Chapter 321: You look ugly when you smile!

Xia Zhimeng couldn't bear to watch, she cracked the whip against the ground, "Whether my sister Ran marries or not is none of your business? What right do you have to nag here? Lin Xueyan, you couldn't be holding a grudge because you suffered a loss at my sister Ran's hands yesterday, so you deliberately came today to kick someone when they're down, could you?"

I think it's very possible!

Otherwise, how could it be such a coincidence?

Ling Shaoyang and Gu Dongliu each responded, making Lin Xueyan narrow her eyes in anger.

Li Si! You damned wretch!

You actually abandoned us mother and daughter for a fox spirit?!

I can't go on living! I'll kill that fox spirit!

A wailing cry came from behind the crowd, and people spontaneously made way for her. A woman in coarse hemp cloth covered her face and hurriedly ran toward Li Si.

Everyone stared, dumbfounded.

What's going on now?

Seeing this, Zhao Shi revealed a smug smile.

Ye Qingran, even if you wanted to marry Li Si, it wouldn't go that smoothly!

"Elegant Child, how did you come here?"

Li Si stared at Elegant Child in shock.

Elegant Child is his wife, married through proper matchmaking.

The middle-aged woman called Elegant Child glared at Li Si, her voice loud: "If I hadn't come, wouldn't that fox spirit have stolen your soul?"

Zhao Shi feigned ignorance, looking at Elegant Child and asked: "Who is this?"

Elegant Child hurriedly knelt on the ground, wailing like at a funeral: "Madam, please help me! I come from Dustpan Village outside the city; this Li Si is my husband. I heard he came to the city this time to be with the Prime Minister's Residence's eldest daughter! But I am Li Si's properly wedded wife! If he's with another woman, what am I to do? I can't go on living—I might as well dash my head against a wall and die!"

Elegant Child wailed like a ghost and wolf, rose to crash into a nearby pillar, but Zhao Shi and her maid grabbed her.

"Madam, just let me be! I'm a coarse village woman, I can't compare to the Prime Minister's Residence's eldest daughter! Moreover, she bore Li Si a son, while my womb is useless—I can only bear daughters; what's the point of my living?"

Elegant Child's outburst released a lot of important information.

First, Li Si already had a properly wedded wife.

Second, they already have at least one daughter.

With this uproar, the onlooking crowd erupted.

"This beggar Li Si actually has an original wife? I thought he was a bachelor."

"What's more! He and that woman called Elegant Child have a daughter! So that means Ye Qingran..."

"Good grief, I feel like the information overload is huge!"

Voices of discussion rose and fell, the crowd instantly turned into a chaotic mess.

"What?" Zhao Shi showed a shocked expression: "You're Li Si's wife? How could that be? Isn't Li Si a bachelor?"

"No, we've been married for over ten years!" Elegant Child denied, shaking her head.

Married for over ten years?

If Ye Qingran married Li Si, wouldn't that mean she could only be a concubine?

Elegant Child raised her face angrily: "Miss Ye, you're a noble eldest daughter—can't you spare our Li Si? Without Li Si you still have your noble status, but without Li Si I have nothing! Look at the fact I've served Li Si for over ten years and return him to me! I beg you!"

One sentence painted Ye Qingran as an utterly wicked villain.

At this moment, Ye Qingran truly faces a problem whether she marries Li Si or not.

"Ye Qingran, I'm really sorry, I shouldn't have urged you to marry Li Si earlier! That's my mistake! After all, they already have a hair-tying wife; if you married him too, wouldn't you become a third party destroying someone's family?" Lin Xueyan covered her mouth, showing just the right amount of remorse.

Zhao Shi hastily wiped her eyes with a handkerchief: "What can be done? My Qingran can't possibly become someone's concubine!"

While saying that, Zhao Shi was secretly delighted. Doesn't Ye Qingran always like to remind her of her aunt's status? Then let Ye Qingran try the taste of being someone's concubine!

However, Ye Qingran would be even worse off—being a concubine to a beggar is truly pitiful!

Lin Xueyan smiled slyly: "Ye Qingran, I know you don't want to be someone's concubine, but Li Si already has a proper wife—you can't just ask him to divorce her! That's too cruel and inhumane. If you don't, just bear it; after all, for the child's sake this is a good thing!"

After Lin Xueyan finished, many people covered their mouths and chuckled.

Having the Prime Minister's Residence's lofty eldest daughter become a beggar's concubine—if this got out, it would surely cause a sensation.

At that moment, a small figure stepped down from the carriage.

Lin Xueyan saw him, and a flash of malice crossed her eyes.

Mo Xiaohu looked at Lin Xueyan with innocent eyes: "Auntie, your smile is truly ugly!"

Lin Xueyan's smile froze.

She narrowed her eyes, a cold light flashing in their depths.

This lowly bastard dared to insult her?

"Xiao Hu, you're absolutely right—this kind of schadenfreude, kicking someone when they're down, is truly the utmost ugliness!" Xia Zhimeng firmly supported Mo Xiaohu.

Mo Xiaohu smiled at Xia Zhimeng: "My mother would never marry that beggar uncle! Because he's not my father! My mother said, my father is a handsome man. That beggar uncle is so ugly he couldn't be my father!"

Mo Xiaohu said, raising his handsome little face for everyone to see: "Look, I'm so good‑looking, how could I be the beggar uncle's child? Everyone, agree?"

Everyone's gaze was drawn to Mo Xiaohu.

The little boy before them, about four or five years old, was carved like jade and sculpted like ice—exquisitely cute, like a porcelain doll, truly lovable. From him one could see traces of Ye Qingran's features; the parts unlike her were still exquisitely handsome, all indicating his father too is a good‑looking handsome man.

"This kid is truly good‑looking! Exquisite and handsome! He definitely isn't the beggar Li Si's offspring!"

"How could the beggar Li Si's looks produce such a good‑looking child? He must be lying!"

"Good heavens, seeing this child, my heart is about to melt!"

All the onlookers were inevitably charmed by the cute, handsome Xiao Hu.

His standing here is the best proof.