Chapter 18
Catalina walked up to Brayan and whispered, “I didn’t expect Jennifer to have such status in the LeBlanc family. Even the elders seem to be afraid of her.”
Brayan’s already furrowed brow tightened even more, and that was exactly what she wanted.
Jennifer spent some time chatting with Marcel before the meal began.
Everyone gathered around the long dining table. Jennifer sat on Brayan’s left, and Catalina was on his right.
At the table crowded with several dozen people, Jennifer seemed to be invisible. Everyone’s attention was on Catalina.
They asked about her PhD in psychology and her job at VelvetRose. Catalina answered each question patiently.
Everything Jennifer knew about Catalina was from Brayan, who would compare the two sometimes.
Catalina was the elite overseas returnee, the rising star in jewelry design, and the piano prodigy, while she was just a housewife who hadn’t even finished high school.
So Jennifer had always believed that Catalina must be very accomplished.
“I wrote my thesis on Jung’s theory of the collective unconscious. Jung introduced the iceberg theory in his 1923 article “On the Relation of Analytical Psychology to Poetry“. He divided the iceberg into three parts: the conscious, the preconscious, and the unconscious…”
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Catalina was still talking endlessly.
“Wow, psychology is so profound. Catalina, you’re amazing!”
“More amazing than you can imagine. Catalina is knowledgeable and well–cultured. She’s nothing like some parasite who’s barely left the house.”
Jennifer knew Ruby was referring to her.
“Ruby, actually… psychology has a theory about why some people don’t want to be self–reliant.” Catalina rattled off another long explanation that had Ruby slapping her thigh in admiration.
“Donna, if only Catalina had married into our LeBlanc family back then! She’s a girl we could be proud of. Look at what we have now…
As Ruby spoke, she cast a scornful glance at Jennifer.
Donna, clearly embarrassed, cleared her throat and said, “For a housewife, being ignorant can also be a merit.”
“That’s right. In that regard, Jennifer is fine.”
Brayan interjected lazily. It was hard to tell whether it was praise or mockery.
Jennifer usually didn’t care what Ruby or Donna thought of her.
But Brayan’s words stirred her defiance.
“Jung proposed the theory of the collective unconscious in 1922, not 1923. The iceberg analogy was first suggested by Fechner and then adopted by Freud. Jung was a student of Freud, and he further divided the unconscious into collective and personal unconscious…”
As Jennifer spoke, Catalina’s face turned pale.
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“You can’t even get these basics right. Did someone else take your PhD exams for you?”
“Jennifer, you’re just making it all up!” Ruby snapped, seeing Catalina’s eyes turning red.
“Go ahead and look it up on your phone. Then you’ll see if I’m making it all up,” Jennifer replied calmly.
Ruby immediately began searching on her phone, intending to prove Jennifer wrong. But after a while, she fell silent.
Catalina found some excuses for herself, saying she’d been too busy with design work lately and had forgotten her psychology knowledge.
“Then maybe don’t flaunt what you’ve forgotten…”
“Jennifer, that’s enough. Catalina is a guest of the LeBlanc family,” Donna scolded, displeased with this new version of Jennifer, who was defiant and aggressive, no longer the docile and virtuous daughter–in- law.
“When Ruby was mocking Jenny, why didn’t you tell her to shut up?” Among everyone at the table, only Marcel stood up for Jennifer.
Marcel looked quite pleased, for he’d discovered yet another strength in Jennifer.
“That’s my girl! She cooks well, and she’s knowledgeable. Brayan, if you ever hurt Jenny, like being seduced by some shallow bitch, I’ll be the first one to stop it.” When he said this, Marcel was looking at Catalina, not Brayan.
