Zhao Lijuan was usually careless and didn't understand the meaning behind Li Chunyan's words.
"I heard that Song Zhaodi is Shu Ying's distant cousin. That's a distant relative, so it's not allowed that they look alike. It might just be a coincidence. Just because Song Zhaodi looks like Teacher Huang doesn't mean they can get along. It's not reasonable to spread this around."
Li Chunyan curled her lips and widened the distance between them: "Song Zhaodi and Shu Ying claim to be cousins, but do they look alike? Besides, Song Zhaodi is from the countryside. Anyone with eyes can see that she's just a nanny, someone who comes to help take care of the children. She might even be a hired housekeeper. It's hard to say who is really related to whom, or who is related by blood."
Li Chunyan had already made her point so clearly, and Zhao Lijuan naturally understood what was going on, feeling as if she had been struck by lightning.
"You mean..." she paused, "But if that's the case, then what is Xie Wanying?"
The two women looked at each other, realizing that the reason they had gone to such lengths to cultivate a good relationship with Xie Wanying in the compound was because of her family's background.
Xie Wenyuan and Huang Meiling already had respectable jobs and were considered influential in the military. Moreover, their family had produced Xie Zhiyan, who became a commander at a young age.
The Xie family only has one daughter, Xie Wanying. Getting on good terms with Xie Wanying is equivalent to winning over the Xie family. During the time Shu Ying was in the capital, they had already passed on a lot of information to her.
"What if we accidentally flatter the wrong person, and then Shu Ying says something along with Yu Yi's wishes? Will we get implicated as well?"
In an effort to please Xie Wanying, they even taught their own children not to play with Yueyue and Yangyang.
But in the end, their flattery backfired...?
The mere thought of this possibility made Zhao Lijuan feel extremely aggrieved.
“I knew it! Why would someone like Xie Wanying try to get close to us? Turns out she needed our help. But now that things have come to light, we might both get implicated. And once this news gets to Xie Zhiyan, his wife's job will be affected too…”
Zhao Lijuan did not say anything more.
She was in a great hurry and wanted to choose a side, but she ended up choosing the wrong side.
"It's no use talking about this now. In the end, it's just our speculation. You know, Song Zhaodi always seemed to have a very bad life. Do you remember when her man came to the compound looking for her? She suffered so much injustice and hardship. Now that she's suddenly a freed serf singing, she must be furious with us."
Back then, the two of them had a lot of arguments with Song Zhaodi over Xie Wanying. They even had a verbal battle not long ago. Although Song Zhaodi didn't hold back either, things are different now.
She suddenly went from being a nanny in Shu Ying's house to Xie Zhiyan's older sister; the change in her status alone was enough to scare people to death.
“No wonder Xie Wanying seemed a bit off when she came over a couple of days ago. She ran away in a hurry when she first saw Song Zhaodi. She’s always been a deep thinker and thinks more than we do. Maybe she already knew.”
Li Chunyan grew angrier the more she thought about it. Xie Wanying had gotten a lot of information from them, only to find out in the end that she was just playing them for a fool!
Shu Ying is known for her vindictive nature, so if their guesses are correct, she'll surely unleash a barrage of sarcastic remarks.
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