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The shrill and abusive voice of a woman echoed sharply, sounding as if a shrew was cursing in the streets.
Huxin remained focused on studying the Vajra Furnace in her hands, her expression calm and showing no signs of change.
Qing Yan and Mo Chuan, seeing their young lady silent, stood still as well. Both were intelligent individuals; they noticed Huxin's change and felt it inappropriate to speak recklessly.
“Xia Huxin! Did you hear me calling you?! Get out here right now! Don’t think that just because you’re hiding like a turtle in your shell that I can’t do anything about it! You’ve embarrassed the entire Xia Family! What face do you have left to stay in the Xia Family! Your skin is thicker than the walls outside! What are you even living for?! Cousin-in-law should kick you out of the Xia Family and let you fend for yourself!”
“Sister! It’s useless shouting here! Does Xia Huxin even have any sense of shame left?! Today, Cousin-in-law isn’t home! Aunt is sick, so let’s just go in and drag her out to show her some consequences! It’s better than letting her cause trouble outside and come back acting like a spoiled young lady, thinking she’s some Golden Branch or Jade Leaf! Pah! With her character, she’s not even worth as much as a dog from the Xia Family! At least dogs know how to wag their tails to please their masters! She’s nothing but a pile of filthy mud worse than dog poop!”
Immediately after, a slightly immature voice rang out, even sharper and more piercing than the previous one.
Huxin listened quietly, her gaze still fixed on the Vajra Furnace in her hands.
Unexpectedly, after a thousand years, this Vajra Furnace had returned to her!
Before long, soft footsteps approached from the front hall. Qing Yan leaned down and whispered in Huxin's ear, “Miss, it’s Cousin and Second Cousin Miss who have arrived.”
Qing Yan’s words saved Huxin from having to ask.
Accompanied by the tinkling of jewelry, two strong scents of sweet and cloying perfume wafted into the front hall. Huxin frowned slightly and then heard a dull thud as something heavy fell to the ground.
Still not looking up, Huxin lazily lifted her eyelids towards Qing Yan, asking lightly, “What was that sound?”
"Miss Hui, it was Cousin who knocked over a screen and hit Mo Chuan," Qing Yan said, his tone laced with suppressed anger.
"Oh?" Huxin raised an eyebrow, her clear eyes slowly turning towards Mo Chuan.
"Miss, I am fine," Mo Chuan quickly spoke up, hastily hiding his left hand behind his back, which had been struck by the screen. With the master not home today, Mo Chuan's task was to protect the young lady, and he had to endure any grievances.
Huxin glanced at the resolute expression on Mo Chuan, then lowered her gaze again, returning to admire the Vajra Furnace in her hands.
Having barged into the front hall with a group of maids, Si Qian and Tinghui were even more enraged to see Huxin sitting steadily on the Xiangfei Chair. They stepped forward, pointing at her nose and preparing to hurl insults once more.
Both Si Qian and Tinghui were the daughters of Xia Family's master Xia Yingba's second wife, Liang Yingzhi, and sister of Liang Lanqin. Relying on their status as daughters of the Liang Family, and being the darlings of the Duke of Protecting the Nation, they had long treated the Xia Family as their own home. Taking advantage of Liang Yingzhi's illness and bed rest while Xia Yingba was away, they saw this opportunity to restore their cousin Liang Taiyun's face and were also resentful and jealous about Huxin publicly rejecting Jing Tian'ao in the Imperial Garden.
Both Si Qian and Tinghui, younger than Huxin, usually called her "sister" affectionately in front of others. However, once there were no outsiders around, their words turned increasingly venomous.
Huxin remembered how these two sisters had mercilessly mocked her just over twenty days ago! Did these shrews want to repeat their old tricks today? Hmph... blind as bats! She was no longer the former Xia Huxin!
Tonight, anyone who came would be in for trouble!
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