Mrs. Fang was obviously used to the elders condescending to the younger ones, and she did not react at all. However, when she heard the old lady asking about Miss Jun, there was some worry between her brows.

"Mom, it's getting late, and Zhenzhen is tired from the car ride. Why don't we take a rest first?" she said gently.

This is a suggestion to Mrs. Fang. She should stop provoking Miss Jun.

Old Mrs. Fang understood what she meant, but did not stop.

"You go back first." she said.

Mrs. Fang never disobeyed her mother-in-law, so she did not persuade her any further. At the same time, she looked at Miss Jun and saw that the little girl was also looking at her. Her dark eyes on her snow-white skin were calm and peaceful.

Calm and peaceful, these two words described Jun Zhenzhen a little suddenly, and Mrs. Fang was stunned.

The calm and peaceful little girl lowered her eyes and avoided her gaze.

"Zhenzhen, I asked the kitchen to prepare it. Tell them what you want to eat." Mrs. Fang suppressed the strangeness in her heart and spoke softly.

In view of Miss Jun's strange temper, Madam Fang did not dare to arrange her meals, so she simply assigned a separate kitchen to Miss Jun.

Miss Jun nodded, bowed, and then walked away.

Logically, she should say thank you to her aunt, but since Miss Jun is not used to doing these things, she should just take her time.

Even so, Mrs. Fang also had a look of astonishment as she watched Old Lady Fang and Miss Jun walk one after another along the alley into a courtyard.

"I wonder what she's going to do next." She muttered to herself, looking at the servant standing beside her with a bit of helplessness, thinking of the news she just heard, "Did she really break off the engagement with the Ning family? Did she take the initiative to break off the engagement?"

The maid replied yes.

"That's what she said. The old lady has already asked someone in Beiliu to inquire about the specifics," she said.

Mrs. Fang frowned slightly.

"If that's the case, why did the old lady go and ask her in person?" she said, "Does what she says count as human words? There's nothing to listen to."

Everyone in the Fang family agreed with this assessment of Miss Jun. She didn't act like a human being, and her words were naturally not human. In the past, the old lady was too lazy to even look at her, let alone ask about her affairs in person.

"Perhaps it was to appease her." The maid thought for a moment and guessed, "After all, our family really can't stand her making trouble again."

"Comfort her? She doesn't care about our family, how can she be comforted?" Mrs. Fang said, and finally stopped talking, looked over there again, and turned around, "Go back."

…

The lanterns on the roadside have been lit. Miss Jun holds Liu'er's hand and walks slowly and steadily with Old Lady Fang in front of her.

The courtyard where she lived seemed not far from the second gate, but she had to walk through the hall, across the courtyard, up the stairs, over the flowered wall, and walk around until her feet were sore before she could see a row of houses.

How much disgust must one have to place Miss Jun to live in such a place where she can't be seen or bothered.

Although they lived far away, the courtyard was more magnificent. The lights were on in the corridor, and four maids were standing there, bowing in unison while opening the heavy embroidered curtains.

"Madam, Miss Jun." They called in sweet voices.

At her grandmother's house, Miss Jun should be addressed as Miss Cousin according to her seniority, but Miss Jun doesn't like to be lowered in status, so everyone calls her Miss Jun like outsiders.

Miss Jun pursed her lips and followed Mrs. Fang into the house.

The room is brightly lit, warm like spring, and filled with fragrance.

Miss Jun glanced at the spacious three halls, the main living room, the study and the bedroom. Compared with the Ning family's low-key luxury, the decoration here was somewhat elegant and shabby.

Just like the worn-out dress Miss Jun is wearing at this moment.

The maid outside the door didn't dare to come in without Miss Jun's permission. Liu'er skillfully took the hot tea from the stove and brought it over.

"Miss, please have some tea to warm yourself up," she said.

It was the first time that Miss Jun had been sitting in a car for such a long time in the northern winter. She indeed felt her body and hands were a little stiff. She reached out to take it, feeling the warmth in her palms spreading throughout her body. It seemed that only then could she be sure that she was truly alive.

Liu'er didn't go for the second cup of tea, and didn't care at all that the real owner of the house was sitting in the living room.

Old Madam Fang didn't pay any attention to it. The maid and two servant girls who came in with her also stood quietly by, apparently they were used to it.

