CHAPTER 290: CHAPTER 290: SHANNON WARREN’S NOT-SO-BRIGHT MIND

Seven dwarfs?

For Fiona Dunn, the word "short" is undoubtedly an atomic bomb!

She turned her head angrily and shouted at the person mocking her, "Who are you calling short? Who are you talking to? Are you sick? Did I provoke you?"

The woman who was suddenly scolded froze for two seconds, and then laughed out loud, "What’s wrong? You’re short, but you don’t want people to say it? A shorty is a shorty. Even if you curse me, you’ll always be a shorty your whole life."

Fiona Dunn’s face turned red with anger. Seeing clearly who was speaking, she became even angrier: "Shannon Warren!? I thought it was some stray dog barking in my ear. Turns out it’s you! You’ve been Nina Kerr’s lackey for so long that you can’t even speak human words now, right?"

Seraphina Sinclair and Rosalie Quinn heard Fiona’s voice and quickly came over, just to see Fiona with hands on her hips, pointing at Shannon Warren and cursing her. Shannon didn’t look any better; both were red-faced from the argument.

The girl who came with Shannon Warren stood awkwardly to one side, wanting to intervene, but Shannon snarled at her: "Whose side are you on? Are you scared of Fiona Dunn?"

"Shannon, more and more people are coming into the store, why don’t we just let it go?" Wendy Warren snuck a glance around, noticing that more people were crowding around due to the commotion, all looking at them with disdain, making her feel humiliated.

Shannon herself didn’t feel this way. She had intended to scold Fiona but was surprised that her companion lacked backbone, saying such discouraging things. So she turned to Wendy and started cursing: "Wendy Warren, recognize your identity. You’re just a dog I raised. What right do you have to interfere with my business? If you’re not helping me, get out of my sight!"

"From a dog’s mouth, you’d never hear wisdom. The Warren Family has you as a disgrace, and I feel sorry for them. You bully even your own sister; do you even qualify as a human?" Fiona stuck out her tongue disdainfully at Shannon’s behavior.

After being scolded, Wendy didn’t dare say much more, shrinking back behind Shannon without raising her head.

Seraphina saw Wendy’s bullied appearance, and a cold gleam flashed in her eyes. If Shannon behaves like this outside, who knows what happens at home.

Rosalie whispered in her ear, "Wendy Warren originally was the real heiress of the Warrens. Unfortunately, her mom died early, and her dad brought in a stepmother, and Shannon is the daughter brought by the stepmother. Though not of Warren blood, President Warren seems bewitched by his current wife and dotes on this non-birth daughter while neglecting his own flesh and blood..."

The story didn’t need to be explained in detail; Seraphina already understood the rest.

She has experienced being nest-plundered, having suffered in the past too. When she saw Wendy, it was as if she was seeing her own helpless past.

"You..."

"What about you? Don’t you know how to speak clearly but still want to argue with me? Have you studied the Three Hundred Tang Poems? Do you recognize Chinese characters? Did you hear clearly when I said you’re not worthy to be a human? Do you know, no matter how high a wild chicken flies, it’s still a wild chicken; a phoenix remains a phoenix even with its feathers plucked."

"Do you think now that you’re the Warren heiress, you’re truly a phoenix? Does anyone in our circle respect you? You spend time arguing with me instead of reading more books. Don’t embarrass your parents."

Shannon Warren couldn’t even get a word out before Fiona Dunn overwhelmed her with a barrage of words.

In other areas, Seraphina might not admire Fiona Dunn, but when it comes to cursing, she genuinely thinks Fiona is impressive.

Sometimes, she even wants to apprentice under Fiona; this little girl indeed has a knack for cursing, always being straightforward and infuriating others.

But the Dunn Family is among the top aristocrats on Diamond Island. Although Shannon dares to quarrel with Fiona, she absolutely wouldn’t dare actually do anything to Fiona, given her status—unless the Warren Family doesn’t want to continue on Diamond Island.

Seraphina knew Fiona wouldn’t lose and stood by with Rosalie without getting involved.

But who knew Shannon, losing the war of words against Fiona, turned to Seraphina.

As they say, choose a soft persimmon to squeeze; in Shannon’s eyes, Seraphina was the soft persimmon.

She shifted her firepower towards Seraphina, ridiculing: "Hmm, I wonder why Fiona’s tongue is so sharp today; turns out she has someone backing her up? Shouldn’t you pick someone more skilled to support you? Isn’t going for such an unknown small character a bit unimpressive."

Seraphina is quite well-known on Diamond Island, but her reputation mainly pertains to the business circle. For those unfamiliar with this area, it’s normal not to know her.

Someone like Shannon, a spoiled child, who typically is ignorant and never reads financial reports, naturally wouldn’t know Seraphina’s name.

But just by looking at Seraphina’s beautiful face, she instinctively felt displeased. Coupled with Seraphina standing with Fiona, she thought since she couldn’t confront Fiona, she’d embarrass Seraphina.

In her eyes, Seraphina was just an invisible figure with no standing.

Rosalie and Seraphina were encountering such brainless provocation for the first time.

There are many brainless people; but one as stupid as Shannon is indeed surprising.

Not only them, even Fiona was stunned by Shannon’s approach and couldn’t help but click her tongue: "Shannon Warren, don’t tell me you have a problem with your brain? Unknown? Are you talking about her?"

"Did I say something wrong? This is the most famous dress shop on Diamond Island; not just anyone can enter. Fiona, what’s with bringing in anyone? Every dress here costs hundreds of thousands; can she afford it?" Shannon thoughtlessly labeled Seraphina as a commoner, after all, she hadn’t heard of her nor seen any mention of Seraphina in wealth lists.

Fiona pointed at Seraphina, almost bursting into laughter: "You mean? She’s someone I brought?"

Although she indeed brought her, it wasn’t in the sense Shannon assumed.

"Fiona, your taste in friends is really dropping. A stray from lower society, and you’re not even bothered by the dirt. I suppose the dress money today has to be paid by you? It’s truly laughable." Shannon chuckled, thinking she’d tarnish Fiona’s reputation by discrediting Seraphina and Rosalie.

In Shannon’s view, among the noble elite, none would want to associate with commoners. If anyone did, it would be lowering themselves—a disgraceful thing.

She spoke brazenly about how worthless Seraphina was, completely ignoring the expressions of those around her.