Tang Nuan had insomnia and didn't fall asleep until almost dawn.
She was awakened from her sleep by the sound of a baby crying and the noise of several people talking.
"This is so annoying! Can't you just shut him up? Just shut him up already!"
Tang Nuan got up and followed the sound, stopping outside a room.
"This child keeps crying and making a fuss, waking me up. I can't sleep well here. He's not A-Ye's child, so why keep him around!" the woman said, standing next to the cradle and cursing.
The woman's name was Alan, and she was the younger sister of Yoshino's friend.
The maid stood aside tremblingly and said, "Miss Alan, this is what the master asked us to leave. The child is right next to you, so it's a bit noisy. Why don't you move to a room further away?"
Alan's eyes widened, and he said fiercely, "You want me to change rooms for this kid? What right does he have!"
The child stopped crying this time, but kept whimpering, sounding very distressed.
Tang Nuan couldn't bear it, so she pushed open the door and rushed in.
"child?"
She searched haphazardly but couldn't find the child.
Alan was very unhappy with her and pushed the cradle away just as she was about to touch the child.
Tang Nuan missed her target and fell to the ground.
Alan lifted his leg high and stepped on her back.
Tang Nuan, who was about to get up, fell heavily back down.
"You dare show your face in front of me again? Believe me or not, I'll skin you alive later."
The servants standing nearby looked terrified and lowered their heads, not daring to speak.
"The more you care about this child, the more I'll make things difficult for you."
Alan deliberately reached out and pinched the child's tender flesh, making the child's face turn red and causing the child to whimper.
Tang Nuan struggled and said, "If you want to do something, do it to me. The child is innocent. Let him go."
"Acting so kindly? Could it be that A-Ye is attracted to your naivety and harmlessness? That's ridiculous. You can fool him, but you can't fool me."
Alan reached out to the servant beside him and said, "Bring me my whip."
Having grown up on the border, Alan is stronger than most women, and the local education system is brutal, so they are very ruthless.
When the first lash came down, a burning pain spread across Tang Nuan's entire back.
Song Wan watched from outside the door, her heart filled with joy.
She was wary of Siye and dared not do anything to Tang Nuan, but Alan was a different story.
Alan verbally insulted Tang Nuan in various ways, his tone sharp and sarcastic.
Tang Nuan did not respond to this; she tried her best to get up and see the child whose voice had become hoarse.
But each time, Alan pushed her to the ground.
Song Wan was watching intently from outside when she caught a glimpse of someone approaching from around the corner of the corridor. She quickly went in and said, "Oh dear, why are you hitting someone? What did Tang Nuan do to offend Miss Alan?"
"Hmph, this blind woman deserves a beating. Let's see how I beat her into submission today."
As Alan spoke, he raised his hand, and the whip was about to fall again.
"stop!"
Si Ye strode in, his evil eyes coldly fixed on them. "I could hear you making a fuss outside. What are you doing?"
Alan pulled the whip back and hid it behind her back, smiling brightly as she said, "Ah Ye, you're back! I've prepared a steak dinner tonight, shall we have a candlelight dinner together?"
Siye saw Tang Nuan lying on the ground, her skin torn and bleeding, her clothes ripped at the back.
His eyes darkened, and his tone hardened, "Who hit me!"
Apart from Alan, everyone else in the room looked around, then lowered their heads and dared not speak.
"I'll say it again, who hit me!"
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