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"What’s happened?" Seeing his Schadenfreude, Lin Yuan silently prayed for some unlucky soul in her heart.

"Hehe, it’s about the man who cursed Boss Mo that day.

The whole West Street is buzzing with gossip, saying that he was caught by his fiancée trying to make Boss Mo his little concubine.

After she confronted him about it, he got a beating and a scolding from his eldest brother-in-law.

Not only that, but the fiancée is even thinking of breaking off the engagement now! "

So the unlucky soul was Xie Zhiyuan, Lin Yuan retracted her silent prayer for him.

But beating and scolding from his eldest brother-in-law? That didn’t seem right; as far as she knew, Ma Xiaoqian was the only child of the second branch of the family, without a brother. If there was one, it would only be her cousin, Ma Junying.

However, given Ma Junying’s scholarly elegance, he surely wouldn’t do such things. It appeared to be just another case of wild rumors.

Yet, Lin Yuan fully believed that Ma Xiaoqian was definitely capable of doing such a thing as to beat and scold.

"Break off the engagement?" Lin Yuan shook her head disdainfully, "That Ma Xiaoqian would never do such a thing. Even if she no longer liked Xie Zhiyuan, she wouldn’t just let him go so that he could frolic with Sister Mo."

Liuzi clapped his hands and gave Lin Yuan a thumbs-up: "Boss Lady, you’re truly prescient!

Amazing, amazing! That Ma Xiaoqian really didn’t call off the engagement.

However, I heard that she made a demand, which was after getting married, she couldn’t live with her mother-in-law.

Either they live alone, or the mother-in-law has to move back to her hometown! "

Lin Yuan laughed, that really sounded like something Ma Xiaoqian would do.

"This Xie Zhiyuan’s mother isn’t one to be trifled with either, she’s thinking of sending her own mother away before even getting married.

Why would she agree to that? In front of all the neighbors, she scolded Ma Xiaoqian, who simply ignored it, leaving Xie Zhiyuan with an ultimatum: ’Either call off the engagement, or we live separately.

’ Then she just got on the carriage and left. "

"Xie Zhiyuan was caught between a rock and a hard place, sending his mother alone back to the countryside certainly wasn’t acceptable.

So, I heard he rented a small broken room for her in the alley next door.

That really infuriated the old woman; she berated her son and even fell severely ill because of it! "

Lin Yuan scoffed, the wicked have their own tormentors.

Initially, Lady Xie was quite dismissive of Mo Sanniang, nitpicking at every turn, but now her favored daughter-in-law was looking down on her.

She got what she deserved being kicked out by her daughter-in-law, but it’s unknown whether she regretted hindering her son’s relationship with Mo Sanniang at that time.

If she hadn’t interfered, she might even have a few great-grandchildren by now.

And as for Xie Zhiyuan, he’s not even married yet, and he’s already tightly under his fiancée’s thumb; it will only get worse in the future.

He had the audacity to talk about taking Mo Sanniang back as a little concubine when he can’t even take care of his own mother. What a joke!

Glancing across the street, Lin Yuan asked, "Does Boss Mo know about these things?"

Liuzi nodded, "Of course she knows. Everyone’s been talking about it these days; even Mr. Meng, the reticent type, is aware. How could she not know?"

"What’s her reaction? Has she..." Has she gone to visit that sick old lady?

Liuzi shook his head: "No reaction, just like listening to other people’s business, she asks nothing, doesn’t comment, and hasn’t done anything."

Lin Yuan finally felt relieved, it seemed that Mo Sanniang had truly given up on Lady Xie and her son.

That was good; the Xie mother and son were clearly up to no good.

Why would she bother when she had Mr. Meng, who was much easier to get along with?

Besides, with Meng Liangdong’s parents having passed away early, Mo Sanniang wouldn’t have to deal with complicated mother-in-law and daughter-in-law dynamics after marrying into their family.

She wouldn’t need to look at anyone’s face, she could run the household and have the final say—how perfect.