funbook-pk Chapter 299 Clinging
Chapter 299 Clinging
Upon hearing Yu Wan's identity, the Jiang family steward's arrogant demeanor vanished instantly, replaced by undisguised terror.
His lips trembled slightly, as if he wanted to say something, but he stammered and couldn't utter a word.
Looking at his appearance, Yu Wan snorted inwardly and continued speaking, putting on a show of arrogance and domineering power.
"Why are you silent?"
"Weren't you so cocky just now? Now you're scared?"
The steward of the Jiang family came to his senses and put on a fawning smile. "Miss Yu, I was blind and didn't recognize your greatness. I hope you will be magnanimous and not hold it against me."
Fine beads of sweat appeared on the forehead of the Jiang family steward.
The eldest daughter of the Duke of Anguo's family is a true noblewoman, not someone that people from minor official families like theirs can afford to offend.
He stammered, "Miss Yu, this annulment of the engagement was all my master and mistress's decision. I was just following orders. Please, could you be merciful and spare me..."
Yu Wan turned her gaze to Su Qingchan and gave the Jiang family's butler a cold laugh.
"The one you should apologize to is not me, but Miss Su."
The steward of the Jiang family was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly turned around, faced Su Qingchan, and knelt down with a thud.
“Miss Su, I was blinded by greed and offended you. Please forgive me this time.”
Su Qingchan looked at the scene before her, but she did not feel happy.
The Jiang family took advantage of Su's misfortune, humiliating her in this way because they saw that the Su family had no future. This was only the beginning.
What will happen in the future? How will she and her mother live?
She took a deep breath, suppressing her grief and anger, and coldly reached out to the Jiang family's butler, "Give it to me."
The Jiang family steward was stunned for a moment before he reacted, and hurriedly handed the marriage certificate and tokens to Su Qingchan with trembling hands.
Su Qingchan snatched it away and, right in front of him, tore the marriage certificate apart without any expression.
Accompanied by a tearing sound, Su Qingchan's cold, hateful voice rang out.
"I, Su Qingchan, have remembered what the Jiang family did today."
"From this day forward, the Su family and the Jiang family shall have no further connection!"
The Jiang family butler was shocked and surprised that Su Qingchan would tear up the marriage certificate.
Su Qingchan threw the torn pieces of the marriage certificate at the feet of the Jiang family steward and looked at him coldly, "Get out of my Su family and go back to the Jiang family to report to your master!"
The steward of the Jiang family felt as if he had been granted a pardon. He hurriedly picked up the torn marriage certificate from the ground and nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes, I'll be going right away."
With that, he turned and slunk away.
"Stop!" Yu Wan suddenly shouted.
The steward of the Jiang family was so frightened that he trembled and stopped in his tracks.
Yu Wan stepped forward and looked at him coldly, "Just like that? The humiliation the Jiang family inflicted on the Su family, the harm done to Miss Su, are you just going to let it go like that?"
The Jiang family's butler was so frightened that his legs were shaking.
The Jiang family was not considered a high-ranking or wealthy family. Usually, the people who came to visit their home were officials of the fifth or sixth rank. This was the first time the steward had ever met such a noble person as the eldest daughter of the Duke of Anguo.
I'm terrified from the bottom of my heart.
The girl looked kind and smiling, but her aura was truly terrifying.
The Jiang family butler turned around, trembling. "Miss Yu...Miss Yu, what...what else do you want?"
Yu Wan smiled faintly, "I want you to go back and tell Master Jiang and Madam that the Duke of Anguo's mansion has also taken note of what happened today."
"If the Jiang family doesn't want to be completely wiped out of Shengjing, they'd better behave themselves."
"If you take any further action against the Su family, or say a bad word about them behind their backs, don't blame the Duke of Anguo's mansion for showing no mercy. Do you understand?"
