She could only hope that her menstrual period would pass quickly, so she could promptly return to the Capital and avenge her grandmother.....
"Oh my, isn’t this Miss Mu? What a coincidence!"
A little maidservant, aged eleven or twelve, with her hair done up in a maidservant bun, came forward and delightfully greeted Cai Wei with a curtsy.
Cai Wei was momentarily stunned, unable to remember which family this maidservant belonged to.
"Miss Mu must have been so preoccupied with noble affairs to forget about me, I am Qiuxiang, the maid of Fifth Miss from An Mansion. We just came back from the temple after an early morning visit. What a coincidence to run into Miss Mu."
"Oh, you’re the little girl from Sister Ziyi’s side!"
Cai Wei suddenly remembered. Wasn’t she the one who had accompanied Sister Ziyi in the back garden of our An Mansion that day?
Cai Wei looked behind her but didn’t see An Ziyi. She curiously asked, "Where is Sister Ziyi?"
The little maid pointed to a horse carriage behind her and said, "Miss is sitting inside the carriage. She sent me to the ’Gu Li Xiang Tavern’ upfront to buy a roast chicken. If Miss Mu is free, do come and chat with my Miss inside the carriage. I’ll be right back."
Qiuxiang left cheerfully, waving her purse.
Feeling troubled, Cai Wei was looking for someone to talk to. She decided to have a chat with An Ziyi inside the carriage to ease her mind.
Just as she was about to lift the carriage curtain, she suddenly heard a loud rebuke.
The shout reverberated like thunder, intimidating enough to frighten a timid person into fainting.
However, who was Cai Wei? She was the most experienced top-class bodyguard in Huaxia Nation. Even if a lion roared at her face-to-face, she wouldn’t even flinch.
Cai Wei withdrew her hand from the carriage curtain and slowly turned around. On recognizing the person, she smiled and said, "Oh, look who we have here, Grandpa, Grandma, long time no see. How have you been?"
Mu Liankui raised a shaky, dried up hand, pointing at Cai Wei for a long time, before squeezing out two words, "Evil barrier".
Having not seen them for several months, Mu Liankui and his wife looked like they had aged ten years. Their once grey hair had turned completely white. The wrinkles on their faces were so deep, they looked like they had been carved in. Their clothes were tattered and reeked.
"Mu Caiwei, you lawless, disrespectful whore. You dared to scheme against your own grandfather and uncle, are you still human?"
Lady Mu Bai clapped her hands and started yelling on the street, drawing a crowd of gawkers immediately.
Cai Wei dropped all pretense and responded coldly, "My grandparents were dead to me the moment they coerced my mother into cutting her hair for retirement money. What grandparents are you talking about? You think too highly of yourselves!"
"Rubbish! You weren’t dragged in or lured in from somewhere else, nor were you brought by your mother’s elder sister from home. You were born because your mother married into our Mu family, using my son’s seed. How could you not be our granddaughter?"
Lady Mu Bai may have looked old and destitute, but her shrew-like demeanor hadn’t diminished a bit. With hands on hips, drooping eyelids, she cursed Cai Wei, "Have you ever heard of such filial impiety? All because of you, your eldest cousin nearly got beaten to death by Madam Lü. Your second cousin, your uncle, your aunt, they are nearly tortured to death by Madam Lü. Yet, here you are, strolling on the streets. Don’t you fear being struck by lightning for your crimes?"
Cai Wei pulled the corner of her mouth into a cold smile, "Don’t push all the blame on others, making yourselves look so innocent. If it weren’t for your greed demanding a huge sum from my family, why would I go and buy those things from street vendors? After all the back and forth, the root cause of all this is your insatiable greed. So don’t blame others if you’re facing bad luck. All you can blame is your own greed!"
"Nonsense, what street vendors? You certainly stole them yourself!"
At this point, Mu Liankui was completely against Cai Wei, not intending to give her any face.
Cai Wei wasn’t bothered. She leisurely asked, "Did you see it?"