Huang Haichuan followed Hu Mingmei's gaze with suspicion and saw a woman lying unconscious on the ground.
This woman... looks familiar! Huang Haichuan thought for a while before remembering that this woman was someone he had brought back not long ago. Her name seemed to be Mei'er. He had put her in the backyard, but before he could enjoy her, Hu Mingmei had sent her to her father's place. A series of troubling things had piled up, and Huang Haichuan had almost forgotten about her. Only now, seeing her, did he remember her.
Upon seeing Mei'er's appearance, he became extremely angry and, without even asking what had happened, roared, "Hu Mingmei, what did you do to her? Although she is one of my concubines, she is also your elder!"
Hu Mingmei immediately looked at him with a half-smile, as if to say, "How dare a lowly concubine call herself my elder?"
Huang Haichuan succumbed to Hu Mingmei's ambiguous gaze, and asked in a hoarse voice, suppressing his anger, "What did you do to him? Why is she here?"
"Uncle will know once she's awake, won't he? He can just ask her himself," Hu Mingmei said calmly. "Wake her up!"
The servant obeyed and squatted down, slapping Mei'er several times. When Huang Haichuan saw Hu Mingmei's men hitting his woman, he immediately felt as if they were hitting him. Just as he was about to stop them, Hu Mingmei spoke up again, "Second Uncle, let's wait until she's sober before asking her what happened. Don't let your good intentions backfire and you end up saving a snake without even realizing it! Second Uncle, please sit down!"
Seeing the hidden meaning in Hu Mingmei's words, Huang Haichuan had no choice but to suppress his anger and his tender feelings for Mei'er. He snorted and walked over to sit down, letting Hu Mingmei's men slap Mei'er.
The servant's hand was fast and heavy; with just two slaps, Mei'er woke up with a soft moan. As soon as she woke up, all her senses were replaced by the pain on her face.
Seeing that she was awake, Bai Nuo asked casually, "You're awake?"
That cold voice was enough to remind Mei'er where she was. All her senses were replaced by terror. Seeing her like this, Huang Haichuan felt a pang of heartache. He came over, picked Mei'er up, and whispered, "Mei'er, tell me, what did they do to you? How did you end up here? Don't be afraid, tell me what's wrong, and I'll stand up for you!" Even though Hu Mingmei was now in charge of the household, and everything in the Hu family was under her control, judging from the fact that Hu Mingmei had released him, it was very likely that someone had pressured Hu Mingmei. It was either the Zheng family or the palace. Otherwise, given Hu Mingmei's personality, why would she release them? She'd rather they just live and die together in the same courtyard. Besides, he was a generation older than Hu Mingmei. Even if Hu Mingmei hated him, she wouldn't dare do anything to him. With these two realizations, Huang Haichuan became much bolder.
Upon hearing Huang Haichuan's words, Mei'er became even more frightened and trembled in his arms. Huang Haichuan thought she was scared by Hu Mingmei and felt even more sorry for her, saying, "I'm sorry you had to suffer."
Besides his middle-aged wife, there was only this beautiful and charming woman left in the backyard. Looking at Mei'er, Huang Haichuan found her more and more pleasing to the eye.
"Mei'er, shall we have you say it or shall we have you say it?" Bai Nuo was getting impatient with Mei'er's silence and spoke up immediately.
"Say it! Say it! Say it!" Huang Haichuan said, "You've beaten him up like this, what are you still saying? Have you no conscience at all?"
"Of course, we'll explain why she's here!" Bai Nuo sneered. "Do you think we brought her here to deliberately make things difficult for her? Mei'er, will you tell us or will I? If I have to tell you, it won't sound so pleasant!"
"Master, let's go back!" Mei'er clutched the hem of Huang Haichuan's robe and whispered, "Mei'er's face hurts so much!"
Huang Haichuan instinctively felt a pang of pity and subconsciously wanted to say, "Okay, let's go back!" But when the words were about to come out, he remembered what Hu Mingmei had just said.
What did Hu Mingmei mean by that?
Huang Haichuan couldn't figure it out, and he just couldn't bring himself to say that he wanted to take Mei'er back.
“Let’s stay and hear what they have to say!” Huang Haichuan said.
Mei'er's face was snow-white.
"It's nothing, it's just that this woman inexplicably came to my study and took off her clothes, trying to seduce me!" Hu Mingmei said calmly. "When she failed to seduce me, she even tried to twist the truth in front of my wife. Second Uncle, our family may not be of high status, but not just any Tom, Dick, or Harry can come in. If you accept just anyone, won't people make our family a laughing stock?"
Huang Haichuan never expected Hu Mingmei to say such a thing. He looked at Mei'er in shock. Mei'er's clothes were still disheveled. He hadn't looked closely before and thought that someone had hit her and messed up her clothes. Now it seemed that was not the case at all.
Huang Haichuan's gaze towards Mei'er changed. "Is what he said true?"
Mei'er shook her head in Huang Haichuan's arms and whispered, "Master, it's not like this. Mei'er only has you in her heart!"
"Mei'er, are you saying that Second Master dragged me, my family, and all these servants into this to frame you for having an improper relationship with him?" Bai Nuo sneered. "Fine, I'll go and invite Second Aunt over right now and ask her what crime it is for a maid in the backyard to seduce a young master and cause chaos in the backyard!"
Bai Nuo was really furious with Mei'er. She never expected that Mei'er would still try to smear Hu Mingmei even when she was about to die.
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