Chapter 697: The Foot-Washing Maid Wants to Get to the Top (40)

Wang Linlang swallowed several pins to punish herself. When the maids found that she was motionless and came in to check, she was already dying.

After Wu'er reported, Zong Ying came to the side yard and saw Wang Linlang for the last time.

As soon as he stepped into Wang Linlang's room, the musty smell entered his nose and he almost couldn't help sneezing. Fortunately, Shi Yi, who was following him, quickly handed him a handkerchief sprayed with lemon scent. After he covered it, he felt much better.

The room was very dark because there was no sunlight. Shi Yi immediately asked the maids to light the candles in the room.

When the candles were lit, everything in the room was clean and spotless, which comforted him a lot. In any case, the servants still listened to him and took good care of her life.

"Master, do you have any other requests?" Nanny Wang was unwilling to miss this opportunity to show her face and moved closer to him.

"All of you go out." Zong Ying waved away the servants and only held Shi Yi's hand. He sat down beside her bed, and Shi Yi, who was left behind, stood behind him to accompany him.

"Window..." Wang Linlang's eyes fell on the tightly sealed window frame, her face full of pain.

Shi Yi understood, and immediately went out to order the maids to pry open the nailed window.

"You... are... coming." She said these three words in great pain, with cold sweat on her forehead.

"I'm coming. Don't talk. Ma Jingyang is on the way." Zong Ying wanted to hold her hand to give her some comfort, but hesitated when he thought of the dead Baoer.

"Ma?" Wang Linlang opened her eyes wide. She probably couldn't wait for Ma Jingyang. When she chose this path, she never thought of regretting it.

"Don't worry, don't talk." Zong Ying heard the maids say that she had swallowed a needle, and she didn't dare to move her at all, fearing that if she moved, the needle would pierce her stomach.

After a few bangs, the window was smashed, and fresh air rushed in, dispelling the musty smell in the room. Zong Ying's nose felt much better, and he stuffed the handkerchief into his sleeve.

"It's useless..." Wang Linlang turned to the window with difficulty. The cluster of creepers outside the window was dazzlingly green, and she had a smile in her eyes.

Before dying, she finally saw the outside world, and it was not a waste of her life.

Her Baoer liked green plants the most, and often pestered her to plant some strange weeds. But at that time, she disliked the soil and dirty hands, and never accompanied her son to plant seriously.

If time could go back, she must accompany her son well and not easily refuse every request of her son.

Well, no. She shook her head slightly.

If time could really go back, she would never be forced by her father to marry into the Zong Mansion. She wants to marry her sweetheart.

If they have money, they will buy rice, and if they don't have money to buy rice, they will drink wild vegetable porridge. Life will not be worse than living in the Zong family mansion.

She slowly closed her eyes.

Zong Ying looked at her face full of pain and recalled the first time he met her many years ago.

At that time, he was accompanied by his second wife Lan Maner. Lan Maner's every frown and smile was full of charm. She pointed at the sugar figures on the stall and pulled his sleeve and refused to let go.

At that time, she was accompanied by a spirited scholar. The scholar handed her a flower. She leaned against the railing and laughed so hard that she was even more beautiful than the flower in her hand.

In the end, both of them were let down by him.

Coming out of the side yard, Zong Ying was distracted and bumped into Ma Jingyang who came in a hurry.

"Master Zong, are you okay?"

"I..." He covered his heart and fell to the ground.

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"Master...you're awake. Have a drink of water." Zong Ying slowly opened his eyes and saw Sui'er. His heart suddenly tightened and he shouted, "Where's Shiyi? Where did Shiyi go?"

Sui'er felt bad, but she honestly answered his question, "Master, Shiyi went to boil medicine for you."

"I want to see Shiyi, I want to see Shiyi." Zong Ying started to make noise like a child.

Sui'er didn't expect that Shiyi, this bitch, would have such a great influence on the master. She had the intention to kill him, but she still said gently, "Master, don't worry about Shiyi. You are a patient now, you have to protect your body." Seeing that he looked uneasy, she immediately changed her words, "Master, you sit here, Sui'er will go and find Shiyi for you now."

Zong Ying breathed a sigh of relief and leaned against the bed.

When Shiyi passed the corridor with the medicine, he met the eldest wife Li Muting head-on.

She wanted to salute, but Li Muting raised her hand to refuse.

"The master wants to see you as soon as he wakes up, so go quickly."

"Thank you, Madam." Shi Yi's footsteps did not stop.

Lianlian behind Li Muting looked at her hurried appearance and was so anxious for her.

The fact that the master woke up and clamored to see a foot-washing maid spread throughout the mansion in a short time. Isn't this a slap in the face of the Madam? In any case, Shi Yi will definitely be punished by the Madam in the future.

When Zong Ying saw Shi Yi coming back, he ran over without even bothering to put on his shoes.

Shi Yi was afraid that he would knock over the medicine bowl, so he quickly put it on the edge of the table where the vase was placed.

"Shi Yi, you are here. You are here." Zong Ying was like an insecure child, hugging her neck tightly and not letting go, and kept muttering, "Shi Yi, don't leave me, don't leave me."

"Master, what's wrong?" Shi Yi took out a handkerchief from his sleeve and wiped the hot sweat off his forehead for him.

Zong Ying's feelings for her were particularly warm today, which caught her off guard.

"Shi Yi, in short, don't leave me." Zong Ying leaned his head on her neck, hunched over, and put all his strength on her.

The eldest wife Li Muting outside the door saw their tender scene and almost tore the handkerchief in her hand.

Li Muting felt that she was not worthy of it. She had been managing the Zong family for many years, and she only got respect from her husband, but never such a passionate emotion. How could she calm down?

"Shi Yi, I want to marry you. I want to marry you. Will you marry me?" It was at this moment that Zong Ying felt that he was really old. Because he began to question his own charm, doubting that the little girl would not accept his confession, and would even reject an "old man" like him.

"Master, I don't want to."

This was the situation he had anticipated. However, his heart still hurt.

He should have known that this little girl was different from other women. She was lazy, but she also knew how to read people's eyes; she was capable and opinionated, not inferior to men, but she often disguised herself as an ordinary person.

Li Muting broke the nail of her thumb.

She had stopped using this kind of tactic of wanting to refuse but also to welcome many years ago. Shi Yi, this dead girl, let's see how she will deal with her!

(End of this chapter)