Chen Wei froze.
Chen Rong didn’t want to trade barbs with her. She told the driver: “Go faster.”
“Aye.”
She didn’t really need to tell him. With two mistresses fighting in the middle of the street and giving no thought to propriety, the servants had felt ill at ease and had long sped up out of anxiety.
The carriages soon drove into the Chen estate.
Nevertheless, both Chen Wei and Chen Rong ordered their vehicles to go directly into their own courtyard before getting off.
When she saw Chen Rong come down, Nurse Ping who had been waiting quickly walked up to her. There was a rare gravity on Chen Rong’s face that was illuminated by the lantern light. “What happened, miss?” the nurse asked in apprehension.
“Nothing.”
Chen Rong flapped her sleeve and entered her home.
Shortly, the door slammed shut.
Chen Rong rushed into her bedchamber, pacing back and forth while scolding: “Stupid Sun Yan. Who told you to run your mouth?” The outburst did little to lessen her anger. She took the whip from the wall, lashed into the air and yelled: “How I want to whip you to shreds, stupid, stupid boy!”
Her voice was full of fury.
Deep down inside, Chen Rong knew perfectly well that when Sun Yan had told Ran Min these things, he hadn’t known a man like Ran Min would actually fall for her and furthermore propose in this manner.
Even she had no idea that the one Ran Min liked turned out to be this incarnation of her.
Her lashing slowed down with her train of thoughts. Soon, Chen Rong gasped for breath, slowly retreated several steps and weakly sat down.
She released her whip and dropped her head into her hands, dejectedly thinking that: Sun Yan cannot marry her, it’s impossible with Wang Hong, and only Ran Min was willing to marry her. But she would never in a million years marry him. What was she supposed to do now?
Before, she used to think that she might somehow meet a scholar who came from a humble background like hers. They’d then wed and live a peaceful and comfortable life.
But this dream had now shattered!
Oh Heaven, what was she going to do?