Rekindled Hearts: The Tycoon’s Reluctant Love

Chapter 274: Chapter 273: A Heavy Slap on Her Face Chapter 274: Chapter 273: A Heavy Slap on Her Face Ming Yao came over.

Today, she wore a red trench coat, cinched at the waist, which appeared so slender that it seemed barely graspable.

Her long, black, curly hair was tied up in a high ponytail, and she was wearing knee-high boots, looking both stunning and imposing.

Seeing the aloof and flamboyant Ming Yao, whose beauty was incomparable, Madam Zhou’s face instantly changed.

Just seeing Ming Yao made her angry!

If it weren’t for her, her Zhiyan wouldn’t have ended up so miserably!

Unable to contain her rage, Madam Zhou exclaimed, “Where’s the butler? Can just anyone waltz into the Zhou Family’s home now?”

The butler walked in with a swollen face and a bruised nose.

He had just tried to stop Ming Yao, but before he could say much, she punched him.

Despite looking slim and frail, her punch packed more power than that of most men.

Seeing the butler’s bruised face, Madam Zhou grew even more furious, “Ming Yao, you have some nerve, not only trespassing but daring to hit someone from our Zhou Family?”

Old Lady Zhou also glared at Ming Yao discontentedly, “Don’t think you can do whatever you want just because you have Gu Siting backing you up!”

Ming Yao sneered coldly. She ignored both Old Lady Zhou and Madam Zhou and glanced at the servant holding Su Lan, “Release Aunt Lan.”

“Who dares to let her go? Try it!” Madam Zhou shouted angrily.

Ming Yao rubbed her fingers; it had been a while since she had thrown a punch, and she was feeling itchy for some action.

“Not letting go, is that right? Very well…” Ming Yao hadn’t finished her sentence when she kicked at the servant holding Su Lan.

In no time, two servants were laid out on the floor, crying out in pain.

The expressions on Madam Zhou and Old Lady Zhou’s faces shifted dramatically.

“The world has gone mad! Butler, call the bodyguards over!”

The butler quickly summoned more than a dozen bodyguards.

Ming Yao, on the other hand, had called in Jing Hang.

Without lifting a finger herself, Jing Hang took care of all the bodyguards for her.

Madam Zhou and Old Lady Zhou, “…”

Ming Yao sat on the sofa, crossing her long, elegant legs, “Do you want to keep fighting, or shall we clarify the truth and investigate the Jade Bracelet matter properly?”

Madam Zhou pointed at Ming Yao, unable to restrain her rage, “Do you think you’re the Savior? What gives you the right to meddle in the Zhou Family’s affairs?”

“Because Aunt Lan is my relative, Yanyan is my sister. You’re all ganging up to bully a widowed mother and her daughter. Really, the nerve!”

Old Lady Zhou couldn’t stand seeing Ming Yao acting so high and mighty in her Zhou home, and commanded authoritatively, “Ming Yao, the heirloom of our Zhou Family was supposed to be given to my second son’s wife today, but it has disappeared. It was found shattered in Su Lan’s room. If she didn’t do it, who did?”

Old Lady Zhou directed the butler to bring out the broken Jade Bracelet.

Ming Yao picked up the bracelet and smirked coldly, “Old Lady Zhou, you haven’t learned your lesson from Mocha’s death last time. Between your two daughters-in-law, you really don’t know who’s honest and who’s cunning?”

Old Lady Zhou’s face flushed with discomfort.

Madam Zhou glared at Ming Yao, “What kind of manners is this, talking like that in front of the old lady? If you know what’s good for you, get out!”

As soon as Madam Zhou finished speaking, Jing Hang grabbed her arm, “Senior Sister, this old witch has quite the foul mouth. Should I slap her for you?”

“Ming Yao, you wouldn’t dare?”

Ming Yao sneered and slapped Madam Zhou backhanded.

“It was you who hit my sister Yanyan, wasn’t it?”

