Shen Weiyin didn't get annoyed and wasn't in a hurry to leave either. She remained in front of the mirror and continued gazing at the reflection of her exquisite figure. “Mrs. Lu, don't misunderstand. I just think that the first lunar month birthday of Lu's great-grandson is very important, so it shouldn't have been done so shabbily. Otherwise, outsiders will mistakenly think that the Lu's don't place any importance on their great-grandson. Or perhaps, it's because they're dissatisfied with their daughter-in-law."

"The Lu's treat me very well. You don't have to worry about that for me Miss Shen. If you really have nothing better to do, why not consider Aunty Zhao's cousin's son? I think he's sure to be very suitable for you."

"Do you think Aunty Zhao's cousin's son is worthy of me?"

Ye Zhen didn't know how there could be such a shameless and rotten romantic pursuer. Really, there must be a hole in her head.

The Shen's were a prestigious family. Shen Weiyin was sure to have erudition and self-restraint. How could she be so hopelessly muddled-headed about this sort of thing?

"Miss Ye, I want to ask you something. How well do you understand the Lu's? Did you know Grandpa Lu has been married three times?" Shen Weiyin smiled. "Grandpa Lu’s first and second marriage were both arranged alliance marriages. For the sake of his family, he didn't marry the person that he loved until his third marriage. Although he had fallen in love with her of his own free-will, his third wife also came from an illustrious family. Your mother-in-law's maiden family was the Lin's. Before the Lin's downfall, they were also a prestigious family."

Ye Zhen looked at her. "What do you want to say?"

"Miss Ye, do you understand the meaning of marrying within your own class? Do you think the Ye's are worthy of the Lu's?"

Shen Weiyin said these words smoothly without any hint of bashfulness or remorse. It was in accordance with her style. Anyways, Shen Weiyin's sheer shamelessness made Ye Zhen look at her with new eyes.

"So what? It doesn't matter if I'm worthy or not. I'm already Lu Beichuan's wife, and we have a child together." She looked at Shen Weiyin from top to bottom. Her eyes were direct and critical of what she saw. "Miss Shen, you're a lady from a wellbred family, you should know better. What... are you that interested in inserting yourself as the third party to a married couple's relationship?"

"Miss Ye, you're really misunderstanding me. I'm just reminding you. The Lu's are a prominent family, not an ordinary nouveau riche. If you think you can rest easy after giving birth to a son, then I must remind you that Old Master Lu still has sons living in their ancestral home. In powerful families, there's mutual deception. It's a dog-eat-dog world. Beichuan was kidnapped several times when he was a child. After your mother-in-law's maiden family's decline, she could only watch as her husband had affairs. There was nothing she could do. She didn't have power or any supporters. She could only endure in the Lu's. Do you really think it's that easy to live in a rich and powerful family?"

Shen Weiyin chucked. "If one day Beichuan loses interest in you and something happens, can your nouveau riche maiden family protect you and your son?"

This was a blatant threat.

Ye Zhen silently looked at her. She seemed to be considering something, then she turned around and rummaged through the desk. She finally found a pair of small scissors in a drawer.

She held that pair of scissors and walked up to Shen Weiyin. She lightly smiled at her, then she snapped the scissors open and nimbly cut a large hole from the waist of Shen Weiyin's dress to right underneath her chest in one swoop.

"Sorry Miss Shen, I don't have any clothes that's suitable for you to wear."

Ye Zhen was lazy. If others didn't provoke her, she wouldn't attack them. Mother Lu had warned her before she and Shen Weiyin came upstairs, "You're the host today. Don't lose face."

And so, she didn't take Shen Weiyin's earlier words seriously. Her words went in one ear and went out the other ear. That woman had bad intentions, a hole in her head, and her morals weren't right. Why should she bother paying attention to her?

That lasted until Shen Weiyin bluntly threatened her.

She nimbly cut a hole in the dress that she hadn't worn once, then she looked at Shen Weiyin with a smile. "Sorry Miss Shen, I don't have any clothes that's suitable for you to wear."

For a while, Shen Weiyin was too stunned to react. She looked at the pair of small scissors in Ye Zhen's hand, then she looked down at the long cut that had been made on the dress from her waist up to below her chest.

She thought she knew Ye Zhen. Ye Zhen was supposed to be reticent, shy away from trouble, and have an inferiority complex. She had seen all sorts of people in the entertainment circle. A person like Ye Zhen should feel even more inferior when she was in front of a woman that was more outstanding than herself. Her self-loathing should get worse. She would get angry, but wouldn't dare to express her anger. That anger would just fester in her heart. Her words should have become a thorn in Ye Zhen's heart that would burrow its way inside. Once that happened, she would only have to wait until an opportunity arose for those negative feelings to burst out with a loud bang.

How many times can a man like Lu Beichuan tolerate Ye Zhen if she acted poorly?

No matter how good their relationship was now, it would get worn down until there was practically nothing left.

Why did Ye Zhen act contrary to her expectations and dare to do something like that?!

"Ye Zhen! What are you doing?!" She angrily looked at Ye Zhen. Although a meager amount of anger appeared on her face, her reason was still there. She didn't react in an extreme way. She lowered her voice at first and asked, "Are you crazy? How could Beichuan marry a woman like you?!"

"It's none of your business why Beichuan wanted to marry me. I'm Mrs. Lu and everything in this room belongs to me including the dress that you're wearing. So, you're in my home, please take off my dress and return it to me. Sorry for the inconvenience."

Shen Weiyin looked like a lady from a prestigious family, but she spouted off a bunch of nonsense. If she didn't stand up for herself, outsiders would think she was a cowardly good-for-nothing.

Telling Shen Weiyin to take off the dress was blatant humiliation. In all her years, she had never been so humiliated.

Shen Weiyin's face was pale in fury. She looked at Ye Zhen for a long time and was shocked to see the fierceness in Ye Zhen's eyes. Ye Zhen looked as if she was going to tear the dress off of her in the next second.

However, Shen Weiyin only took a deep breath and stabilized her emotions.

"So Miss Ye is a clever person too. I was the one that underestimated you. You must have put in a lot of effort and thought to wheedle Beichuan into marrying you, huh?"

Yeah, she had tried really hard back then, but it was also spent in trying to escape. Lu Beichuan had used an agreement to tie him to her and they already have a kid together. She might as well make the best of it.

"I just don't know how long you’ll remain novel to Beichuan.” Shen Weiyin sneered, "You don't have a strong maiden family and you're not the type that Beichuan likes..."

All those words just meant she thought Ye Zhen would be kicked out of the Lu's one day.

"I don't need Miss Shen to worry about that. Time will tell you how long Beichuan and I last. However, I hope that you won't actively try to insert yourself as the third party while Beichuan and I are married. Not only is that unethical, I don't think your fans would want to see that side of you.”

"You're threatening me?"

"I'll pay you back whatever you toss at me. Miss Shen, you exchanged time for all of the fame and achievements you have today. It would be such a waste to lose your reputation in one fail swoop. You're a smart person too. I'm sure you understand what I'm saying."

"Those words could apply to Miss Ye too. Miss Ye, what were you thinking when you snatched your brother-in-law from your sister?"

Ye Zhen raised her eyebrows. "Ye Qing was the one that told you that, right?"

Ye Zhen couldn't be blamed for suspecting Ye Qing. She didn't jump to that conclusion. She had considered other possibilities, but Ye Qing was the only one that had nothing better to do than spread gossip.