Chapter 121 Naturally, they're also our own people.
There was a noise outside the door, and Lin looked nervously toward the doorway.
Xie Min, however, was unusually excited and asked Lin Shi, "Mother, do you think Shen Qingnian is dead or not?"
Hearing the hurried footsteps outside, Xie Min thought to herself that Shen Qingnian must be dead, otherwise why would Xie Yanzhi be so furious?
She was eager to see Xie Yanzhi's expression at that moment, and with that thought, she turned to look at the door.
Just as she turned to look at the door, Xie Yanzhi strode in, exuding a chilling aura and with a deep, serious expression.
But when Xie Min saw Shen Qingnian following behind him, her smile vanished instantly, replaced by disbelief.
When she saw Xie Yanzhi holding Shen Qingnian's hand, she glared at Shen Qingnian even more fiercely.
The Lin family was equally shocked.
How did she manage to endure such a long time?
You should know that it was a vicious dog with a plague; even a single bite from it could cause death.
Moreover, they are enormous, and ordinary people simply cannot compete with them.
Therefore, no one in the village dared to approach, so she ordered someone to lock the dog in the yard and let it fend for itself.
Her gaze swept over Shen Qingnian, but she couldn't find a single scratch, and she couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.
Only Shen Qingnian knew that if the dog's leg hadn't been so badly injured and unable to move around easily at the time...
There was no way she could hold out until Xie Yanzhi arrived.
Xie Yanzhi went straight to the seat of honor, while Shen Qingnian stood to the side, refusing to sit down.
She is a servant now; how can she sit with her master?
Seeing Xie Min's gaze, Shen Qingnian remained calm, simply looking at her indifferently.
Xie Min interpreted that indifferent look as a provocation.
She slammed her hand on the table in anger: "You bitch, what are you looking at?"
Upon hearing this, Madam Lin grabbed Xie Min: "Min'er!"
"Mother, it wasn't me who harmed her, why is she looking at me like that!" Xie Min still refused to calm down.
"Oh, so Miss Xie Min knows who harmed me?"
Xie Min only came to her senses when Shen Qingnian asked her, and said through gritted teeth, "I don't know! I'm just guessing because you look so disheveled."
Xie Min was furious that Shen Qingnian had almost tricked her into revealing information.
Shen Qingnian looked at Madam Lin: "Second Madam, is there anything you would like to say?"
Lin clutched the handkerchief tightly, unwilling to admit that she had done it.
Anyway, those who were with her at the time were all her confidants, so as long as she didn't admit it, Xie Yanzhi couldn't do anything to her.
She composed herself and sneered, "What do I have to say? I kindly took you to find Aunt Su, but you said you wanted to wander around on your own. Who knew what you did after that?"
Shen Qingnian was impressed by Lin's ability to lie through her teeth.
Hearing Lin Shi say this, Ling'er pointed to the two old women standing behind Lin Shi and said urgently, "It was clearly the Second Madam who called her, and she threw me and Miss inside!"
When Ling'er pointed them out, the two old women glared at her and said, "Little girl, why are you slandering people for no reason?"
Upon seeing this, Xie Yanzhi had already discerned the truth in his heart.
Aunt Su was even more shocked, never expecting that Madam Lin hated Nian'er to this extent! Wasn't Xie Min's matter something that Madam Lin and Xie Min had plotted to frame Nian'er first, and then reaped what they sowed?
She didn't understand why sometimes the perpetrators of evil would feel like they were the ones who had been hurt, and even seek revenge on innocent people.
Xie Yanzhi found the voice extremely unpleasant to hear. He signaled to the guards to grab the old woman and said coldly, "Since you refuse to tell the truth, then your tongue is useless."
The guard immediately drew his sword, grabbed the old woman who had just spoken, and was about to cut out her tongue.
"Madam, save me! Madam, save me!" the old woman cried out, but the guards had already raised their knives and brought them down.
All the people could hear was the old woman making muffled noises, but they couldn't make out what she was saying.
Another old woman knelt on the ground in fright: "Young Master! I'll talk! I'll talk!"
"It was the Second Madam who ordered us to throw this young lady and her maid in."
"Madam says that the young lady harmed Miss, and should be thrown in to feed the dogs!"
Lin pointed angrily at the old woman: "You...!"
Xie Yanzhi turned to Shen Qingnian and asked, "How do you plan to deal with the person who harmed you?"
Upon hearing this, both Lin and Xie Min looked up at Shen Qingnian.
Shen Qingnian said without the slightest hesitation: "Those who harm others should be thrown in and fed to the dogs!"
"Alright." Xie Yanzhi said, a cold glint flashing in his eyes. "Will Second Aunt go by herself, or should I have someone take her there?"
Lin said angrily, "Yan-ge'er, are you really going to hurt your own people for such a despicable woman?"
Xie Yanzhi smiled and said, "She is my maid, so naturally she is one of us."
"Please!"
Two guards grabbed Lin and tried to pull her out.
Upon seeing this, Xie Min rushed forward, pushed aside the two guards, and cried out, "Release my mother! It was all my idea! It has nothing to do with my mother!"
"Min'er!" Madam Lin hugged Xie Min and wept bitterly.
Xie Min nestled in Lin's arms, sobbing softly, "Don't be afraid, Mother, they won't dare to do anything to us."
She had just sent someone to fetch reinforcements, and they should have arrived by now.
Xie Yanzhi looked at the mother and daughter who were crying their eyes out, and rubbed his temples: "Then take them with you."
Even now, they still don't realize where they went wrong and still want to take the lives of innocent people.
He was determined to teach them a lesson today.
Shen Qingnian didn't expect Xie Yanzhi to actually do as she said.
Those are her second aunt and sister. Are you really going to send them to feed the dogs?
Hearing this, Xie Min turned around and glanced at Xie Yanzhi. The emotions contained in that glance were too complicated, so complicated that after the tears fell, only a deep hatred remained.
She looked at Shen Qingnian again, her gaze filled with undiminished hatred.
She hadn't had a single happy day since she arrived at the Marquis of Jingnan's residence. And in the end, because of her, she encountered that kind of thing!
How is she still able to stand there unharmed, enjoying her brother's affection!
The more she looked, the more glaringly Shen Qingnian's robe seemed.
She felt so disgusted by that person that she wanted to vomit, but she had no choice but to compromise. She wanted to see Xie Yanzhi regret his actions! She wanted Shen Qingnian to kneel before her and repent!
Lin turned around, her voice pleading, "Yan-ge'er, release the fumes, her body can't take this kind of torture."
Xie Yanzhi remained expressionless, simply tapping the table with his fingertips.
Madam Lin then looked at Shen Qingnian: "Shen Qingnian, release Min'er. She has already been punished, she..."
Perhaps thinking of that painful memory, Madam Lin covered her face with her handkerchief and began to cry again.
Shen Qingnian was also somewhat moved.
She admitted that Lin was indeed a good mother who was willing to do anything for Xie Min.
But she shouldn't have helped Xie Min harm others.
Xie Min is pitiful, but isn't she innocent too?
If she had been the one who had the accident that day, would she still have a chance to survive?
Today's events taught her a lesson: don't be soft-hearted towards these people.
Some people are just incorrigible!
Thinking of that terrifying moment just now, Shen Qingnian felt a chill run down her spine.
Xie Yanzhi felt somewhat relieved to see that Shen Qingnian did not speak; she had finally put away her insignificant and pitiful feelings.
He beckoned to the guards, who then led the two of them outside.
"Young Master Xie, please wait!"
Xie Yanzhi recognized the voice; when he saw the person enter, a cold glint flashed in his eyes.
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