Chapter 73 - Chapter 73: Chapter 73: No Restraint in Speech (2/2)

Su Wenyue was no fool and didn’t rise to Mrs. Yang’s bait, instead turning to address Jiang Chunlan, “Cousin Chunlan, you’re not that young anymore, almost of marrying age. You should be more careful with your words in the future. I’m your Sister-in-law and won’t mind some things, but not everyone will think the same. Don’t be offended by my words; I tell you this because we’re family, to prevent any future harm.”

Su Wenyue spoke with a lecturing tone to Jiang Chunlan. Since the girl addressed her as Sister-in-law, she naturally had to fulfill her duty and properly guide her naive cousin, to prevent her from going astray.

Jiang Chunlan was still just a young girl, albeit taught by Mrs. Yang to have some guile; she couldn’t keep her composure and blushed with anger at Su Wenyue’s tone. It took her a great deal of effort to hold back.

Mrs. Yang herself was seething but couldn’t come up with a response. Su

Wenyue’s words, though harsh, contained no falsehood. They hadn’t expected Han Yu to marry such a formidable daughter-in-law who appeared gracious on the surface but was more resolute than anyone, unwilling to suffer any loss.

“It sounds like I’m the naive one from the way my Cousin-in-law speaks.

Though I’m a year younger, I understand what I should, and there’s no need for my Cousin-in-law to be jealous of my relationship with Cousin Yu. There really is nothing between us,” Jiang Chunlan said, her tone not as straightforward as her words.

“But to come back to it, Cousin-in-law, you do seem a bit petty. It’s just about lending your bed for a rest. If you don’t want to, fine, but why all this talk? A young lady from a Wealthy family really is different—so calculating with every word they say.”

“Chunlan, shut your mouth! How can you speak to your Cousin-in-law like that! It was just about borrowing a place to rest for a bit. Your Cousin-in-law isn’t petty as you say. Do you think she’s like someone from a low-status civilian family, making mountains out of molehills?” Mrs. Yang saw her daughter straying off track with her remarks and admonished her.

Su Wenyue dismissed the matter with a sneer. This mother-daughter pair was no ordinary sort, having some machinations between them. They coordinated well, with one playing good cop and the other bad cop, all to achieve their goals. Would she let them? Of course not!

Mrs. Yang’s move was ineffective against Su Wenyue but did influence Mrs. Yang’s sister. Mrs. Yang felt a bit embarrassed, as to them, people from a peasant family, it was just about borrowing a place to rest and nothing serious. Fourth Daughter-in-law was normally quite generous and probably wouldn’t mind, right?

“How about this, Fourth Daughter-in-law, you let Chunlan rest in your room for a while? It’s not easy for Chunlan to have come all this way,” Mrs. Yang cautiously suggested, not using a forceful tone, which made it even harder to refuse..