Chapter 286: Refusing to Admit
"Jiaojiao, hit me!"
"If beating me can make you feel better, that would be perfect!"
Xu Ya broke down and cried out.
"I have always treated you as my own daughter, and I dare not treat you unfairly in the slightest, fearing that someone would take advantage of you."
"But I didn't expect that even though I have humbled myself to this point, Jiaojiao still has such a big prejudice against me."
Xu Ya reached out her hand to wipe away her tears, pretending to be weak and aggrieved.
Xu Xianer followed suit.
She also cried in front of Li Sui.
"Wuwuwu, Daddy, I don't know what I did wrong to make Jiaojiao dislike me and my mother so much..."
"Sister Jiaojiao, if you're unhappy, hit me, don't hit my mother..."
Jiaojiao opened her eyes wide, bit her lip, and looked at Xu Ya and Xu Xian'er, mother and daughter, with curiosity, but she was not angry.
"So... so this is how you cry in front of my father."
Jiaojiao seemed to be lost in thought. "No wonder my mother said I wasn't smart and wanted me to learn from you guys."
It seems that she still has a lot to learn.
"General, I don't know why Jiaojiao misunderstood me, but she still called me mother. How could a mother treat her child so badly?"
Xu Ya wiped her tears, ignoring Jiaojiao's innocent yin and yang, and just kept crying.
"Even if we put aside this relationship, Jiaojiao still has to call me aunt. Am I such a heartless and cruel person that I can't even tolerate my cousin's only blood?"
Her voice was choked with sobs, and she was timid and soft as she brought up Lin Yuan again.
When she was moved, she even raised her eyelids and glanced at Jiaojiao secretly.
Seeing that Jiaojiao was still confused, neither angry nor looking like someone had stepped on her tail, he felt a little unhappy.
It felt like there was a breath stuck in my chest.
But she knew that asking Li Sui to punish Jiaojiao was undoubtedly a fantasy.
The short-lived Lin Yuan died when his love for Li Sui was at its strongest.
From then on, no matter how bad she had been in the past, Li Sui would slowly forget about it.
She will gradually become the cinnabar mole on Li Sui's heart and the white moonlight in front of the window.
And Lin Yuan and Li Sui's only child is Jiaojiao.
She will also become Li Sui's eyeball.
Li Sui would never tolerate anyone saying anything bad about Jiaojiao.
Therefore, after crying for a while, Xu Ya raised her tearful eyes.
He also took the initiative to excuse Jiaojiao.
"Jiaojiao has seen everything I've done to her. She and I used to be quite close. Why did she suddenly say something like this these past two days? Someone must have said something to Jiaojiao."
If she said Jiaojiao was an ungrateful person, Li Sui would definitely be angry and would simply label her as a mean child of the original wife.
How could Lin Yuan’s child be bad?
It must be Xu Ya herself who is so narrow-minded that she can't even tolerate a child.
Unless someone instigates, taking advantage of the child's young age, and deliberately says something to stir up trouble.
"General, you are a man, you don't know how treacherous people are in the harem. Some servants, relying on their masters' young age, coax them into believing in no one else and blindly obeying them. This way, they can manipulate the young masters and gain their own benefits."
"I have not been in the mansion for long, I have no foundation, and I am soft-hearted. Those people think I am easy to manipulate, and seeing that Jiaojiao is young, they deliberately cause trouble."
When Xu Xianer heard this, her eyes immediately turned.
She wiped her tears and sobbed, "That day...that day I heard Aunt Li beside Sister Jiaojiao say that her granddaughter was seventeen years old..."
That was all she said.
I won’t continue with the following words.
Seventeen, so what?
At seventeen, it would be best if you could find a husband.
But she shouldn't have said that.
If she said it, it would seem that she understood marriage at such a young age.
Instead, it highlights her deep scheming.
Xu Ya's face turned pale, as if she had just been enlightened. She immediately hugged her daughter and cried bitterly, "Madame Li was given a surname by the master, and she serves Jiaojiao, so she is naturally respectable and respected by people."
