The Reborn Aristocrat’s Daughter

"I’ve heard, how could I not have heard? The Situ Family and the Loo Family, the power these two hold in Capital City, is truly at its peak. I never suspected ’Xin’ Clothing Company was backed by these two giants," said one of the men holding an iron rice bowl, his voice filled with excitement as he jumped into the conversation upon hearing the names Situ Family and Loo Family. "Just a while ago, the Xiao Family took a big hit, I heard that it was the doing of the Situ Family and the Loo Family," chimed in another man with an iron rice bowl.

Han Mengying, looking at everyone focusing on Situ Xin’s words, said discontentedly, "You’re just a kid, how could you know all this? I think you’re just making things up."

"Auntie, why do you have to target me like this? Everything I said is the truth, but you keep accusing me of making things up. Auntie, do you really need me to talk bad about my own family before you’ll believe me?" Situ Xin asked, looking at Han Mengying with a hint of grievance.

Zhang Xiao couldn’t stand the sight of Situ Xin’s aggrieved little face. She looked up at Han Mengying and said, "Mengying, what are you doing? Why are you picking on Xiao Xin? She’s just a child; she can’t be that cunning. You shouldn’t think so poorly of everyone." After saying that, Zhang Xiao turned to comfort Situ Xin. "Xiao Xin, it’s okay, Auntie Zhang believes what our Xiao Xin says,"

Seeing Zhang Xiao, who had always stood by her side, now turning to accuse her and side with Situ Xin, Han Mengying felt all the suppressed anger in her heart erupt. She said to Zhang Xiao, "What do you mean by those words? How am I targeting her? I’m just telling the truth. And moreover, by what right do you speak to me in that tone? You’re nothing but a woman who, through sheer luck and scheming, married into a wealthy family." In her anger, Han Mengying was truly speaking without a filter, but it was her temper that caused her to reveal her true thoughts.

"You, you, Han Mengying, what did you say about me?" Zhang Xiao had indeed been fortunate to marry a wealthy husband from Xiangjiang. And because of her fortunate marriage, her relatives and the real heiresses of Xiangjiang often spoke behind her back, saying that she had used trickery to marry into wealth. Zhang Xiao, who usually hated it the most when others gossiped about her marriage into a wealthy family, found Han Mengying deliberately poking at her sore spot, despite knowing all too well.

"Am I wrong? Aren’t you the one who relied on your own tricks and good fortune to marry into a wealthy family? It’s not just me who says this; I think everyone feels the same way." Han Mengying had become reckless, anyhow she had only been using Zhang Xiao and the others before and never really considered them friends. More than that, she felt that Zhang Xiao and her companions were not even worthy to be her friends.