Shen Ning held Shen Shu firmly in the bathtub, refusing to let go no matter how much she struggled.
Seeing that her struggles had lessened a little, he grabbed her by the collar and lifted her up. Once she had caught her breath, he shoved her back down again.
"Ah...uh...glug glug..."
After several attempts, it looked like she was about to be crushed to death, but Shen Ning still mercifully spared her life.
She threw the person to the ground like a rag doll: "Sister Liuying, come in and change the water."
Liu Ying and Yu Zhu came in together, their heads down as if they didn't see the person on the ground. One of them fetched water and carried it out, while the other took a handkerchief to wipe the floor.
Liu Ying fetched water and handed it to the maids outside, instructing them to fetch more water. When asked why, she simply said with a strained expression, "The eldest young lady was about to take a bath when the second young lady rushed in, but she slipped and fell into the tub, making it unusable for the eldest young lady. Honestly, the eldest young lady has been working hard all day, and she can't even have a peaceful bath."
The old woman also looked down on this second young lady. She had just been hitting and smashing things. The eldest young lady was such a good person, how come her younger sister was like this?
"Miss, you've worked too hard. There should still be some water in the pot. I'll have someone fetch some and boil another pot so you can soak and relax."
Liu Ying watched her leave, then quickly took a bucket and went inside to change the water.
Shen Shu lay on the ground, motionless. She was awake, but her whole body was weak and she could not move.
Her wide, staring eyes held the terror of surviving a near-death experience; just now... she felt like she was really going to die.
"Cough cough... cough..."
Water got stuck in my lungs, and even a simple cough was excruciatingly painful.
Her body convulsed and twitched uncontrollably as she curled up in pain and despair. She saw a familiar hem of clothing and looked up to see Shen Ning sitting leisurely in a chair, drinking tea.
A Shen Ning she had never seen before, a complete stranger.
Her older sister had always loved her dearly and had taken care of her since she was little. No matter what mistakes she made, her older sister would always ask if she was hurt first, and then patiently teach and comfort her.
Her older sister would scold her and even hit her hand, but her eyes always held helplessness and heartache.
She had witnessed her eldest sister's two most emotional breakdowns: once before their mother's coffin, and once in the Wei family's main hall that day.
At the mother's funeral, her older sister was fierce, but she protected her and her younger brother behind her. The time when the older sister was so angry that she vomited blood, she did nothing to her.
Now, she could see no familiar gleam in her elder sister's eyes, only a condescending, cold disdain, as if looking down on an ant.
She curled up on the ground in agony, her lungs aching as if she had swallowed steel needles, her heart pounding as if it were about to jump out of her chest, and her head feeling as heavy as a thousand pounds. All this miserable pain was caused by her most beloved older sister.
And there was no longer any heartache or anxiety in her eyes, as if she wouldn't even blink if she died here.
She had never seen such a look before; just one glance made her tremble and feel terrified.
She had to escape... she had to escape, or she would die here.
Shen Ning watched as Shen Shu struggled on the ground for a long time before finally getting up and staggering away.
Sure enough, she won't know her place until she learns a lesson.
Liu Ying and Yu Zhu exchanged a glance and tacitly refrained from asking any questions. Although the eldest young lady was frightening, the second young lady had absolutely brought it upon herself.
"Miss, the water has been changed."
"Um."
Shen Ning put down her teacup, slowly walked behind the screen, took off her clothes, and entered the bathtub. Enveloped in the warm water, she murmured softly in comfort.
Shen Shu fled all the way out, not even caring about her personal maid. She stumbled to the door and ran into Liang Zhuo, who had just returned. She instantly found her pillar of support, and tears fell as she rushed towards Liang Zhuo.
"Brother Liang Zhuo, waaaaah...cough cough...save me, my sister is going to kill me..."
Terrified and aggrieved, she clung tightly to Liang Zhuo, wishing she could shrink completely into his arms: "My sister's gone mad! She's trying to kill me! Brother Liang Zhuo, save me..."
Liang Zhuo was caught off guard by being hugged and almost couldn't breathe.
Hearing Shen Shu's accusations, he found them absurd. How could the eldest young lady kill the second young lady?
The maid carrying hot water passed by and was furious when she saw this scene: "Second Miss, can't you have any conscience? You were the one who came to cause trouble for the Eldest Miss, but you slipped and fell into her bathtub, preventing her from taking a bath. How dare you complain here? And you even say the Eldest Miss killed you? Do you think everyone is as vicious as you?"
"Cough cough..." Shen Shu coughed violently, her trembling finger pointing at the old woman: "You're lying, it was my sister... cough cough... she was the one who forced me into the bathtub, she wanted to kill me... sob sob sob..."
She looked up at Liang Zhuo and pleaded, "Brother Liang Zhuo, you have to believe me, it really is my sister who wants to kill me... cough cough cough..."
In the past, Liang Zhuo would have blindly believed Shen Shu, but things are different now.
Shen Shu is already the young mistress of Wei, and she is with the man she loves, while he wants to marry the eldest daughter.
He has now seen through the kind and gentle heart beneath the young lady's cold exterior. Although she has not completely forgiven the second young lady, she still loves her in her heart. How could the young lady possibly kill her?
He touched Chen Shu's wet hair and said, "You should go change your clothes quickly, or you'll catch a cold."
She's the girl I like, and feeling sorry for her has become a habit.
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