"..."
As he thought it over, Jia Lian simply got up and walked to the window. He pointed toward the faintly visible Grand View Garden outside and sighed.
"Let's not even talk about anything else!"
"Just look at how our Jia Residence now has another garden that big. Every day, we have to tend all those rare flowers and plants, spirit birds and beasts, maintain the formations and wards throughout the grounds, clean the pavilions and towers, and pay the servants working there..."
"Which one of those things doesn't cost spirit stones?"
"Our two houses were already stretched thin as it was."
"And that garden is a bottomless cave that only takes and never gives..."
"Things are probably going to get even tighter for us from now on!"
"You have no idea. Lately, I wake up worrying every day...I don't even know how I'm supposed to run this household going forward."
Truthfully, Jia Lian faintly regretted taking on this burden in the first place. And now look at him: he hadn't gotten any benefits, but had ended up saddled with a complete mess!
If it weren't for Consort Yuan's homecoming and the construction of the garden, perhaps the Jia family could have kept up appearances. But now...those who knew the circumstances would naturally sympathize with the difficulties the couple faced. Those who didn't might instead assume that they had pocketed who knew how many spirit stones!
"..."
Jia Lian's words had set Wang Xifeng's temper alight, but after thinking it over, she had to admit that everything he said was true.
After all, Lin Meimei wasn't some orphan they could bully and push around at will anymore!
She might not have parents, but at least she had an extraordinary immortal master!
And, more importantly, she was a great talent who