Chapter 18 - 9 Idle Chatter_2
"Miss," Liu Ya glanced at her and said gently, "This servant is just feeling aggrieved on your behalf! Although our Sang family is not wealthy, we are certainly free from want, and Miss, when have you ever endured such cold words and sneers? The words of these people really cut deeper than knives, none of the people in this city are good!" Liu Ya said with resentment.
Sang Wan couldn't help but laugh at her words, then softly grasped her hand and said, "It doesn't matter, we live our lives for ourselves, not for them to see. Just let the idle talk pass and don't take it to heart. Liu Ya, we can't control how others view us, but we mustn't look down on ourselves! One day, when we hold our heads high with pride, let them see then!"
"Right! What does this moment count for? I refuse to believe that they will look down on us forever! Hmph, if they were in our shoes, they would probably fare even worse!" Liu Ya straightened her chest and tilted her chin defiantly.
"That's the right way to think!" Sang Wan encouraged her quickly: "You go down and think carefully, where did you go wrong this time and how should you deal with such a situation if it arises again?" Seeing that Liu Ya looked slightly unconvinced, Sang Wan sighed lightly, "Think about it, what good does arguing with people accomplish?"
Liu Ya's expression froze, and she realized that although one cries out against injustice, there are times and places for doing so, otherwise it is nothing but bringing humiliation upon oneself and asking for trouble! Just like this time, her rebuttal appeared so weak and futile, it might even become a laughing matter for others to pass around!
"This servant has remembered," Liu Ya said softly.
Sang Wan nodded for her to go down and rest, and mulled over the matter in her mind, her thoughts inevitably drifting towards Gu Fangzi. It wasn't that she was overly suspicious, but Gu Fangzi's behavior was truly worth her concern!
In the main courtyard, Mrs. Wang exhaled in relief upon hearing what Mrs. Jiang had said, repeatedly murmuring "What a close call!"
The Sang family might not be as prominent as the Shi family, but Sang Wan had married into the Shi family and therefore became a daughter-in-law of the Shi family—a master of the household! Losing face for her meant the Shi family also lost face.
"She is still quite astute, not asking excessive questions. Otherwise, if this incident were blown open, there'd be no hiding it!" Mrs. Wang sighed softly. Having her own daughter-in-law mocked and ridiculed by the household servants was uncomfortable enough internally, not to mention if outsiders got wind of it, the Shi family wouldn't show their faces in Qingzhou City! Especially that Mrs. Zhuang from Zhuang's Trading Firm, she would surely laugh herself to death!
That woman was simply jealous of their Shi family, and would find reasons to nitpick and gossip even when there was nothing afoot. Now armed with this excuse, she would surely blow things out of proportion!
"Have you given clear instructions below? If anyone dares to speak a word about this incident, I want them beaten to death! Those two gossipy Xiaosis, give them a beating and send them to the manor to do hard labor! If they still don't behave, send them off to the Sichuan Forest to chop wood! Hmph, they've really turned against us!" Mrs. Wang declared angrily through clenched teeth.