Chapter 800: Chapter 800: Even the Butler Joined in the Conversation
“I hope you won’t go around spreading this matter, understand?”
Shen Siyuan’s face reddened to her neck at once, her face flushed with embarrassment as she said, “I know I shouldn’t talk recklessly, I haven’t told anyone else, I was just worried so I mentioned it to Mrs. Lin.”
She is not that kind of person.
Lin Zhiya furrowed her brows and waved her hand, “I’m tired and need to rest for a while, Siyuan, you should go back first.”
“Alright. Mrs. Lin, you rest well, I won’t bother you anymore.” Shen Siyuan had come this time intending to ingratiate herself and then start from there to achieve her roundabout way of helping the country. She didn’t expect things to turn out , and she didn’t want to stay any longer. She took off the gardening suit she was wearing, picked up her bag, “Mrs. Lin, then I’ll leave first.”
Shen Siyuan looked at her with a mix of grievance and discomfort, but in the end, for the sake of maintaining her own dignity, she forced herself to leave.
As soon as she left, the old butler came out, walked into the garden, and said to the dignified lady, “Madam, is it really alright to treat Miss Shen ?”
Lin Zhiya turned her head and gave him a sidelong glance.
The butler bowed his head, “What I mean is, Miss Shen is also worried about you and the young master, and that’s why she said those words. Actually, by nature, she has no ill will. Moreover, what Miss Shen has said is also true, Miss Rong has indeed been the subject of quite a bit of gossip outside lately and, in dealing with family affairs, she has been excessively ruthless. Are you really going to let such a girl stay by the young master’s side?”
“Who told you to say all this to me?” Lin Zhiya’s expression was fierce, her voice low, betraying her dissatisfaction with the old butler’s performance.
The old butler hung his head, steeled his nerves, and finished speaking what he believed to be right, “I took the initiative myself. But, Madam, like Miss Shen, I also don’t think Miss Rong is suitable for the young master. The young master is someone I’ve watched grow up since he was little, and I hope the woman standing by his side matches him in social status and is compatible. The best would be someone with a gentle and kind disposition, not someone rebellious like Miss Rong, who is truly unsuitable for the young master…”
Lin Zhiya, having heard too much ill of Rong Yan today, furrowed her brows, her face full of displeasure, “Whether she’s suitable for Shengxiao or not, he knows very well himself. You’re not him, so where do you get off saying she’s suitable or not? Also, regarding that matter with Rong Weiwei, I don’t think Yan handled it incorrectly. Do you even know what exactly happened?”
She had called Cui Jiangjing the moment the incident came to light and had clarified the whole sequence of events.
Lin Zhiya’s gaze was sharp, “I am aware! If I were Yan, I would make the same choices as her, maybe even without leaving any leeway! The world has always been a place where the strong prey on the weak, there’s no room for so much sympathy. You’ve followed me for so many years, when did you start mixing up right and wrong, becoming softhearted? Or is it that you simply don’t think highly of Yan, dislike her, so anything she does doesn’t sit well with you, and you can’t stand it?”
“If that’s the case, I hope you take a good look at yourself. Yan is the daughter-in-law I have chosen, the future mistress of Li Group. I need you to respect her and protect her in any circumstance, not turn against her like you did today, taking the side of outsiders. If you can’t do that, I’ll have to find another butler!”
She had never spoken so harshly to the old butler before, his face went through shades of green, white, and purplish red, he was extremely embarrassed.