Chapter 123 A Minor Incident
Xie Qingran didn't take this little incident to heart, and simply returned to her Rose Garden indifferently: "Bring the medicine."
Baozhu stepped forward and carefully applied medicine to Xie Qingran, then whispered, "This lady is too ruthless. Your ear just healed, could it have been damaged again?"
"It's nothing." Xie Qingran smiled faintly and glanced at Baozhu: "This time, I dodged quickly and didn't get hit on the ear."
"Miss, it's all swollen up, are we just going to leave it like this?"
"I heard that as soon as the Second Miss came back, she threatened to kill herself and hang herself. Now everyone in the Xie family is focused on her. I think she's doing it on purpose!"
Baozhu grew angrier as she spoke, and her blows became increasingly vicious.
Now, Xie Qingran couldn't stay calm any longer. She gasped in pain and looked at Baozhu with a pitiful expression: "Be gentle!"
"Oh, Miss, I'm so sorry, I deserve to die!"
"This servant is just angry. I don't understand why everyone in the family favors the second young lady so much. She was the one who wanted to die, so how come it's now your fault, young lady?"
As Baozhu spoke, she became even more aggrieved.
Xie Qingran took a mirror and carefully examined her face. After confirming that there was nothing seriously wrong, she breathed a sigh of relief and smiled, "Don't worry, I'll get my revenge sooner or later. The most important thing now is to get married."
As soon as Xie Yankang returned from the yamen, Madam Wang, accompanied by Xie Zhaoye, rushed forward, weeping and wailing. Madam Wang grabbed Xie Yankang's sleeve, saying, "Master, you're finally back! If you hadn't come back, I'm afraid our whole family would have had no way to survive!"
Previously, Xie Yankang disliked going to the yamen (government office) because he found it tedious, but now, he wished he could just live there!
After all, the Xie family is now more complicated than the government offices. They come back almost every day and chatter on and on. The most important thing is that there are different troubles every day. It's been so long, and not a single day has been the same.
This is what it means to have no peace at home!
Xie Yankang's patience has almost run out.
His eyebrows furrowed tightly as he glared at Wang Shi with displeasure: "What's wrong? Why are you crying and wailing like that?"
"Yue'er has hanged herself!" Wang knelt on the ground and wailed.
What?
Xie Yankang didn't even bother to help her up; he rushed straight to Haitang Garden. Seeing Xie Hanyue lying on the bed with a pale face, he felt an overwhelming pang of heartache.
"Moon, my darling, my precious baby, what's wrong with you?"
"Quick, let Daddy see what this is!"
“If you’ve suffered any grievances, just tell your father. Why torture yourself like this?”
Xie Yankang was heartbroken and felt like he was going to die. He held Xie Hanyue and cried his heart out.
"Father, sob sob, Yue'er thought she would never see Father again!"
"Yue'er knows that her unclear origins have brought shame to the Xie family. It would be better if her daughter died."
Xie Hanyue nestled in Xie Yankang's arms and burst into tears.
Now, Wang was even more heartbroken.
"Master, you say the marriage of the Duke of Zhenguo's family is important, but no matter how important it is, can it be more important than our daughter?"
"Look at our Yue'er, look at what she's done to her! Does the master only feel happy when she loses her life?"
Wang stepped forward, took Xie Hanyue's hand, and kept wiping away her tears.
Xie Qingran, with half her face swollen, stood coldly at the door, watching her biological parents hug Xie Hanyue and cry incessantly.
At this moment, Xie Qingran truly felt that standing here was a joke.
Even though she was the one standing in the sunlight, Xie Qingran felt her blood run cold at this moment.
"Young...Young Miss?"
The young maid, Tan Yun, seemed to have just seen Xie Qingran and immediately knelt down in fright. Anyone who didn't know better would have thought Xie Qingran was some kind of monster.
Wang immediately stepped in front of Xie Hanyue, glaring at Xie Qingran through gritted teeth: "What are you doing here?"
"I heard my sister was going to hang herself, so I came to check on her."
"Since my sister is alright, I'll head back now."
When Xie Qingran opened her mouth, her voice was icy cold and devoid of any emotion.
She ignored the murderous stares of the people in the room, and didn't even bother to feign an apology to Xie Yankang, before turning and leaving.
Even when walking towards the sun, Xie Qingran still couldn't feel any brightness or warmth.
She stood in the courtyard, head raised, staring at the sun, and as she looked, tears streamed down her face.
Seeing Xie Qingran like this, Baozhu felt terrible. She hurriedly stepped forward and whispered, "Miss, what's wrong? Miss, are you alright?"
"It's nothing. It turns out that the sun and people's hearts really can't be looked at directly. Disgusting, absolutely disgusting!"
Xie Qingran withdrew her gaze, took out a handkerchief and vigorously wiped away the tears on her face, then strode towards her rose garden.
Three days, just three more days. If we can get through these three days, everything will be alright.
She had just returned to Rose Garden when Xie Yankang followed her. Even though he had tried his best to suppress his emotions, he still couldn't help but accuse her: "How could you treat your sister like this?"
"I was just telling the truth. She wants to die, what does it have to do with me?" Xie Qingran stood up, still bowing respectfully, and looked at him with a puzzled expression.
this……
Xie Yankang had always thought Xie Qingran was a sensible and obedient girl, but he never expected that she would talk back to him.
He frowned, looking at Xie Qingran with displeasure: "She's your sister. You two sisters are of the same blood, what's wrong with that? Why can't you tolerate her?"
"Perhaps it's because while I was suffering on the estate, she was enjoying my parents' love here, and I was jealous. Or maybe it's because I was lacking food and clothing on the estate, while she was living a life of luxury in what should have been my home, and I was unhappy about that."
"In short, I just don't like her, and I can't love her like my parents do, treating a bastard of unknown origin as their own flesh and blood."
As Xie Qingran spoke, her tone unconsciously became tinged with grievance.
She sighed, turned her face away, and stopped talking about her grievances.
"I will never say such things again in the future."
"Father, let's just let our family live like this, in a muddle."
Xie Qingran gave a faint smile and bowed to Xie Yankang, indicating that he could leave.
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