Chapter 403
“Am I the one with a high opinion of myself, or are you the one with low self-esteem?” Su Xiaoxiao looked at the smug expression on Gao Lanwen’s face, and couldn’t help but twitch her mouth.
Gao Lanwen came from a family that favored sons over daughters. They had three daughters before finally having a son, so the three sisters were treated like servants to the little master.
In contrast, Su Xiaoxiao’s family was completely different. Apart from her older brother, she had two cousins. Her maternal grandparents were not biased against girls. Moreover, Su Xiaoxiao had been very cute since childhood, so she was spoiled and pampered by her three brothers.
As a result, Gao Lanwen had always been like a rooster in a fight, looking for reasons to be dissatisfied with her.
Now, just a simple sentence from Su Xiaoxiao seemed to hit a nerve with Gao Lanwen, making her explode.
“What nonsense are you talking? Who’s insecure? I just look down on women like you who trade your body for a good life. The man willing to marry you is no good either. He’s only interested in your looks and the fact that you’re from the city. But he’s a fool. Your dad is about to face a huge scandal, and yet he still dares to marry a troublemaker like you,” Gao Lanwen glared at Su Xiaoxiao with fierce eyes, as if she was ready to charge at her and tear her apart.
“You must be crazy! Just because your life isn’t going well, you think everyone else’s marriage is doomed too?” Su Xiaoxiao frowned and looked at the girl with confusion.
They were both the same age. Su Xiaoxiao had gone to the countryside because she neither had a job nor wanted to settle for just any man to marry. But Gao Lanwen, on the other hand, had rushed into marriage just to avoid going to the countryside, even without a wedding banquet.
Now, what face did she have to criticize Su Xiaoxiao’s marriage?
Besides, it seemed that this Gao Lanwen, although a bit eccentric, hadn’t been this crazy before.
However, Su Xiaoxiao was in a good mood today and didn’t want to argue with her. She turned around to leave.
“You’re not leaving!” Gao Lanwen rushed forward and tried to grab Su Xiaoxiao’s hand.
But Su Xiaoxiao twisted her wrist, causing Gao Lanwen to cry out in pain.
“Su Xiaoxiao! Let go of me!” Gao Lanwen didn’t expect Su Xiaoxiao to have such strength and screamed in pain.
Inside the house, Jiang Yexun heard the commotion and immediately ran out.
Seeing the two glaring at each other, he walked up to Su Xiaoxiao and shot Gao Lanwen a cold glare.
“Who are you? Why are you deliberately causing trouble for Xiaoxiao?”
If it weren’t for this woman looking so foolish, Jiang Yexun might even have suspected she was a spy.
Gao Lanwen had just been shocked by how Su Xiaoxiao’s countryside fiancé actually looked decent, but when she heard his words, she immediately got angry.
“Are you blind? Can’t you see Su Xiaoxiao is twisting my wrist?” Gao Lanwen shouted back angrily.
The next second, her wrist was twisted again, making her cry out in pain.
But Jiang Yexun seemed to ignore what Su Xiaoxiao was doing. His gaze toward Gao Lanwen became even colder.
“Xiaoxiao has a soft temper and a good nature. It can only be that you were the one who made the first move.”
Jiang Yexun said this with absolute confidence, which stunned Gao Lanwen.
She hadn’t expected the man from the countryside to believe Su Xiaoxiao so unconditionally, without even asking what happened.
However, she seemed to have thought of something and looked at Jiang Yexun with disdain. “Heh, so you country bumpkins really don’t care about your faces. You’re willing to marry a factory manager’s daughter? Her dad’s about to go to jail for embezzling steel, and the whole family will be affected. You’re just marrying a useless burden.”
“Has she always been this crazy?” Jiang Yexun frowned and gently asked Su Xiaoxiao, not bothering to look at Gao Lanwen.
Su Xiaoxiao curled her lips and shook her head, “Maybe she’s unhappy in her marriage. Anyway, I didn’t think she was this crazy before she got married.”
“Su Xiaoxiao! You’re talking nonsense! You’re just jealous that I got to stay in the city!” Gao Lanwen yelled furiously.
Is staying in the city really such a big deal?
She was someone who had rejected Grandpa Zhang’s offer of a job in Beijing, not wanting to leave Hong Feng Production Team just to take care of Aunt Guo. She didn’t want Aunt Guo to be harmed by Old Jiang’s family when Jiang Yexun left for Shanghai in the past life.
“Gao Lanwen, are you done yet?” A sudden stern voice came from afar.
Gao Lanwen’s face changed to one of panic, and both Su Xiaoxiao and Jiang Yexun looked over.
When they saw the man, Su Xiaoxiao’s expression instantly turned unpleasant.
No wonder Gao Lanwen had become so crazy after marriage—she had married a mama’s boy.
“Shuxuan, why are you here?” Gao Lanwen quickly rushed over, trying to grab the man’s hand.
But the man stepped aside as if to avoid her, and his disgust was unmistakable.
His gaze, however, turned straight to Su Xiaoxiao.
Jiang Yexun took a step forward and shielded Su Xiaoxiao with his broad frame, his cold gaze directed at the man.
The man didn’t feel awkward, instead, he smiled apologetically at Jiang Yexun. “I’m sorry. My wife isn’t very good with words. Actually, she and Xiaoxiao grew up together. They’ve been bickering for years, so it’s nothing unusual.”
“Not unusual! Who would get used to someone constantly picking on them!” Su Xiaoxiao popped her head out and retorted.
The man smiled faintly when he saw Su Xiaoxiao’s angry expression.
“That was Gao Lanwen’s fault. I’ll have her apologize to you.”
With that, he grabbed his wife’s hand and tried to pull her forward.
“I won’t apologize!” Gao Lanwen stubbornly refused, her neck stiff with defiance.
The man’s smile disappeared immediately.
“If you don’t apologize, then stay at your parents’ house. Don’t come back for the New Year.”
Hearing this, Gao Lanwen immediately panicked. “Chen Shuxuan, do you even have a heart? I gave up everything to marry you. After the marriage, I’ve been trying to please your mother and sister. And now you want to send me back to my parents’ house for Su Xiaoxiao? Tell me, do you still have feelings for this bitch?”
Jiang Yexun pulled a piece of candy from his pocket and accurately threw it at Gao Lanwen’s face.
“Ouch!” She screamed in pain, clutching her face.
Then, she stared in disbelief at Jiang Yexun. “You actually dared to hit me!”
“If you dare insult my wife again, I’ll take action.”
Jiang Yexun suppressed the anger bubbling inside him, but the killing intent around him made Gao Lanwen immediately shrink back.
But she felt extremely aggrieved. She was a high school graduate, and from the city, yet now she was so frightened by a country bumpkin that she couldn’t even lift her head.