Chapter 833: 833 Return the money submitted
“Aunt Zhang, as I said, Rong’er is just a maid of the Xiao Family,” Xiao Yishan said with an icy face. “To speak of a weak girl like that…”
“That sly vixen is no weak girl,” Aunt Zhang scolded with a stern face. “Dashan, Qingyue has shown great kindness to the Xiao Family, and yet so soon you bring another woman back. Are you being fair to Qingyue?”
“Exactly,” Aunt Liu added. “Men, always forgetting the old for the new. I thought Dashan was a man of deep feeling since no woman dared to come near before. I assumed it would be Chuan who, with all the women swooning over him, would bring a woman back. But instead, Dashan has brought someone, truly, appearances can be deceiving!”
The crowd looked at Xiao Yishan and Li Rong’er with disdain.
Li Rong’er didn’t know how to explain. In fact, she was the one who pursued someone else’s husband first. Trying to save face, she cried out, “You guys don’t know, Qingyue’s deed of sale was torn up long ago, and she never registered her marriage with Brother Xiao in the household register. She no longer has any ties to the Xiao Family. I didn’t steal anyone’s husband…”
Wanting to say more, Xiao Yishan shot her a sharp look with his cold gaze, “Who allowed you to speak about this matter!”
“Wow!” The crowd of busybodies at the door, both men and women, erupted into a commotion on hearing this.
“So, Su Qingyue doesn’t have any ties to the Xiao Family anymore…”
“Then all the money Su Qingyue made has unjustly benefited the Xiao Family…” Li Wang’s wife looked enviously at the Xiao Family’s new house, thinking of their hundred acres of farmland and the remaining over a thousand taels of silver, her eyes turning green with jealousy.
Nearly everyone present felt the sting of envy.
Embarrassment appeared on the faces of Xiao Yishan and Xiao Qinghe.
But they found it difficult to refute, as indeed all of the Xiao Family’s wealth was earned by Su Qingyue.
Aunt Zhang, however, felt sorry for Su Qingyue. “Poor Qingyue, into the lair of a white-eyed wolf she went! The moment Dashan found wealth, he tossed aside his wife and brought home a wanton vixen!”
“Aunt Zhang, how can you talk nonsense like that! The Xiao Family never intended to take Su Qingyue’s money!” Xiao Yishan shouted with an icy countenance, and the crowd finally quieted down.
“Is that so?” A voice as clear and refreshing as water, sounding like it descended from the heavens, came from one of the open rooms.
Everyone turned to look and saw Su Qingyue walking out of a room.
She was dressed in lake green clothes, slender yet exquisitely graceful, her willowy waist so slender it could be encircled by one’s hands, her hair cascading down to her waist, a figure so delicate it was hard to look away.
However, her face was sallow and covered in spots, which made her quite unattractive, yet her eyes were large and bright, and her facial contours were extremely pleasing. Taking everything into account, despite the spots, she would still be considered of average looks.
When Aunt Zhang saw her, she hastily went over. “Qingyue, you’ve been wronged!”
Seeing the concern on Aunt Zhang’s face, lined with the hardships of life, Su Qingyue felt a warmth in her heart.
In this strange world, although she and Aunt Zhang were neither kin nor kith, Aunt Zhang was truly a good person—never taking advantage of others, always decent, and sincerely caring about her.
Su Qingyue gave her a grateful smile.
Xiao Yishan watched the smile on her lips, his heart sinking with each passing moment. His wife seemed to be treating Aunt Zhang as one of her own, considering the Xiao Family as outsiders.
Su Qingyue’s gaze fell upon Xiao Yishan’s ashen face. “Since second brother says he doesn’t want my money, then please return all of the silver taels I handed over to you.”