"Is it okay for you to talk nonsense just because he's your friend?"
"Brother, how do you know I'm talking nonsense? Why don't you go ask Mo Sichen? How about asking Xia Yunsheng? Where exactly did I speak out of turn? If it weren't for the respect I have for you as my brother, I wouldn't have kept it from you. I would have told Mom long ago!" Cheng Qingyan stood her ground defiantly.
She was very stubborn by nature. The more assertive you were, the more stubborn she would become.
Cheng Yanzhi said, "Cheng Qingyan, do you know what your surname is?"
"Surname Cheng, so what?"
"Do you honor our surname? You're Cheng Qingyan, the daughter of the Cheng Family. Your parents, who have been nurturing you wholeheartedly, did they raise you to be a gossipmonger? You're spouting nonsense about things you haven't even witnessed firsthand?"