My Scheming Little Devil-Chapter 109: Slapped in the Face_1

Shang Jingchen stirred with massive hope from inside, "Mom, does this mean you finally admit that Yuan Jiayin is better than her?"

Ye Lu was taken aback, wondering who Yuan Jiayin was. The name sounded familiar, but why?

Madam Shang sneered, "Yes, she indeed is better than her, at least she wouldn’t embarrass our family like this. But I have observed that your taste is deteriorating over time."

"Why has my taste deteriorated?" Shang Jingchen retorted sarcastically, "Isn’t it inherent from you? I heard that back then, my dad was just a poor lad. You always despise the poor, don’t you? So how did you stoop so low to fall for him?"

A hefty slap resounded out of nowhere, landing on Shang Jingchen’s face. The room fell pin-drop silent.

Not only was Shang Jingchen in disbelief, even Ye Lu was dumbstruck. The servants around hurriedly left the room.

"Shut up, and dare not mention your dad again," Madam Shang quavered. Upon seeing Shang Jingchen holding his face, she glanced at her own hand in disbelief. She had actually hit him.

"Mom, this is the first time you’ve ever hit me!" Shang Jingchen couldn’t help but exclaim with a note of sorrow in his voice.

Madam Shang shuddered and stepped back.

"You deserve it. You’ve disappointed me too much." She turned around pale and left the room.

Shang Jingchen remained there, rooted to the spot, in shock and Ye Lu, equally clueless and lost.

She really didn’t know what to do. A man getting slapped in public, in full view of others - it’s a disgrace and an insult to his ego. The proud and haughty Jin Wangba must certainly feel humiliated!

Should she fade away quietly, leaving not even a masked cloud behind her?

But, looking at Shang Jingchen, he seemed so pitiful it tugged at her heartstrings!

"Hey, are you alright?"

"This is none of your business. I don’t need your misplaced sympathy," Jingchen barked. He then coldly left the hall.

Ye Lu was utterly annoyed, cursing his lousy temper and regretting her thoughtfulness for him.

Sitting for quite a while and not seeing him come back, she sighed, grabbed an ice pack and ran out to him. In the garden, she saw him quietly sitting on the stairs, his back bearing an air of somberness and pain.

"Hey, you might want to use this. Otherwise, it’s going to swell up tomorrow. How would you go to work then?" Ye Lu noticed the red swelling on one side of his face and gasped.

Madam Shang had indeed gone too far. Did she really need to slap him that hard? It was like she was hitting her nemesis!

Shang JingChen was really pitiful. No wonder he looked so anguished. Anyone who got hit by their own mother like this would be hurt.

"You must find me quite ridiculous," Shang Jingchen said, laughing bitterly at himself.

"What’s there to laugh about? I’ve lost count of the number of slaps my mom has given me!"

Ye Lu raised the ice pack in her hand quite frustratedly, carefully placing it over his swelling.

"The difference is that she’s my stepmom, and this is your biological mother. For me, it physically hurts, but for you, it hurts your heart. But think about it, the deeper the love, the harsher the criticism. The harder your mom slaps, the more she actually cares about you."

"What kind of bogus philosophy is that! To think that I’d see the day when you’re comforting me." 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

Jingchen turned to look at her, his face partially covered by the ice pack. The stinging sensation was accompanied by a gentle coolness that seemed to dull his heartache inflicted by his mother’s slap.

At this moment, he seemingly started to believe those words - she is a good girl.

"Why do you and your mom have such a poor relationship?" Ye Lu couldn’t resist asking out of curiosity.

Suppressed all night, Jingchen suddenly felt the urge to pour out his feelings. He began narrating about him and Yuan Jiayin, his mother’s furious opposition and Jiayin’s eventual departure.

Ye Lu was quite surprised. Jin Wangba, who appeared so arrogant and flirtatious on the surface, was quite a deep affections kind of guy deep down. This was indeed very rare.