Chapter 317 This Is the Welcome Gift
Addison continued to urge, "Come on, Mary, your gift!"
They had come in such a hurry that they didn't bring any gift, so they pinned their hopes on Mary, hoping she could use some expensive jade worth hundreds of thousands of dollars to appease Amanda's anger.
Mary looked at Amanda and apologized again:
"Grandma, I'm sorry, we came too urgently and didn't have time to buy a gift."
Hearing this, Addison almost exploded with anger, wishing she could slap Mary, but seeing James nearby, she didn't dare to act.
"Mary, you didn't even buy a meeting gift? You are really arrogant," Jane seized the opportunity to attack immediately, "Being late is already a huge disrespect, and now you didn't even buy a gift. How little do you care about Grandma? If you can't afford a gift worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, even tens of thousands or a few thousand would also do."
She mercilessly criticized, "Grandma doesn't care about the money, she just wants a token of your regard."
Mary bit her lip and remained silent, knowing that any rebuttal would only cause a bigger backlash.
Jane snorted, "You really disappointed us a lot. If we all were like you, Grandma would be heartbroken for life."
With a long sigh, she turned to Amanda and flattered, "Grandma, this is an ivory cane I bought for you, specially crafted from Goldenspire, worth $140,000! Not only is it suitable for your daily walks, but it can also help regulate your blood and energy through your palm."
She quickly opened the trunk, took out a flawless pale cane, and respectfully handed it to Amanda.
"Good, it's cool," Amanda took the cane, tapped it on the ground to test its feel, and was very satisfied. "Jane, you are thoughtful."
Other Smith family relatives also took out their gifts and respectfully handed them to Amanda. "Grandma, this is a gold bracelet I had made for you... Grandma, this is a brain supplement injection I got from abroad..."
Amanda nodded slightly, had a few bodyguards accept the gifts, and then looked at Charles's family with increasingly cold and unfriendly eyes.
Addison's eyelids twitched, and she glared at Mary fiercely. If she had known this, she wouldn't have let Mary buy anything.
Jane looked at Mary and her family with pride. "A whole family can't even offer a single gift. How shameful and ridiculous."
The other Smiths also shook their heads in mockery.
Addison and the others didn't dare to retort.
Kaitlyn snorted, "Fucking bitch."
Addison fumed, "Shut up, how dare you talk to Jane like that? Being late, acting rude and arrogant, you are simply ill-mannered!"
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At this moment, Amanda, who had been watching coldly, suddenly frowned and said, "Slap her!"
Jane took a step forward and slapped Kaitlyn across the face.
Kaitlyn was furious, "You!"
Jane stepped forward again and raised her hand to slap Kaitlyn, but Kaitlyn instinctively grabbed her wrist.
What Kaitlyn didn't expect was that Amanda suddenly raised her hand and slapped her.
The slap was crisp and loud.
Kaitlyn stepped back a few steps, covering her face and shouting, "Grandma, why?"
James frowned. He didn't want to interfere in the Smith Family's affairs, but seeing Kaitlyn being hit, he pulled her to his side to protect her.
"Shut up!" Amanda shouted at Kaitlyn, "Have you grown bolder, don't understand manners, dare to defy my words, and even fight back?"
Standing nearby, Addison was scared into silence, Jane showed a gloating expression.
"When we get back, kneel at my door for three hours," Amanda said coldly, "I haven't properly disciplined you for years, and now you don't even know how to respect your elders."
Mary couldn't hold back, "Grandma, we can talk about this slowly, you can't just..."
"Are you questioning me?" Amanda's eyes darkened as she stared at Mary, "As an elder sister, you don't understand respect?"
"Mom, Mary and Kaitlyn are just being thoughtless, don't blame them," Addison quickly stepped forward to appease Amanda. "It's all our fault, we are wrong, we accept any punishment without complaint."
Charles also squeezed out a sentence. "It's... ugh... it's getting dark and a bit chilly, Mom, you've had a long journey, let's go to the hotel to rest and have a meal."
Kaitlyn covered her face and said nothing more.
Seeing Charles and the others giving in, Amanda's expression softened, and she then looked at James.
"Hey, isn't this James? What are you standing there for?" Jane shouted at James, "Get over here and greet Grandma!"
Jane introuced James to Amanda. "Grandma, this is Mary's husband, a son-in-law living with his wife's family, a doctor."
She deliberately omitted James's strengths. "He's quite something, able to interfere with TG Company's operations."
"James?" Amanda's eyes shot a cold glare as she stared at James, "Are you the one causing trouble at TG Company?"
Everyone's eyes instantly focused on James.
"So what I am? Completely none of your business!" James replied bluntly.
Charles and the others were instantly shocked, never expecting James to respond like this.
It was simply disrespecting Amanda.
Kaitlyn, however, showed a look of delight.
"Bastard, how dare you speak like that?" Amanda was furious. "Charles, your family really has no manners left, you can't even control a son-in-law living with his wife's family, I'm so disappointed in you."
Addison quickly shouted at James, "James, this is Grandma Smith, you should call her Grandma or Mrs. Smith."
James shocked everyone, "She doesn't deserve it!"
James' answer made the whole room fall silent again.
Charles and the others were all dumbfounded, seemingly not expecting James to be so direct.
Amanda was someone with a certain status in the Smith Clan, a council member of the Smith Clan, although not very powerful, she was highly respected and revered by many in the Smith Clan.
No one in the family dared to defy Amanda, let alone insulting her, including the sharp-tongued Addison.
Now James said she didn't deserve it, it was simply challenging Amanda's authority.
"James, do you know what you're saying?" Jane's eyes flashed with a glint as she shouted, "You, a son-in-law living with his wife's family, a useless person supported by the Smith Family, what right do you have to say Grandma doesn't deserve it? She doesn't deserve it, do you? Does Mary? You are simply barbaric!"
Nathaniel, the old woman, and several bodyguards also looked at James with unfriendly eyes, seemingly angry at this guy who provoked Amanda.
Mary quickly tugged at James's sleeve, "James."
"Arrogant, ignorant, self-righteous, and abusing her seniority," James didn't soften his tone at all. "What right does she have to be called Grandma or Mrs. Smith by me?"
Addison quickly scolded, "James, shut up, shut up your fucking mouth!"
"Abusing my seniority?" Amanda was furious and laughed, staring at James and shouting: "Ill-mannered thing! Then let me show you what abusing seniority means!"
As she finished speaking, she suddenly swung her cane down, hard and fast.
Although she wasn't a martial artist, she mustered all her strength, it would definitely break a few bones if it landed on James.
James reached out, grabbed the ivory cane, and then snapped it over his knee.
The ivory broke into two pieces.
The broken ends were black, mixed with red, and had a foul smell, like uncooked bones.
"Didn't you want a gift from Mary? This cane is not made of ivory at all, it's completely made of human bones! If you use it for a few months, you'll surely die," James threw the cane aside and turned to leave, "Your life is the best gift from Mary."
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