Chapter 21: Mo's Fury

  "Wan'er, you..." Chu Lishou was stunned by his own sister and stood still on the spot, his face flushed bright red, unsure whether he was angry or embarrassed by what Chu Liwan had said.

  Osmanthus lowered her head and took a stealthy glance at her father with her peripheral vision, feeling inexplicably heartbroken.

  A dignified man in his thirties was actually spoken to like this by a woman younger than himself in front of so many people, and the feeling was really not good at all.

  "What's wrong with me? Third brother, are you saying I'm not right? Or are you being biased towards that Sweeper Star's daughter and want to quarrel with your own mother and sister for her sake?"

  Chu Liwan is a unreasonable but can argue three points of master, in the Chu family, Xu Shi's feelings for her are also the deepest. Moreover, Chu Liwan also knows that as long as she gets along well with her own mother, when she gets married, the dowry will be rich!

  So whether it's for her own status in the Chu family or for a more generous dowry when she gets married, Chu Liwan must tightly maintain Xu Shi's interests.

  Xu Shi who had just been crying loudly was now silent, not saying a word, and didn't even wipe away her tears, showing no signs of having cried heavily.

  It's obvious that she was just pretending.

  Seeing her own grandmother and aunt in such a situation, Guihua's heart couldn't help but feel even colder.

  Although she had been in contact with them for so long, she had already become indifferent to these relatives. However, considering her father's face, she still had some small expectations.

  Isn't there a saying that goes like this: even if it's just a stone, as long as you hold it in your arms, it will eventually warm up; how much more so with human hearts?

  But now it seems that Osmanthus suddenly felt that she had been thinking too much all along.

  Since she came to this world and became the Osmanthus fragrans of the Chu family, she had always thought that she hadn't done anything particularly wrong. At most, she had just taken Xu Shi's eggs to make an egg custard, but in the end, didn't Xu Shi take away both the egg custard and the bowl?

  Alas, she had been a good girl for so long, but in the end, she still couldn't escape the shadow left by Chu Guihua.

  If others heard her being called "扫把星", Chu Guihua's reputation would be completely ruined. Not to mention marrying into a good family, she might even end up as an old maid, and eventually be accused of bringing bad luck to her parents, father-in-law, and mother-in-law.

  What's more, if Chu Lixuan marries poorly or if something bad happens in the households of these uncles, it will all be blamed on Guihua.

  In such a feudal society, human life is less important than reputation.

  Just as Guihua was lost in thought, her body was suddenly enveloped in a warm embrace, and from above came the angry but trembling voice of her mother, Madam Mo: "Little girl, you're older now, if you have any grievances or complaints, just say them out loud, scold me a few times, or at worst, hit me a few times - that's what we younger generations should endure. But how can you speak to your younger cousin like that? Guihua is still the granddaughter of the Chu family, even if she's not well-behaved. As her aunt, even if you couldn't say anything good about Guihua, it's not right to humiliate her like this. If outsiders heard what you just said, and in the future Guihua really can't find a husband because of this, how would that be good for our Chu family?"