The Reborn Aristocrat's Daughter-Chapter 886 - 404

This person was bad-mouthing others behind their backs, but their voice was anything but quiet. Especially when they spoke, their gaze deliberately fell on the Xu family couple. Wasn’t it obvious that they wanted the Xu family couple to hear what they were saying?

The Xu family couple’s expressions were rather unpleasant, with Lady Xu so furious that she almost had smoke rising from her head. "This is simply bullying too far." Even if her son wasn’t the best, he was still her son, flesh of her own flesh. Criticizing was her prerogative—others doing so was unacceptable to her.

"Honey, calm down. Obviously, this person is just jealous of our son. We shouldn’t stoop to her level. Look, she’s clearly doing this on purpose, raising her voice so we would hear. If you confront her now, you’ll be falling right into the trap she set for us." Father Xu was afraid his wife would act impulsively. His wife could be quite terrifying when upset.

Under normal circumstances, he wouldn’t hold her back. She could do whatever she wanted, and he’d be her steadfast support.

But now, this was a party thrown by the Xiao couple. If his wife caused a scene now, wouldn’t it be disrespectful to the Xiao couple?

He had realized the woman’s scheme—she wanted to provoke them into making a scene, to cause a disturbance, and thus offend the Xiao couple.

"Offending the Xiao family could harm both our family and Haoyang. Honey, we must endure this. But rest assured, I’ve taken note of who spoke those words. After tonight, I will have her investigated and I’ll help you deal with her." Father Xu might appear to be all smiles and ambitionless, seemingly easy to bully.

Yet, if he were really that easy to push around, the Xu family would not be where it is today, nor would Xu Group have established itself in Capital City. However, for Father Xu, it wasn’t about power or money being paramount; family mattered most to him.

The woman’s words and actions had crossed his bottom line. If he remained indifferent to someone bullying his family behind his back, what kind of man would he be?

Mother Xu’s rising anger slowly subsided under Father Xu’s soothing words. "When you’ve found her out, tell me, and I’ll go to her personally. I want to ask her what she means by ’an ugly toad lusting after a swan’s flesh.’"

Her anger flared up again as she spoke.

"Ha, ma’am, is it really okay for you to talk badly about others behind their backs? And also, isn’t your voice a little too loud for that? How about this, I’ll get a microphone sent to you, so you can say whatever you want. Everyone should hear those words." Situ Xin and Xiao Muli saw the Xu family couple arrive, the two came over to greet the Xu family couple.

The purpose of Situ Xin’s party was to meet the Xu family couple, to connect with them, and see if they were easy to get along with, to find out if her daughter Xiao Shiyao would have a comfortable life marrying into their family.

So, as soon as Situ Xin saw the Xu family couple coming in, she interrupted the people trying to socialize with them and, taking Xiao Muli by the hand, came over to the Xu family couple.

The two of them had barely approached the Xu family couple to greet them when they heard a woman saying this.

Situ Xin particularly disliked people who talked badly about others behind their backs. If you have something to say, say it to their face. frёewebηovel.cѳm

And if you must speak about someone behind their back, can you speak quietly? This attitude of almost wishing for the other party to hear and start a fight, what did it mean?

What kind of person was Situ Xin? With a quick thought, she understood the woman’s intentions.

It was simply to provoke the Xu family couple into challenging her, then, to cause a scene, attract more attention, and make the couple feel disrespected by the Xu family couple, disrupting their hosted party.

Of course, if the Xu family couple didn’t fall for it, she could still get some satisfaction from it and discomfort them.

The woman thought her calculations were sound, but she had overlooked Situ Xin herself.

Although Xu Haoyang was not yet officially her son-in-law, her daughter was currently dating him, and if nothing unexpected happened, he wouldn’t be getting away.

She knew her daughter best. Ever since her daughter started dating Xu Haoyang, there had been noticeable changes. Regardless, such changes were welcomed by her.

Although her daughter had never lacked suitors—enough to go around Capital City twice—she knew what they were after, and so did her daughter. That’s why her daughter had never been moved by anyone and had never had a boyfriend growing up.

This was a source of anxiety for the mother.

Her husband and sons were protective, fearing that her daughter (their sister) might be snatched away by some wolf. But her concerns were different; she feared her daughter might never find a boy she truly loved.

"Hey, who are you to interfere like this?" The woman, seeing that the Xu family couple hadn’t reacted as she had anticipated and come up to confront her, didn’t know who was talking about her behind her back.

She prepared to turn around, to give a piece of her mind to this nosy woman.

But when she turned and saw who was standing behind her, especially those eyes filled with a chilly gaze, she froze, her face instantly paling: "President Xiao, Madam Xiao, I—I’m sorry. I didn’t realize it was you two." The woman stammered incoherently upon seeing Xiao Muli and Situ Xin, scared and unable to speak clearly.

"Don’t, we can’t accept your apology," Situ Xin said with a smile on her face, one that sent chills down the woman’s spine from head to toe. "Ma’am, I’m afraid we don’t welcome people like you here. Someone, please escort her out."

Situ Xin did not recognize the woman, but even if she did, she wouldn’t want to keep her.

There were things that the Xu family couple couldn’t address themselves, so she would take action. Since the Xu family couple were her guests, and someone bad-mouthed them like this, it would be inappropriate for her not to intervene.

Upon hearing Situ Xin’s command, the Situ family’s guards came forward, picked up the woman despite her struggle, and directly escorted her out.

Situ Xin’s action shocked the crowd, their jaws nearly hitting the floor. None of them could have expected Situ Xin to be so straightforward and not show face to the guest. Yet, no one dared to stand up at this moment and say a word about Situ Xin.

The Xu family couple never thought that the situation would take such a dramatic turn.