Chapter 295: Let’s See You Be Stingy Just Once

As she said this, Shen Nian turned and waved to Lin Jingyun behind her.

"Sister Jingyun, you should come over and listen too!"

"Alright!"

Lin Jingyun had just walked up to Shen Nian’s side anyway. Hearing Shen Nian’s words, she simply followed her lead, pulled up a stool, and sat down next to her.

"!!!"

Seeing the two of them sitting primly before them, the two women regretted it so bitterly they could have kicked themselves.

’If we had known this would happen, why did we have to stand here gossiping? If we’d just gone home and done our work, none of this would be happening!’

’It would have been one thing if it was just Shen Nian, but there was Lin Jingyun next to her! That’s the leader’s wife!’

Put on the spot like this, they had to speak up, no matter how much they didn’t want to.

"Um, we just heard it from others... They said the new Mrs. Lu is relentless when she’s in the right, impolite, doesn’t appreciate kindness, and is super stingy!"

The woman on the left mustered up her courage to speak, then immediately shrank back, as if she were afraid Shen Nian would fly into a rage and beat her up.

After the woman on the left finished, the one on the right quickly added a sentence.

"We weren’t the ones who said it! We just heard it from other people."

"Who did you hear it from?"

Hearing their description of Shen Nian, which didn’t contain a single positive word, Lin Jingyun found herself getting angry on Shen Nian’s behalf.

"Well..."

"What, are you going to cover for the person who’s badmouthing others?"

"..."

The two women looked at each other. ’It’s not that we want to cover for her, but if we name names, it’s definitely not going to end well for us later!’

"Sister Jingyun, there’s no need to ask that question!"

Shen Nian’s words made not only Lin Jingyun but also the two women look at her. ’We haven’t said anything! Could it be that Shen Nian already knows who it is?’

"I’ve only interacted with two people since I arrived today. You’ve been with me the whole time, Sister Jingyun, so it’s definitely not you. That only leaves one person. It’s pretty easy to guess, isn’t it?"

Shen Nian shrugged as she spoke, and after finishing, she looked back at the two women.

"But I am curious. Sister-in-law Liu must have said more than just those few things, right? How exactly did she describe it? She said I’m relentless? She said ten sentences, and I only said three in total. She said I don’t appreciate kindness? She came to my house and broke something of mine, and I didn’t say a single word. She said I’m super stingy? Did I make a mistake by giving a welcome gift? Or was my welcome gift looked down upon?"

After she finished, Shen Nian furrowed her brow, putting on a look of complete confusion.

Beside her, Lin Jingyun was secretly bursting with amusement. ’This little sister of mine is so sharp-tongued! If that Liu Fanglan wants to bully her, I’m afraid she doesn’t have what it takes!’

"Hmph. I’ve never seen a ’relentless’ person who didn’t even get a chance to speak. Who’s the one being relentless here? And saying you don’t appreciate kindness? If someone came to my house and broke my things, I’d have cursed them and thrown them out! And calling you stingy? Hey, I received your welcome gift too! If giving snacks from Dingshi Restaurant as a welcome gift is considered stingy, then I guess no one in our family compound is generous!"

The first part of Lin Jingyun’s speech already had the two women looking at each other. Shen Nian’s version was completely different from what Liu Fanglan had said. And with Lin Jingyun’s explanation, anyone could tell who was right and who was wrong.

But all that aside, the most crucial part was the snacks from Dingshi Restaurant! Shen Nian’s welcome gift was actually snacks from Dingshi Restaurant! That was something they couldn’t even afford to eat on a normal day!

Why? Because it was expensive; they couldn’t bear to spend the money!

’That Liu Fanglan... she took the snacks from Dingshi Restaurant and still had the nerve to call her stingy!’

’Pah! I wish she’d be "stingy" like that with me just once!’