Chapter 202

Qing confidently marched up to the upper floor.

The staff members followed behind, and some spectators who deemed watching a fight more entertaining than observing Pang Dae-san’s face hesitated before joining in.

As a result, the two faced each other on the seventh floor, and Mo Yong Joo-hee was the first to break the silence.

“You think I’m going to be grateful? That’s a huge miscalculation. Whose fault is this to begin with? Throwing a disease and then giving the medicine?”

Tang Nan-ah immediately flared up.

“Wow, how rude! Qing Ah, seriously, you don’t need to bother with stuff like that! Even if we’re enemies, shouldn’t you at least say thanks just once? Hey, kid, what do you think? Is this how your older sister should act?”

“Uh… older sister?”

“What! What did I do wrong! It’s not my fault you misunderstood when we weren’t even close! Who’s to blame for misunderstanding when the situation was set up for it?!”

It was a bold rebuttal from Mo Yong Joo-hee.

Mo Yong Jun’s eyebrows and shoulders drooped.

His eyes, which were so similar to his sister’s, shimmered with tears, creating a ripple effect.

“Jun, why are you acting like that? Why are you looking at me with those eyes? Don’t do that. Aren’t you going to support your sister?”

“Ugh, umm…”

“Tsk, tsk. That’s the right thing to do, very good.”

Tang Nan-ah clicked her tongue.

Mo Yong Joo-hee grimaced.

How did that girl end up as such a faithful maid? Wasn’t she the same one who used to scold me for talking to the master without permission?

It turned out that her younger brother wasn’t much help either.

Not that he was unhelpful, but rather he was more like a force driving that triangle of conscience.

I, too, needed a spokesman to take my side.

Mo Yong Joo-hee glanced around at her crew.

They had been reduced to half because Oki-rin had stayed behind to admire his graceful jade face.

The rest of the crew subtly averted their gazes, clearly signaling that this was not quite right.

“Ugh.”

“Forget it. What’s the point of flaunting my help when I didn’t help you out to begin with? By the way, Young Lady Mo Yong? How much longer do you plan on engaging in this ridiculous childish argument for your satisfaction? Should I start from the top about why I’m so narrow-minded here because there’s no room for my feelings?”

“You! How dare you say that!”

“Ha. So, if you’re confident enough with your words, are you going to show me what you can do then?”

“I, I…”

Having already experienced the brunt of Qing’s temper, Mo Yong Joo-hee swallowed her indignation.

Was there really no room for feelings?

With just a light jab from her fist, she could dig in and tear everything apart, so how could she be confident enough to match up to that challenge?

“Then let’s clarify this. Why are you acting like this? Do you plan on making things difficult every time we meet?”

“You don’t know that? You gave me such embarrassment, such a terrible humiliation! And now you come whining like a victim?”

“If you’re talking about the drinking contest, honestly, it was just because Young Lady Mo Yong couldn’t handle her liquor and threw a fit, wasn’t it? I even let you win thinking you might make a blunder.”

“Who asked you to let me win? Who would shed tears of gratitude over such a pathetic gesture? Do you think anyone wouldn’t get mad if that happened?”

“What if I hadn’t let you win? Do you know that my alcohol tolerance wasn’t even half full back then? Honestly, whether I let you win or not, the result would have been the same, or perhaps I would have faced even more embarrassment from your drunken antics.”

“In that case, you should have just left it as it was! You took all the good stuff for yourself, being so kind and proper! Rather, it would have been better for you to lose and get drunk than become the ungrateful one after receiving consideration!”

“Oh, so you do know.”

The cold glares of the onlookers pricked at Mo Yong Joo-hee’s heart.

She let out a frustrated gasp.

Qing sighed deeply.

“Wasn’t it you, Young Lady Mo Yong, who set up the drinking contest in the first place to gather everyone from the Dragon and Phoenix Association? If you had quietly done your grand work on the seventh floor, you wouldn’t have had to confess so many physical traits.”

“Don’t call it physical traits! And if that’s the case, then you should have spoken up first! You should have mentioned how good your alcohol tolerance is!”

Mo Yong Joo-hee’s entourage lowered their heads.

Joo-hee, how much more shameful are you going to sound?

If you had said your alcohol tolerance was good, you would have just sipped water until you looked tipsy.

“Well, I’m sorry, Young Lady Mo Yong. I’m a bit strong with alcohol. And about losing to you in the drinking contest, I’m sorry; it wasn’t out of bad intention, it was because I was afraid you’d mess up due to being too drunk.”

“Again! Again! You’re the only good one!? Am I the only bad one here?!”

“If I had been weak with alcohol, it would have been me making a scene. Young Lady Mo Yong, I’m sure you had confidence in winning. So what’s with the anger? You set up such a grand trap for it.”

“It was you who started insulting me first! You can’t even imagine how insulting it was; I’ve never heard words that harsh in my life!”

“Well, didn’t you first come at me? Honestly, if you called me ugly or said my figure was vulgar, I’d just laugh it off, but did I really have to overlook you insulting the Divine Maiden Sect?”

