Chapter 99 - Chapter 99: Chapter 99: A Stroke of Genius (2/2)

The Old lady would not use a tactful approach with Han Jincai’s family; she’d launch into a tirade the moment she was slighted, lambasting Han Jincai furiously.

“Mother, you’ve really misunderstood. As you said, with our Second House in such a condition, we can barely ensure our own subsistence. How could we afford to keep a servant? Xiao Xi has indeed redeemed herself, and the only reason she stays with the Fourth Daughter-in-law is out of loyalty. Moreover, her daily expenses are covered by the Su Family; even if we agreed, the Su Family would not,” Han Jincai said half-truthfully, to appease the Old lady but also not wanting to provoke a confrontation between the Old lady and the Fourth Daughter-in-law. Even if the Fourth Daughter-in-law was clever enough to deal with the Old lady, he feared it would harm her reputation.

“Brother Yu’s wife is the Miss from the Su Family; as long as she agrees, the servant girl will surely listen to Brother Yu’s wife,” the Old lady was not swayed by her Second son’s attempt to deflect and held fast to her point, clearly intending to pressure Han Jincai into forcing his daughter-in-law to agree.

“Xiao Xi listens to me, but unfortunately I won’t agree. Old lady, you might as well save yourself the trouble. You seem to be in fine form, and not in need of anyone to serve you,” Su Wenyue spoke up, not wishing to put Father-in-law in a difficult position, speaking bluntly.

“You, Su Wenyue, are my Han Family’s daughter-in-law. Don’t get too arrogant. How dare you disobey me? Aren’t you afraid I’ll tell Brother Yu to divorce you!”

“Old lady, people deserve mutual respect. If you want my miss to respect you, you should act like an elder. Besides, the decision to divorce or not is not for the Old lady to make,” Xiao Xi, who was unhappy that the Old lady had targeted her, spoke out now that the Old lady was suggesting that her Uncle divorce her Miss. Such a nasty old woman was truly detestable.

“I’m speaking to your master. What business is it of a servant girl like you to interrupt? You don’t even know your place. I was doing you an honor by asking you to serve me; don’t get ahead of yourself.”

“What you said is true?! That wretched woman, she dares to scheme against my Precious Son, wanting my son to marry a servant girl. What a brilliant idea, thinking I wouldn’t find out and let her get her way. Don’t even think about it!” Mrs. Han Wang exploded upon hearing about the Old lady and Mrs. Zhou’s plot against her son.

“Grandma, it’s true. I saw Sister-in-law sneaking into Grandma’s room and feared she was plotting against us again, so I stealthily followed her. I listened to Sister-in-law and Grandma’s conversation from outside; they want Third Brother to marry the servant girl from his cousin’s side. When Daughter-in-law heard such news, she thought it couldn’t be allowed and immediately came to report to you,” Han Chen said indignantly, though whether her anger was genuine or feigned was unclear. Regardless, she was always opposed to Mrs. Zhou, and no matter what the matter, she couldn’t let Mrs. Zhou succeed, prompting her to report to Grandma right away.

“You did the right thing. Mrs. Zhou is always up to no good. That Old lady, too, causes nothing but trouble, always siding with Mrs. Zhou against us. Infuriating, indeed!”

“Grandma, now is not the time to be angry. First, they called over Third Brother, and now they’ve called the people from the Second House. They must be discussing this matter. We have to hurry over to stop it. Who are we? We can’t let Third Brother marry a servant girl; wouldn’t that be a joke?”

“Right, you’re absolutely correct. We must go and stop it immediately.”