Chapter 257 - 257 Over My Dead Body
257 Over My Dead Body
Madam Huo said indifferently, “We can definitely find the mastermind within the range of the Yuan clan. Rest assured, Huihui. I’ll make sure the criminal gets the punishment he deserves.”
“I hope mother can take care of this.” Yuan Hui said, “Mother will not let me down, right?”
“No.”
“That’s good.”
Madam Huo walked up to Scholar Xu, squatted in front of him, stretched out her hands to cup his face, and abruptly twisted it hard.
Zhao Chuchu raised her eyebrows slightly.
He saw Scholar Xu’s head tilted to the side in a strange position and lost his breath on the spot.
Madam Huo calmly got up and looked at Yuan Hui. “Are you satisfied now, Huihui?”
Yuan Hui was so shocked by this scene that her face went pale.
She didn’t expect Madam Huo to kill Scholar Xu in front of her directly!
Moreover, it was as if she was not the one who killed Scholar Xu.
Madam Huo said, “He was drunk and broke into the inner courtyard, accidentally fell and hit the rockery, and when we found out, he was already gone.”
“You killed him just like that?” Yuan Hui looked at Scholar Xu, dead on the ground.
“Well, we must prevent this kind of thing from happening again. After all, you’re the only young lady in our family. As your mother, I can’t afford to have your name ruined,” Madam Huo said word by word as she came up to Yuan Hui.
After that, she reached out to straighten Yuan Hui’s hair which had fallen. “Huihui, the Yuan clan still depends on you. You must protect yourself and free yourself from the need to feel guilty or sorry for the death of an insignificant person. That’s not worth it.”
Madam Huo appeared to Yuan Hui the most horrible at this moment.
She just killed a man without hesitation.
“Li, clean this up.”
“Aren’t you afraid the Xu clan will take revenge on you?”
“They wouldn’t have the heart to.”
Madam Huo knew better than anyone what the Xu clan was like.
They had to rely on the Yuan clan, and even if they killed Scholar Xu in front of them, they wouldn’t dare to say a word.
In fact, she knew an essential secret of the Xu clan.
A scholar meant nothing compared to the secret.
He was not a man to mourn over anyways.
Madam Huo was not worried at all that the Xu clan would give her trouble.
“That’s really impressive.” Yuan Hui snickered.
“You must have suffered today. I’ll let someone send hot water over later. Why don’t you take a hot bath to ease your mind?” Madam Huo said. She looked at Zhao Chuchu, “Thank you for today as well.”
“You’re welcome, madam.” Zhao Chuchu smiled.
Madam Huo nodded slightly and did not stay in Yuan Hui’s house but turned around and left.
When she walked away, Yuan Hui couldn’t help but take a deep breath to calm her mind.
She was not as calm as she appeared to be.
“How could she kill a man just like that?” Yuan Hui said tremblingly, “Maybe it helps to explain my father’s death.”
“Scholar Xu’s existence is never good for you. Things like this could happen again. I kind of like your mother’s way of dealing with this. It will save you a whole lot of trouble down the road.”
“She’s making sure this would not happen again! Chuchu, I can’t stand it for another moment. I hope my grandmother will wake up sooner to be less influential in the family.”
Zhao Chuchu sighed.
There were some things she could not explain to Madam Huo.
Just now, Madam Huo was furious, but she hid it very well and did not let Yuan Hui notice.
“Anyway, this is a solution to your problem. You also said that the most important thing right now is to cure your grandmother. Everything else should be put aside.”
“Well, then I’ll go and prepare the medicine first.”
“Take a new one.”
Zhao Chuchu poured out the previous one, filled it up, dosed it for Yuan Hui, and told her to go and decoct it.
When Yuan Hui was decocting medicine, Madam Huo dealt with the people guarding the inner and outer courtyard doors and sold and killed several people.
The atmosphere in the Yuan clan became tense. Everyone’s life could be at stake.
After Yuan Hui knew about it, she calmed down.
Although Madam Huo was ruthless, she was indeed a qualified leader of the Yuan clan, whether she was putting on a show or not.
Otherwise, there was no telling how chaotic the Yuan clan would become.
Zhao Chuchu saw that Yuan Hui had no intention of settling accounts with Madam Huo, so she pretended she didn’t know anything.
Yuan Hui finished decocting the medicine and brought it to her grandmother’s home with Zhao Chuchu.
Unexpectedly, they were stopped outside the old lady’s yard by a servant of hers.
Her name was Hua Ying, and she was the maid caring for the old lady.
“Miss, the doctor said that the old lady needs to recuperate during this period and cannot be disturbed, so please go back today and come back another day.” Hua Ying stopped the two people from going.
“Sister Hua Ying, I am just here to see my grandmother. I am not going to disturb her.” Even though Hua Ying was only a maid, Yuan Hui still respected her and called her sister.
However, Hua Ying did not waver. “Please don’t make things difficult for me.”
“Sister Hua Ying, I am my grandmother’s first granddaughter!”
“It doesn’t matter. You can’t go in unless you step over my dead body.”
Hua Ying’s attitude was determined, without her usual friendliness and kindness.
“Miss, please go back.”
“Hua Ying, do you know who I am?”
Yuan Hui was also exasperated.
“You are the old lady’s granddaughter, but my job is to serve the old lady. Everything should come second to the health of the old lady. Please don’t make things difficult for me.” Hua Ying bowed and seemed determined to stop Yuan Hui outside the door.
Zhao Chuchu kept watching their interaction.
Yuan Hui did not notice, but Zhao Chuchu could see that Hua Ying had hatred for Yuan Hui.
When she looked at Yuan Hui, resentment flashed in her eyes from time to time.
She thought Hua Ying might also be a woman who was taken in by that Scholar Xu.
Otherwise, it wouldn’t explain her abrupt change in her attitude toward Yuan Hui.
“Hua Ying, you should know your place. You are just a maid serving my grandmother, while I am the eldest daughter of the Yuan clan, the master of the Yuan clan. What makes you think you can stop me from entering?”
“Please don’t make things difficult for me, Miss.”
Hua Ying still refused to let them in.
Moreover, when the other maids and mammies in the old lady’s courtyard saw this, they all came forward and stood behind Hua Ying as if they were going to give Hua Ying support.
Yuan Hui was so angry that her face turned blue.
What they did indeed got on Yuan Hui’s nerves.
“Hua Ying, I repeat, get out of the way!”
“Please don’t make things difficult for me, Miss!”
Hua Ying still said the same thing.
Yuan Hui laughed in anger. “Good, very good!”
“Miss, please go back,” Hua Ying said coldly.
Yuan Hui stared at Hua Ying. “Do you think you are the master of this courtyard because you are the first-class maid of grandmother’s courtyard?”
Hua Ying did not say anything.
When she thought that her lover had died because of Yuan Hui, she wanted to kill Yuan Hui.
She used to serve the old lady wholeheartedly, but in the end, she didn’t even get to marry the man she liked.
She would not let Yuan Hui off the hook now that her man had died.
She thought it must be Yuan Hui who seduced Scholar Xu first, or he wouldn’t have died.
She hated Yuan Hui.
Yuan Hui was shocked by the resentment in Hua Ying’s eyes.
But Yuan Hui was not stupid. When she thought about what Zhao Chuchu said when Scholar Xu ran into her yard, she could probably know why Hua Ying would be like this.