Chapter 359: Do I Have to Say It a Second Time?

"These aren’t some new items from Dingshi Restaurant. Xiao Nian just made them."

Gao Ruolan said with a smile, still savoring the delicious pastry she’d just eaten.

After asking her question, Chu Lingxiu reached out and picked a rose pastry from a plate on the table. It actually looked pretty good.

Just as Chu Lingxiu was about to put the pastry in her mouth, she heard Gao Ruolan’s answer. Her movements froze instantly.

"What? She made these?"

"That’s right. And the roses? I grew them myself!"

Gao Ruolan, completely oblivious to anything being wrong with Chu Lingxiu’s reaction, said with a smile.

But the moment Gao Ruolan finished speaking, Chu Lingxiu tossed the pastry she was about to eat into the trash can, as if she were discarding something filthy.

"What? And here I was thinking these were something new from Dingshi Restaurant! I’m not eating food from who-knows-where!"

As soon as Chu Lingxiu finished speaking, it wasn’t just Shen Nian whose expression changed; the faces of the other Chu Family members fell as well. But it was Lu Cheng, sitting beside Shen Nian, whose expression was the darkest of all.

Shen Nian gently squeezed Lu Cheng’s hand, signaling for him not to do anything rash.

After all, they were guests in the Chu Family’s home; it wouldn’t look good for Lu Cheng to lash out at their daughter. Besides, Shen Nian wanted to see for herself how the Chu Family would handle a situation like this.

’She was also very curious where Chu Lingxiu’s hostility toward her was coming from.’

’If she had thought she was mistaken before, Chu Lingxiu’s reaction now was more than obvious.’

’The girl didn’t like her. In fact, it was safe to say she hated her!’

’To think someone she had never met could hate her... Heh, it would be strange not to be curious.’

The Chu family members all frowned at Chu Lingxiu. They could all see just how inappropriate her words and actions were for the occasion.

Moreover, every single one of them had just eaten Shen Nian’s rose pastries and had been singing their praises. Yet to Chu Lingxiu, they were "food from who-knows-where," and she had thrown one straight into the trash.

This was, quite simply, a slap in the face to all of them!

"Lingxiu, how could you act like that!"

Although Gao Ruolan frowned, clearly displeased with Chu Lingxiu’s behavior, her words weren’t particularly harsh.

Just as Chu Lingxiu was about to wheedle her way out of it with Gao Ruolan like she always did, Chu Zhengwei spoke up again.

"Apologize!"

These words from Chu Zhengwei were clearly directed at Chu Lingxiu. The cold, hard look he gave her was enough to show just how displeased he was with her behavior today.

’Chu Lingxiu had already been rude when she first walked in, and now this. It seemed their family had truly spoiled this granddaughter far too much, to the point that she had no basic manners or breeding!’

"Grandpa..."

Chu Lingxiu couldn’t understand or accept why her own grandfather would speak to her that way. However, seeing how clearly furious Chu Zhengwei was, her earlier arrogance completely vanished.

"Do I need to repeat myself? Apologize!"

Chu Zhengwei’s voice grew sterner with each word, and his anger mounted by the second.

"I..."

"Lingxiu, hurry up and apologize to Xiao Nian. You were clearly in the wrong today."

Chu Deming chimed in after Chu Zhengwei, looking at Chu Lingxiu. He knew that if she didn’t apologize, Chu Zhengwei wouldn’t let the matter drop.

The entire family knew very well that when his father said something, he meant it.