With guilty consciences, they were intimidated by Xu Chunyan's words.
Seeing them waver, Xu Chunyan struck while the iron was hot. She had just used a hard approach, and now she switched to a soft one. Her voice became gentle and polite. "Aunt Axiu, Uncle Lin, what's done is done. The one Yaru loves is Jing Si, and she doesn't even like Jing Er. Why must you force her to marry him? What happened between her and Jing Er was just an accident. They were both drugged. It's only natural that they used each other as an antidote. Let's just keep this quiet. Blowing it up won't do anyone any good, especially not Yaru's reputation."
Xu Chunyan paused, then looked at the second auntie and Granny Ning. "Second Auntie and Granny Ning, you have daughters too. You can empathize. And you're tight-lipped; you'd never breathe a word of this to anyone. Right, Second Auntie, Granny Ning?"
"Yes, yes, of course," the two women, having been called out by name, replied in unison.
