Song Yulian bit her lower lip, looking wronged.
Putting aside other matters, just looking at her appearance, Qin Tingxue felt an urge to comfort her.
As for the Xie family's sons, with their madam present, their eyes were more honest than usual.
"Who are you putting on this act for? Crying and sniveling, you're unlucky. Madam, we absolutely cannot let someone like this into our household. She's a jinx, bad luck." Xie Chen was even more disgusted!
"You all have to be my witnesses, I didn't do anything to her! Crying like this is just annoying."
Hearing these words, Song Yulian forgot to cry.
How could someone be like this?
From childhood, as long as she appeared on the verge of tears and looked wronged, she could always gain comfort from those around her and achieve her goals.
As she grew older, she became even more aware of the power of her tears.
With her tears, she moved from the Song family to the Xie family, living no worse than the Xie family's own daughters.
Song Yulian had always believed her tears were invincible.
But now, from Xie Chen, she saw undisguised disdain.
Before Song Yulian could ponder where she had gone wrong, she was seized by a rough maidservant borrowed by Xie Chen from Wang Yue.
Yes, they roughly grabbed her arms, making her stumble, and she was almost dragged outside.
Because Xie Chen had brought his wife back today, there were more people from the Xie clan than usual. Not long after the group left Xie Zhilan's doorstep, many curious people gathered.
With Xie Chen's exaggerated explanation, everyone soon knew that the Second Old Master, doting on them as a couple, had insisted on sending them a maid. The Second Old Master, being old, had poor eyesight and had chosen poorly; this person was unlucky and sickly.
Those who knew Song Yulian's intentions and looked down on her inwardly praised the action. Especially the young ladies from the Second Old Master's lineage, they were the true Xie family daughters, and the elders' affection should have been theirs, but it was all snatched away by this outsider, Song Yulian. She was so hypocritical. Yet, for some reason, the elders couldn't see her hypocrisy; in their eyes, Song Yulian was more considerate, well-behaved, and sensible than they were. Now, seeing Song Yulian in such a disheveled state was immensely satisfying.
For this reason, they found Xie Chen more pleasing to the eye. They knew that Song Yulian wanted to be Xie Chen's woman. Originally, they had worried that Song Yulian, having attached herself to Xie Chen, would become even more arrogant. Now, seeing Xie Chen's attitude, it was clear he didn't even want to spare her a second glance. Moreover, Xie Chen loudly spoke of "serving," and except for the very young, most understood his meaning. Song Yulian's attempt to solicit him had failed.
Unable to break free from the rough maidservant sent by Wang Yue, Song Yulian's struggles caused her hair to loosen and her clothes to become disheveled, losing her usual refined appearance. When Xie Second Old Master came out, he saw a disheveled Song Yulian.
"Achen, what happened?" Xie Second Old Master asked, his expression uncertain.
"Old Master, I'm returning this person to you. Before the deed of sale is given to me, I'm returning her to you now! You pity me and Tingxue, so at least give us someone like this!" Xie Chen pointed to the robust and strong-looking rough maidservant beside Wang Yue.
The Second Old Master was a bit confused.
"The Song girl you sent is frail and not pleasing, and she cried in front of us during my and Tingxue's wedding. This is clearly cursing us," Xie Chen said, appearing very angry.