Wen Xinya listened to Wen Haowen's furious voice in the living room, in which he kept scolding her as a wicked daughter, a traitor, and an unfilial person, accompanied by a series of "bang" sounds. She could almost imagine Wen Haowen's expression at that moment.
Wen Xinya slowly came to the backyard. After a night of storm, the leaves in the backyard were more verdant and lush, and the deep green made the whole garden full of vitality. The roses she planted in the courtyard were scattered all over the ground with red, white, or pink petals. The remaining petals on the branches had lost their unrestrained beauty and faintly revealed decadence, but the new buds between the vines and leaves were more vibrant.
Only flowers that have gone through wind and rain will bloom more beautifully.
Xia Ruya stood quietly not far away, looking up at the magnolia flowers that had all faded, leaving only a few trembling flowers on the branches. Her neck was as graceful as a white swan's. There was a kind of intoxicating sadness and beauty when she looked up at a 45-degree angle.
"Yesterday, the vase on the second floor was filled with magnolias, but this morning they were replaced with gorgeous crabapples. Who could have imagined that yesterday's magnolias were so elegant and fragrant, but after just one night of wind and rain, their fragrance was gone, scattered all over the ground, and turned into mud."
"Flowers bloom and fade, flowers wither and die, it's just the way things are in the world." Wen Xinya curled her lips. Xia Ruya's words were clearly using flowers to describe people, alluding to the scandal that happened this morning.
"I think the world is unpredictable, just like the wind and rain are unpredictable, people are subject to misfortunes at any time, and the same is true for flowers." Xia Ruya's gaze fell on her face. Her face still had a flower-like color, as if last night's wind and rain were merciless and today's devastation had nothing to do with her.
Even though Wen Wenya was the eldest daughter of the Wen family, had a grandfather as virtuous and respected as Mr. Mo, and was an elite member of the Zhishan Ya Society, she still had to stay out of the spotlight and postpone her coming-of-age ceremony for three days.
But so what? Wen Xinya is just a joke now. Even if her coming-of-age ceremony is successful, it cannot change her vulgar nature as a little gangster. No matter how many brilliant glories there are, it cannot whitewash her past stains.
Wen Xinya's vulgar past will set off her glory, and then she will be the most dazzling pearl in the capital.
Wen Xinya's expression faded. "I agree with you, but there is an old saying in Country Z that fortune and misfortune go hand in hand. Look... the flowers are withered and fallen, but the leaves are growing green and lush! Isn't this true?"
Xia Ruya was speechless for a moment, and looked at Wen Xinya with clear eyes, trying to see through the decadence hidden under her elegant and beautiful face.
Wen Xinya looked at Xia Ruya and said earnestly, "Miss Xia, the sun always comes after the storm. As a person... you should be more open-minded. If you keep worrying like Lin Daiyu all day long, you will easily get sick and have a short life."
Xia Ruya's face looked a little ugly, but she couldn't say anything.
"The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine says: The spleen is responsible for thinking, and thinking hurts the spleen. If the spleen is hurt, it cannot circulate fluids for the stomach. Thinking too much will hurt the spleen and stomach, and the stomach and intestines are the source of all diseases. I heard from the servants in the old house that Miss Xia has been in much worse health than ordinary people since she was a child. Look... You caught a cold and had diarrhea just a few days after moving into the old house." Wen Xinya looked at her frustrated look, but she had no intention of letting her go. Since Xia Ruya had taken the initiative to provoke her, she should be prepared to be ridiculed.
"I have been weak since I was a child, but it was brought from my mother's womb." Xia Ruya looked at her. Her beautiful red lips seemed to be stained with poison. In the bright sunshine, they emitted a cold light. Every word she said was full of sarcasm towards her. Saying that she was overthinking was actually saying that she was very scheming.
Wen Xinya couldn't help but smile and said, "So that's how it is! However, the illness that you have been carrying since your mother's womb is never easy to cure. You should relax, be open-minded, and slowly recuperate, and you will be able to get better. I have a few medicinal recipes for recuperating your body..."
"No... No need. I'm much better now." Xia Ruya's face turned pale, thinking of the strange-tasting medicinal soup she had been drinking for the past few days. The bitter taste was even more bitter than that of Coptis chinensis, and it had a fishy and disgusting smell. Thinking of this, her stomach twitched and churned, and she almost vomited.
Wen Xinya's expression suddenly turned cold. Seeing her face as soft as a flower, she said, "You don't have to be so nervous. I'm just talking. The medicinal recipes I have are not given to everyone, especially to someone like you who is greedy, ugly, vicious and evil under the guise of the Virgin Mary."
"Xinya, I know you are unhappy about the scandalous reports about you in the newspapers and magazines this morning. So no matter how harsh the words you say to me are, I can understand you." Xia Ruya felt that the gaze falling on her at this moment seemed to be icy and cold to the bone. She quietly clenched her hands into fists at her sides, and she was like a mermaid with her scales peeled off, feeling like she was being tortured to death under the gaze of her bone-chilling eyes.
"Pfft!" Wen Xinya couldn't help but sneer, looking at Xia Ruya with contempt in her eyes: "Ms. Xia, don't spread your halo of the Virgin Mary so casually, that kind of thing is too high-end, ordinary people like us can't afford it."
Wen Xinya looked at Xia Ruya with a disgusted expression on her face, as if she had swallowed a fly.
Xia Ruya faced the bright sunshine and looked at Wen Yanya in front of her. She was wearing black and white clothes, but she faintly revealed her calm nobility. Her face was full of contempt for her, and she could no longer maintain the expression on her face.
Wen Xinya laughed so hard that she was out of breath: "Hahahaha... Speaking of scandals, who in this circle can compare to you, Miss Xia? Two years ago, you were the synonym of a white lotus and a green tea bitch in Beijing. Even now, the photo of your virginity/membrane identification report is still circulating on the Internet. What's my level compared to that?"
“Xinya, are you proud of building your own happiness on the suffering of others? Even though my scandal caused a lot of controversy back then, at least I have proved my innocence. What about you… Can you deny that the reports in newspapers and magazines are false?” Xia Ruya’s face turned pale instantly, her pretty face twisted with shame and indignation, her charming eyes dark and wet, like an ancient well with no bottom, deep and dead silence.
Wen Xinya smiled faintly and said, "I have never denied that I was embarrassed in the past, and I will never belittle myself, so don't compare me with you. I am at least open-minded, but you are hurting others and yourself in the end. And... you took the initiative to provoke me, so you must be prepared to be ridiculed. I, Wen Xinya, have never been an easy person to deal with."
Xia Ruya looked at Wen Xinya's back as she left. Her thin back showed a kind of elegant character.