"It's understandable that she has these thoughts."
As Xu Ya spoke, she cried softly and timidly, and her tears wet three handkerchiefs in a row.
The tears in the lotus really make people feel pity for it.
If Jiaojiao didn’t know that what Xu Ya said was all lies.
I'm afraid that now she herself will also feel extremely pitiful for Xu Ya and Xu Xian'er.
"Wow, but...but why is she trying to instigate Jiaojiao and me here?"
"I treat Jiaojiao as my own daughter, and I pity her because she is my cousin's only blood. My heart aches every time I see her. But Nanny Li has to plot against me in front of Jiaojiao, causing Jiaojiao to become alienated from me. I..."
She cried so hard that she could hardly speak. She just covered her chest with a handkerchief and coughed repeatedly.
Logically speaking, she is so sincere and sincere.
At this time, Li Sui had to express his attitude and said with a hint of apology that he had misunderstood her.
He then took the opportunity to drive out Li Ma, the old slave who bullied her master.
Then she pretended to ask Jiaojiao to apologize to her.
At this time, she only needed to say something magnanimously. Jiaojiao was young and was instigated by others to do so. There was no need to apologize to her. Li Sui would praise her for being sensible.
At this time, no matter what was happening underneath, at least on the surface, the family had returned to harmony.
But no.
Li Sui never said a word that she was wronged.
He had no intention of punishing Nanny Li.
He looked at her with cold and indifferent eyes, as if he was looking at a famous actor in a drama troupe.
How can you be so cold!
Xu Ya's heart skipped a beat and her mind went blank. She didn't know what to do next.
As long as Li Sui gave any reaction, she knew what to do next.
But Li Sui said nothing and just looked at her quietly. The expression on his face made it impossible to tell what he was thinking.
Xu Ya bit her lip, her voice thin and weak, still pretending to be aggrieved, raised her eyes with a sad look, "General... General..."
Even Xu Xian'er noticed that Li Sui's reaction was wrong.
It shouldn't be like this.
It shouldn't be like this at all.
Shouldn't Daddy punish Nanny Li at this time? Why didn't Daddy react at all?
Li Sui glanced at the mother and daughter calmly, still holding Jiaojiao in his arms. His eyes were calm and collected. "Xu Ya, do you dare to swear to heaven that you have never treated Jiaojiao badly?"
Xu Ya nodded with tears in her eyes, "Why wouldn't I dare?"
"I swear to heaven, I treat Jiaojiao as my own daughter. If I tell even a single lie, I will be struck by lightning and die a miserable death!"
"What a poisonous oath!" Li Sui sneered, half-closed his eyes, and looked at Xu Ya indifferently, "But I don't want you to swear that you will not die a good death."
After all, there are many ways to die a miserable death.
What does it mean to die a miserable death?
Was it a thunderbolt?
Or torn apart by five horses?
Or will you be tormented by illness for the rest of your life?
Li Sui stared at Xu Ya intently, his voice so cold it sent chills down one's spine. "I want you to swear. If you tell even a single lie, if you harbor even the slightest intention of sowing discord between Jiaojiao and me, I will have Ah Yuan personally come before you and claim your life."
When he looked at Xu Ya, his voice was cold and light, but the coldness was like a drizzle, seeping in through the cracks in the stones and penetrating every pore, making people feel as cold as ice no matter how many quilts they wrapped themselves in.
Xu Ya's heart trembled violently.
Li Sui's moist and heavy eyes reminded her of a seven-step snake lurking among dead branches and leaves, blending in with the surrounding scenery, ready to bite someone when they are least prepared.
"how?"
Li Sui's cold and wet voice sounded, and his eyes, like shackles, fell on Xu Ya tightly.
It almost made Xu Ya breathless.
His expression was as cold as ever. "If you admit it, I'm willing to give you a way out. I'll ask you to take the divorce papers and the betrothal gifts I gave you and go home. From now on, we'll have nothing to do with each other."
The betrothal gift given by the General's Mansion is enough for Xu Ya and Xu Xian'er to live a decent life.
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