Transmigration: The Little Chef Calls The Shots-Chapter 1342 - 188, Price War (One More Update)_3

Madam Xu, however, was different as she laughed until the powder on her face started to peel off.

Lin Yuan thought to herself that perhaps the two had come to an agreement.

Before hearing what the families had agreed upon, a sharp mocking laugh entered Lin Yuan’s ears.

"Ha! Lady Liu! You really dare to come? And you brought your daughter too? What, here to meet a lover? I must tell you, stop dreaming big dreams! Our Chen family will never let someone like your daughter through our doors! Don’t even think about it!"

Lin Yuan furrowed her brows, the speaker was Lady Jiang, and the scolded one was her mother? What lover, what entering doors! Could it be...

Lin Yuan’s heart skipped a beat, and she hurried to Chen Ji’s door, only to see Lady Jiang, waist akimbo, scolding Lady Liu and Lin Wei like a shrew. Having just argued with Lady Du, Lady Jiang’s voice was hoarse, and she was sweating profusely due to the layers of fabric wrapped around her.

Yet even so, nothing could stop Lady Jiang’s zeal for insulting others; she abandoned her practiced Beijing accent, reverting to the softer Jiangnan dialect as she cursed incessantly.

The one directly pointed at and scolded by Lady Jiang, Lady Liu, was completely confused, and Lin Wei, beside her, blushed deeply, wishing she could hide within the fabric pile and never show her face again.

"Madam Chen! Please watch your words, what is the reason for this public humiliation!"

Due to the price war between the two families today, many people, including servants and old women sent by influential officials from the capital, had already gathered at the shop front. Even though it seemed like they were selecting fabrics, their ears were pricked up and their eyes were constantly darting towards the scene. Indeed, every woman harbors countless gossip genes.

Lin Yuan narrowed her eyes, knowing that regardless of how today’s situation was handled, nothing could prevent them from spreading the word. However, even so, she had no intention of quietly swallowing this humiliation!

Chen Leyao appeared out of nowhere, seeing Lin Yuan, she frantically pulled at Lady Jiang’s sleeve, signaling her to shut up.

But Lady Jiang, having just exhausted herself arguing with Lady Du, failed to catch her daughter’s hints. Seeing Lin Yuan’s menacing tone, Lady Jiang grew even more arrogant, tossing her scarf "Light Mist" behind her into her daughter’s arms, and scoffed, "Humiliated? Ha, your sister has done disgraceful things and isn’t ashamed, but now she feels humiliated when I speak of it publicly? What a joke!"

"You, you, you’re talking nonsense! I didn’t do anything! Don’t falsely accuse me!"

Lin Wei bit her lip so hard that blood seeped out, her young face utterly pale.

Lin Yuan tenderly took Lin Wei’s hand, holding it tightly in her palm.

Lady Liu also immediately protected her daughter by her side, spreading her wings like a hen protecting her chicks, "Madam Chen! You have a daughter yourself, please watch your words. If you maliciously slander my daughter, I will not let it go lightly!"

"Right! If you bully my second sister, I’ll ruin your face with medicine!" Xiao Linshuang furiously raised her little fist, holding what seemed to be a small medicine packet, her emotions reverting her back to calling Lin Wei "second sister" as they used to at Lin family hollow.

Xiao He also clenched his teeth, standing on the other side of Lin Wei, his hands tightly clenched and his eyes on Lin Yuan, as if waiting for her command to collectively attack and deal with the foul-mouthed Lady Jiang right there.

As everyone glared furiously at the oblivious Lady Jiang, she scoffed and glanced at the small medicine packet in Xiao Linshuang’s hand, clearly regarding it as mere children’s play with flour.

"Of course, Lin Yuan would not actually let Xiao Linshuang drug Lady Jiang in front of so many people."

She stepped forward, positioning herself in front of her younger sisters and asked again, "Madam Chen, we have asked you several times, and you still cannot explain anything. Could it be that the person who really committed the shameful act is not my sister but rather your daughter?"

Glancing at Chen Leyao, who stood guiltily beside Lady Jiang with a pale complexion and her head hanging low, Lin Yuan felt her suspicions increasing.

"No, no, it’s not me! I really haven’t..." Chen Leyao quickly shook her head in denial, but upon seeing Lin Wei’s tear-filled eyes, she immediately turned away.

Lady Jiang scoffed coldly, grabbed her daughter’s hand, and stared at Lin Yuan with pride and mockery, "My daughter? Ha, my daughter would never engage in affairs with men!"

Meet men in secret? The eyes of the women choosing fabrics shone even brighter.

"What man?" As soon as she asked, Lin Yuan regretted it; what other man could it be? Looking at Lin Wei’s demeanor, it must be Linzi.

Sure enough, with a contemptuous curl of her lips, Lady Jiang snorted, "Who else but my son? He wouldn’t glance twice at your daughter. Yet she fancies our Chen family’s vast wealth and thinks to seduce and climb into our family’s beds! Let me tell you, such filthy tactics won’t work! Every man in the Chen family is honorable and would never fall for such a despicable woman who throws herself at them! Nor would they take a maid as a concubine! You can forget about that!"

"Mother, stop talking nonsense, there’s nothing of the sort. It’s not like that at all." Lady Jiang had just finished speaking, and before Lin Yuan could retort, Chen Leyao started tugging at Lady Jiang’s sleeve and speaking up.

The spectators’ eyes brightened once more. Could it be that Miss Chen knew something?

Lady Jiang pushed her daughter’s arm away and warned her with a glare, "Get away! What do you know!"

Chen Leyao stumbled back, anxiously stamping her foot, "How can I not know! If I hadn’t told you that Lin Wei and the young master are well acquainted, how would you have known about their business? But, but I only saw them greet each other with a smile after they met. There was nothing improper like you said! Mother, don’t let your imagination run wild!"

Ah! So that was it!

The women selecting fabrics began whispering among themselves; their gazes at Lady Jiang were not as intense as before, though some still wondered, how did Lin Wei come to know the Son of the Chen family?

However, Lin Yuan understood the ins and outs of it all, as she knew quite well who Ruochu was.

Having been exposed by her own daughter, Lady Jiang’s face stiffened slightly, yet she stubbornly huffed, "Even if nothing shameful happened, how did Lin Wei meet Ruochu? Ha, you were the one going to the Red Smoke Pavilion to learn embroidery, not Chen Ruochu; how could they have met and become so familiar, just like old acquaintances!"

"What do you mean ’just like old acquaintances’? They clearly have known each other for a long time!" Now Lin Yuan realized what had happened—it must be that Ruochu had gone to the Red Smoke Pavilion for some reason and happened to meet Lin Wei. The two of them greeted each other, and Chen Leyao saw them. Chen Leyao, being a mama’s girl, naturally told Lady Jiang about it.

Seeing Chen Leyao’s current behavior, it also must have been mentioned to Lady Jiang as something odd, not in the filthy way Lady Jiang imagined.

Hearing Lin Yuan’s words, everyone present hesitated for a moment before involuntarily lifting their heads to look at her, realizing that they had known each other for a long time--could there indeed be something between them?

"You say, you say what? They’ve known each other for so long?"