Rebirth in the 80s: The Scholar Wife is Cute
Chapter 750: What’s the Skill in Clinging to a Man?

Chapter 750: Chapter 750: What’s the Skill in Clinging to a Man?

"A mistress?"

"Shen Mianmian is being someone’s mistress?"

"She looks so quiet and demure usually, I didn’t expect her to be that kind of girl."

"No wonder so many boys write her love letters and she doesn’t even look at them. She seemed so aloof, but I didn’t expect her to be that sort of person."

"I thought she only looked like a little temptress, turns out she really is one."

Everyone had their say, whispering and gossiping behind her back.

Yang Xiaoxi was getting angry, "Don’t just follow that mad dog’s lead and start blabbering nonsense. I know very well what kind of person Shen Mianmian is. She hasn’t stolen anyone’s fiancé, so don’t listen to his drivel."

"Ask Shen Mianmian herself if I’m babbling nonsense, whether or not she was sponsored to go to college by He Nan." Cheng Feiyang glared at Shen Mianmian, confident that he had evidence.

His cousin had said, Shen Mianmian is an orphan and couldn’t even afford food without He Nan’s help, let alone get an education.

"Is it any of your business?" Xiaoxi shot back straight at him.

"If it’s none of your business, shut your mouth." Cheng Feiyang found Xiaoxi’s interjections annoying, "Shen Mianmian, you tell us, were you sponsored to go to school by He Nan?"

Everyone’s gaze turned to Shen Mianmian, waiting for her answer.

Shen Mianmian countered with a question, "Do I need to tell you who sponsored my education? Are you a teacher or the principal? Or perhaps some other important figure?"

Cheng Feiyang: "..."

Fuming with anger, he said, "Shen Mianmian, have you no shame? Can you be so brazen even as a mistress?"

"A mistress?" Shen Mianmian gave a faint smile and asked lightly, "Let’s not talk about my relationship with He Nan. First, I’d like to ask if your cousin is engaged or married to He Nan? Or are they even dating?"

"..." Cheng Feiyang was left speechless, and after a long pause, he said, "They aren’t engaged yet, but it’s an arrangement agreed upon by the families—they all presume that they’ll eventually be together."

"What does the family’s presumption have to do with them personally? The Great Qing Dynasty has long perished," Shen Mianmian said calmly and unhurriedly, her words hitting home with each carefully placed question, leaving Cheng Feiyang unable to respond, his face turning crimson.

He had intended to stand up for his cousin and hadn’t expected Shen Mianmian to be so verbally sharp. She rendered him speechless in a matter of sentences.

Seeing this, Xiaoxi couldn’t hide her delight, "Cheng Feiyang, did you hear that? The Great Qing Dynasty has been gone for a long time. Don’t tote your feudal thinking here. If you want to snatch a man for your cousin, you first need to see if he even likes your cousin."

"You..." Cheng Feiyang glared at Xiaoxi furiously, "Even if she’s not a mistress, the fact remains that she’s sponsored by someone, right? If you can’t afford to study, then don’t. What’s so great about clinging to a man?"

"What do you mean by ’clinging to a man’?" Xiaoxi, hands on her hips, quarreled back, "Our Mianmian has opened a vegetable store in Licheng, she’s her own boss. Does she need to be sponsored? Brother He helps her because he and the village chief are good friends, it was the village chief who asked Brother He to look after Mianmian a bit. Mianmian scored first in the whole province; Brother He admires her talent, so what’s wrong if he sponsors her?"

Before Cheng Feiyang could reply, she continued, "Also, what do you mean by saying if you can’t afford to study, you shouldn’t? Are you implying that only city people like you have the right to an education, and children from poor families don’t deserve it?"