NOVPUB"So what?" Yue Ran didn't even pause in her steps. "She's just an orphan, my mother's niece, who's living on charity under my family's roof; should I still be afraid of this kind of person?!"
Cai Hong followed behind Yue Ran anxiously.
There was no way to stop the young lady once she had already made up her mind!
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"Cousin is here, huh?" Yue Ran smirked, twirling the ends of her hair with her finger. "What a coincidence!"
Ning Ying was watering the flowers in the garden with her back to Yue Ran.
When she heard the familiar voice and Yue Ran's words, she froze.
Why did Yue Ran come to the garden again?
Didn't Yue Ran usually hide from herself after suffering so many losses from her?
Shouldn't Yue Ran have learned her lesson not to provoke her ever again?
Turning around, Ning Ying flashed her usual gentle smile at Yue Ran.
Ning Ying should be said to be quite blessed in the looks department. She looked gentle and virtuous—the exact type of woman that the elders would like at first glance.
As for Yue Ran, her looks were too enchanting and bewitching. Her beauty exudes aggression while remaining enthralling to the eyes. She was also effortlessly elegant and seductive in her every motion, a natural allure that could not easily be broken.
Her beauty and charm simply radiate from her bones; it seems as if she was born to be a peerless enchantress who will bring disaster to the country, the people, and the world. 𝘯𝑜𝑣𝑝𝑢𝘣.𝑐𝑜𝑚
Few women would like this kind of demonic beauty, not to mention the elders of ancient times. None would like her to be their daughter-in-law.
When the original body was younger, she loved to wear bright, flowing red dresses. But whenever she did, she was immediately reprimanded by her mother, who blatantly called her a shameless woman who was more provocative and vulgar than those prostitutes working in the red light district!
Those words were not what a mother should say to her daughter, but she just did.
Since then, the original body has stopped wearing red. She changed her wardrobe to one of lighter and paler colors with simple designs for fear of offending her mother with her attire.
But now that Yue Ran is here, she wouldn't care much about those taboos.
So what if Mother Yue hated her?
What does that have to do with her?
Mother Yue's life and death were of no importance to Yue Ran.
Mother Yue was just an insignificant character not worthy of her attention other than to remind Yue Ran to make the Yue family suffer in the future.
All this was part of the revenge scheme.
When Yue Ran gets back, she will need to ask her maidservants to order more attire in red. She has to remind them to embroider those red dresses with flamboyant designs, the more eye-catching, the better it is.
It is even better if her red dresses might anger Mother Yue to death. It would be one less problem in her life.
After all, she loves the color red, so why stop wearing it only because of an insignificant person's words?
"Why is Cousin suddenly interested in coming to the garden today to look at the flowers?" Ning Ying asked.
"What do you mean by asking me this question?"
Yue Ran sneered, and her charming eyes turned sharp.
"This is my family's garden, my family's land; do you mean that only you can step into my family's garden but I'm not allowed to?"
She looked at Ning Ying with a slight tilt of her head and obvious disdain in her eyes.
"I want to know if this prime minister's mansion is surnamed Yue or surnamed Ning? Do I still need to report to you whenever I, the prime minister's daughter, am going around my family mansion?"
The cruel light in Yue Ran's eyes deepened.
"Cousin, don't forget your status as an orphan living under my family's roof. Without my family's support, you are absolutely nothing at all."
Ning Ying clenched her fist and took several deep breaths, trying her best not to break out of her gentle and virtuous character.
What was going on with Yue Ran today?
Why does Yue Ran keep reminding her that she is not the daughter of the prime minister again and again?
Why does Yue Ran keep reminding her that she is just an orphan again and again?!
She is obviously the one who was treated more like the eldest daughter of the Yue Mansion than Yue Ran was!
She has also been living here for sixteen years!
Ning Ying tried her best to maintain a gentle smile on her face.
"I know this, and I am very grateful to my cousin's family for taking me in since I was a child; I will forever remember this kindness."
"It's best if you can remember it." The corner of Yue Ran's lips hooked up at Ning Ying's reply. "You're just a dove occupying a magpie's nest, so stop thinking that you could one day fly up a branch to become a phoenix; a chicken will forever stay as a chicken."
The look in Yue Ran's eyes towards Ning Ying—that look—showed just how much Yue Ran was looking down on her!
Yue Ran!!!
She will remember all the times she humiliated her!
Just wait for her to marry into the prime minister's mansion as the eldest son's wife in the future, and she will finally take her revenge!
She will definitely return this humiliation tenfold!
Ning Ying harshly cursed Yue Ran in her heart, but her eyes were full of crocodile tears.
"Cousin, how could I have such an idea? You have really misunderstood me!"
Ning Ying gave her maidservant a look, and that maidservant slowly backed away and finally withdrew from Yue Ran's sight.
She immediately ran to Mother Yue's courtyard to ask for help.
Yue Ran naturally saw what Ning Ying had done, but she couldn't care less about her little moves.
Honestly, Yue Ran was just bored and felt like provoking people to a fight while waiting for the male protagonist, Yue Yu, to get out of Father Yue's study.
Cai Hong also noticed how Ning Ying's maidservant had vanished from the scene, clearly intending to sue Yue Ran in front of Mother Yue.
Cai Hong anxiously tugged on Yue Ran's sleeves.
This was obviously not the first time that this situation has ever happened. Mother Yue would soon appear, and she would undoubtedly favor Ning Ying instead of her own daughter.
And in the worst case, Mother Yue would ground Yue Ran for a long time and also punish Yue Ran for going against Ning Ying's will.
Yue Ran pulled her sleeves back and shot Cai Hong a look to calm herself down.
She only wants to witness what Mother Yue was like in reality rather than in the one seen in the original body's memories. After all, the original body's memories of Mother Yue could already have been filtered out by the original body into a good person in the original body's mind rather than what was actually portrayed in reality.
