USWHC -Chapter 188 Miss, You’re Too Modest (Part 8)

Sure enough, none of the women in the Sun family could say for certain whether the poem was really written by Lu You. Madam Sun sighed and said, “We pride ourselves on having read a few books, yet in truth we’ve still read far too little! Unlike Miss Ji, who seems to know everything.”

“Mother only thinks everything about her is good now!” Sun Shaohui immediately said unhappily. “Mother, are you also planning to marry me to that foolish boy from the Ji family?”

“How could that be!” Madam Sun quickly retorted. “Your mother can still tell good from bad. Ji Mei is indeed not bad—I appreciate her—but at most she could only be a second wife. Her background… sigh, it’s still somewhat lacking.”

“I thought Mother liked everything about her!” Sun Shaohui huffed angrily.

Seeing her like this, Madam Sun sighed again and said, “Even if she did have some improper thoughts, you shouldn’t have deliberately toyed with her like that! Giving her croton seeds—what if it harmed her body? If she can’t bear children, what would we want her for?”

“Hmph! Those people who overestimate themselves deserve to be toyed with!” Sun Shaohui said unwillingly. “Who do they think I am? A noble young lady like me—do they really think their Ji family is worthy of reaching that high? They should wipe their dog eyes and take a good look at themselves!”

Dog eyes? Seriously? Why was Sun Shaohui’s language becoming more and more unpleasant? She looked down on them this much? Zhu Jie had never imagined that a rich and beautiful lady could think like this inside.

“Exactly! Our Hui’er will marry the Third Prince in the future. They really dare to dream!” Old Madam Sun immediately chimed in with scorn.

The Third Prince? Zhu Jie couldn’t help letting out a cold laugh. That most famous embroidered pillow in the capital? These people’s judgment was truly terrible! Everyone knew that the Third Prince was all glitter on the outside and rotten on the inside.

Yet unexpectedly, Sun Shaohui continued proudly, “Exactly! Last time when I happened to meet the Third Prince by the West Lake, he treated me with special regard. I’m certain he must like me!”

Tsk. As if he doesn’t like plenty of women already. Zhu Jie snorted coldly, unable to resist rolling her eyes at the lovestruck girl inside.

And she says others want to climb the social ladder—yet isn’t she the one staring eagerly at a prince, hoping to latch onto him? Hmph, overestimating herself! The Third Prince is about to become engaged to the legitimate granddaughter of the Marquis’ household. Are they planning to become concubines too?

“Even if you’re unwilling, you didn’t need to use such despicable tricks!” Madam Sun scolded again. “You could’ve just strung them along for now. Once we bring Ji Mei into the family, who cares whether that boy is foolish or not? After that, you can simply stop seeing him!”

“But Mother! You don’t understand. The moment I see them, I feel uncomfortable!” Sun Shaohui complained dramatically. “You expect me to mix with people like that? My whole body itches. Mother, do they have lice on them or something?”

She even asked seriously, “Mother, if I stay in contact with them too long, will I get lice too?”

You’re the one with lice! No—there are lice in your brain! They’ve burrowed so deep your head’s filled with water! What a snob! If this were the past, I wouldn’t even bother playing with someone like you!

“Don’t worry. I’m not stupid. How could I possibly let you marry into such a family? I only want you to deal with them for the time being,” Madam Sun said in a lowered voice, sounding as if she had compromised a little.

But Sun Shaohui still continued petulantly, “Anyway, I just think that boy from the Ji family is stupid. The moment I heard Ji Mei wanted to matchmake us, I got furious! She really dares to think of such things—doesn’t she know her own worth?”

Listening to Sun Shaohui’s mocking and sarcastic words, Zhu Jie felt as if ten thousand horses were galloping through her heart.

Fairy tales were all lies. Rich and beautiful ladies simply looked down on rustic chubby girls. No—wait, her Ji Yi wasn’t bad at all. He was at least a tall, rustic, handsome guy!

Alright… facts proved that the true essence of being tall, rich, and handsome lay in the rich part. Without wealth, even if you had the “rustic” part, it wouldn’t work—unless you were a nouveau riche kind of rustic!

But for some reason, she just couldn’t stand hearing Sun Shaohui picking faults with Ji Yi. She even felt it wasn’t worth it for him. At this moment, she only felt that Sun Shaohui wasn’t worthy of Ji Yi.

That’s right—it wasn’t that she looked down on them. It was that they looked down on her!

Inside the room, Sun Shaohui was still cursing endlessly. But what they didn’t see was that outside, Zhu Jie’s face had already turned gloomy.

Her eyes were turning—was she about to start brewing mischief again? What was she planning?

Hmph, you want to marry this big sister? Just watch how I make you all lose face!

Zhu Jie let out a cold laugh. Instead of exposing them, she quietly retraced her steps and slipped back to the plum grove in the rear courtyard.