The villager with a slightly worse temperament snorted coldly: “Why walk quickly? We didn’t even do anything wrong. Why? Are you telling me we can’t talk whatever we want? Little lass Ye, don’t be scared, if she’s going to act so cocky in the village, even we aren’t afraid of her.
Usually, if a high-ranking official were from their village, the villagers would treat them with respect. Still, like Ye Zhifan and his family, the villagers treated them with some respect and distanced themselves. They don’t go and ask him for favors, neither do they need Ye Zhifan’s help, nodding their heads whenever they see him, only respecting him for appearance’s sake.
After all, who would have the spare time to butt heads with someone who doesn’t listen to reason like Sun Dongqing.
Principal Chen also bellowed: “Since knowing you have gotten into a military academy, that mouth of hers had never stopped talking. The more you pay attention to her, the more motivated she gets.”
“Old Chen is right, that’s exactly it, the more you pay attention to her, the more motivated she gets!”
Ye Jian didn’t even consider paying her to heed; neither was there any reason to argue with her; she smiled and continued chatting with the villagers who cared for her, not even taking a look at Sun Dongqing.
Realizing nobody acknowledging her, Sun Dongqing somehow turned cocky.
Did you see, acting like a mouse that encountered a cat after seeing her, you call that a military student, ptooie! Without the dead old man protecting her, how big of a wave can a parentless wild lass without a teacher like her make?
Dead old man died wonderfully! It’s a pity he didn’t die a few years ago; otherwise, the d*mned lass wouldn’t even be able to make waves!
Raising her chin, she continued her soliloquy, “Even after getting into a military academy, still is someone that is best kept under the table. Spending your days around with those muddy legs, destined to be useless! Something that is best kept under the table will forever be kept under the table!”
She believed other people were better kept under the table, yet she did not know everyone in the village believed that she was better kept under the table.
With that said, she spat on the ground and laughed savagely: “D*mned lass ah d*mned lass, wait till Ying Ying gets into the Beijing Political Group, a tiny military academy student like you, hmph, we’ll make you pay the consequences!”
Ye Ying didn’t even manage to get in, yet Sun Dongqing had already deluded herself in her daydreams.
Hearing that, Ye Jian felt that was ridiculous.
It seems like Ye Zhifan still hadn’t told her about how he was encountering obstacles at every turn and still allowed her to continue having her delusions.
Seeing they were about to pass by her front gate, Sun Dongqing wouldn’t allow it.
She noticed the cold smile on Ye Jian’s lips and felt like she had been insulted; after a massive “Hmph,” she stepped out of her gate and blocked Ye Jian’s path, “Don’t you have manners? Why aren’t you saying anything after seeing your elders? Did your school not teach you how to respect your elders? You don’t even know basic manners like this; how did you even manage to get into the Military Academy?”
“I knew there was something shady going on with you getting into a military academy. With just you, who would believe you when you got into a Military Academy?”
In any case, she was still the wife of a Construction Bureau’s Director, but the words she spoke were even harder on the ears than the words of the ignorant village women; she didn’t have any elegance to her.
“Sun Dongqing, as to how I got into the Military Academy, why don’t you ask your Ye Ying to come out and tell us?” Her words were too disgusting; the villagers who previously advised Ye Jian to ignore her had directly retaliated, “That’s not right, your Ye Ying can’t even tell us, she didn’t take Gaokao, so how would she know how to get into a Military Academy.”
One sentence placed Sun Dongqing in the spot; her complexion alternated between green and pale; it was quite the spectacle.
“We’re all in the same village; you think we won’t know whenever something happens in your family? Sun Dongqing, we know you don’t like Ye Jian, but Ye Jian’s already avoiding you, yet you cling to her nonstop, so don’t you blame us or stepping in to protect her!”
“We didn’t say anything about Ye Ying, that doesn’t mean we don’t know about it, we didn’t talk about it, is trying to give Ye Zhifan some face, you, on the other hand, have been trying to attract trouble into your own home, and toss away your face!”
Don’t mistake the villagers as simple-minded folk; if things go out of hand, they’ll rally together and have everybody spear out comments, as that was already enough to put Sun Dongqing in fumes for some time.
