Chapter 18 - Making a Fuss Over Something Trivial (1/2)
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Having their whole family summoned by Elderly Lady Qiao, her grandmother and also the matriarch of their family, this very night was within Qiao Mu’s expectations. Qiao Mu was very familiar with this old woman’s personality. She was selfish, paranoid, envious, and especially defensive about her pride.
In her previous life, her mother’s death from depression had a lot to do with this old woman’s secret and crafty maneuvers.
She was a duplicitous person who secretly sent her mother to her death through machinations while boasting to everyone about how well she treated her eldest daughter-in-law on the surface.
If Elderly Lady Qiao did not evaluate her ident.i.ty immediately, she would probably not be able to sleep tonight. Of course, Qiao Mu believed that after Elderly Lady Qiao ascertained her ident.i.ty as a mystic cultivator, she wagered the old woman would be embroiled in envy and provoked to a night of insomnia.
When Qiao Mu was led by her mother’s hand through the door, she caught sight of Elderly Lady Qiao sitting in the chief seat. Her face merged with the harsh and gaunt face of the Elderly Lady Qiao in her memory—a dark and thin face, a pointy chin, and a pair of old, gloomy eyes. No matter how much she tried to dress like an elderly woman from a rich family, it could not hide the pettiness carved into her bones.
“Mother.” Her father, Qiao Zhongbang, her mother, Wei Ziqin, as well as the trailing Second Uncle, Qiao Zhongheng, and Youngest Aunt-in-Law, Xu Jiao, all respectfully bowed towards the elderly woman.
After Youngest Aunt-in-Law bowed, she walked to her husband, Qiao Zhongheng’s, side and picked up the hand of her four-year-old son, the portly Qiao Long, with a grin.
The tiny hall was filled with people. Besides her eldest aunt, Qiao Wenxiu, who married remotely to Liu City, her second uncle’s family, her youngest uncle’s family, and her youngest aunt, Qiao Wenjuan, who was getting married in September, were all present.
This caused Qiao Mu to involuntarily sneer inside. This truly had the stance of a clan hearing!
“I was actually present at the a.s.sembly just now, but I was quite far from the crowd and did not clearly see the events. However, I heard the villagers talking about how the youngest mystic cultivator of our village appeared in our Qiao Clan, so I wanted to seek you out and ask whether it was true.” As Elderly Lady Qiao said this, her gloomy eyes intently stared at Qiao Mu.