#New Gossip from the Set#

The old woman kept her mouth shut.

"That day, your younger son refused to buy a house for his eldest nephew. You sent him countless messages, calling him heartless, an ungrateful traitor, and unfilial. You used every vicious insult you could think of and even cursed him to die early."

The old woman's pupils constricted. She clearly hadn't expected Chu Xiyue to know even that. She stammered, "N-No, I didn't want him to die! He had an accident while crossing the road..."

"If you hadn't messaged him that day, he wouldn't have been distracted. If he hadn't been distracted, he would have watched the road carefully while crossing and wouldn't have been hit by a speeding car."

"It was all your fault. You indirectly caused your son's death, and now you still covet the property he left behind and force his wife. Aren't you afraid he'll come looking for you tonight to settle the score?"

Chu Xiyue spoke softly. The old woman stared blankly at her, yet it was as if she saw her son standing before her, covered in blood, seeking revenge.

"Ah! Don't come any closer! I didn't mean to!" The old woman scrambled up from the ground in terror, took two steps back, and fell again. She staggered to her feet and ran off at a speed that didn't match her age. "Don't come looking for me! I never wanted to kill you!"

Watching the old woman's retreating figure as she fled in a panic, Chu Xiyue dusted off her hands as though there were dirt on them and looked at the old woman's daughter-in-law. "Don't worry. She probably won't dare come looking for you again."

The daughter-in-law hadn't seen Chu Xiyue's lip movements and didn't know what she had just said, but she knew Chu Xiyue