her old face when she saw what was inside. With a 'thump', she threw the gift box onto the floor. Inside the box fell a vintage-style clock, indeed exquisitely packaged, a small rosewood table clock in a shade that the elderly lady favored. It would indeed be quite ornamental if placed at home for viewing. However... "Old Madam! Are you alright?" "Grandma?!" The lady sitting next to her and Tang Mo called out in concern, in unison. Old Madam Tang clutched her chest, gasping for breath as if trying hard to calm the anger within her, "Good, good! Very good!" "What a good granddaughter I have!" Despite Old Madam Tang's efforts to compose herself, her trembling hand still couldn't hide the deep anger. Tang Ling was frozen on the spot, how could this be? The gift was clearly chosen by her accompanying her mother, clearly a jade Buddha statue carved from Xiuyan jade, how, how could it have turned into a clock? She looked at Lin Fen helplessly, her cold sweat breaking out in urgency. It's over, all over!