Sister Qiao's face contorted in pain, but when she suddenly heard Su Yu and the others asking her questions, she could only bite her lip hard.
She wanted to escape this place as soon as possible, but her right foot was too painful to walk, so she could only hop along the path on one leg.
Su Yu and the old lady cautiously followed the sound and came over. When they reached the back of the tree, they saw Sister Qiao's back as she was about to walk to the other side.
The two looked shocked and exchanged a glance.
"Oh no, did she hear what we just said?!"
"Stop her quickly! She's definitely going to tell on us. If she tells that bastard, our plan will be ruined!"
Old Madam Su stamped her foot anxiously, and Su Yu's expression also tightened. "Mother, you go back first. I'll handle this little girl!"
So, Su Yu abandoned Old Madam Su and quickly chased after Sister Qiao.
Qiao Jie was so anxious that sweat poured down her back. She knew that she had overheard such a big secret, and they would definitely not let her go. She had to escape as soon as possible.
Unfortunately, the rock she just hit was too hard, and her foot still hurts a lot.
She ran with all her might, stumbling and staggering, but Su Yu caught up with her just as she crossed the garden and reached the bridge.
"Sister Qiao, where are you rushing off to?"
Su Yu's gloomy and eerie voice came, like a vengeful ghost, sending chills down Sister Qiao's spine.
She didn't respond, nor did she dare to stop. She only stiffened for a moment before running forward with even greater effort.
Su Yu narrowed his eyes and immediately strode after her. In just a few steps, he grabbed Sister Qiao by the back of the neck.
"What? You don't even know how to greet your second uncle? Your aunt really is ill-mannered; she doesn't even know how to teach you these basic etiquettes!"
Su Yu's voice lingered in Sister Qiao's ears.
Sister Qiao's body began to tremble, and she stammered, "Second...Second Uncle, please...please let me go?"
"Let you go? Then tell your second uncle what you just saw and heard, huh?"
Su Yu's voice was full of danger and mockery.
"I...I didn't hear it, and I didn't see it either."
"Really? You didn't hear me? Too bad, your second uncle saw you! You saw it all, so what can I say, you're just unlucky. Well then, you can—die!"
As he spoke, Su Yu's voice suddenly turned stern. Qiao Jie'er wanted to scream for help, but it was too late.
Before she could even cry out for help, she was violently pushed into the pond below the bridge.
Qiao Jie'er had never been in the water before, so naturally she couldn't swim. Moreover, she wasn't dressed lightly. Overwhelmed by fear, she only thrashed around a couple of times after falling into the water, choked on some water, and then quickly sank.
Su Yu stood on the bridge, watching all of this with a sinister expression.
He had no intention of killing his elder brother's daughter, but somehow she saw something she shouldn't have.
Now that their second branch of the family has been ruined by their eldest brother's legitimate daughter, even if they were the ones who caused Jiang Ruan's death, their guilt should be absolved.
Su Xuanlang is their only hope now, and they absolutely cannot abandon him.
"Sister Qiao! Sister Qiao, where are you, Sister Qiao?"
Just then, when the pond was almost dry and Sister Qiao could no longer struggle, she suddenly heard a woman calling her name.
Su Yu turned his head and met Cui Niang's gaze as she looked in his direction.
In that instant, Su Yu felt like he'd been caught red-handed. He was thinking about whether to deal with Cui Niang as well, but then he suddenly heard other footsteps in the distance.
Lost in thought, he suddenly jumped into the pond.
With so many people watching, he definitely wouldn't be able to do anything to Cui Niang. Besides, Cui Niang is an adult, not a child. How could something happen to her so easily?
If something were to happen to them together, it would certainly arouse suspicion.
Now that he's been seen again, he'll have no way to explain himself if Sister Qiao's body floats to the surface later.
So he had no choice but to pretend to jump into the water to save people.
Anyway, after struggling for so long, it's likely that Sister Qiao won't survive even if she's rescued.
When Cui Niang met Su Yu's gaze from afar, she felt a strange sensation in her heart for some reason, and she was stunned for a moment.
When she saw Su Yu turn around and jump into the pond, she was startled. Although she didn't know why, she still followed him with her servants.
When she saw Su Yu dragging Sister Qiao's body out of the pond and floating it to the surface, she turned pale with fright.
She felt her body go limp, and she staggered as she grabbed the railing for support.
She cried, "Qiao'er, what happened to you? How did you fall into the lake? Waaah, my Qiao'er, are you alright? Don't scare your mother..."
Cui Niang cried out in anguish.
Su Yu pretended to struggle as he dragged Qiao Jie'er from the water to the shore, and at this moment he also looked extremely disheveled.
"When I came over just now, I saw Sister Qiao struggling in the water. I don't know how she accidentally fell in!"
Su Yu gave a simple explanation to Cui Niang, who was crying beside him.
Cui Niang's face was covered in tears. She hugged Sister Qiao and called out for a long time, but Sister Qiao did not respond.
Hearing what Su Yu said, she couldn't care less about arguing and could only order the servants around her, "Go find a doctor quickly, go find a doctor quickly!"
*
The news of Qiao Jie'er falling into the water quickly reached Su Zhen's ears, and he immediately went to Qiao Jie'er's house.
At this moment, the doctor was examining Qiao Jie'er's body, Cui Niang's eyes were swollen from crying, and Su Yu stood aside expressionlessly.
"What happened to Sister Qiao? How could she have fallen into the water? Where is her maid? Why wasn't she watching her?"
When Su Zhen entered, he looked anxious and immediately began to scold the servants.
"Master, please spare us! It was Miss who told us not to follow her. She said she would be back in a little while."
The two maids who served Sister Qiao knelt on the ground in fear and explained.
They didn't intentionally avoid following Sister Qiao; it's just that Sister Qiao didn't seem to trust them much and didn't allow them to come along.
Since arriving at the Su family mansion, Qiao Jie'er had observed the attitude of the second branch of the Su family and had come to believe that the mansion was controlled by the second branch. Moreover, she thought that her mother was just a concubine with a soft personality and could not control the servants at all.
Therefore, Sister Qiao did not trust any of the maids around her, fearing that they would reveal that she had written a letter to Su Liluo.
So she went out alone, intending to spend money to hire someone to deliver the message.
Unexpectedly, this situation arose on the way.
"Lord Su, your daughter's life has been saved, but..."
Just then, the doctor standing nearby suddenly looked at Su Zhen with a grim expression and said something.
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