Madam Zhou was stunned by Ming Yao’s slap.

She opened her eyes wide in disbelief, staring at Ming Yao.

Her lips trembled uncontrollably, “You… you actually dared to hit me?”

“Keep that filthy mouth shut, or I’ll keep slapping,”
Madam Zhou was furious beyond measure.

Fortunately, not long after, Mr. Zhou and Zhou Yanran’s brother, Zhou Kui, returned home.

Seeing her husband and son, Madam Zhou cried out pitifully, “Husband, son, you must avenge this insult for me!”

Zhou Kui, seeing that his mother had been struck, glared at Ming Yao with uncontrollable anger, “You’ve got some nerve!”

Mr. Zhou held back Zhou Kui, who wanted to kick at Ming Yao, and looked at Ming Yao with a cold gaze, “Miss Ming, I understand that you want to stand up for your sister-in-law, but she indeed stole the Zhou Family heirloom and damaged it. This is a grave matter, and we must take her to the police station!”

Ming Yao picked up several pieces of the broken Jade Bracelet from the butler’s hand, “Are you sure this is your heirloom?”

Madam Zhou, grinding her teeth, “Of course it’s not wrong!”

Ming Yao curled her lip in derision, “Then the Zhou Family’s heirloom really isn’t worth much. This broken jade bracelet is obviously inferior quality; can none of you tell?”

Ming Yao took out a magnifying glass, “For inferior quality, just look at the surface for acid etched lines and dissolution pits.”

After examining it, Ming Yao handed it to Old Lady Zhou.

Old Lady Zhou took a look and her complexion changed drastically.

“This is a fake? Our Zhou Family heirloom has been passed down for generations, it can’t be a fake!”

A complicated look flashed through Madam Zhou’s eyes.

She had not expected Ming Yao to be able to discern the authenticity of jade.

“If this is fake, then Su Lan must have hidden the real one!”

Su Lan shook her head, “I didn’t; I don’t even know where the old lady stored the Jade Bracelet, how could I have hidden it?”

“Sister-in-law, stop making excuses. Are you unhappy that the old lady entrusted the heirloom to me? But have you thought about it? I am now the new Matriarch of the Zhou Family, to whom else would the Jade Bracelet be given if not to me?”

Ming Yao looked towards Old Lady Zhou, “Has every room been searched, top to bottom, in the Zhou Family home?”

Though Ming Yao was young, when her expression turned cold, she emanated an incredibly powerful aura.

Old Lady Zhou was inadvertently led by her pace and followed her line of questioning, “There’s still the room of my second daughter-in-law that we haven’t searched.”

Ming Yao glanced at Jing Hang, “Have your butler take you to search it.”

Jing Hang came over directly, grabbed the butler by the collar, and headed upstairs.

Seeing this, Madam Zhou was furious, “Who allowed you to go up? Get down here!”

Of course, Jing Hang wasn’t going to listen to her.

“Husband, this outsider is being so presumptuous in our home, you have to do something!”

Mr. Zhou looked at Ming Yao with a frosty expression, “If my wife’s room doesn’t have the heirloom, what do you plan to do, Miss Ming?”

“Then let your wife slap me across the face, and I will kneel and apologize to her, how about that?”

“Agreed.”

However, Madam Zhou was panicking, and she tried to sneak upstairs quietly. Seeing this, Ming Yao stepped in front of her, “Madam Zhou, where do you think you’re going?”

“Ming Yao, don’t be too insolent. This is the Zhou Family home; you can’t run wild here!”

Ming Yao curled her lip, “I said, if there’s nothing in your room, I will let you deal with me as you wish.”

It took less than ten minutes for Jing Hang to return.

In his hand, he held a lustrous, verdant Jade Bracelet.

“Senior sister, found it. It was in this Madam Zhou’s drawer!”

As soon as Jing Hang spoke, everyone was stunned.

Madam Zhou’s face went pale, her mind exploding, suddenly bereft of the ability to think.

Her blood ran cold!