Chapter 678 -s six, seven, and eight: Practicing at the banquet

"What do you mean by that?" Jiang Shuqin rolled her eyes at Ou Cong and retorted, "This is the Jiang Family. I can hang out with whoever I want. What’s it to you?"

"Ah, Miss Jiang, why do you talk like that?" Ou Cong quickly replied with a laugh, "Didn’t we bury the hatchet and make peace a while ago?"

"Humph, make peace with you?" Jiang Shuqin rolled her eyes again, saying to Second Young Master Ou, "I did that out of pity for you, just to hear you whine!"

"Chuyi, let’s go. I’ll take you to meet my sister!" Jiang Shuqin, grabbing Xia Chuyi’s arm, wasn’t willing to deal with Ou Cong any longer and walked away.

"..." Xia Chuyi almost didn’t react, merely waving casually at Ou Cong and "Ou Jiao" as a greeting.

Now that she had recognized Ou Jun as her elder brother, she naturally had to be a bit friendlier to Ou Cong and "Ou Jiao."

When Xia Chuyi waved at Ou Cong, she saw "Ou Jiao" standing nearby, eyes wide as if surprised to see her there.

"Ou Jiao" opened his mouth as if he wanted to speak to Xia Chuyi.

However, Xia Chuyi didn’t hear "Ou Jiao" speak, as she had already been pulled away by Jiang Shuqin.

After being dragged for a distance, Xia Chuyi couldn’t help but ask Jiang Shuqin, "Did you and Second Young Master Ou have another disagreement?"

Why else would she hurriedly pull her away?

"Have a disagreement?" Jiang Shuqin shook her head at the question and said, "Not at all."

Saying this, Jiang Shuqin looked back in the direction where Ou Cong was.

Then, Xia Chuyi saw Jiang Shuqin purse her lips and say, "Chuyi, to be honest with you, I just can’t feel comfortable if I don’t snap at that idiot Ou Cong a couple of times!"

Xia Chuyi: ...

She silently followed Jiang Shuqin’s gaze and saw Ou Cong talking with "Ou Jiao."

By their mannerisms, it seemed like Ou Cong was coaxing "Ou Jiao."

This imperious Second Young Master Ou, Ou Cong, was incredibly deferential to "Ou Jiao."

Seeing Second Young Master Ou’s behavior, Xia Chuyi didn’t know whether she should change her opinion of Ou Cong or if she just found him too foolish and lacking in principles.

Next, Xia Chuyi glanced at "Ou Cong," then back at "Jiang Shuqin."

She thought to herself: When she heard about the Ou Family’s affairs from Jiang Shuqin, she had assumed that Jiang Shuqin and Ou Cong were on good terms.

She had no idea that their way of interacting was to constantly bicker.

What’s meant by the term ’frenemies’?

This was the definition of ’frenemies.’

Xia Chuyi couldn’t help but shake her head.

After a moment of thought, Xia Chuyi casually asked Jiang Shuqin, "Shuqin, has Second Young Master Ou been taking ’Ou Jiao’ out for social events lately?"

Upon hearing Xia Chuyi’s question, Jiang Shuqin shook her head and replied, "Not really."

"The Ou Family’s Miss Jiao Jiao is very delicate, and apparently, she dislikes socializing quite a bit."

Jiang Shuqin continued, "Of course, the main reason is that the Ou Family hasn’t formally acknowledged the relationship."

"So, ’Ou Jiao’s’ status is still somewhat ambiguous."

Speaking of which, Jiang Shuqin winked and looked at Xia Chuyi with a mischievous smile, "Just like you, before you officially married into the Huo Family, everyone wasn’t sure how to treat you."

Uh... Jiang Shuqin was teasing her.

Nevertheless, being someone who had lived twice, Xia Chuyi remained very calm and responded, "That makes sense."