“Tha, that’s… it’s just, no, saying your clothes were ugly isn’t saying the Divine Maiden Sect’s uniform is ugly!”

Mo Yong Joo-hee scrambled to make excuses.

After all, that was a slip-up.

There aren’t many proper female Daoists, the disciples of the Nine Great Spiritual Groups are rare. Of those, even fewer reach the seventh floor.

They either stick to their senior male Daoists on the fifth floor or huddle among themselves.

So when the women of the clan meet the female disciples of the sect, they’re often seen more as spoiled girls tired of mountain life than true practitioners.

So she had mistakenly thought less of them.

“So, was that all just my misunderstanding? Alright then. I apologize for misunderstandings, and I’ll also apologize for being immature and yelling at you. I’m sorry.”

“Yikes! Why! In that silly way!”

Mo Yong Joo-hee started to feel dizzy.

Or you might even call it fear.

This girl was determined to bury her.

Previously, Mo Yong Joo-hee had blamed her for the misunderstanding, and Qing had apologized.

And now she was apologizing for misunderstanding, so if she were to point out that it contradicts what she said earlier, she would merely become the one seen as a bad person.

“So then, you had reasons for starting trouble with me out of nowhere? What was the point of saying I was ugly or had a vulgar figure as soon as we met?”

Mo Yong Joo-hee felt wronged.

It was unfair that she was the only one branded as a bad person and also hurt about having a smaller chest while being insulted by larger-chested women.

So at this point, her grievance exploded.

“Yes, you flaunted that chest right in front of me! You shouldn’t do that! You can’t be swinging that around with such big ones!”

Tears streamed from Mo Yong Joo-hee’s eyes.

A solemn silence fell over the hall.

It appeared that Mo Yong Joo-hee had an unexpected knack for creating a serious atmosphere whenever she exploded!

Qing awkwardly broke the silence.

“Um, Young Lady Mo Yong. If I may ask, do you pick fights with every woman with big breasts?”

“Yeah! I do pick fights! Is that alright!? Isn’t it satisfying to create such a bad reputation for me! Why do you get to be so extra! You’ve always been like this, why are you being so dramatic now!”

“Am I too sensitive? Are the others just accepting my rudeness?”

“What? Rudeness? You’ve said your piece-”

“Wait! You over there, miss. Yes, that’s right.”

The pointed-out woman hesitantly spoke up. She clearly looked like someone who had been scolded by Mo Yong Joo-hee before.

“Um, it just happens every time, so every time it’s like, oh, that girl, or no, Young Lady Mo Yong is at it again…”

“So, you didn’t respond differently?”

“I thought it was just a chance encounter. And besides, since you’re from the Mo Yong Clan, it’d be inappropriate for someone from a less noble family like mine to retort.”

And so she fidgeted nervously.

“Lady? Do you have anything more to say?”

“Well, to tell the truth, I don’t feel too bad about it, and since Young Lady Mo Yong is Geomhwa, I don’t mind if she’s a little envious when she sees me.”

“Who’s envious! Not one bit! Who would envy such a lump of flesh!”

“Joo-hee, stop it. Just stop. Wipe your tears, okay? Your makeup is going to run. Hmm?”

Mo Yong Joo-hee’s entourage rushed in and prepared to restrain her, busy using handkerchiefs to dab at her eyes.

With that, perhaps feeling emboldened, the Young Lady finally found her voice.

“And when you do that, I feel it’s just… something I can’t respond to, right?”

“Is that so?”

“It’s just that. It’s not like I look down on you for not having it, but you feel sorry for Young Lady Mo Yong, and it’s a feeling I can’t pass up.”

“Yeah! You just look down on me! Look at how you’re treating me like I’m pitiful!”

“You, Miss, I’m sorry, but we’re not looking down on you with smaller chests, but simply feeling sorry for you.”

“Hey! You!”

“Hey, be sure to keep it stable because it looks uneven! I’ve seen you pull your top up because it almost dropped to your solar plexus before… But I couldn’t tell you!”

Maybe feeling bold, the testifying lady let out the words that had been bottled up.

Mo Yong Joo-hee’s blood pressure skyrocketed.

Of course, hearing that she was treated as pitiful was infuriating.

“Y-you ugly ones!”

But they didn’t seem particularly affected.

They were all part of old but small noble families, if not of the five great houses.

Though they’re not as drop-dead gorgeous as Mo Yong Joo-hee from Wei Wei River’s martial world, they wouldn’t fall behind too much.

Given their backgrounds, even if not comparable to the five great families, in their neighborhood, they were all princess-like.

Mo Yong Joo-hee was dealt the biggest shock.

“All of you, how could you look at me like that? No, you shouldn’t! How are you allowed to treat me like that!?”

Mo Yong Joo-hee took a few steps back, shook off her entourage, and turned to run away.

Seeing that, Qing thought, well, did I just do something quite regretful?