Chapter 576: Chapter 576: A Candle Chapter 576: Chapter 576: A Candle It was because her grandson had such a mother that Old Lady Mo hated her even more. How dare she tarnish her precious grandson with slander! She was fed up with life, fumed Old Lady Mo as she once again reached out to slap Madam Ruan several times.
Mo Xiuzhi, crying, threw herself onto Madam Ruan, desperately protecting her while crying out, “Grandmother, grandmother, please, please don’t hit my mother anymore.”
Old Lady Mo, who was used to being domineering, had no intention of listening to Mo Xiuzhi; she only stopped when she grew tired of hitting.
Madam Ruan lay on the ground, her face covered in blood.
Mo Xiuzhi knelt beside her, crying out desperately, calling her, “Mother, mother, please wake up, don’t scare me.”
Madam Xie, unable to bear the sight, said to Xuexue, “Xuexue, hurry and go fetch a doctor for your aunt to see.”
Upon hearing this, Xuexue really wanted to pry open Madam Xie’s skull to see what her brain was made of. Everyone was out to harm their family and covet their property, yet she actually wanted to help their enemies by fetching a doctor. Was she out of her mind?
“The doctor is not at home today; he has gone to the town.”
Xuexue, being clever, knew she couldn’t confront Madam Xie head-on, so she resorted to a roundabout way. She neither refused to fetch the doctor nor spoke ill of Madam Ruan because she knew that if she didn’t go for the doctor, Madam Xie would certainly go herself. If she said the doctor had gone to the town, even though Madam Xie would be helpless, she would have to accept the fact.
Madam Xie looked at Madam Ruan lying on the ground, her face covered in blood, “Oh my, the village doctor went to the town; what a coincidence.”
Xuexue relaxed her shoulders, indicating she was also helpless.
“Xiuzhi, it’s better to help your mother back home to stop the bleeding right away. Otherwise, if she loses too much blood, even if the doctor comes, it will be too late to save her,” Xuexue said with apparent concern to Mo Xiuzhi.
In fact, she was annoyed by the wailing of Madam Ruan and her daughter in the courtyard and said this deliberately.
Indeed, having been harmed by someone, then having to fetch a doctor for them, it would be irritating for anyone.
Mo Daoyan left angrily.
Old Lady Mo, having beaten Madam Ruan to such a state, certainly wouldn’t care for her.
In the end, with no other choice, Mo Xiuzhi, while crying, helped the blood-covered Madam Ruan back home.
The villagers who had come to watch the commotion also dispersed one after another.
The Xie Residence returned to its usual tranquility.
Xuexue breathed a sigh of relief; finally, it was quiet. The annoying people were all gone.
“Master, master, how did I do? Didn’t I make a great contribution today?” Xiao Taohong floated excitedly out of the room, drifting up to Xuexue to take credit for her actions.
It was true; if it hadn’t been for Xiao Taohong possessing Ruan Xinzhi and spouting nonsensical stories, creating a tale of paramour, who knows how the situation would have been resolved.
“Yes, Xiao Taohong, you contributed the most,” Xuexue admitted.
“So, master, master, is there a reward?” Xiao Taohong asked with a greedy look on her face.
“Of course! I, the master, am very fair. Wrongdoings must be punished, but contributions should certainly be rewarded.”
“Long live the master!” Xiao Taohong was ecstatic. In her excitement, she drifted up to the roof and somersaulted several times.
This bewildered Madam Xie, who couldn’t see her, muttered to herself, “Oh my! How strange! It’s such a hot and stuffy day in June, without a single gust of wind, yet why are the roof tiles clattering so loudly?”
“Would you stop it already!” The moment Xuexue heard that, she immediately shouted inside her mind at Xiao Taohong.
Fortunately, Xuexue could communicate with Xiao Taohong without speaking out loud; she only needed to talk in her mind. Otherwise, Madam Xie would really start to think Xuexue was possessed.
“Oh, oh, oh! Right, right, right, I got too excited and lost control,” Xiao Taohong hastily floated back to Xuexue’s side and asked with sycophantic eagerness, “Master, what exactly are you rewarding me with?”
“A candlestick.”