Chapter Twelve: The Delicate Young Lady
Why did she do that?
Seeing that she believed it, Xu Haiyu's eyes flashed with a hint of smugness. Not daring to let Zhang Jinhua see it, she could only lower her head and hide the emotions in her eyes before speaking: "I'm not very clear about that. I only know that because she lost her mother at an early age, she sees everyone as an enemy. She bullies her stepmother and stepsister at home and doesn't even recognize her own father."
She often said that her biological father was a live-in son-in-law who was not worthy of being the father of a young lady like her.
"What?"
Zhang Jinhua couldn't stand people like that. He immediately put down his work, wiped his hands haphazardly, and said, "There's such a thing? I'll have to have a good talk with Xiao He about this."
He Mingzhou is a good boy, and she doesn't want him to be deceived by such a woman for the rest of his life.
This matter needs to be verified.
If it's true, then Xiao He needs to prepare as soon as possible.
"Didn't Brother Mingzhou go out to sea?"
Xu Haiyu's eyelids twitched; she hadn't expected Zhang Jinhua to be so impatient in his actions.
If she really sends someone to investigate, wouldn't all her lies be exposed?
"It's because he went to sea and there's no one in charge of things at home that I want to help him."
These days, the only way to contact the outside world is by sending a telegram.
However, such valuable items can only be found in one place on the entire island. Now, to get there, one would have to cross the entire island, which would probably take several hours round trip.
Zhang Jinhua hesitated for a moment before saying, "Xiaoyu, you watch the house for me. I'll be back soon after I go out for a bit."
When Xu Haiyu saw that Zhang Jinhua was serious, she panicked for a moment but quickly calmed down.
Let my sister-in-law investigate. Even if we can send a telegram now, it will still take the other party ten days to half a month to investigate.
Besides, they wouldn't use something so expensive to handle such a small matter; they'd definitely send a letter back later.
As long as she intercepts the letter first, her sister-in-law will naturally never know the truth.
"Alright then, sister-in-law, I'll keep an eye on things for you. Don't worry about things at home."
"Hey, thank you so much, Xiaoyu."
Xu Haiyu said with a touched expression, "I should be thanking you, sister-in-law. Otherwise, Brother Mingzhou might have been deceived even more."
"We've both benefited greatly from your care over the years."
"You silly child, we're all family, what nonsense are you talking about? I'm going now."
Xu Haiyu personally escorted Zhang Jinhua to the door, and only after watching her quickly disappear from sight did she begin to hum a song in a good mood.
Seeing the lights on in He Mingzhou's room, and vaguely seeing shadowy figures moving around inside, Xu Haiyu smiled smugly.
"I'll let you be happy for a while longer, but there will come a time when you'll cry!"
Anyone who dares to steal her man will be taught a lesson by this rich young lady from Shanghai!
...
For several days in a row, Xin Li could feel Zhang Jinhua scrutinizing her with a look of disapproval.
Moreover, whenever she goes out, she notices people pointing and whispering around her.
Xinli didn't take it to heart at first.
But later, those people dared to cricket at her right in front of her, which made Xin Li very unhappy.
Once again, when she went out to wash clothes, she was pointed at and gossiped about by several older women. Xinli slammed the washing mallet into the water, and water splashed everywhere.
"oops!"
"Good heavens! How did you wash these clothes? You've gotten all our clothes wet!"
"As expected of a young lady from the city, she can't possibly do this kind of rough work."
"If you don't know how to wash, then don't wash. Look at me, my newly changed clothes are wet again."
As Xin Li listened to these people talking back and forth, her face remained completely expressionless.
It wasn't until those people realized that their long monologue was slowly coming to an end that they discovered Xin Li standing motionless in the distance.
Those people were a little puzzled.
"What's wrong? Does she not understand what we're saying?"
"That can't be right, our language here is quite easy to understand."
"Oh dear, she's from Shanghai, so it's normal that she doesn't understand. This young lady doesn't want to talk about these rustic things with us common folk."
Xinli finally understood after hearing this.
I thought Xu Haiyu would come up with some tricks, but all he did was talk badly about her behind her back and ruin her reputation.
Where did you hear all this from?
Xinli picked up the washing mallet and casually started to rummage through the clothes in the water.
Those people were puzzled by Xin Li's appearance.
Wasn't it said that this person had a bad temper and looked down on people like them?
Why does she seem to have such a good temper?
They didn't get angry, and their tone was normal... Could it be that they made a mistake?
"Do we even need to listen to that? You know perfectly well what you've done."
An old woman retorted, "I hate rich young ladies the most. They think they're superior, but they're lazy, ignorant of farming, and just drag others down!"
Xin Li, expressionless and silent, picked up the washing mallet and slammed it heavily onto the quilt in her hand.
The sound of banging sent chills down the spines of everyone present.
"you……"
The old woman saw the force with which Xinli pounded the quilt, and when she opened her mouth, the water from the quilt sprayed all over her.
"Goodness, you call this a delicate young lady?"
Someone patted the old woman on the shoulder, and although they lowered their voice, it was still clearly audible: "With that kind of strength, if she swung her hand on your head, she could splatter your brains out."
The old woman gasped, as if she had seen a ghost, and quickly gathered her clothes and basin, running away without looking back.
Xinli ignored her and continued to beat her blanket.
Those people initially thought that Xinli was just putting on an act, perhaps only hitting the quilt a few times to scare people, until Xinli washed the quilt clean and even wrung it half dry by hitting and kneading it. Only then did everyone realize that Xinli was really strong.
Seeing that Xinli was already packing her things to go home, a woman said indignantly, "So what if you're strong? Everyone has the strength to do laundry. What are you pretending to be so important about!"
This statement was echoed by others.
"That's right, that's right."
“We’ve been doing laundry all year round, so we’re quite strong.”
"Look at you all, it's just that the young lady is washing her own clothes, is it really that surprising? She doesn't have anyone to serve her now, it's perfectly normal for her to wash her own clothes."
Those people kept talking, but they just didn't believe that Xinli was a reliable and hardworking person.
Xin Li didn't rush up to explain to those people. Anyway, everyone lived on the same island and would run into each other all the time. They would eventually see what kind of person she really was.
After I went back and aired out the quilts, someone knocked on the courtyard gate.
Xinli turned around and was met with a dark face.
The other person smiled brightly, their teeth dazzlingly white.
"Who are you?"
"Hello, Madam Deputy Division Commander! I am a soldier under the Deputy Division Commander. He sent a message through someone asking me to inquire if you have anything you need to bring."
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