"I'm not going! I'm just not going!" Gu Shaoling's face was a mask of resentment as she struggled, twisting like a pretzel. "I hate Tang Manman! I absolutely refuse to go to her house. What gives her the right to come to ours? The nerve of her is just unreal!"
"What nonsense are you spouting, child? Are you looking for a spanking?" Granny Gu raised her hand threateningly and lectured, "That's your future sister-in-law. You'll need to rely on her in the future."
"Pah! Who does she think she is that I'd have to rely on her? That simpleton? A country bumpkin, a hick, a jinx who brings nothing but disaster! How is she even worthy of my older brother? If you let her marry into the family, she'll end up ruining the Gu family completely!"
Granny Gu glanced around, secretly relieved that she had sent her eldest daughter-in-law away on an errand. The two maids were in the backyard, airing out some things, and hadn't heard.
