"...Right, who are you all?"
The old woman behind the maid first looked Xiao Yunying up and down, then said in a sharp tone, "Yes or no, what do you mean 'yes'? As expected of a maid from a military family, so unruly."
Xiao Yunying's originally kind face instantly darkened.
She didn't intend to say anything more to these people. She took two steps back and slammed the door shut with a deafening bang, startling the people outside.
Xiao Yunying frowned and complained inwardly, wondering who Luo Sheng had brought this time. They looked like they had ill intentions and were not easy to get along with.
The Luo family hadn't returned yet, so she couldn't be bothered with them. Letting them in was out of the question; she didn't want to create trouble for herself.
Whoever they are, let's wait until Luo Sheng returns before making any decisions.
The people outside the door took a while to recover from their shock. The old woman next to the lady pushed aside the maid and pounded on the door, saying, "How dare you! Do you know who we are? How dare you be so rude!"
Xiao Yunying was almost inside the living room when she heard the door being pushed open again. She looked back and realized that she had been so angry that she had only closed the door and forgotten to bolt it.
She walked back and said, "I don't care who you are. This is my home, not Luo Sheng's. Besides, they're not in the village right now. If you want to find Luo Sheng, come back in a few days."
When the old woman heard what she said, her eyes darted around twice. She looked at Xiao Yunying again and thought for a moment before she could roughly guess her identity.
She hurriedly blocked the door that was about to close with her hand: "You are the peasant girl that General Luo recently married."
Xiao Yunying slapped away the old woman's hand that was pushing the door open, and gave her a fake smile: "Yes, I am the peasant girl that Luo Sheng married. He is really not home right now, but he will be back by tomorrow at the latest. If you have something to do, come back in a couple of days."
The old woman glanced back at the lady, received a signal, and then pushed the door open again to prevent her from closing it.
"Wait, you can't be so rude! Do you know who my wife is? In terms of status, you should call her 'sister-in-law'!"
Xiao Yunying was stunned for a moment, but quickly realized what the old woman meant.
She mimicked the way they had looked at her earlier, sizing up the woman: "What are you joking about? Luo Yong's elder brother passed away from illness, and his wife... as far as I know, she's shameless and ungrateful. After learning about the Luo family's troubles, she forced my brother to write a divorce agreement to let her return home. The Luo family no longer has any elder sister-in-law."
She pretended to be shocked and covered her mouth, saying, "Could it be that you are the ghost bride that Madam Luo arranged for my elder brother when she returned to the capital?"
She nodded to herself, "If that's the case, then I should indeed call you sister-in-law. But do you have anything to prove your identity? Why didn't you come back with the Luo family's carriage?"
"And..." She looked at the lady again with a strange gaze: "If Luo Sheng's elder brother were alive, he would only be thirty years old now. Even if it's a ghost marriage, isn't the woman they've chosen a bit too old?"
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