Rebirth: The Courtyard Bride Is Cool and Radiant

Chapter 475: Chapter 475 What Is This Attitude?

Before the woman could say anything more, someone with sharp eyes spotted Yunyi approaching and called out, ”Yunyi, you’re back! We were just talking about your family’s affairs.”

Yunyi greeted everyone with a smile. ”Hello, Aunties and Grandmas. I also received the news and rushed back.”

After her greetings, she turned to the woman who claimed to be Old Master Chu’s nephew’s wife. ”Hello, I am Chuyunyi. Where is the elderly gentleman who claims to be my grandfather’s younger brother? I would like to meet him.”

The woman, Jiang Yuli, sized Yunyi up and down. ”Are you the granddaughter my husband’s uncle adopted?”

Yunyi wasn’t angered by this and replied frankly, ”Yes.”

Jiang Yuli looked at Yunyi’s respectable attire, a flash of jealousy in her eyes. ”You’ve returned just in time. I’ll go inform my father-in-law immediately. Just staying at the guesthouse these past few days has cost our family so much money, honestly.”

Yunyi observed the woman’s expression and couldn’t help but smile. ”Isn’t it perfectly normal to pay when staying at a guesthouse?”

That wasn’t what Jiang Yuli meant at all. She glared at Yunyi. ”My husband’s uncle has such a large courtyard, yet we weren’t allowed to stay. We had to wait for you to return, wasting all that money on the guesthouse!”

Yunyi shrugged. ”Whether we’re truly relatives is yet to be confirmed. No family would rashly let strangers move in. Your words are rather amusing.”

Jiang Yuli hadn’t expected Yunyi to be so blunt. ”So young, yet so sharp-tongued! We’ve traveled a great distance to acknowledge our kin. What kind of attitude is this?”

Huo Jingrui frowned upon hearing the woman’s words. ”Let’s not even get into the fact that kinship hasn’t been confirmed. Even if you were relatives of the Chu Family, what exactly do you mean by what you’re saying now?”

At this, the neighbors also spoke up in support. ”Exactly! Even if he is Old Master Chu’s biological younger brother, the kinship hasn’t been confirmed, and she’s already berating people. I don’t think there’s any need to meet this person at all.”

Someone else chimed in, ”That’s right! Could they be scheming to show up and seize the family property? Otherwise, why didn’t they come when Old Master Chu was alive? He passes away, and suddenly they’re at the door. There’s definitely something fishy about this.”

Listening to the crowd’s lively discussion, Jiang Yuli’s expression turned quite ugly. The thought that if her father-in-law found out she had provoked public anger today, she would surely face unpleasant consequences, made her say to Yunyi, ”Regardless, as a junior, it’s improper for you to make an elder come to you. My father-in-law is currently staying at the guesthouse just a short distance away.”

Yunyi hadn’t expected this woman to be so calculating. ”My apologies. I’ve just returned and need to go home first. Besides, I have other matters to attend to during this trip. You probably know I’m an educated youth sent to the countryside. I only managed to get seven days of leave, and the round trip alone takes more than four days. So, I can only stay in Beijing for two and a half days.”

These words also served to tell the woman that Yunyi was very busy. If they didn’t act quickly, then, unfortunately, they could go back where they came from; she wouldn’t be waiting on them.

Hearing Yunyi’s words, Jiang Yuli’s aversion to her grew even stronger. What on earth does she mean by this?

But she also knew that this person had returned with great difficulty. If the discussion didn’t go well, then everything she had hoped for would undoubtedly come to nothing. ”Fine,” she conceded. ”I’ll go back and discuss it with my family.”

Yunyi paid her no more mind. After a brief word with the neighbors, she headed towards the Chu family courtyard.

Seeing Huo Jingrui following Yunyi, some of the more gossip-prone neighbors couldn’t resist huddling together to whisper, ”Don’t you think the Chu family’s girl might be seeing someone from the countryside?”

Someone else chimed in, ”And you know, that young man is quite handsome.”

A neighbor on good terms with the Chu family interjected, ”Alright now, we don’t even know if it’s true yet, so don’t go starting rumors. Which of us hasn’t received kindness from the Chu Family? We all watched that girl grow up. We might not be able to do much to look out for her, but the least we can do is not stir up trouble unnecessarily.”

At these words, those who had been eager to gossip further fell awkwardly silent and quickly changed their tune. ”You’re right. We should indeed look out for her more and make sure no one bullies her.”

Of course, everyone understood the implication; it naturally referred to the family that had just shown up claiming kinship.

While the crowd was still chattering, Yunyi had already entered the main gate of the Chu residence. Auntie Wei, just finishing up in the kitchen, came out and saw Yunyi walking in. ”You’re finally back! I was thinking that if you didn’t return today, you’d surely be here tomorrow. Quick, come inside!”