Second Marriage

Translator: tarararawr

Editor: Larkspur

Chapter 29 Part 1

Xiao Youning decided on a house, and moving to it was the first good thing that had happened in nearly a month since her father and brother had encountered mishap.

She asked someone to calculate an auspicious day to prepare to move in.

She had seen the furniture inside that was included, and the only items she needed to purchase were all small items. It was fine to live there first and then buy the other items later.

Yuan Guo saw that she was livelier than before, and the smile at the corners of her mouth did not fall. After running around for the move, Yuan Guo first asked the servants from the villa to go to the house to clean it up.

Xiao Youning had been very busy for the past few days but was still waiting for a reply from Ye Shen.

Since the day she had given him the deed, she had not heard from him as if he had disappeared into thin air.

Chen Li, on his side, was still doing his best to wait for news from his private residence. Without any exceptions, he was informed that there was no news. He felt guilty when he had nothing to tell Xiao Youning.

Xiao Youning felt frustrated, but she controlled her emotions well and did not show it in front of anyone.

After Ye Shen went back after the attack, she had been pondering a lot and realized that for a while now she had been too dependent on him

Maybe it’s because she had experienced too many things and had hit too many brick walls that she was looking for comfort somewhere and only Ye Shen showed her warmth. He was like a source of heat on a winter day and she relied on him without realizing it.

But it shouldn’t be like this.

She had no reason to ask a person for this warmth. Besides, Ye Shen’s attitude that day allowed her to be clear that there was a sense of distance between them.

Her over-dependence might have made him uncomfortable.

Xiao Youning calmed herself. She no longer thought about those things between her and Ye Shen. Every day, she was busy decorating her new home.

The capital had also been in an uproar these past few days. There was gossip everywhere of how the Eldest Princess Residence and the Li Family were going to get married. Xiao Youning did not put a foot outside and still heard this news.

Of course, this information was brought by Xiao Anning who had received a cold shoulder at the banquet.

She stood at the door of Xiao Youning’s courtyard with her snobbish little face and happily stabbed her about this without any hesitation as she smiled contemptuously at her. It was as if her surname was not Xiao but Li. It was almost like she was humiliating Xiao Youning while she was bringing honor to her family.

Xiao Youning was in a good mood and didn’t bother to pay attention to this childish behavior.

What she didn’t know was that Old Madam Xiao had prepared a place for her to live for the rest of her life, and sent someone to invite her over the next day. She opened with, “Third girl has heard about those things regarding the Li Family, right? The topic discussed in the capital these days really makes a person fed up with it. The young women of our Xiao Family do not have to suffer these grievances. Why don’t you turn a deaf ear to it and live in the southern suburbs for a while?”

Xiao Youning understood the meaning of these words and smirked on the spot. She let Yuan Guo bring something over.

It was the confessions of her aunt buying off the murderers to kill her for her dowry.

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She delivered it to Old Madam Xiao and said with a fake smile, “Old Madam, we are wise women who do not need to speak secretly. Don’t exploit the fact that my name has been cleared to justify casting me aside. Wasn’t it your Second Branch who provoked me first? And now you want to control me for the rest of my life? There will be no such thing.

Old Madam Xiao knew about these confessions beforehand, but she had never seen if it was real. She still didn’t care about it. Now that everything was clearly put in front of her, she was so angry that her hands were shaking and could not be concerned about her dignity.

“You don’t have to go through the trouble of helping me find a place. I will be leaving the Second Branch tomorrow and I have my own place to go. I will leave these confessions behind for you, but these servants are still under me. From now on, I don’t want to be a part of any trivial affairs of your Second Branch. You will have nothing to do with me, and I will not be free to trouble you.”

As she finished speaking, she calmly turned around and left without any concern over the fact that Old Madam Xiao was on the verge of collapsing from anger over her threats.

With everything up to now, she just wanted to cleanly break up with the Xiao Family’s Second Branch in order to avoid any issues in the future where the Xiao Family’s Second Branch would once again try to take advantage of her.

“This condescending little wench!”

After Xiao Youning left, Old Madam Xiao exhaled the breath that was blocking her chest for a long time. She pounded the table and tore those confessions to pieces.

None of the servants in the room dared to speak. She bitterly sneered again, and finally gritted her teeth and said, “If a woman wants to settle down and set up a household outside, she cannot live in peace with so little money!”