Su Xingtian was so flustered that she was at a loss. She pursed her lips, looked at Su Yao, and shook her head hurriedly: "No, no, no, I'll go back now..."
As soon as she finished speaking, there was a cry of surprise outside, and then Mother Wen, who was in front of Second Madam Su, ran in quickly. She hurriedly saluted Su Yao first, and then burst into flames like firecrackers, and nagging at Su Xingtian: "How could the Sixth Miss run out by herself? Second Madam knew you were missing, and she was going crazy with anxiety. She didn't know what to do. You are getting older now, and you should be more sensible, but you are still so reckless and playful. Apart from anything else, you should also think about Second Madam. Now the Ninth Young Master is still lying in bed, and Second Madam is so worried that she can't eat, and now she has to distract herself to worry about you..."
Su Xingtian nervously pinched the skin on her fingers with her hands, lowered her head and said nothing.
Mother Shen looked at Su Xingtian, then at Mother Wen, and was somewhat surprised that Mother Wen was so strong.
Mother Wen came to apologize to Su Yao with a smile again: "Sixth Miss is just like that. I'm sorry for causing trouble to Fourth Miss. I'll take her back now."
After she said that, she turned around and dragged Su Xingtian away.
Su Yao's hand fell on the hand that was clamping Su Xingtian, and he noticed that she was holding Su Xingtian's wrist, and her nails had already sunk into Su Xingtian's flesh.
Do this to serve the servants
Mother Wen was about to drag Su Xingtian away, but Su Yao suddenly called out to her and, ignoring Mother Wen's smile, looked at Su Xingtian and asked her, "Xiao Liu, do you still want to try the cloud cake that Mother Shen made last time?"
Mother Shen exclaimed, "If Miss Six likes it, I'll prepare it right away."
Before Mother Wen could say anything, Su Yao had already turned around and said to Mother Shen, "Prepare more. Let Xiao Liu bring some back to Xiao Jiu later. He liked it last time, too."
"No, no..." Mother Wen refused anxiously: "What are you saying? Miss Four, you are joking. We have plenty of cloud cakes and other things..."
Su Yao just glanced at Yan Cao.
Yan Cao immediately came up to support Mother Wen and laughed, "Oh, mother! It's so hot, Miss Six came to our place, she can't just not drink water, why are you in such a hurry? Please come over, we have some iced sour plum soup here, mother will drink some to quench her thirst."
She didn't care about Mother Wen's refusal, and just pulled Mother Wen away with a smile. Mother Wen really couldn't stand her pestering, so she reluctantly followed Yan Cao with a heavy heart.
Su Yao looked at Su Xingtian and extended his hand to her.
Su Xingtian was like a frightened cat, her eyes widened in anxiety. After hesitating for a moment, she finally held Su Yao's hand and followed Su Yao into the inner room.
As soon as they entered the room, Jinping had already served the sour plum soup and snacks. Su Yao motioned for Su Xingtian to sit down, and seeing that she was fidgeting, he asked softly, "Do you have anything to say to me?"
The last time she came, Mrs. Su had repeatedly hinted and made it clear that Su Xingtian was not allowed to come again. Seeing Su Xingtian's timid appearance and her mother's strong demeanor, one could not guess Su Xingtian's situation.
Since the situation was so difficult, he still came here specially, squatting in the bushes, enduring the bites of mosquitoes and waiting for her here for so long. Su Yao didn't believe that there was nothing special, and that he really just took the wrong road or wanted to eat something.
She and Su Xingtian were not familiar with each other in past or present life, but since Su Xingtian's surname was Su, she would naturally not refuse if someone came to her for help.
Su Xingtian nervously pinched the skin of her fingers with both hands. Su Yao looked at her intently and noticed her subtle movements. His expression changed immediately. He frowned, stood up, grabbed Su Xingtian's hand, and asked coldly, "What are you doing?"
Only then did she notice that the skin around the nails on Su Xingtian's ten fingers had almost been torn off by herself, and there were barbs and blood scabs everywhere. It did not look like the hands of a rich lady at all, and was even worse than the hands of a maid.
Su Yao raised his eyebrows and asked coldly, "What's going on?"
Su Xingtian pulled her hand back uneasily, and subconsciously put her hand into her mouth, and actually started biting her nails and the skin around her nails.
Su Yao was stunned.
In her previous life, she was divorced and returned to the Su family. After being sent to another village, she heard that Cheng Li had gone back to recognize his father, so she started to pick at the skin on her hands in annoyance, often leaving herself with bruises.
But that period was the time when she was most irritable and uneasy.
Where is Su Xingtian
She is just a child of eleven or twelve years old, how could she be like this
Su Xingtian finally couldn't hold back any longer and burst into tears: "Fourth sister, please, don't send me back, mother will beat me to death! She will beat me to death!"
Even when she was crying, Su Xingtian was forbearing and restrained. She was clearly just an 11 or 12-year-old girl. It was said that she had never been out and about, and had never had much contact with her sisters at home, but she could have such a temperament...
Unless the second house is not as peaceful as everyone thinks.
Because a child who grew up in a peaceful environment shouldn't be like this.
Su Yao looked at her patiently, and when she had almost stopped crying, he raised his eyebrows and handed her a handkerchief: "Second Aunt is your biological mother, why don't you want to go back?"
Su Xingtian shrank her neck, tears streaming down her face again: "Mother had told me many times not to take my brother out of our yard unless she took us to pay respects to our grandmother... But I sneaked out with Xiaojiu and came to you..."
I heard that Mrs. Su Er has always claimed to be from a family of scholars, and she believes most in the idea that women should follow rules and regulations. She always behaves in a proper manner and never oversteps the line.
She has indeed done so over the years.
At least since Su Yao came back, she has only seen the second wife a few times, and her impression of this person is only a vague shadow. It was not until Su Zheng fell ill and she went to visit him that she discovered that the second wife was indeed a bit old-fashioned and stubborn.
But she didn't expect him to be so stubborn.
Even if there is an old grudge with the third wife, what does that have to do with the child
What's more, it's her own child.
Su Yao sensed something was wrong and raised her eyebrows slightly and asked her, "Didn't she scold you in front of us before?"
Didn't I just go out and come to her place to have some snacks? Could it be that this matter is not over yet
Isn't this just making a fuss out of nothing
Su Xingtian sobbed softly, almost in despair: "I originally thought so, but then I turned around and heard Mother Wen talking to my mother about my marriage, saying that I am not young anymore and it is time to get married..."