Chapter 182 Free Food and Drink
"Second Young Master, the Old Madam requests your presence."
The maid's voice came from outside the door. Ji Wenxuan frowned slightly upon hearing this, but quickly replied cheerfully, "Go tell the old lady that we're coming right away."
Upon hearing this, the maid withdrew, and Gu Shuyan handed the book to Mingyu before returning to the front courtyard with her.
When the three arrived, Ji Wenjin and Gu Renjie were already there, and Gu Shuyan guessed that they must have finished their business.
"Now that everyone's here, let's eat!"
Before the General's wife and Old Madam Gu could speak, Madam Ji stood up and greeted everyone.
Upon hearing this, Madam Gu and the others frowned in displeasure, while Gu Shuyan quickly stood up from her stool.
"May I ask who is in charge of the General's Mansion?"
Gu Shuyan's face showed neither joy nor anger, and even carried a hint of a smile, but those who knew her knew that Gu Shuyan was angry.
"Your words are strange. The General's Mansion is naturally run by Mother. As the General's wife, would you really let someone else run the household?"
When Madam Ji saw that Gu Shuyan was just a girl in her early teens, and that she had only been back in the capital for about a hundred years, she looked down on Gu Shuyan even more.
However, once she uttered the words that she believed there was nothing wrong with it, even the general's wife, who hadn't thought anything of it before, could no longer remain calm.
"Shuyan, your second aunt is probably worried that you are hungry, so she is a little anxious."
The general's wife spoke kindly, but inwardly she was more wary of Gu Shuyan.
The moment this girl walked in, she felt very uncomfortable. The general's wife couldn't quite put her finger on what it was, but whenever she saw Gu Shuyan, she would inexplicably have a bad feeling.
At this moment, this premonition was stronger than ever before.
"What do you mean by that, Madam? Do you think that our Gu family has never even had a meal and is rushing to your General's Mansion to freeload?"
Gu Shuyan was determined to teach this old hag a lesson, and now that she had the chance, she naturally wouldn't let her off so easily.
“Girl, you’ve misunderstood your grandmother. The Gu family is wealthy and wouldn’t lack anything. What your grandmother meant was that your second aunt was worried that you might have gotten hungry while traveling this morning.”
Seeing that Gu Shuyan was unreasonable and unforgiving, the general's wife had a headache, but she had no choice but to continue explaining to her.
"Madam, please be careful with your words. Your maternal grandmother has been gone for many years. Aren't you afraid she will come looking for you if you use her name like this?"
Gu Shuyan spoke in a very ordinary manner, but to the General's wife, it sent a chill down her spine for no apparent reason.
Especially when she met Gu Shuyan's eyes, she unconsciously took a small step back. For a moment, she even had the illusion that she was seeing the woman who had been dead for many years.
"Furthermore, as a junior, didn't anyone teach you manners when you were young? Acting on your own in front of your elders, I wonder what kind of country bumpkin gave you as your daughter."
After refuting the General's wife, Gu Shuyan turned her attention to the still detached Madam Ji before the other party could react.
In Madam Ji's eyes, what she had just done was not wrong at all. It was one thing for the General's wife to explain, but now this little girl was also trying to teach her a lesson. Did she really think she was easy to bully?
"You brat, who are you referring to indirectly? I'm your aunt, after all. Is this how you treat your elders?"
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