"Well, he's the uncle, so even if he's not here, of course, he would send a gift as a token of his presence." Violet's words were humble, but her smile was filled with pride.After Mia, many others sought Violet out to chat. Although it was supposedly "chatting", they were actually just trying to kiss up to her. Larissa was quite shocked as she was hearing more compliments than she ever had in the past twenty years within ten minutes.A middle-aged couple walked over together."Mrs. Rogers.""Mr. and Mrs. Hermes!"They greeted each other.Violet introduced them to Larissa, "This is the president of Torqua Corporation, Mr. Xander Hermes. This is his wife."Larissa knew Torqua Corporation. If she recalled correctly …She glanced at Lucas, who was not far off. These two before her must be his parents.Lucas happened to look over to where they were too. When he locked eyes with Larissa, he immediately let out a polite smile, which Larissa also gave in return.Lana, who was next t

Chris' mother—Rebecca Hermes looked up and exclaimed with delight, "Aunt Violet!" and Violet nodded, reaching out to her. "Here, let me hold him." She gazed at the baby in Rebecca's arms with warmth in her eyes, and Rebecca handed the child over, murmuring, "Chris, your grandaunt is going to hold you …"Chris was very well-behaved; he did not cry even after leaving his mother's embrace.Violet held him, rocking him gently while cooing at him at the same time. "Chris! Do you know who I am? Do you know I'm your grandaunt? Look at you! So well-behaved! You're not crying at all!"Larissa watched quietly at one side, thinking to herself, "Thank goodness Kevan did not come today." Otherwise, they would definitely be urged to have children as soon as possible.That thought had just entered her mind when Rebecca asked, "Larissa, when are you and Kevan going to have children?"Violet paused momentarily in her baby entertainment but said nothing. She just watched Larissa carefully from her

Many people came over. Violet glared at Kevan harshly before sullenly letting go.Larissa was also watching them with confusion written all over her face. She had no idea what had happened.Leaving his mother behind, Kevan sat on the empty seat next to her."Here, your nephew." Larissa lifted Chris before him. Kevan stared at him for a while before uttering two words with a frown, "He's ugly."The child's mother was sitting right in front of them, and he just blatantly scorned the baby—Larissa panicked and hurriedly apologized on his behalf to Rebecca, "I'm so sorry, Rebecca. That's not what he meant …"Rebecca was a little panicked too—but of course she was also very much unhappy. But as it was Kevan Rogers, she could not show just how unhappy she was."It's alright." She waved her hand, forcing herself to be gracious. "Babies are honestly quite ugly when they have just been born. My husband and I find it quite disgusting, really."Larissa naturally knew that this was just

"Do not bring her before us ever again! And never bring her with you to attend family gatherings such as this!" Xander said.…Because she nearly dropped the baby, the looks from the crowd were filled with reproach and resentment.Lana had never experienced such humiliation before, so she felt a little indignant while blaming Larissa for everything again."Larissa …" Her eyes were all teary and she was pouting, looking for all as if she was the most pitiful one in the world."I … I was startled. I didn't mean to …" She seemed to be explaining herself to Larissa, but she was actually trying to say it to Kevan instead.Larissa's reaction was very bland. "I know."There were no words of comfort.Kevan's reaction was even colder. He did not say anything, much less look at her.Lana was gritting her teeth again, her fists were clenched so tightly that veins had popped out on the back of her hands."Larissa …" She sat next to Larissa once more, reaching out to take her hand. "When

"Can't you tell that my mom's angry?" he asked coldly."Of course, I can!" Cecilia's anger was obvious. Anyone could tell, Lana included. "But I haven't dealt with my thing with Larissa yet! I can't go!" She dragged Lucas back toward the private room."Do you even know what the occasion is? And you come here to deal with your thing with Larissa?" Lucas did not know if Lana was really innocent or stupid. "Can you have a little bit of observational skills?"With the way he shouted at her, Lana froze. Lucas froze too.Ever since they got to know each other, Lucas had never spoken harshly to Lana. She had always been his precious little princess. Even if she was unreasonable on multiple occasions, he was always gently tolerating her.Lana was struck speechless in an instant, her eyes filled with tears once again."You're shouting at me …" Her voice was so soft and filled with endless grievances, which immediately caused Lucas to go soft. He quickly pulled her into his embrace and c