bookrebus Chapter 9 Ungrateful Wolves
Chapter 9 Ungrateful Wolves
The maid dared not say that the person who was beaten was the second young lady; anyway, the eldest young lady would know who it was once she arrived.
Ah Li looked at Zi Juan with heartache: "Get up quickly, stop banging your head, you've already hurt it."
Zijuan cried out anxiously, "Please, Miss, save her! She's innocent!"
Ali quickly reassured her, "It's alright. My sister heard that those people in the woodshed were acquainted with her, and she insisted on being the one to interrogate them. She's a very kind-hearted person. Since your sister is innocent, my sister naturally wouldn't wrong her..."
"But Dujuan, she's dying, sob sob sob..."
"What! Take me to see this right now!"
Ali feigned surprise, quickly put down her teacup, and gave the old woman a wink before leaving. The old woman nodded and withdrew.
A short while later, when Ali and Zijuan rushed to the woodshed, it was already crowded with people. The servants dared not push open the door.
The door was tightly shut, and from inside came the sounds of whipping and angry roars.
"You lowly hussy, you can't even handle this simple task."
"Why would you take someone else's jewelry? Won't it all be yours after she dies?"
"I told you to poison her, and it's been a year, and you still haven't killed her! You bunch of useless trash!"
"Her parents don't care about her anymore, they just abandoned her in another house and don't care about her at all. You had such a good opportunity and you couldn't even poison a person. What use are you? Go to hell!"
[Congratulations, host, for revealing your adopted daughter's true identity in front of everyone. You are awarded 100 points.]
Ali ignored it, because she was truly shocked and stared blankly into the room.
The cursing continued inside. After a while, Ali pretended to realize what was happening and hurriedly pushed open the tightly closed door. She saw Wen Wan whipping the maids, who were covered in bruises and on the verge of death.
This woman was way too ruthless.
These injuries were worse than the thirty lashes she received back then.
However, Ali didn't feel too guilty. These people, as Wen Wan's loyal lackeys, had bullied her quite a bit before.
As soon as the door opened, Zijuan threw herself at one of the people crying, "Sister, sister..." It seemed that this person was Dujuan.
Ali looked at Wen Wan and frowned: "Sister, what's wrong with you...?"
She wanted to investigate the poisoning, but it wasn't the right time yet. She could only pretend she hadn't heard what was said earlier. Anyway, the maids outside had already heard it, so she had achieved her goal.
Wen Wan was startled by her sudden appearance. She didn't know how much of what she had just said had been heard, so she quickly lied and said, "I was helping my sister interrogate these prisoners. This brat is really stubborn. I spent a lot of effort, but I couldn't get anything out of her."
Ali looked heartbroken and said, "But you're being too cruel. They're all delicate girls, sigh." She shook her head, her expression full of heartache.
Wen Wan glanced at the large crowd of onlookers outside and realized that she looked too cruel. Just as she was about to say something to salvage her image, Ali immediately interrupted her.
Ali turned to look at the few people who were on the verge of death: "Why did you do this? I know you little maids wouldn't dare to harm me. Someone must have instructed you. As long as you tell me who's behind this, I won't blame you." Her gaze inadvertently drifted towards Wen Wan.
Zijuan quickly said to Dujuan, "Sister, sister, please tell us quickly, and the young lady will let us go."
After this ordeal, Dujuan knew she was finished, but she could still fight for her sister's life. So she looked directly at Ali: "Will Miss really let us go?"
Upon hearing this, Wen Wan immediately became anxious, no longer caring about maintaining her image. Her priority now was to get Ali away and prevent her from knowing anything. She quickly said, "Sister, leave it to me. I'll definitely find out." As she spoke, she lashed out with her whip at them, yelling, "You bitches! Tell us who's behind you! Don't you care about your families?"
Everyone could tell.
She's threatening them! She's threatening them with their families.
The maids, who were tortured to the point of near death, all lowered their heads, and none of them dared to speak.
Ali rushed forward and snatched the whip away: "You're too cruel! These are people from our household!"
Wen Wan didn't care at all: "A bunch of lowly sluts, they're not worth dying for!"
Ha, just a moment ago you were saying that maids also have human rights, and now you're acting like a lowly hussy.
Ali's gaze swept over everyone before finally settling on the servant who had been beaten:
"I will not pursue the matter from before. But I cannot tolerate those who betray their masters. Once you have recovered from your injuries, leave the manor. I will leave you with two more pieces of advice:"
If your heart is turned toward the light, you will find sunshine everywhere.
"If your heart is set on darkness, everywhere is hell!"
She gave Wen Wan a meaningful look, which was also a reminder to the maids and servants in the courtyard that their actions would determine whether they would live in the light or the dark.
Don't follow the wrong person!
Ali instructed the servants to take them to rest: "Their injuries are too severe, let's take them away for treatment first."
Everyone present changed color; Ali knew what they were thinking.
Wen Wan is an adopted daughter. In order to squeeze out Ali and gain the status of the legitimate daughter, she always tries to slander Ali. The original Ali was not good with words and successfully gained everyone's sympathy by playing the innocent little flower. And she, Ali, became the vicious older sister who could not tolerate her adopted sister.
So much so that when she was tricked into coming to the villa, Wen Wan couldn't wait to poison her...
And none of the accomplices in this heinous act thought Wen Wan was a villain!
Her family is raising a bunch of ungrateful wretches.
There are many ignorant and ungrateful people in this world.
"Sigh, never mind. They're so badly injured they can't be moved. Granny Cui, go and call the royal physician to come and take a look at them." After saying that, Ali left on her own.
Ali's actions won over some people. The maids whispered among themselves.
Maid 1: "I used to think that the young lady was very fierce and bad, but she seems so nice today."
Maid 2: "Yes, yes, and we also treated them."
Maid 3: "Speaking of which, there used to be rumors that the eldest young lady abused the servants, but we've never seen it happen. We've seen the second young lady hit people a few times though... Maybe we shouldn't believe rumors so easily." If the second young lady hadn't been there, she would have asked if she had deliberately spread the rumors.
Maid 4: "You must treat the young lady better from now on."
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Wen Wan stood there for a moment, feeling that Ali was mocking her. Then, hearing a group of maids around her discussing how good the young lady was, she suddenly exploded, "Get out! All of you, get out!" This Ali, she was infuriating! She'd only been here a day, and Ali had already made her angry several times already.
Just wait, she'll suffer even more when she gets back to the capital. She'll make Ali wish she were dead!
The maids ran away in fear. Among those present were gentle and refined women, and many of the maids harbored different thoughts about this true master.
Meanwhile, Ali was happily strolling around the courtyard, listening to the system notifications, when she unexpectedly encountered Gu Ba, her good "fiancé." This man, who was engaged to her but was also having an ambiguous relationship with someone else, ugh, what a scumbag.
Upon seeing her, Gu Ba hurriedly approached her: "Miss, please wait, I have something to say to you."
Ali frowned in disgust.