Now that you're used to it, some small details can be changed, but not others. It's not good to be too deliberate. It's better to be free and easy without being fussy about details.

Everyone is at ease.

Miss Jun took a sip of tea and held the cup in her hand.

Liu'er was calling the maid outside to ask for hot water to prepare meals.

"I want to eat duck blood soup and meatballs." Miss Jun said, "Go and tell them to make it. I'll talk to the old lady."

This kind of thing only required a single instruction, but Liu'er thought for a moment, thinking that the young lady had added the word "go" and said that she was talking to the old lady, which meant that she should stay away.

Although she didn't quite understand why the young lady asked her to stay away, she had to listen to the young lady's words, so Liu'er responded and went out.

"You go down too." Old Mrs. Fang said to her maids.

The maidservant responded and retreated with the girl.

"What's going on?" Old Madam Fang asked straight to the point, "What does it mean to break off the engagement with the Ning family?"

"It's a long story," Miss Jun said, "but it's also simple."

Old Mrs. Fang frowned.

"I committed suicide to scare the Ning family and you, old lady." Miss Jun continued.

Miss Jun hated the Ning family for being treacherous and ungrateful and refusing to acknowledge her as a relative, and she also hated the Fang family for being heartless and ungrateful and not standing up for her, so she wanted to use her death to accuse and warn these two families, so that the world could see their despicable nature and make them afraid.

Old Mrs. Fang sneered.

"As a result, I almost died." Miss Jun continued.

Her voice was soft and slow, with a flat tone and no emotion, but these words made people shudder in their hearts and feel inexplicably sad.

Old Mrs. Fang couldn't help but look at her. The girl's expression was as calm as her tone, and her eyes were like deep pools.

Everyone said that Miss Fang looked like Old Lady Fang, but when she met Miss Jun, she realized that her granddaughter looked more like her, especially her eyes.

However, the surprise at the first sight soon turned into sadness, and I didn't want to have anything to do with this child. Having a portrait with this child would only add to my troubles.

She was telling the truth.

At this moment, because of seeing those eyes, this thought popped up automatically and uncontrollably. Old Mrs. Fang frowned again, but Miss Jun changed her tone and continued to speak.

"When death really came, I realized that nothing is more important than living." She said, "So I felt that I was really ridiculous. How could I do that for others? A forced marriage is not sweet. Marriage is not an enemy. If they don't want to marry, then forget it. I took Liu'er to their house to explain it clearly and returned the marriage certificate."

Mrs. Fang had a blank expression on her face when she heard the first few sentences, but her expression changed when she heard the last sentence.

"Marriage certificate?" she asked without thinking. "Didn't you say there was no marriage certificate?"

"I did it on purpose to make my aunt angry." Miss Jun said.

Old Mrs. Fang's eyes twitched.

She thought of the dispute between Miss Jun and Madam Fang at that time, and she also understood what Miss Jun meant, but was this just a matter of venting her anger?

The marriage certificate is the key to this matter, but she just threw it away and just made a fuss. How could she be so stupid as to not distinguish between the primary and the secondary, between gratitude and grudge, and between right and wrong?

If she hadn't personally sent someone to pick the child up from Jun's house, she would have suspected that the child was taken to the wrong place.

Although Jun's aunt is a little stubborn, she is a scholar who can pass the imperial examination. Although her daughter is weak, she is not stupid.

"Being angry at her won't do you any good." She said, holding back her temper, "Why didn't you take it out earlier?"

"Would the Ning family have agreed if it had been brought out earlier?" Miss Jun asked, looking at Old Lady Fang. "Would you have done something different?"

Old Mrs. Fang raised her eyebrows.

Even if it had been brought out earlier, the Ning family would not have agreed to the marriage. What the Ning family disagreed with was the marriage, not whether there was a certificate or not.

This sentence is easy to understand, but the next sentence contains sarcasm.

Would you do anything differently?

If the Ning family did not agree to the marriage without the marriage certificate, the Fang family would not visit the house again or force the Ning family to question them.

If there is a marriage certificate and the Ning family still does not agree to the marriage, will the Fang family use the marriage certificate to question and confront the Ning family?

Of course not.

She didn't cry or yell at them for being heartless, fearful of power and avoiding disaster. Instead, she asked them questions and asked them to answer them.

If you answer it yourself, you won't be able to defend yourself, so is she being sarcastic?