Huo Xian and Ye Ran were completely stunned by Xia Shian's words and didn't know how to respond for a moment.
But Ye Qiu wasn't happy. Stepmom? Saying she's not Mom's biological child?
She puffed her cheeks and stared at Xia Shian with wide eyes, angrily saying, "Auntie, why do you say my mom is a stepmom?"
Xia Shian was taken aback—does this child not know?
She glanced at Huo Xian and her cousin with difficulty, apologetically explaining, "Because you aren't my cousin's biological child."
Now, this was interesting. Regardless if the child was Ye Ran's, since the parents hadn't told her, it's not an outsider's place to explain.
There were quite a few people at the banquet today, all of similar status. Even if they didn't know each other, they had heard of each other. Previously, they only heard how Shen's daughter-in-law was virtuous, sensible, and capable, but today it seemed not like the legend?
Even for one's cousin, saying such words on such an occasion didn't seem right!
