Aunt Lai was infuriated to find her daughter betraying her and growing close to soone she despised!
When Ye Daidi woke up in the morning, she wanted the wet nurse to take her to the big house to have breakfast.
Aunt Lai, who had already eaten breakfast, glared furiously at the thought of her daughter getting close to soone else.
"Lady, if you dare to leave this door, don’t bother sleeping here anymore. Go sleep with your grand madam!"
At her young age, Ye Daidi always felt her birth mother was too fierce, suppressing her with daily scolding, yet she had no choice but to live together.
At that mont, hearing Aunt Lai suggest moving into the big house seed like a godsend!
"Hehehe, wet nurse, hurry up; I want to sleep with the grand madam. Help pack my things!"
The wet nurse was no child and knew Aunt Lai’s intentions. Seeing Aunt Lai’s face twisted in anger by her own daughter, she hesitated and dared not pack the clothes.
Although she was paid by Mrs. Li, she was tasked with caring for Aunt Lai’s daughter, falling under Aunt Lai’s jurisdiction.
Enraged, Aunt Lai looked for sothing to hit the lady with and spotted firewood by the door, snatching up a small stick, looking like a demon about to beat her daughter.
Ye Daidi had always been wary of Aunt Lai and her household; she had been beaten several tis since childhood, always secretly, as her mother didn’t want her father to find out. Only her cries could inform her father and stop her mother from beating her.
Her father wasn’t living here; why he wasn’t, and stayed elsewhere, was beyond her young understanding, but she knew she was about to be beaten and needed support.
She hid behind the wet nurse, trying to avoid being hit by her furious mother by running in circles.
Despite her young age, she was still hit and, bursting into tears, ran into the big house to seek protection from Mrs. Li and hoping her father would find out and stop Aunt Lai’s madness!
Housekeeper Ye arrived at the Ye family’s gates on horseback with the guards and witnessed the scene of a woman’s child.
The child was rushing into the big house, crying and shouting for her sister-in-law, daddy.
The old housekeeper gestured to the guards, already guessing that this must be the concubine they were looking for.
The old housekeeper had a fondness for children, and seeing such a small girl being beaten made his heart ache; he thought the concubine before him was particularly cruel.
He ordered the guards to stop her from hitting the child.
Aunt Lai, still in a rage from being prevented from hitting her own child, looked up to see an old man and so robust n.
In the heat of her fury, Aunt Lai forgot their status and did not scrutinize the newcors, assuming they were there for her husband.
If they were looking for the Eldest Young Master, they should be at the factory!
"Who are you people? Minding others’ business a bit too broadly, now intruding into my ho!"
The old housekeeper didn’t deign to acknowledge Aunt Lai, instead, he looked down at the girl who had just been hit and now clung to his pant leg with a look that softened his heart!
The girl’s face vaguely resembled that of the small girl whom the old master had brought ho years ago; a child the housekeeper himself had watched over for many years, reminding him now of his master.
He felt he understood the situation a bit better.
"Grandpa, wuwu!"
Seeing the kind old gentleman, young Ye Daidi felt he was even more amiable than her own father, seeking protection in him.
"Don’t be afraid, child, take to see your sister-in-law!"
The old housekeeper picked up the little girl.
As Ye Daidi was lifted by the old master, she curiously touched his beard, tears in her eyes, but then she suddenly laughed, "Hehehehe"!
Aunt Lai was even more furious. Her attempt to beat her daughter had been thwarted and now a stranger was holding her child. How could she not be angry?
"Hey, you old coot, put down my daughter at once!"
The estate owner paid no attention to the hysterical screams of the woman behind him; he carried the little girl into the house and once inside, he surveyed how many rooms there were and where the master resided.
The guards behind him led the horses into the courtyard.
Aunt Lai, seeing that these people were unresponsive and that she was blocked by the guards, cursed under her breath as she barged in.
In the neighboring cottage where the commotion was ongoing, Hongji’s father had grown accustod to such disturbances. Enamored with a new love, he ignored his daughter being beaten by her mother.
That morning, he shalessly lingered in bed, insisting that the maid who had accompanied him the previous night stay with him in the room.
Mrs. Li, upon hearing the noise, looked out from the living room and saw the old housekeeper. She instructed her maid to prepare tea and invited the old housekeeper and the guards to co in for tea.
Mrs. Li’s maid and the old housekeeper knew the guards. As the maid went to summon the housekeeper, so guards had already tied the horses to the posts in the yard.
The maid also took the initiative to help, fetching so straw from the adjacent old house for the horses to eat.
Invited by the young madam, the old housekeeper, holding the little girl, proceeded to the living room.
The guards followed into the living room, with Aunt Lai trailing behind, feeling that these people were very familiar with Mrs. Li.
They spoke in a foreign language that Aunt Lai couldn’t understand a word of; she wondered when Mrs. Li had beco so acquainted with these people.
Could these be guests from the estate? Were they here to purchase sothing?
Upon entering the living room, the child Ye Daidi saw Mrs. Li’s smiling face and began to act spoiled, "Wuwuwu, big sister, the concubine beat again!"
Mrs. Li’s eyes softened as she beckoned Ye Daidi, then cast a glaring eye at Aunt Lai who had followed in.
That despicable Aunt Lai, without any sense of restraint, had the heart to beat such a small child—her own flesh and blood.
"Little lady, don’t mind her, you have your big sister here!"
"Mmm, big sister, I don’t want to live in the sa room with the concubine anymore. She just said I should live in a room with the wet nurse!"
Mrs. Li faced her dependent concubine niece, disregarding Aunt Lai’s fiercely glaring eyes.
She quietly comforted Ye Daidi.
"Little lady, don’t be afraid; if your concubine aunt hits you, your big sister will take care of her for you!"
"Hehe, big sister, you’re so nice!"
The old housekeeper watched this scene and felt that the young madam’s kindness was not rely superficial, and only the woman who had co in with him was so vicious as to harshly beat her own child.
Upset over so petty discord between won, she took it out on the child. Seeing the marks left by a stick on the little girl’s hand, even the old housekeeper, an outsider, felt a pang of heartache.
"Young madam, you shouldn’t ddle too much; I only disciplined her to teach her a lesson," said Aunt Lai.
Mrs. Li did not respond to her words.
"Old housekeeper, you’ve co all this way, there was no need for politeness and bringing gifts!"
The old housekeeper rely smiled and said it was only proper, but did not divulge the real reason for his visit.
An outsider was present, who had been eyeing them and was now fixated on the gifts in the guards’ hands upon hearing the word ’gifts.’
Aunt Lai had been too focused on her anger earlier, her attention solely on her daughter and the old housekeeper. She hadn’t noticed that the guards had brought in gifts.
"Young madam, who are these people?"
Mrs. Li did not know how to explain to Aunt Lai, so she remained silent.
The old housekeeper didn’t care to explain much either—what was there to say to a re concubine!
He was silently waiting for the lord of the estate, the true host of this visit.
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