Chapter 965: Chapter 965: Tenfold Payback IV

"Exactly, exactly, it’s all because of you!"

"Yeah, you just conveniently fainted and nothing happened to you. Then you woke up slow as anything like you’d just had a nap, and asked what happened all light and breezy. That’s really a joke!"

"Sigh, I really don’t want to believe everything I saw today is actually real!"

"Me neither. I mean, for people like us, the young ladies of the Bai Family and Mu Family are the kind of society ladies we only ever see on TV or in the news and newspapers. Who knew... this is what their temperament is really like!"

"Feels like my illusions just shattered in an instant!"

...

Bai Lanlan: "..."

Mu Haiyun: "..."

Mu Tiantian listened. Even though her cheek hurt like hell, she still couldn’t help but smile.

Song Xiaozhi, standing next to her, glared at her hard.

"Your face is this swollen and you can still laugh? Doesn’t it hurt?"

Mu Tiantian listened, smiled and nodded, then shook her head.

"Of course it hurts if you get hit, especially when the other side hit that hard. But seeing so many people standing on my side and speaking up for me, I’m really very grateful!"

As she said this, Mu Tiantian bowed to the onlookers, her expression very serious and modest, thanking them sincerely.

"Thank you for backing me up!"

None of the onlookers had expected Second Miss Mu to suddenly thank them, so they were all a bit surprised.

After the surprise, they even felt a bit ashamed and embarrassed.

They’d seen plenty of these messy scandals of highborn families in the news, but it was the first time they’d witnessed one with their own eyes. At first they’d just come with a mind to watch the show, and never thought they’d be so sincerely thanked by Second Miss Mu, so they were a little at a loss.

"Uh... it’s fine, it’s fine, it’s what we should do!"

"Exactly, exactly! It’s what we should do!"

"Isn’t that right. I’ve got a niece whose situation is about the same as yours, Second Miss Mu, though she’s from a tiny ordinary family, nothing like the Mu Family. She was out for years, then came back home, only to be looked down on by her own dad and stepmom, and her grandparents didn’t give her a good face either. Sigh..."

...

Once this topic box was opened, there was just no closing it.

Mu Tiantian genuinely wanted to thank these people for backing her up. Otherwise there’s no way she’d have gotten back on top so fast, leaving Mu Haiyun and Bai Lanlan with no way to defend themselves.

Watching Mu Tiantian inexplicably hit it off with these small-town folks, Bai Lanlan and Mu Haiyun just felt like the whole scene had switched genres too fast. They obviously couldn’t accept it, and at the same time found it unbearably ironic.

"Sister Haiyun!"

Bai Lanlan pressed her lips together, looking at Mu Haiyun with an innocent and fragile expression.

Mu Haiyun looked over, feeling incredibly irritated.

But none of that showed on her face; she just watched coldly from the sidelines.

She really wanted to see just how big a mess this little girl from the countryside, Mu Tiantian, could stir up!

——

When Shen Xin arrived with the driver, she saw that the shop where her daughter was had been surrounded so tightly by people that it was hard even to get in.

The driver rushed ahead, calling out over and over for people to make way.

Shen Xin watched and frowned.

"Old Xue, just shout that Mrs. Mu is here."

The driver, Old Xue, froze for a second, then subconsciously nodded, and raised his voice.

"Mrs. Mu is here!"

That shout was full of energy, and even carried a faint sense of superiority.

Hearing it, Shen Xin’s frown deepened a little.

But Old Xue had already shouted. Seeing the onlookers all turn their heads toward them at the sound, Shen Xin gave a faint nod. After the crowd automatically made way for her, she quickly walked inside.

[Update starting now~ Nine Chapters today, making up for the one I missed yesterday~]