Transmigrator meets Reincarnator

Ch. 74 Who Said It's For You?

Chu Lian acted as if she had just realised what was going on. "Oh, does Eighth Sister mean that golden hairpin I just bought from Jinshi Pavilion? What's wrong with it?"

When Miss Yuan saw that Chu Lian was still pretending to have forgotten about their deal, she wanted to charge right up to Wenlan and take the golden hairpin out of her hands.

"I was the one who chose that hairpin!"

Chu Lian nodded. "That's right, Eighth Sister did choose that golden hairpin."

To Miss Yuan, Chu Lian admitting this fact was the equivalent of a box of tinder resparking the flame of hope in her eyes. But her next words left Miss Yuan utterly dumbfounded.

"However, I was the one who paid for it. Does Eighth Sister think that anything you take a liking to is automatically yours? Aren't you too naive?"

This statement completely blindsided her. Although Miss Yuan now knew there wasn't much of a chance that she would get that golden hairpin from Chu Lian, she continued to argue anyway. "But you gave that jade bangle to Fifth Sister!"

"So I did. But I never thought of giving the golden hairpin to you. Did you ever hear me say anything like that?" Chu Lian threw down her final words and turned to walk towards her carriage.

Now that her back was facing those three sisters of House Ying, she couldn't resist showing a mischievous smile. Wenqing and Wenlan felt just as refreshed from that scene. Their hearts were filled with the deepest admiration for their master. What great face-slapping skills their master had! What a delight!

This outcome was out of Miss Fu's expectations. She stood rooted to the spot, too stunned from the sudden twist of events to move. It took her a long time to recover.

Miss Yuan's eyes were filled with tears. How could Chu Lian do this to her! How could she be so shameless! That golden hairpin should be hers!

The House Ying sisters' trap was too obvious. From the very beginning, Chu Lian had never intended to let their schemes succeed. Buying all the jewellry they had picked out? Part of the plan. Giving Miss Su the jade bangle? Also part of her plan, to make the other two think she had indeed bought those accessories for them. However, Chu Lian had intentionally never once said that she was going to give them to them!

Buying the accessories was one thing. Whether she was going to give them to them was a whole other matter.

For a moment, Miss Su watched Chu Lian's back as she departed. Then, she turned her gaze back onto Miss Yuan and Miss Fu, and with a sneer, she said to them, "It's getting late. We should be going home, too."

"Going home? I don't want to go home! I want that golden hairpin!" In her rage, Miss Yuan began to throw a childish tantrum.

"Since you want it so much, go back to Jinshi Pavilion with a hundred and fifty taels and you'll have one." Miss Su was done being polite. While she had a kind personality, she wasn't someone to be bullied. Miss Yuan wasn't from the same family branch anyway, so she didn't have any reason to give in to her whining.

Miss Yuan felt very aggrieved. Tears fell one by one from her eyes, shining like pearls. She had been spoiled rotten by Second Madam, so though she was already fourteen this year, her attitude was still careless and thoughtless. The moment things didn't go her way, she would throw a tantrum.