For a moment, the Second Mistress was completely stunned, and the maids who were hiding and secretly watching the progress of the matter also whispered to each other. After a long while, Shi Yurou finally came to her senses. Seeing Su Nuannuan's cold face, she knew that today's matter would not be let go. In this case, she could not lose her dignity. With so many people peeking, did they think she didn't know? If she let the men who beat the cat be retaliated by Su Nuannuan today, would she still be able to live in this mansion in the future?
"Sister-in-law, do you really not want to go in and have a cup of tea?" Shi Yurou asked with the last glimmer of hope, but Su Nuannuan's crisp "I don't want to" completely shattered her fantasy.
"Well, sister-in-law, go ahead and look for her. I can't help you with this matter. After all, I don't know the cause and effect. I won't bother you." Shi Yurou took out the style of the second wife of the family, and said leisurely as she turned around and went back to the house. Humph! Since you are making a random move, I won't accept it. Let's see what you can do? Do you dare to break into my yard to look for someone?
She thought so, but the next moment, she knew she was totally wrong. She heard Su Nuannuan shouting behind her: "Did you all hear that? Second Madam said she would not interfere in this matter. In that case, Madam Zou, take Honglian and Xiangyun and go and drag out those evil slaves who beat the cat without paying attention to their master."
"What? You dare!"
Shi Yurou suddenly turned around and screamed. This was really contrary to her usual demeanor and manner. There was nothing she could do. She was trembling with anger: How dare this woman change the concept in public? She only said that she would not help, but when did she say that she would not interfere?
"Are you doubting my anger and courage?" Su Nuannuan narrowed her eyes slightly: "Is this how you talk to your eldest sister-in-law?"
"I..." Shi Yurou was speechless. After a long while, her face turned red and she argued: "Sister-in-law, why did you come into my yard to catch the cat?"
"That's ridiculous. I went into your yard because it was someone from your yard who beat the cat. I thought my second brother and his wife probably didn't know about this. So I was going to tell you just now, but you didn't seem interested. Well, it's not your cat that got beaten, so what does it have to do with you? In that case, I don't need you to get involved. Just drag out the servants who beat the cat and deal with them."
"Sister-in-law, do you have any evidence for what you said?" Shi Yurou asked with gritted teeth. She had thought about it for a long time when she decided to do this. She felt that it was the best of both worlds. It would kill Su Nuannuan's prestige. There would be no future troubles. Who would go against her for a cat? Even Su Nuannuan would not dare to do it. She would have to consider the thoughts of the old lady, right?
Unexpectedly, Su Nuannuan did not play by the rules. Not only did she want to make things difficult for herself, but she also brought a large number of people to her house, and frankly said that she wanted to seek justice for the cat. This sudden move stunned Shi Yurou, so that although she was still struggling, she was in a very awkward state. From the inside out, she was so weak that she looked strong on the outside but weak on the inside.
"Of course I have witnesses, so I came here confidently to arrest the person. Otherwise, with your status, how could I dare to force my way in without knowing the rules? Okay, I know this matter has nothing to do with you. You and I are sisters-in-law, how could you do such a cruel and shameless thing as having someone kill the cat when you knew it was my cat? Right? In this case, you should go back to the house quickly. I don’t want to make things difficult for you, right?"
Shi Yurou almost vomited two basins of blood after hearing these words. She was called vicious and shameless, and this woman was about to ride on her head, and she dared to say that she didn't want to make things difficult for her. Who was the real vicious and shameless one?
But she could only roar in her heart. Shi Yurou's face turned purple from holding back her anger. She looked at Madam Zou and said viciously, "Sister-in-law, why do you believe what she said? What if this evil slave is the one who harmed me?"
"Harm you?" Su Nuannuan pretended to be surprised and widened her eyes. "That's impossible. Madam Zou didn't say that you ordered people to beat the cat. She only said that it was Madam Yang, Madam Fang, Madam Liu and the three little maids Tao'er, Li'er and Xing'er who did it."
Shi Yurou spat out another mouthful of blood in her heart: What should I do? I have always been playing secret fights, I am really not used to this kind of open fight, it seems that I have confessed myself just now.
"Go and call out those people that Grandma mentioned." Shi Yurou ordered the maid beside her unhappily. She didn't dare to push it any further, otherwise she would reveal something else. She was really scared.
Three maids and three young girls were brought over soon. One of the young girls had a red and swollen face and limped as if she had just been punished. Shi Yurou glared at the young girl named Xing'er fiercely, then turned around and pretended to be calm and said, "Xing'er is a dirty girl who dared to steal things from my room. I just punished her. According to my sister-in-law, I ordered her to beat your cat, so she should be rewarded. Why would I punish her again?"
For the first time, Su Nuannuan's face showed a genuine smile, and she smiled so happily that Shi Yurou felt a chill in her heart for no reason. Sure enough, the next moment, she heard Su Nuannuan slowly say, "What happened to my second sister-in-law? I've already said that no one said it was you who ordered it, so why do you keep taking the blame? Did you really order this? So now that you feel guilty, you keep confessing like this?"
"You... you're talking nonsense!" Shi Yurou jumped up and down. She was indeed driven into a state of confusion by Su Nuannuan, otherwise she wouldn't have revealed her true colors one after another. At this moment, she turned to the servants in anger and said through gritted teeth, "Grandma said you beat her cat. Tell me, who ordered you to do this? You're embarrassing me like this?"
Several maids knelt down and cried out for justice. Shi Yurou turned around and looked at Su Nuannuan and said, "Sister-in-law, these useless people refuse to admit it. Now they and Madam Zou each insist on their own story. How can we tell which one is true and which one is false?"
Su Nuannuan ignored her and just looked at Xing'er. She could easily see the barely concealed anger in her eyes, so she smiled softly and said, "Madame Zou told me that Zhaocai was able to escape with his life thanks to you slipping at the most critical moment. That's when it was able to find a gap and escape. I guess the injuries on your body were caused by this, right? Now that things have come to this, are you still going to deny it with them? Some things can be tolerated, but some things... can't be tolerated."
Shi Yurou screamed in her heart that something was wrong. Sure enough, she saw the timid little girl suddenly straightened her chest and raised her head, and said loudly: "Grandma, they were the ones who hit the cat. I just encountered it when I came back from the kitchen and was dragged over by them. I didn't dare to offend them, so I had to follow them..."
"Then you slipped and fell later because you knew it was my cat and you were afraid of offending me, so you intentionally let it go?"
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