Chapter 740 I will never let my sister-in-law suffer a loss.
A hint of annoyance flashed in Meng Yunlan's eyes, but it quickly disappeared.
She maintained her gentle demeanor: "Why should my cousin-in-law hold a grudge against my cousin? She didn't say anything. Why did you call her a person of low character? You even insulted her ancestors! This is the first time I've witnessed your talent for cursing. It's truly an eye-opener!"
"Didn't say anything? Miss Qiao just said that I was trying to curry favor with my elder brother and that I had ulterior motives. How can you say I didn't say anything? Sister-in-law, I can understand that you are biased towards your own cousin, but it's not good to distort the truth like this, is it?"
As Shen Wantang spoke, she clapped her hands, looking as if she had just realized something: "Oh dear, look at me, I almost forgot, sister-in-law and Miss Qiao are cousins, they share the same ancestor from the same maternal clan!"
"Oh dear, sister-in-law, I didn't mean it. I didn't scold you. Don't take it to heart. I just consider you one of my own, so I was a bit blunt."
“You and Miss Qiao are definitely different. She is ill-mannered and talks nonsense. My sister-in-law comes from a prestigious family, so her manners and upbringing are naturally excellent. Just from the small matter of my sister-in-law delivering bird’s nest soup to Qianhan yesterday, you can see how good my sister-in-law is.”
Meng Yunlan could barely maintain his composure, and even his gaze towards Shen Wantang turned sharp.
Seeing that her expression had changed, Shen Wantang felt much more at ease. She smiled and said, "Oh, right, I forgot to tell you, sister-in-law, I instructed the kitchen to make some bird's nest soup last night and sent a bowl to my brother. He seemed to like it quite a bit, so I'm planning to make some more tonight and personally deliver it to his room!"
Meng Yunlan's expression finally cracked, and his voice turned cold: "What do you mean by this, sister-in-law? Are you provoking me? You, as my sister-in-law, running into my brother-in-law's room, aren't you afraid of being gossiped about? I didn't know that the daughter raised by the Shen family had such a thick skin!"
Shen Wantang wasn't angry at all, and still smiled: "Oh dear, sister-in-law, you've misunderstood me. How could I be provoking you? I'm just learning from you. Why are you angry?"
“You set such a good example for me yesterday by giving the bird’s nest that your mother-in-law gave you to Qianhan. You, as the eldest sister-in-law, care about Qianhan more than I do. I feel so ashamed, so I quickly cooked the bird’s nest that my mother-in-law gave me and gave it to my eldest brother!”
"Sister-in-law, from now on, I will treat my brother the same way you treat Qianhan. Whatever Qianhan has, my brother will have too. I will never let you suffer any loss!"
Meng Yunlan was so speechless that she couldn't utter a word for a long time.
Qiao Zhiyu, who was standing to the side, felt a surge of satisfaction when she saw Meng Yunlan rendered speechless by his retort.
She hadn't expected that Shen Wantang was so quick-witted. Yesterday, when she was in front of Gu Qianling, she spoke very little and was very slow to react. When she snatched her umbrella, she didn't react at all and didn't even seem angry, just like a block of wood.
She thought Shen Wantang came from a humble background, hadn't been out much, and wasn't good at dealing with people and things outside!
I misjudged it!
However, Qiao Zhiyu couldn't ignore Meng Yunlan's retort that left him speechless. After all, before coming today, Meng Yunlan had already said that there were many things that were inconvenient to say aloud, and that she, his cousin, had to say them.
If Meng Yunlan plays the good guy, then Qiao Zhiyu has to play the bad guy in her place—it's been like this before, and it's still like this now; she's long been used to it.
"Shen Wantang, I knew you had ulterior motives! I was right!"
Qiao Zhiyu was furious, half of it feigned, and half genuinely unhappy, because Shen Wantang actually wanted to go to Gu Qianling's room to bring him food, which disgusted her.
"Whether my brother-in-law eats bird's nest or not is none of your business. My cousin is much better at taking care of people than you are. The bird's nest from her place is so much better than yours! Humph, let me tell you, my brother-in-law is already tired of bird's nest. No matter how much you send him, he won't even glance at it, let alone eat it! Keep your dirty thoughts to yourself, this won't work on my brother-in-law!"
Shen Wantang sneered: "Miss Qiao seems to know her brother-in-law's preferences very well. What, have you been secretly keeping an eye on him? I think you're the one with dirty thoughts about him, aren't you? Otherwise, why would you have insisted on dragging me to find him yesterday?"
Qiao Zhiyu glared at her immediately: "You're talking nonsense! It was clearly you who wanted to go find my brother-in-law, you deliberately dragged me into it as a pretext, and now you're turning around and blaming me?! You're shameless!"
Shen Wantang glanced at her from head to toe, then sneered, "Who's shameless here? Why don't we go and argue with Big Brother? You stole my umbrella, gave it to Big Brother, and said you went there specifically to deliver it to him. That's not wrong, is it?"
Qiao Zhiyu felt guilty, but fearing that Meng Yunlan would blame her, she could only bite the bullet and say, "My brother-in-law is so busy with work. If you go to argue with him over such a small matter, wouldn't that be delaying his work? I think you just want to take this opportunity to get close to my brother-in-law, which is why you came up with such a bad idea!"
Shen Wantang shook her head: "Miss Qiao, don't you feel any remorse for wronging me like this? Or do you actually have no conscience at all?"
"You have no conscience! My cousin is so good to you, and you actually tried to seduce her husband behind her back! You have no shame!"
"Why is my sister-in-law so good to me? Didn't she send the bird's nest soup to Gu Qianhan's study? She didn't even give me a bite! And I'm supposed to be grateful for this?"
"Oh dear, it's just a bowl of bird's nest soup. Shen Wantang, why are you so eager for it? If you're so hungry, just buy it yourself. You can't possibly not afford it, can you?"
Shen Wantang burst out laughing: "Just because Miss Qiao can't afford it, does that mean no one else can? Last night, didn't I also have someone send you a bowl of bird's nest soup? Oh, right, I also specially sent you a new brocade dress. Do you know how much bird's nest that dress could buy?"
As she spoke, she deliberately glanced at Qiao Zhiyu's new clothes with disdain, and then said, "That outfit is much more valuable than what you're wearing. Not only is the material of yours mediocre, but the pattern is also outdated, and the style is several years out of fashion!"
"Tsk tsk, this dress is so ugly! It makes me look ten years older, and it's nowhere near as good as mine! Miss Qiao, you don't know, but even the servants in the Duke's mansion don't wear this kind of thing anymore!"
"If you ask me, Miss Qiao, you should throw these clothes away as soon as possible. After all, you are your sister-in-law's cousin, and you are considered a mistress. It's really embarrassing for a mistress to be dressed worse than a servant!"
Qiao Zhiyu's face was rather unpleasant. She already disliked the clothes she was wearing, and now she disliked them even more.
But she dared not disobey Meng Yunlan's wishes. If Meng Yunlan told her to wear this, she could only wear this. As for the one that Shen Wantang gave her, she could only hide it away secretly.
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