To everyone's surprise, the young lady shook her head vigorously: "No, don't save her! She's the one who colluded with that villain and brought him into my room!"
ah?
Shen Xingmian was dumbfounded. Looking at the scene, she thought it was a loyal servant saving his master, but it turned out to be a secret conspiracy.
Seeing that she didn't believe her, the girl cried and said, "This person is my personal maid. I have always treated her well. I'm not just making this up. Immortal, you can go outside and ask around. In the whole mansion, everyone knows that she is the luckiest girl!"
"But it was precisely this kindness that made her have inappropriate thoughts. She thought I was easy to manipulate, so she conspired with the servant in the mansion who was in love with her, wanting him to humiliate me so that she could become the son-in-law of my Liu family."
She wanted to use that servant to completely control me, so that the entire Liu family's vast fortune would belong to this despicable couple!
I would rather die than submit, and the two men, enraged, resorted to violence.
Waaah, how did I raise such an ungrateful child!
After she finished speaking, she could no longer control her emotions and covered her mouth as tears streamed down her face.
Ah, this...
Shen Xingmian never expected it to be like this. No wonder the young lady was crying so sadly. She was betrayed by the maid who had always taken good care of her, and her whole life was ruined. Who wouldn't hate her?
However, having witnessed too many Rashomon-like situations, she was hesitant to believe only one side of the story, so she decided to wake the maid as well and hear her side of the story.
Seeing that the young lady did not stop her from checking on the maid, Shen Xingmian became even more certain of her story.
A respectable young lady like her wouldn't risk her reputation to frame a lowly maid, would she?
But... thinking of the clever young man in the inn, she always felt that his cousin shouldn't be such a wicked person.
Forget it, there's no point in thinking about it too much. We'll know once we wake them up.
Shen Xingmian pulled the maid lying inside up and made her lean against the foot of the bed so that she could easily reach people.
During the pulling, she noticed some hidden injuries on the maid's arms and collar, which didn't seem to be caused by bumps and bruises today, but rather looked like old injuries that had accumulated over the years.
Shen Xingmian's doubts deepened.
If what this young lady said is true, and she has always been exceptionally kind to this maid, how could she have so many injuries on her body?
As her supernatural power was channeled into her, the maid slowly opened her eyes. Upon seeing the young lady sitting opposite her, she shuddered in fright and shrank back into the corner of the bed.
The young woman threw a pillow at him and cursed:
"You still have the nerve to hide! If it weren't for you, I wouldn't be so badly injured! If the immortal hadn't happened to pass by, I wouldn't be alive! Waaaaah..."
Shen Xingmian grew a little irritated by her "woofing," and, barely suppressing her impatience, grabbed the maid and asked:
"Tell me, what exactly happened? Is that your cousin lying on the ground?"
Upon seeing the young man, the maid's dry, well-like eyes trembled, tears welled up, and she slowly nodded in acknowledgment, "He is my cousin, but all of this has nothing to do with him. Immortal, please do not make things difficult for him."
"It was all my fault for being out of my mind. I deserve it. Do whatever you want with me, Miss."
After saying that, he lowered his head and refused to look at anyone again.
"Stop putting on that innocent act. There aren't any men here who you can seduce. Who are you trying to fool with your weakness? It's disgusting!"
The young lady Liu was acting somewhat erratically at this moment, quite different from before. If Shen Xingmian hadn't seen it with her own eyes, and given how close the time had been, she would have suspected that her memory was playing tricks on her.
Shen Xingmian glanced at her father and saw his solemn expression, and she knew that things were not so simple.
She actually had some guesses in her mind, but she probably couldn't find any evidence. Apart from the old wounds on the maid's body, she couldn't find anything else.
But what does it matter?
Evidence is required when going to the yamen (government office), but they are doing it in private now, and she also has the identity of a "celestial being." Threats and intimidation are much more effective than evidence.
“Miss Liu, this fairy does not save those who lie repeatedly. If you insist on this, I will have to withdraw my divine power.”
She thought about it and realized that even if she explained things clearly, it wouldn't make any difference, as the maid's life was still in the hands of the young lady.
Once she and her father are gone, she will definitely seek revenge in double measure to erase the humiliation she suffered today and vent the boundless hatred in her heart.
It seems that my past approach of judging people by their appearance was really wrong. If a beautiful person is also extremely good at disguising themselves, wouldn't they be able to do all sorts of bad things without anyone noticing?
It's terrifying to even think about.
Those men in the news who killed their wives for insurance money used to cry their hearts out in front of the camera, looking like they wished they could go with their deceased wives. In the end, it turned out they were just putting on an act.
Many of them are quite good-looking; otherwise, they wouldn't be able to become "phoenix men" who lure rich young ladies into marriage.
She must remind herself more often in the future not to be deceived by people's appearances.
"Where is this maid's indenture? Take it out. I know you have the courage to go down in flames, but after experiencing that kind of pain, do you still have the courage to do it again?"
"Since I can restore your face to its original state, I can naturally change it back again without anyone noticing. Are you sure you can handle that?"
Shen Xingmian's tone was calm, without even trying to project a threatening coldness, but the content was frightening enough.
Miss Liu was filled with rage, her hands gripping her skirt tightly, her face contorted with rage, her teeth clenched, as if she had a thousand vicious words to say, but she didn't utter them.
Even at this point, she still refused to admit she was wrong, nor was she willing to let the little maid she had tormented for so long leave.
Shen Xingmian knew that people have two sides, but the fact that the two faces were so different was still unbelievable and made her uncomfortable.
Before coming to the Liu residence, she only knew that the Liu family's young lady was very beautiful, and she wanted to come to the marriage selection event to join in the fun and see which family the beauty would ultimately marry.
Who would have thought that this seemingly casual act of watching a melon would reveal such a rotten core within her?
The maid didn't argue, probably because she had no way to express her grievances. Once she left this room, everyone would think that her mistress treated her very well. If she dared to say a single "no" to her mistress, she would be drowned in the spittle of others.
She must have asked for help many times, but never succeeded, which is why she is so disheartened and resigned to her fate.
The only person in the world who believed her was probably the boy who kept trying to earn money to help her buy her freedom.
No wonder the boy, who clearly didn't have much trouble earning money, dressed poorly, even in tattered clothes; it turned out he had been saving money for his cousin.
They really are a pair of unfortunate siblings.
People outside must have noticed something was wrong inside, as someone was already knocking on the door to inquire. Shen Xingmian didn't want to let her delay any longer, so she conjured a knife out of thin air and held it to Miss Liu's face.
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