Chapter 145 - Chapter 145: Banquet for Colleagues (2/2)

It seemed as if the matter was over, yet fate is indeed a curious thing, and in this case, it seemed to resemble more of a “bad karma.”

After finishing their lunch and resting for a while at the temple, Su Wenyue and her servants were ready to leave, only to run into the same pair of master and servant outside the temple. As two horse carriages passed by each other, Su Wenyue, who always favored understated luxury, had an unremarkable-looking carriage that was very comfortable on the inside, especially since she was pregnant, Han Yu had it specially modified for her. But tastes vary, and it was foreseeable that the haughty pair would once again look down on Su Wenyue as a country bumpkin. Xiao Xi, no longer impulsive, simply rolled her eyes at the pair and drove the carriage away.

That Servant Girl in green clothes once again sneered, “Uncultured bumpkin, wild servant girl!”

That Servant Girl in green clothes not only didn’t lower her voice when she spoke ill of others but deliberately raised her tone, letting her words reach Su Wenyue and her servants once again. However, this time they were not angry but somewhat amused. This Servant Girl in green clothes seemed very fond of using the term “bumpkin,” and it was always the same phrase.

When they returned to Town, Su Wenyue and her servants encountered that same pair again. They all chuckled, truly a bad karma. It appeared that the haughty pair might also reside in the same area.

Conversely, the haughty pair was surprised to see Su Wenyue and her servants, especially the Servant Girl in green clothes who couldn’t believe her eyes seeing the same “bumpkins” again. Most of the residents in that part of the area were Official’s Families, and the pair wondered why such people were in this neighborhood.

“Move aside. What is your carriage doing in the middle of the road? Don’t you see we need to pass!” Both carriages needed to use the same narrow path, and it was impossible for the haughty pair to give way. Just as Su Wenyue was about to signal Xiao Xi to pull the carriage aside, she heard the shrill voice of the Servant Girl in green clothes and frowned.

Perhaps because Su Wenyue had gone to Lingyin Temple, Han Yu, worried, found the time to come back in the evening. Seeing his wife safe and the gloom that had been between her brows lifted, he felt relieved. Thinking that the trip to Lingyin Temple was not in vain and there were indeed some gains.

Su Wenyue also told Han Yu about the run-ins with the same pair of master and servant several times. Han Yu frowned but, from Su Wenyue’s description, he guessed who they might be.

“I wonder if that might be from Lord Fang’s family? If it’s her, such behavior is not surprising. That woman is extremely arrogant, and there’s something off with her head. Relying on a couple of remarkable ancestors, she prides herself on her birth. Not only with you, but she does the same to others, not realizing those were matters of generations ago and nobody cares for her anymore. Due to her, Lord Fang has suffered the exclusion of his colleagues. He has been stuck at the Seventh Rank for seven or eight years without any promotion. Who would have thought he’d have a wife who could offend people so? My dear, you weren’t mistreated, were you?”

Han Yu’s tone was full of sympathy for Lord Fang, implying that marrying well was not something everyone could be lucky enough to enjoy.

Su Wenyue shook her head. It was only a few unpleasant words from a servant girl, and she didn’t take it to heart. Hearing Han Yu talk like that, she also felt some sympathy for Lord Fang. On second thought, she remembered that the documents her Second Brother had compiled for her had mentioned Lord Fang and his wife, with a brief description of Madam Fang described as quite “arrogant.” Now, she had witnessed it firsthand.

On this holiday, Han Yu had invited a few colleagues to his home, including Lord Fang. Aside from his poorly behaving wife, Lord Fang himself was somewhat pedantic, a bookworm who only knew armchair strategies and naturally couldn’t make it in the Camp. The reason Han Yu had been getting close to Lord Fang lately was not without a motive.