Cao Yueqin snorted with contempt. “How can a god-granddaughter compare with a biological granddaughter? Also, do you know how I lived during these years in the outside world? My mother died after giving birth to me. If my adoptive mother didn’t take me in, I wouldn’t have survived! However, my adoptive father’s family background is weak, so do you know how much ridicule I received? Yet, someone illegitimate like Jun Ling’er occupied my spot and enjoyed my affections!”
Old man/young man
“What did you say?” Eldest Elder’s originally impatient expression turned furious. “You said Old Family Head’s daughter is already dead? Who? Who killed a member of my Jun Family?”
Cao Yueqin (Falsely become Jun fmly heir
Cao Yueqin humphed. “If it weren’t for Grandfather Jun abandoning my mother and causing her to not have enough money to treat her illness, she wouldn’t have passed away after giving birth to me.”
Old man/young man
*Her words portrayed herself in a very tragic light. Eldest Elder was originally dissatisfied with her but had turned sympathetic to her plight. No wonder she had such a large unfavorable impression of the Jun Family and Jun Ling’er. It was because she suffered through all sorts of misfortune outside and everything was caused by the Jun Family.*
Old man/young man
“Ling’er…” Eldest Elder turned to Jun Ling’er, hesitation in his speech.
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