"Grandma, you can't say that. At least until now, no one has dared to say it to me. As for what they say behind my back... we can't shut them up!"
Lan Xi stood not too far away, speaking with a smile, not caring whether the servants could hear her or not.
This grandmother is the wife of Lan Xiangfu’s younger brother. When Lan Xiangfu’s younger brother was young, he was also a playboy and had many female friends outside.
Lan Xi even suspected that Lan Ting'an had been picked up by mistake, as the two people were almost identical.
"Humph! You've ruined the Lan family's reputation!"
Hearing Lan Xi's words, grandma snorted coldly and spoke in a sarcastic tone.
Lan Xi opened her eyes wide, looking wronged:
"I don't deserve this. I have my second grandfather and my dad above me. It's not my turn anyway!"
"You!" When her husband's disgusting past was brought up, Second Mistress's face turned extremely bad. She threw her teacup and said angrily:
"You are really amazing now. You haven't even taken the position of the head of the family yet and you are already talking nonsense about the elders. It's unruly!"
Li Yulan's face turned grim when she heard her daughter being scolded, but she couldn't lose her temper in front of everyone, so she had to blame Lan Xi.
Lan Xi didn't give her a chance to speak. With a cold expression on her face, she took two steps forward and her voice became deep:
"Second Madam, how many illegitimate children are being raised by the Lan family? You don't know, do you? The first wife doesn't even have that many, right?"
The elders of the second house showed shame on their faces, as they had heard a lot about the romantic affairs of the previous generation.
The second wife's face turned red with anger, and she pointed at Lan Xi and wanted to scold her.
"How many of the properties under the Second House's name are actually profitable? It would be great if they could cover the expenses of the legitimate child. You..."
Lan Xi paused mid-sentence, walked over to Second Mistress, poured her a cup of tea, and offered it with both hands:
"I really can't say such disheartening words to Grandpa!"
The tea was boiling hot, but Lan Xi held it calmly and did not move.
Seeing her fingertips burned red, the second grandmother still didn't react. The daughter-in-law of the second eldest wife hurriedly said, "Mom! Xixi is serving you tea!"
Second Mistress finally reacted and looked up at Lan Xi. Her light brown eyes looked at her calmly, with a hint of warning in them that made people dare not look directly at her.
Reaching out to take the teacup, she snorted coldly and said with all her might, "I'm tired. Let's go back and rest!"
After saying this, she drank the tea in the cup!
Lan Xi twirled her fingertips, put her hands in her pockets, and said with a faint smile, "The bedroom on the second floor is ready. You should go to bed early!"
As he said that, he took two steps back and made room!
The second daughter-in-law stepped forward to support her mother-in-law and began to coax her:
"Mom, you haven't taken your tonic yet. Let's go upstairs and eat now! You got up early today and didn't get enough rest. You look pale from staying up all this time!"
The second grandma stood up proudly, glanced at Lan Xi, and left leisurely.
At the stairs, the second son's wife looked back at her sister-in-law. The two looked at each other, and the eldest son's wife gave her a reassuring look.
Soon after the Second Mistress went up, everyone gathered around Lan Xi, talking about her with concern. They could see that Lan Xi was different from Lan Xiangfu, and she didn't have that much affection for them.
"Xixi, come and apply some medicine, don't get burned!" The eldest son's wife came over with ointment, with a look of heartache on her face.
Lan Xi was not polite and sat down in the seat where the second grandmother had just sat, allowing her aunt to hold her hand and apply medicine to her.
Li Yulan stood on the periphery without saying a word. She waited until the medicine was applied before she stepped out and scolded Lan Xi: "You are so old, and you still need your elders to apply medicine to you!"
Lan Xi stood up and said with a smile: "Thank you, Auntie, it's just a minor injury!"
"Your second grandmother is getting older, and her temper is becoming more and more like a child. You... just have to be patient with her!"
The eldest daughter-in-law looked at Lan Xi and spoke softly.
Lan Xi reached out and held her, her tone becoming more intimate:
"What are you talking about, Auntie? We're all family, why would you say you're responsible? I'm a soft-hearted person, so maybe I'm just unkind to outsiders!!"
This was a nice thing to say, but everyone understood what Lan Xi meant.
As long as we are a family, just be obedient and everyone will have something to eat!
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