She secretly rejoiced: Luckily, this woman ran off with someone else, otherwise she would have turned the house upside down!
"Xiao Lan, long time no see. Are you married?" Zhao Qiuying asked cautiously, still clinging to a sliver of hope—perhaps her daughter Ningning had made a mistake?
Perhaps Ye Lan's return this time was simply to visit an old friend.
However, Ye Lan feigned sadness and replied, "Aunt Zhao, I haven't yet. Ever since I met the best man, no other man can stir any emotion in me."
The implication in those words was all too clear, and upon hearing them, Zhao Qiuying's last remaining hope was instantly shattered.
"Sister Ye, you're almost thirty! If you don't hurry up and get married, I'm afraid no one will want you in the future."
"After all, once a woman is over thirty, she's like an out-of-season, discounted item in the market—worthless!" Wei Jinning, standing to the side, couldn't stand Ye Lan's pretentious act.
"I'm sorry, Sister Ye, I didn't mean it. I'm just being blunt. Please don't mind." Wei Jinning also pretended to be embarrassed.
[I'll disgust you to death.]
[You came here to ruin my older brother.]
"It's alright, Ningning." Although she was already furious inside, Ye Lan still managed to hold back from swearing.
If it weren't for her single-minded desire to marry Huo Nanchu smoothly, she wouldn't have put up with such humiliation and allowed this arrogant little brat to insult her at will.
"Sister Ye, I'm really just concerned about you. How about this, let my mom introduce you to a suitable partner?"
"Ideally, it would be a divorced man without children. That way, they would probably agree to go on a blind date with you out of respect for my mother, and they wouldn't mind that you're older."
Wei Jinning blinked her seemingly innocent big eyes, her face full of sincerity, as if she really was thinking of Ye Lan.
She then added, "If you don't really want to have children, that's fine too. After all, you're already this age, and having children is indeed quite dangerous."
“Why not just marry a man who already has children? That way you won’t have to endure the pain of childbirth, and you can easily have your own baby. Wouldn’t that be the best of both worlds?” Wei Jinning said eloquently, seemingly unaware of how hurtful her words were.
Faced with Wei Jinning's "well-intentioned" advice, Ye Lan was so angry that she was speechless and could only sulk in silence. She clenched her fists tightly, and her fingers trembled slightly due to her extreme anger.
At this moment, Zhao Qiuying chimed in, "Xiao Lan! What Ningning said actually makes sense. You can think about it carefully."
"After all, once a girl is past the ideal age for marriage, it becomes increasingly difficult for her to find an ideal partner."
"Besides, given your family's situation, you must have a clear understanding of it."
Zhao Qiuying's words were like a sharp knife, piercing straight into Ye Lan's heart, causing her so much pain that she could hardly breathe.
"Yes, yes, Sister Ye, my mom and my sister are right too." Huo Jinxin used to like Ye Lan quite a bit, but she never expected that she would change so much after not seeing her for so many years.
[Wait, didn't Mom and my sister say they really liked Ye Lan?]
[Why isn't she blaming me? Instead, she's agreeing with me.]
[It seems they also think Ye Lan isn't a good person.]
[I'm a little relieved. If they hadn't tried to matchmake Ye Lan and my older brother, Ye Lan might not have had the chance to drug my older brother.]
[I still want to remind my brother to stay away from this woman.]
[After she leaves, I need to put a bad word about her in front of Mom and my sister.]
"Aunt Zhao, I..." Ye Lan panicked. She never expected that Zhao Qiuying, who used to like her the most, would look down on her so much.
"It's all because my family went bankrupt. They look down on people. I'll deal with them after I marry into this family," Ye Lan thought to herself.
Ye Lan's eyes immediately welled up with tears, looking as if she had been bullied.
"Sister Ye, why are you crying if nothing's wrong? Why don't you go back home and cry? No one is bullying you. We're all just trying to help you. Why don't you know how to be grateful?"
[That whiny, crying look is so annoying.]
[There are no men here, who am I going to cry to? My mom or my sister.]
[They're all women, nobody likes your style.]
Ye Lan was caught in a dilemma: whether to cry or not.
Just when they were in a dilemma, Huo Shan returned.
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