“Are you the young lady of Shang Jingshen?” Ji Yan looked at the road under her feet and didn’t expect that she would speak first.
Ji Yan nodded and said kindly, “You can call me Ji Yan.”
He was also straightforward and said, “Okay, I don’t like to call you ‘wife’. They all think that they are the noble women of ancient times. My name is Liu Anyun.”
“Liu Anyun?” The name was the same as her character, which was very straightforward. Ji Yan smiled.
“I hate this kind of banquet the most. I might as well stay at home and study archaeology. But my mother asked me to come here. She said that if I don’t show up, I won’t be able to get married.” Liu Anyun said to Ji Yan in a somewhat helpless tone.
“I didn’t want to come here at first,” Ji Yan said.
Liu Anyun looked at her carefully for a while. “You are different from those people who call themselves ‘Madam’ or ‘Miss’.” For example, her sister-in-law was really arrogant.
“I was right. Haven’t I heard of it? I came from the countryside.” Ji Yan blinked and didn’t care about her background at all.
There was a hint of appreciation in Liu Anyun’s eyes. She agreed and said, “Yes, I also think so. Heroes don’t care about their backgrounds.”
Ji Yan also replied, “As expected, you are indeed a double doctor. You are really good at opening your mouth.”
Unexpectedly, Liu Anyun laughed out loud and said to her in a low voice, “What two doctors? More than half of our school’s clothes are from two doctors. Only my mother likes to brag in front of outsiders.”
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Ji Yan was stunned. Seeing her undisguised reaction, Liu Anyun couldn’t help but bend over with a smile. Although her face was not beautiful, she was very generous.
She smiled and suddenly her face darkened. She curled her lips and said to Ji Yan beside her, “Look, those Misses who think they are noble have come.”
Ji Yan followed Liu Anyun’s gaze and saw Xiao Yuting walking towards them with a few girls.
“Xiao Yuting?” Ji Yan suddenly recalled what had happened in the stockaded village. She and Xiao Yuting were not friendly. It was definitely not a good thing for Xiao Yuting to come over.
Sure enough, as soon as Xiao Yuting came over, she sneered and said, “Ji Yan, why are you also here? I remember that my mother invited Mrs. Shang, not you.”
The other girls looked at each other, but they didn’t speak or watch the show tacitly.
On the other hand, Liu Anyun was the first to frown. “Ji Yan is the young madam of a merchant. Can’t she come to your Xiao family?”
Xiao Yuting looked at Liu Anyun and said discontentedly, “Miss Liu, I didn’t talk to you.” She meant that she didn’t want to interrupt.
“Ji Yan didn’t mean to talk to you.” Liu Anyun was immediately stimulated. She had a high education and was not a nerd. This kind of thing happened in front of her when she couldn’t stand being bullied.
Even at home, she dared to go against her sister-in-law.
Xiao Yuting blushed with anger. She then glared at Ji Yan, thinking that Liu Anyun didn’t give her face. It must be that Ji Yan and Liu Anyun had spoken ill of her.
“Ji Yan, why are you so shameless? If it weren’t for you, how could I…” Xiao Yuting asked directly. She blamed everything that had happened on Ji Yan.
Today, she would make her lose face. How could the Young Madam, who was secretly doing Ji Gui with others, lose face?
Ji Yan was neither humble nor arrogant, neither shocked nor humiliated. She said lightly, “What are you talking about, Miss Xiao? I admit that I haven’t done anything to you, but you…” Before she could finish her words, her breath suddenly became much fiercer. She hadn’t gotten even with Xiao Yuting when she pushed her down the hill.
Xiao Yuting’s face turned pale, and she obviously remembered this. She snorted and pretended to be tough. “I didn’t do it on purpose. You are too narrow-minded. You instigated the merchants to do that to me.”
Xiao Yuting then told her all the grievances she had suffered since she was driven out of the Xiao family. There was nothing missing, and some of them were even exaggerated.
She looked so pitiful that she was about to cry. Those who didn’t know the truth would really think that Ji Yan had done something evil to her.
“Well, how dare you bully my little sister like this? I was wondering why my little sister suddenly disappeared. It turns out that it was you, such a vicious woman, who did this.” Suddenly, an angry male voice came out. It was Xiao Yuting’s second brother who approached and looked at Ji Yan with disgust.
“Yes, even if Young Mrs. Shang has no intention of doing anything, you can’t argue with a student like her. She can’t even go to school now.” A girl next to Xiao Yuting chimed in. After that, she blushed and glanced at Xiao Yuting’s second brother, Xiao Yuqiang.
She helped Xiao Yuting because she wanted Xiao Yuqiang to have a good impression of her. She had liked Xiao Yu for a long time.
Seeing so many people fighting against Ji Yan, Xiao Yuting was very proud in her heart, but she had an extremely aggrieved expression on her face.
Liu Anyun glanced at the calm Ji Yan, and then looked at this group of people. It was as if they were looking at a group of clowns. She smiled contemptuously and scolded those idiots in her heart.
“Hey, hey, all of you, talk to the evidence, okay? Don’t think that you can’t hurt people just because you didn’t mean it. If it’s fake, we can sue you for slander.” Liu Anyun smiled maliciously and began to protect Ji Yan without thinking.
Ji Yan, on the other hand, glanced at Liu Anyun in surprise. Usually, when faced with such a situation, it would be too late for others to avoid it. How could Liu Anyun still protect her?
“Why are we slandering her? Could it be that Miss Xiao has been thrown out as a fake?” The girl glanced at Xiao Yuqiang and forced herself to retort. The others also nodded.
“Why are you driven out? If you want to know the reason, go to the police and ask Director Xiao who is being investigated. At that time, you will know what good things Miss Xiao has done.” Han Lin came over from nowhere and said coldly to a group of people. The words of the usually gentle girl really shocked many people.
“As for you, you don’t have the right to question my cousin-in-law. If I hear anyone gossip again, I will directly tell my cousin that someone is dissatisfied with the merchants!” Han Lin’s last sentence was very harsh. The girls opposite her were not very old. For them, Shang Jinshen was an untouchable existence.
Even Xiao Yuqiang’s expression changed. He wasn’t young, so he knew very well that he couldn’t offend Shang Jinshen. Thus, he turned around and left with a stern face.
As everyone left silently, the grievance on Xiao Yuting’s face had become ferocious. She looked at Ji Yan and said angrily, “Good, good. Ji Yan, I won’t give up so easily!”
After she finished her words, she stamped her feet and left. Han Lin snorted, turned to look at Ji Yan and said disgustedly, “You are really useless. The position of Young Madam is in vain. You won’t take advantage of your identity at all!”