"Who did you hear about the Ninth Miss from? How come it's such a coincidence that the moment our family is engaged with the commandery mansion, you overhear those idle gossips while having tea?"
He asked.
"I..."
Upon hearing his words, Madam Zhou's face turned green, and she was completely flustered.
After thinking it over carefully, she still couldn't figure out who the two people behind the screen, who had been speaking those words, might be.
"I didn't see anyone, I just heard them talking there."
Hearing her response, Old Master Zhou's face turned utterly dark, "Are you stupid? You believe those words without seeing anyone? It's obvious they knew you were going to the teahouse and deliberately waited there to catch you!"
And his wife had indeed taken the bait, turning the issue into a major incident without leaving any room for maneuver.
"But what they said wasn't false. You heard it today too, the lady of the commandery didn't deny it," Madam Zhou argued stubbornly.
