"I don't believe it."

Zeng Miaozhu shook her head, "You must have things to do in the capital. In any case, it's a good thing that you're staying in the capital. I can ask you to go shopping together anytime."

"What, with your status as Miss Zeng, you can't even find someone to go shopping with?"

Lin Jingyu teased, "Look at how happy you are, is something good coming up soon?"

"You're a fortune teller, aren't you?"

Zeng Miaozhu's eyes widened. "I didn't say anything, how did you know? Did someone tell you?"

No, I can tell.

Lin Jingyu smiled and said, "Seeing your beaming face, there must be something good happening. And considering that you're at the age where your elders are about to kick you out, it's not hard to guess."

"What do you mean by being kicked out of the house by your elders?"

Zeng Miaozhu was both angry and amused when she heard such words for the first time. "Can't you say something nice with that little mouth of yours?"

"Isn't that nice? I didn't say anything wrong."

Lin Jingyu looked innocent. "They say that once a daughter is married, she's like water spilled from a cup. To put it bluntly, she's just being kicked out of the house by her elders."

"I think you deserve a beating."

Zeng Miaozhu couldn't hold back any longer and slapped Lin Jingyu on the shoulder, laughing and scolding, "Come to my wedding in two months, and don't talk such nonsense then."

Do you know how hurtful those words are?!

Lin Jingyu glanced at her with a smile, "Don't worry, I definitely won't let you hear it again."

"You bastard."

Zeng Miaozhu knew that she liked to joke in private, but as a bride-to-be, she didn't take the hurtful words to heart.

He pulled her by the elbow and asked in a low voice, "Do you know that after you and Peng Qibo broke off your engagement, some people said you were too materialistic, had bad character, and shouldn't have abandoned Peng Qibo?"

Not long after, someone else said that you were head over heels in love with Peng Qibo and that you brought him to Xiangdu just to keep him by your side, and that you might get married soon.

Jingyu, do you know that even though you've been away from the capital these past few days, there's been a lot of news about you?

"Their mouths are on their own, and I can't control them."

Lin Jingyu responded calmly, "Besides, who doesn't talk about others behind their backs? Who isn't talked about behind their back? Since we're all the same, why should I care?"

Rumors are just rumors; I know the truth for myself.

I won't be bothered by such gossip, and it won't affect me.

"You are so generous."

Zeng Miaozhu's eyes shone with admiration. "My grandmother once said that we shouldn't judge you by worldly standards. Gossip won't affect a woman like you much."

Now it seems my grandma was right, Jingyu is different from others.