Chapter 12

Christian frowned and his eyes fell on Marian's body with a displeased look. The child really didn't understand that there were rules apart from the ones within the family. "Marian, you should change your clothes. Our family will be attending Mr. David's party, other elite families will be there too. People will gossip about you once they see what you're wearing." Marian's face was plain, it was as if she was staying over at a friend's house, but the friend's mom started scolding her child and she was just a bystander on the sidelines. "They can say whatever they want to say, everyone has a mouth and they always talk behind each other's backs. It's not my problem." Christian was really mad at her, he had lived to this age, but he was being disrespected by his own daughter. He was just about to lose his temper, but Marian acted first. She turned around and said to him, "If you don't like it so much then forget it, I won't go." At this time, Christian was dumbfounded. Seeing Marian turn around to leave, he immediately shouted, "Wait!" Marian turned around and looked at him indifferently. Christian looked helpless, he frowned and gestured her to come back. "If you want to wear that then go ahead. We're going to be late, let's go." Nobody else dared to question him, he was already angry enough. The Su family went to Mr. David's house, and as Christian said, a lot of wealthy people from Yuncheng came. Mr. David attached a great importance to family. A lot of big groups could be seen sitting together. His mansion was built in the nineteenth century by the French. He had it preserved and renovated for when he returned to Yuncheng. It had an old-fashioned atmosphere to it, but the mansion was built to keep up with modern standards of living. As soon as the Su family appeared in the manor, they immediately attracted everyone's attention. Everyone was eager to see a good show with what was happening with the Su family recently. Everyone noticed Marian who was at the back of the pack. She looked out of place among her own family, she was dressed worse than the servants. The rich old wives and ladies had always gathered around to make gossip, but this was a very special toy to play with. "Look, it's the cursed child of the Su family, the one who came back and stole the inheritance." "I know, I saw her at the funeral. What's with her shabby clothes? I know she's hated but couldn't they at least try to hide it? She still owns everything the Su family has." One of the wives had a mysterious face, she acted like she had insider information and she leaned forward. "You don't know anything about her. A priest said she had nothing but evil in her heart, her grandmother got into a small quarrel with her and she died soon after. Honestly, what was that old fox thinking?" A group of people were discussing enthusiastically near Marian, and Marian, who was the star of their gossip, sat down with a bored expression. She had good hearing and she could hear their gossip clearly, but she didn't do anything about it. People can act as virtuous as they want to, but they always find ways to put other people down. She couldn't control what they say, and she didn't bother to try, it was easier to ignore them. Suddenly, there was a commotion from not too far away, which disrupted Marian's thoughts and attracted her attention. She turned her head to look into the distance, she was trying to see what was going on.