The six words spoken in a light tone were like a loud and hard slap on Mrs. Wagner's face.
Mrs. Wagner's expression suddenly changed, becoming gloomy and her tone colder. "Miss Ji, please be careful with your words. My Chinese teacher is a professor of Chinese studies, and he is Chinese. How dare you question my Chinese?"
Ji Zhinan returned to her seat holding her skirt. According to standard aristocratic etiquette, one could only sit on two-thirds of a stool, which would make one look more energetic. It would be very disrespectful to sit on the entire stool.
She took the hot towel from the maid and wiped her fingers very carefully.
Although she was a commoner, she performed these actions casually and simply, without any sense of pretense or fakeness. If you didn't know her, you would really think she was a descendant of the nobility.
After wiping his hands, Ji Zhinan picked up the black tea in front of him and took a sip slowly.
After she finished drinking, she calmly met Mrs. Wagner's angry eyes and put on her usual very standard and impeccable smile.
"If I remember correctly, Mrs. Wagner just said, 'If Miss Ji is willing to give Master Gu back to my daughter'?"
Mrs. Wagner thought about it carefully. She realized that she had indeed said that. She nodded and said, "Any questions?"
Ji Zhinan put the tea back on the table, propped up his chin with his hand, and looked at her with a puzzled look: "Excuse me, have Miss Wagner and Gu Yibei ever dated before?"
Mrs. Wagner shook her head: "No."
If his daughter had really gotten Gu Yibei, he wouldn't be so jealous of the commoner woman in front of him now.
She still refused to believe that her beautiful and noble daughter had lost to a commoner with no money, no power, and only an attractive face!
“…” After getting the answer he expected, Ji Zhinan suddenly laughed.
She didn't chuckle like an elegant lady, nor did she hold back her laughter. Instead, she just chuckled heartily, laughing out loud without giving anyone any face.
Mrs. Wagner's face suddenly darkened: "Miss Ji, what do you mean?"
Among their nobility, laughing out loud is considered extremely rude.
Ji Zhinan looked at her with a smile: "Since Miss Wagner has never dated Gu Yibei, why did Mrs. Wagner use the word 'yet'?"
“…”
"Gu Yibei and I are in love, and that's our own business. I'm honored that Madam Gu agreed. When I marry into the Gu family, my husband will be Gu Yibei, and my mother-in-law will be Madam Gu, the Duchess. Does Madam Wagner have any connection to the Gu family?"
“…”
"Before I came to Country Y, Gu Yibei specifically told me about the Gu family and naturally mentioned their relatives. I don't think he mentioned any relationship between the Gu family and the Wagner family. From what he said just now, I can tell that Mrs. Wagner must be a very kind-hearted person."
He is so warm-hearted that he wants to take care of everything. As the Chinese saying goes, he doesn't mind his own business.
Ji Zhinan looked at her with a smile on his face.
There was no anger or sarcasm. Ji Zhinan acted as if nothing had happened. He displayed the elegance that a noble should have perfectly. With just three simple sentences, he left the noble lady speechless.
Compared to Mrs. Wagner, whose face was now as black as coal, Ji Zhinan seemed very polite.
"!!!" Mrs. Wagner held her breath in her chest and wanted to say something, but she found that Ji Zhinan was right.
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