The steward of the Jiang family was almost in tears, nodding hurriedly, "Yes, yes, yes, I will definitely pass on every word without missing a single one, and the Jiang family will never dare to offend again."
Yu Wan narrowed her eyes slightly, sizing up the Jiang family butler who was terrified out of his wits.
He chuckled inwardly, thinking, "Such a coward, yet he dares to try and intimidate others."
"Also, go back and tell your master that the Su family can swallow this insult because the annulment was handled so badly, but I can't."
"Young Master Jiang almost became the son-in-law of the Su family. Now that he has come to the Su family in person to kowtow to Lord Su a few times, is that too much to ask?"
The steward of the Jiang family looked troubled and stammered, "Miss Yu, this... having the young master come and kowtow to apologize is probably..."
Yu Wan's face darkened. "What? Are you finding this difficult?"
The Jiang family steward was startled and waved his hands repeatedly, "No, no, no, don't be embarrassed, I'll go back and tell my young master right away!"
Yu Wan nodded in satisfaction. "Get lost."
With red eyes, Su Qingchan looked at Yu Wan with gratitude, "Madam Yun, thank you for standing up for me."
Yu Wan smiled and gently held Su Qingchan's hand. "There's no need to be so polite. The Jiang family's behavior is truly despicable. How could I sit idly by? Don't worry, with me here, no one can bully you and the Su family anymore."
The Jiang family steward scrambled away from the Su family home.
He ran all the way back to the Jiang family and repeated Yu Wan's words to the Jiang family patriarch and madam.
Upon hearing this, the patriarch of the Jiang family turned deathly pale and sat down in his chair with a grim expression.
Madam Jiang burst into tears in panic, "What should we do? How did we offend the Duke of Anguo's mansion?"
Master Jiang remained composed and looked at the steward, "Are you sure that girl is the legitimate daughter of the Duke of Anguo's mansion?"
The steward was taken aback. "It was that young lady who introduced herself. In Shengjing City, no one should dare to impersonate the legitimate daughter of the Duke of Anguo's family. Moreover, I noticed that the young lady has an extraordinary demeanor and is not an ordinary person."
The patriarch of the Jiang family frowned, pondered for a moment, and then said, "I didn't expect that the Su family and the Duke of Anguo's mansion had a relationship. The eldest daughter of the Duke of Anguo's mansion is so protective of the Su family's daughter, so the two families must have a close relationship."
Upon hearing this, Madam Jiang immediately stopped crying, her eyes shining. "If my son marries Su Qingchan, wouldn't he also be able to climb up the social ladder to the Duke of Anguo's mansion?"
The two of them truly lived up to their reputation as a married couple; they were indeed thinking the same thing.
Master Jiang said to Madam Jiang, "Go and find out what the eldest daughter of the Duke of Anguo's mansion looks like. If the Su family's daughter is indeed the eldest daughter of the Duke of Anguo's mansion, then we will not back out of this marriage."
Madam Jiang nodded repeatedly and hurriedly took her maid to inquire.
After pondering for a moment, Master Jiang called his son, Jiang Wenjun, and told him about the Su family's affairs.
"Wenjun, go to the Su family and try to appease Su Qingchan..."
Before Master Jiang could finish speaking, Jiang Wenjun rolled his eyes impatiently, "I'm not going."
His face was full of reluctance. "Father, you know perfectly well what state the Su family has become!"
"That girl Su Qingchan is just an orphan with no father or brother now. Why should I go and coax her? Besides, our Jiang family already sent someone to annul the engagement. Now they want me to go and make amends? What's the meaning of this?"
Master Jiang frowned and said sternly, "What do you know! If Yu Wan is really the eldest daughter of the Duke of Anguo's mansion and has a close relationship with the Su family, then our Jiang family has offended her. How can we stand in Shengjing in the future?"
"The only solution now is to reconcile with the Su family. Perhaps we can even use the Su family to climb up the big tree of the Duke of Anguo's mansion."