Rebirth: The Courtyard Bride Is Cool and Radiant

Chapter 521: Chapter 521: Feeling Aggrieved, I Won’t Even

Fang Minjuan hadn’t expected that the woman the Huo Family’s fourth son brought back would be as beautiful as a celestial being. No wonder he didn’t fancy my own daughter; I truly didn’t lose unfairly.

But thinking of her daughter’s unrequited love being fed to the dogs, she naturally felt unhappy. Seeing Yunyi just made her angry, and in a fit of pique, she blurted out, "Oh, she looks just like a vixen."

Not only the Huo Family members but also the women who came with her were stunned. Nobody expected Fang Minjuan to be so thoughtless.

Jiang Jingya’s face immediately turned cold. "It seems you didn’t just come to pass judgment for our Huo Family, but also to cause trouble."

Huo Jiayuan, who had followed them, looped her arm through Yunyi’s. "Aunt Pan, my future Fourth Sister-in-law is indeed beautiful. I can understand your envy, but why be jealous too? If you’re jealous, fine, but you could have kept it to yourself. Why say it out loud?"

Huo Weiyu, who had also come along, couldn’t help but laugh out loud. "Aunt Pan, what you’ve done today is probably a first for our residential compound. I’ve never seen a family whose prospective daughter-in-law needed the other families in the compound to vet her. Do you think we Huo Family members lack discernment?"

Huo Weiyu’s words immediately made the faces of the several women who had come with Fang Minjuan change.

One of them quickly waved her hands. "That’s not it at all, Weiyu, please don’t say such things. We were just curious about Jingrui’s partner and came along to see."

Another, seeing the situation going awry, spoke up, "I still have things to do at home; I won’t come in."

With that, not even bothering to greet the others, she turned and left. She had only been dragged along to make up the numbers. If word of this gets back to my husband, I daren’t imagine the consequences.

Seeing someone defect so readily, the others also found excuses to leave, leaving only Fang Minjuan at the door, caught in a dilemma.

It was then that Yunyi spoke up, "After the founding of the country, no one is allowed to become a spirit. Auntie, if what you just said were to get out, it might bring disaster to your family. In the future, you’d better be more careful with your words."

Fang Minjuan hadn’t expected the girl the Huo family’s fourth son brought home to be so sharp-tongued. She knew she had acted impulsively, but she stubbornly retorted, craning her neck, "Fine, fine! If you’re going to be ungrateful, I won’t come in. So much for trying to be kind, only to get picked on by all of you."

With that, she turned to leave.

However, Yunyi pulled her hand from Huo Jiayuan’s grasp and took a step forward. "Auntie, won’t you come in and sit for a while?"

As she spoke, with a flick of her hand, some colorless and odorless powder scattered towards Fang Minjuan.

Yunyi had heard about the Pan Family from Huo Jingrui, so she naturally knew who Fang Minjuan was. Her daughter Pan Huixin pestered Huo Jingrui, and now the mother wants to come looking for trouble too? Since she’s served herself up on a platter, I’ll naturally have to teach her a lesson.

Seeing the woman leave, Huo Jiayuan stepped forward and took Yunyi’s arm. "Fourth Sister-in-law, she’s just suffering from sour grapes. Who wouldn’t want to be more beautiful? Her jealousy is pointless."

Gao Ruyi approached. "Why bother with those who have ill intentions? Just wait. It won’t be long before this spreads throughout the compound. Uncle Pan values his reputation immensely; just watch how he’ll deal with her. Come back and sit down."

Jiang Jingya, worried that her future daughter-in-law would be affected by this incident, also came forward and took Yunyi’s hand. "You were truly wronged today."

Yunyi saw her future mother-in-law’s concern and replied ambiguously, "Whoever else might be wronged, it certainly won’t be me."

Still, she added, "Besides, didn’t you all just stand up for me?"

After all, living together in the same compound, they always had to be mindful of their influence. Since she hadn’t suffered any loss, there was no need to make a huge fuss. In any case, Fang Minjuan was in for it.