Cao Yuyao's words were vicious. She showed Yan Qingsi and the others no respect whatsoever.
"Cao Yuyao, watch your mouth!"
The hot-tempered Zhao Ling Shuang flew into a rage and pointed straight at her nose.
"What we do is none of your damn business! Who asked you to come here and tell us what to do?"
"You!"
Cao Yuyao choked on her words, her expression darkening.
When it came to arguing, she was no match for the former soldier queen.
Yan Qingsi stopped Zhao Ling Shuang before she could go any further. She looked at Cao Yuyao and asked coldly,
"Cao Yuyao, what exactly are you here for? Don't tell me you've come to propose to Yue Xiaofei too."
There was a hint of mockery in her voice.
She knew full well how deep the bad blood ran between the Cao Family and Yue Xiaofei.
There was no chance Cao Yuyao had come to arrange a marriage.
Sure enough, Cao Yuyao burst into exaggerated laughter, as though Yan Qingsi had told the funniest joke in the world.
"Hahaha! Propose? To him?"
She pointed at Yue Xiaofei and laughed so hard that tears nearly came to her eyes.
"Yan Qingsi, you have to be joking. You think the Cao Family would want a criminal's son? What a joke!"
A criminal's son!
Those words struck a raw nerve in Yue Xiaofei.
A chill finally entered his face, which had remained calm until now.
Yan Qingsi and the others also looked uncomfortable.
They knew that Yue Xiaofei's father, Yue Changlong, had been wrongfully imprisoned five years ago.
But to them, that was a grievance from the previous generation. There had to be more to the story, and they did not think less of Yue Xiaofei for it.
Cao Yuyao, however, had torn open