USWHC -Chapter 204 Sold by Someone Yet Still Counting the Money (Part 4)

Before she could even open her mouth, Zhu Jie hurriedly answered first, “Madam, Meizi is deeply grateful for your kindness. Every dish in the Sun residence is excellent. Meizi isn’t a picky eater—being able to eat like this is already more than good enough.”

Ji Mei heard this and immediately thought it made sense. After all, everything here would belong to her in the future—she could eat whatever she wanted then, so there was no need to rush now. She quickly nodded in agreement.
“Right, not picky, not picky!”

When Madam Sun saw that “Ji Mei” had answered again—and answered so well, praising the Sun family while also behaving so properly—she felt even more pleased. What a good child!

“Oh my, what fine wine! Not watered down at all!” At that moment, Old Madam Ji suddenly exclaimed loudly.

The Sun family nearly burst out laughing. Of course it wasn’t watered down! Madam Sun smiled and said, “As long as Sister Ji likes it.”

“I like it, I like it!” Old Madam Ji smacked her lips as she drank. In no time at all she had already poured herself three cups, clearly looking quite fond of the wine.

At that moment, Old Madam Sun spoke again. “What does Meizi think? Do you like today’s wine?” As she spoke, her gaze remained fixed on Zhu Jie.

Ji Mei immediately started to get up to say she liked it, but just as her backside lifted halfway from the seat, she felt Zhu Jie tug hard at her clothes. She instantly understood—oh right, right, don’t embarrass yourself! She quickly turned her head to look at Zhu Jie again.

Zhu Jie gave her a charming smile and slightly inclined her body. At the same time, she secretly reached out and pulled Ji Mei back down into her seat.

“Meizi usually isn’t good at drinking and doesn’t dare drink much. She only took a small sip, but today’s wine leaves a mellow sweetness on the palate. It must be a fine vintage.”

Ji Mei immediately realized the point. Right! Who would want a drunken bride in their family? So Old Madam Sun had been setting a trap for her! Luckily she hadn’t answered herself, or she would’ve fallen into it again. She shot Zhu Jie another grateful look—what a good person!

Hearing this reply, Old Madam Sun nodded in satisfaction.
“What a good child. The more I look at her, the more I like her.”

Zhu Jie couldn’t help but feel secretly pleased. Hehe, if things continued like this, they would surely get through today safely.

But unexpectedly, just then Ji Yi suddenly spoke up.

“With such good wine, shouldn’t Meizi toast Master Sun, Old Madam Sun, and Madam Sun to thank them for their favor?”

The moment Zhu Jie heard this, she looked at him in shock. What? You’re here to sabotage things again?

Yet Ji Yi spoke with such sincerity that there wasn’t a single flaw in his expression. It looked as though he were genuinely speaking for Ji Mei’s benefit.

Ji Mei thought about it and felt he was right. As the future daughter-in-law of the Sun family, she really should properly toast the elders. But this time she had learned her lesson—she didn’t dare stand up on her own first. Instead, she immediately turned to look at Zhu Jie.

Meanwhile, inside Zhu Jie’s mind, ten thousand alpacas were galloping wildly. It’s not scary when the enemy is strong—what’s scary is when someone inside your own camp starts scheming against you!

Ji Yi was doing this on purpose. He definitely was!

But thinking about it, it also made sense. Ji Mei was his sister after all—he couldn’t risk letting her marry into the Sun family in such a muddled way. If the Sun family only discovered the truth on the wedding day and became displeased, what if they sent her back home? He had to think about Ji Mei’s future.

“Right, right! Meizi, hurry and toast your future mother-in-law and great mother-in-law!” Old Madam Ji also chimed in enthusiastically.

Now that things had come to this point, refusing to toast would look far too strange. Zhu Jie could only brace herself and stand up.

“Meizi toasts the Grand Secretary, the Old Madam, and Madam,” she said, trying to appear natural as she raised her cup. Using her sleeve to shield herself, she took a small sip.

Ji Mei had been staring wide-eyed at her the whole time. Seeing how Zhu Jie did it, she followed suit.

“Meizi toasts the Grand Secretary, the Old Madam, and Madam!” After saying that, she copied Zhu Jie by lifting her sleeve to cover her mouth—but then she directly drained the cup in one gulp.

That immediately created a bit of a problem.

The members of the Sun family all frowned slightly. When Ji Mei was offering the toast, why had the second daughter-in-law stood up along with her?

Before the Sun family could even say anything, Old Madam Ji spoke up first.

“Hey! Second daughter-in-law, our Meizi is making a toast—what are you standing up for?”

Well then—this was practically stabbing your own people with three knives and six holes before the outsiders even got the chance!

Zhu Jie had just been about to quietly sit back down, but Old Madam Ji’s loud shout pinned her right there on the spot.

How on earth was she supposed to answer that?