This time, both the Min family and the Ran Residence suffered losses. Lady Qi of the Ran Residence was originally angry about the Bai family's scheming. Upon hearing of the Min family's incident, she snorted coldly, "The Min family has always been despicable in their tactics."
In the Min household, Mrs. Liu felt a headache coming on. She had calculated everything but had failed to take into account the temper of the fourth young master of the Zhou family. By the time she realized it, the guests had left the residence. It was over; there was no need for an alliance through marriage anymore—the Min family had thoroughly offended the Zhou family.
If their scheming had succeeded, the Zhou family might have accepted the situation. But now that it had failed, who knows how the Zhou family might retaliate!
