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Squeezed by Lin Yuan like this, Lin Jiazhong wished he could find a crack in the ground to crawl into.

Lin Siyu’s face turned red then white, her teeth clenched with a crunch, but she couldn’t manage to squeeze out a single word of rebuttal.

How could she? Every single thing the Little Disaster Star said was spot-on!

At this moment, Lin Jianling’s face was ashen white, and he couldn’t utter a word either.

The blows of the day came wave after wave.

He lightly covered his chest, feeling very anxious inside, his body somewhat shaking.

Had it not been for the support of his spouse beside him, he likely would’ve collapsed.

Lady Yang thought the old man was just tired and didn’t make much of it, her eyes still venomously fixed on Lin Yuan, "Little Disaster Star, don’t think just because you have someone backing you today that you can act so arrogantly!

Don’t think I don’t know about the rumors you’ve been spreading behind our backs, saying we mistreat your family!

Hmph, little thing, touch your conscience and tell me, all these years, has that useless thing, your mother, been unable to keep even a boy alive—have we ever treated her unfairly?

Instead, she’s been stirring up your father to separate from our family, to move out and live separately.

Isn’t this a clear slap in our family’s face!

Aiyo, what kind of people have we raised?

No wonder they say girls are a losing deal; this whole family is a pack of ingrates!

Failing to be filial to their own parents, now they’re even forcing us to lose face! "

Lady Yang opened her mouth wide and howled, an act of shamelessness unrivaled by anyone.

Lin Jianling was already frustrated, and her howling only made his head buzz even more.

He wanted to scold her, but his mind felt like it was full of mush, and the words he wanted to say got stuck in his throat. He was getting old, indeed.

Lin Yuan touched her conscience, rolled her eyes, and retorted, "It was clearly you who forced my father to divorce his wife and marry that widow. It was because he refused that we had to move out, and now you’re blaming it on my mother.

Granny, aren’t we your granddaughters too?

How come we can’t compare to my cousin? That’s right, cousin has now gone to become someone’s Little Concubine, and we might not see her for a lifetime, so she does deserve to be pampered.

Why don’t you hurry home and make her some tasty food, lest when she enters Master Magistrate’s household and gets bullied by Madam County Magistrate, she won’t even have food to eat. "

"Little Disaster Star! Shut your filthy mouth!" Having her beloved granddaughter reduced to becoming someone’s concubine was the last straw for Lady Yang. She had given up any hope of enjoying her granddaughter’s company; she didn’t even want to see her face anymore, much less cook for her!

What a fart! She had thought that having a pretty granddaughter might bring in some extra cash, but it turned out she was just another monetary loss!

Lin Yuan figured Lady Yang was just heartbroken over Lin Siyu and didn’t want to hear her sarcasm, so she pursed her lips and decided not to stoop to the level of the old woman anymore.

In the meantime, Lao Fan, standing to the side, stamped his foot impatiently, yelling loudly, "If you’re going to argue, don’t do it in front of me.

Lock yourselves in and argue or fight all you want!

Now, settle this tofu matter quickly! My tofu is a specialty item, not sold in any other restaurant.

You’ve ruined so much of it all at once; my Fuman Building won’t be able to conduct tofu business for at least three days!

How much money will I lose during those three days?

Hurry up, compensate! At least two hundred taels of silver! "

Two hundred taels of silver?!

Lin Jianling’s head swam, and he nearly fainted. Two hundred taels of silver—how many years would it take for his family to earn that much money?

Lin Jiaxiao and Li Feng’e were both scared out of their wits, too.

Although they received a referral fee for introducing Lin Siyu to the Master Magistrate as a Little Concubine, it was only two taels of silver after all.

They exchanged glances, seeing in each other’s eyes their mutual understanding: when it comes to earning money, one must throw in all one has; but when it comes to paying money, let Boss take the hit.

After all, if it hadn’t been for Lady Ma’s instigations, they wouldn’t have been there to catch the adultery or caused the damage.