How could there be such a vicious sister in the world!
Xiao Qingwan!
There was a puddle of water on the ground. Sunlight leaked in through the cracks in the wall, and the puddle of water refracted like a clear crystal, still and without waves.
Tong Su looked down and saw a beautiful young girl reflected in the water, but there was an unyielding timidity between her brows.
She closed her eyes, then opened them again, and all the timidity in them vanished, replaced by a clear, unwavering light of conviction.
"Xiao Qingwan... took what rightfully belonged to Xiao Baishu, and you must return it all to her without missing a single thing!"
As night fell and dawn broke, the eastern horizon faintly turned a pale white. Tongsu awoke from the rough bluestone floor where she had been sitting, just as the door to the woodshed was suddenly pulled open.
The women's cursing broke the silence: "Get up! Go fetch water! Don't even think about eating until you fill the water vat!"
Tong Su stood up expressionlessly.
Her clothes were still stained with dirt and blood from yesterday's beating, but she walked out of the woodshed calmly as if nothing had happened.
The old woman looked at Tongsu with a strange expression.
She felt that something about Tongsu had changed, but upon closer inspection, she couldn't quite put her finger on it.
After wondering for a long time, he could only put it down in a daze and warned fiercely, "This is not the time when you are in the manor and have the eldest young lady protecting you! Apart from the eldest young lady, no one cares about you. You better behave yourself!"
Xiao Qingwan's concern?
A mocking glint flashed in Tong Su's eyes. She lowered her head, gave a slow and deliberate reply, and picked up the wooden buckets to walk towards the riverbank.
The old women in the village are all servants. The original owner was, after all, a young lady. The fact that they dared to mistreat her was precisely because of the "concern" that Xiao Qingwan had specifically instructed them to show!
A thin layer of white frost had settled on the ground, and the air was filled with the distinctive earthy smell. In the distance, the calls of chickens, ducks, cattle, and sheep could be heard rising and falling.
Tongsu had worked hard for most of the day, and when she returned to the house it was already noon. When the old women at the door saw her, their eyebrows immediately furrowed, but they did not push, shove, or scold her.
They said fiercely, "You little girl, you're so lucky! Miss Le has come to pick you up in person. Hurry up and come in to thank her!"
Tong Su glanced at the old woman indifferently.
Young lady?
Has Xiao Qingwan arrived?
The old woman was taken aback. This girl, she heard that the eldest young lady had come to take her back, why is she still so calm?
And the way she looked at me was chillingly cold!
Before any doubts could even form in her mind, a timid yet undeniably delighted smile appeared on Tong Su's face.
"Is my sister here to pick me up?"
The old woman breathed a sigh of relief. This was still that timid little girl. What cold gaze? She must have been seeing things.
Tongsu carried the buckets of water into the house. The weight of the buckets made her back ache, but she walked more steadily with each step.
Xiao Qingwan couldn't resist any longer and came to pick her up in person.
This is a perfect opportunity to use someone else to do the dirty work and get rid of these old women!
"Bai Zhu, you're finally back."
Before she even entered, a richly dressed young woman excitedly came out of the room and, before Tongsu could say a word, launched into a barrage of complaints.
"I'm so worried about you because I know you made a mistake. Look at you, you never listen to me and now this has happened. Will you ever dare to disobey me again?"
The old women stood to the side, echoing, "That's right, Second Miss, the Eldest Miss is the person in the world who cares about you the most. Everyone else wants to harm you! You must be obedient from now on. Do whatever the Eldest Miss tells you to do, and don't have any ideas of your own!"
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