Chapter 9 (2/2)

Hearing this, Emily pouted her mouth. How could she not remember? She wore the same set of clothing from spring to winter!

“I remember. These are not my clothes. I only have one set of clothes,” Emily looked around and said firmly.

Everyone was taken aback by Emily’s words. The women were afraid that the money that they were just about to get their hands on was slipping away from their fingers, while the Shen family was shaken by the rapaciousness of these villagers.

“The Shen family’s money didn’t fall from the sky.” Shen Yan lowered his voice. The villagers were all dismayed by Shen Yan’s tone. The Shen family had such great influence in the region, even they knew about it. The villagers shuddered at the thought of what the Shen family could do to them if they had enraged Shen Yan.

Shen Xue snorted coldly, “I knew it, no decent person could be raised from this kind of place.”

Emily’s face turned pale when she heard Shen Xue. She was also one of those who were raised in ‘this kind of place’.

Shen Yu’s face turned dark when he heard Shen Xue’s words, he could hear the hidden meaning behind her words.

“Shen Xue.” Shen Yan looked at Shen Xue, warning her to stop talking.

Shen Xue still wanted to say something, but when she saw the expression on Shen Yu and Shen Yan’s faces, she immediately shut her mouth.

“Alright, since Emi doesn’t remember, then we won’t take these clothes,” Shen Yan made the final decision.

When the women heard Shen Yan, their smiles turned upside down. It’s a great pity that they wouldn’t be able to earn the easy money by giving away their kids’ old clothes.

“Emi, go out and play,” Shen Yan said gently to Emily.

When Emi heard that, she got off Shen Yan’s lap and skipped outside happily. Shen Yu decided to stay in the house. After seeing how the villagers were fawning over them, he didn’t think the children outside would bully Emi.

The village children saw Emily come out of the house, and quickly gathered around her.

“Hey, isn’t the shorty?” The one who spoke was a mean-looking, chubby kid. Her tiny triangular eyes staring at Emily, looked rather amusing on his big round face.

Emily shuddered when she saw this kid. She was the daughter of the plump woman from before, and her name was Cara Mack. Among all the children here, she was the one who bullied Emily the most. In the past, whenever Emily saw her, she would try to hide.

“Oh look! Not only is she still short, but now she’s mute too,” Cara Mack said mockingly when she saw that Emily didn’t say anything.

When the children heard Cara Mack’s words, they burst into laughter.

Emily bit on her lips. She knew that these people were mocking her, and she used to just bear it silently, but not this time.

“I’m not short or mute.” Emily couldn’t take it anymore and retorted with reddened eyes.