Such a Rude and Noisy Woman

Chapter 103 Tit for Tat

Susan walked up to Shirley, pulling at her clothes and said, "Stop playing with your phone Shirley. Get

up and say hello to your sister-in-law Rachel!"

Shirley seemed to be reluctant to do that. No matter how hard Susan pulled at her, she seemed

unwilling to greet Rachel. Finally she stood up very very slowly, "My name is Shirley", she introduced

herself to Rachel, "I'm a very distant relative of the Rong family, a remote cousin."

Rachel was a little surprised about the way she introduced herself. Usually when you introduced

yourself, you tried to put your best foot forward and show extreme closeness to the Rong family. Shirley

was just on the contrary.

"Uh, Shirley, even though you're a distant relative, Hiram is still your cousin. Alright, say hello to your

sister-in-law." Susan poked at her and said.

"That's right Shirley, " said Miranda, who was standing beside her, "my mother-in-law brought you here

today to introduce you to your sister-in-law." Miranda turned to Rachel, smiled and continued, "Shirley

is a niece of my mother-in-law. She has been brought up by my mother-in-law because her parents

died early. For that she might have grown up to be a little lonely and arrogant. Please don't blame it on

her."

Rachel listened for a while, but soon she understood that Shirley was intentionally saying that she was

a distant relative.

Because marriages between collateral relatives by blood were forbidden by the law, she mentioned of

her relation with them was distant on purpose.

What she really meant was

She had no blood relationship with Hiram at all.

After figuring that out, Rachel was not surprised any more. Hiram was so popular that so many people

wanted to marry him. If Shirley also wanted to, she wouldn't be shocked.

"Nice to meet you sister-in-law. Where's Hiram, did you come here alone?" Shirley asked Rachel

directly without any hesitation. Her question was so impolite that others wouldn't have dared to ask at

all.

"Uh, Shirley! How can you speak like that? Streams Company is such a huge enterprise that keeps

Cousin Hiram busy every day. Isn't it normal that he might be a little late for the family reunion because

of being too busy?" Susan looked at Shirley and reprimanded her.

Shirley didn't look embarrassed at all but kept saying, "Are you sure? I am afraid that the truth might be

that Hiram doesn't want to come here with her at all.

It is clear to everyone that their marriage was fixed by the elders and they were left with no choice at

all. Do you think Hiram would be glad to take any woman unknown as his wife?"

Shirley's voice was not very loud so it couldn't be heard by Joanna and the others. But it was still loud

enough that Rachel, Miranda and Susan could hear it.

Miranda scolded her in a low voice, "Shirley, apologize to Rachel immediately! No matter how they are

engaged to be married. She has become the wife of Hiram now. You have to show your respect to her."

Rachel listened to her silently. After the Lydia incident, this kind of irony and ridicule was not new to her.

Such words did not have any impact on her.

"It's fine It was just a kid's joke. You all take a seat first. I will go to the kitchen and check on the dinner,

" Rachel answered. She smiled gently and walked to the kitchen.

Before Rachel had walked far, she heard Shirley speak again.

"If it hadn't been for her, Lydia would have returned already. I heard that Hiram had ordered her to stay

in the United States and not come back because of Rachel. ConTEent bel0ngs to Nôv(e)lD/rama(.)Org .

As Lydia's sister-in-law, she didn't try to please her, but instigated Hiram not to let her go home. How

could she be a kind woman?"

Rachel slowly grasped her hands together and tried to control herself by not turning back.

As soon as she reached the kitchen, she took a deep breath and called Carl, "Why has Hiram not

come back yet?"

"Rachel, please don't worry. We're on the way now." Carl replied that as soon as Hiram finished the

work, they would rush home.

Hanging up the phone, Rachel brought out two dishes. After she put two plates on Joanna's table, she

said, "Mom and aunts... Please wait a moment, Hiram is on his way back. He will be here very soon."

"No hurry, no hurry. Hiram is busy with his work. We are just idle and can wait." The aunt from Fang

family answered.

When Rachel went back to her table, Miranda was talking to Shirley. But their voice was too low to be

heard clearly.

"Rachel please don't take Shirley's words to heart. Shirley has a very good relationship with Lydia since

they were still kids. Both of them like Hiram. Since you just appeared suddenly and became his wife,

they are naturally a little jealous of you. However, as long as Hiram loves you, that should be enough, "

Susan tried to comfort Rachel and said.

She was afraid that Rachel might be a little down because of what Shirley just said.

"Hey Susan, you'd better stop pretending to be the good one." Shirley interrupted. She came to their

table with a piece of fruit in her mouth and kept saying, "Hiram has been forced to accept the marriage,

however, as long as the wedding ceremony hasn't been held yet, she hasn't been officially recognized.

So you'd better not judge so early."

Hearing what she had said, Rachel smiled, sipped her tea and said, "Shirley is right, Hiram literally still

owes me a wedding. Since you are all here, when he comes back, I would just take the opportunity to

ask him, when will we hold the wedding?"

"That's a great idea. Rachel, I will ask him for you. I've always thought that Hiram will be the most

handsome groom in the world. Now I'm glad to have the opportunity to see for myself, "

Susan laughed and said.

But Shirley sniffed and laughed.

She said to her sister-in-law Miranda who stood beside her, "Miranda, did you hear that? She is really a

high-handed woman, forcing Hiram to marry her in front of so many people. She will really leave Hiram

with no face at all."

"Shirley, don't say that. The marriage is between Hiram and Rachel. It's none of your business. You'd

better not mix it up." As Miranda spoke, she made an eye contact with Shirley to warn her to stop

talking.

Shirley bowed her head and fiddled with her skirt. Then she said disapprovingly, "Yes, of course I can't

mix it up, but Lydia is wronged. As the only daughter of Rong family, she was forced to live in a foreign

country, and not allowed to come back. I really don't know how can she be her sister-in-law..."

Rachel's face darkened in an instant, but she still said calmly, "Shirley, Lydia and I have met no more

than three times so far. I don't know why you have such a prejudice. Can you tell me, what happened

to make you hate me so much?"

As Shirley's sister-in-law, she could tolerate the little girl's offence for a while, but it did not mean that

she would always tolerate it.

Hearing her, Shirley did not know what to say for a while.

Her hate was born within her the moment Rachel became the wife of Hiram?

"Lydia has been on summer vacation, but she still hasn't come back yet. Are you daring to say, it is not

because of you?" Shirley was also not an easy woman to deal with. As soon as she recovered her

composure, she answered back.

Rachel raised her eyebrows and said, "Oh? Do you think it's me who has not allowed her to come

back? Don't you think maybe it is because she did something so wrong that she is not daring to come

back?"

Shirley was not able to say anything.

"Shirley, I have one word for you which I will only say once. It's not necessary for me to be against

anyone on purpose, however if there's anyone against me all the time, I won't be blamed for whatever I

do, "

Rachel looked at the speechless Shirley and said. Her voice was as calm as usual.

Shirley bit her lip, and turned her head away silently. Miranda felt embarrassed as well, she bowed her

head and straightened her clothes.

The atmosphere became kind of awkward. Susan watched and didn't know what to say or what to do.

Just then she looked at the door casually.

She stood up immediately.

"Hiram? So glad you're finally here."