Mother Wen's smile was a little forced. She glanced at Su Xingtian, who was looking anxiously with her head down, and then she bowed and said, "Our daughter is very ignorant. For this, our second wife doesn't know how much she worries. She really bothers the fourth daughter."
As he spoke, he said goodbye to Su Yao.
Su Yao nodded slowly, and said to Su Xingtian with a cheerful face: "Sixth sister, although I don't know what's bothering you, crying is not the solution to the problem. If you want some snacks, that's even easier. Don't be polite to me."
Su Xingtian didn't even raise her head and responded in a low voice with uneasiness.
After Mother Wen led Su Xingtian out, Yan Cao and Mother Shen could not help but exclaim: "Sixth Miss is too miserable. Why does she always look like she is used to being bullied?"
Just now, the way Mother Wen looked at Su Xingtian was as if she wanted to eat her.
Moreover, he was very rude when he was pulling Su Xingtian. It seemed that he did not respect Su Xingtian very much, which was why he scared Su Xingtian like that.
But how come Mrs. Su is a person who attaches so much importance to rules, her subordinates are so unruly
Mother Shen couldn't help but sigh, "That's right, Mother Wen is almost stepping on Miss Six's head." As she spoke, she brought up the watermelon that had been prepared long ago, and said, "Miss, come and try it. This is sent by Mr. Shen and Mrs. Shen. They said it was grown in Baoding Farm. It's the first crop and it's very sweet."
Su Yao waved his hand.
Su Xingtian was abnormal. She ignored Mother Shen's surprise and said softly, "Mom and the girls, eat first. I have something to do with my big brother."
She was a person who rarely showed emotional fluctuations. When she heard her say this suddenly, Mother Shen didn't dare to ask any more questions. She quickly agreed and urged Yan Cao to follow her.
Su Rong was meeting a guest in his room when a good friend of his came from Hedong Academy to see him and asked him when he would return to the academy. Halfway through the conversation, Qing Kun knocked on the door and reported that Su Yao had come. He immediately raised his eyebrows, because Su Yao would never come to see him suddenly if it wasn't something extremely important.
He smiled and said a few words to his friend, then said, "Stay for dinner today, otherwise it will be too late and unsafe for you to go back."
Since they had been classmates for many years, there was no need to be polite. Qi Siwen agreed after a brief thought and followed He Jian to the guest room.
After sending Qi Siwen away, Su Rong went to the flower hall. He saw Su Yao sitting there in a daze. He coughed softly and asked her, "Have you been waiting for a long time?"
"No." Su Yao stood up naturally, and after seeing Su Rong being pushed to the top, he also sat down, letting out a breath: "Brother, I have something to ask you."
Su Rong hummed and said directly: "Well, what's the matter?"
Su Yao first told her about Su Xingtian's visit to her place again. Seeing Su Rong's frown, she whispered, "I always feel that something is wrong. She just went to sit with me. Even if there was a grudge between the Third Madam and the Second Aunt, it shouldn't be this serious, right? She even interrogated Xiaoliu. What could Xiaoliu reveal?"
What is there to hide from the second wife
Su Rong was also very surprised. Although he didn't have much contact with the Second Mrs. Su, it was obvious that Su Yao was right. No matter from which angle you looked at it, the Second House's behavior this time was too strange.
After a moment of silence, Su Rong said without hesitation: "I'll ask Li Rui to check it out."
This is also Su Yao's purpose. When it comes to controlling the servants of the entire Su family, Su Rong has more ways to do it. The people under her are not very suitable and cannot produce much effect.
Su Yao was a little worried about Su Xingtian.
Su Xingtian was dragged by Mother Wen back to the courtyard of the second house. Before she could stand firmly, she was slapped by Mrs. Su and fell to the ground. She subconsciously dodged backwards.
Mrs. Su's eyes were filled with anger. She pointed at her and said harshly, "I have repeatedly told you to stay in your room, why don't you listen? Your aunt likes virtuous and chaste women the most. If you marry her like this, won't she be the one to pick on me?!"
It would have been fine if she didn't talk about this. Once she talked about it, Su Xingtian's whole body began to shake uncontrollably. She sobbed and cried, shaking her head desperately: "I don't want to marry my cousin!"
Everyone said that her mother was a role model among women. She obeyed her father at home and her husband after marriage, and was the most rule-abiding person. However, Su Xingtian always felt that her mother was terrible.
Even someone like Mrs. Su San was gentle and patient most of the time when treating Su Xingxuan, and she was very selective in choosing men for her.
But Mrs. Su Er is different.
Since she was a child, she has doubted countless times that she might not be the second wife's biological daughter.
In the eyes of the second wife, she is naturally inferior to her younger brother. Whenever her younger brother makes a mistake, it is always because she did not keep an eye on him or take good care of him. In short, it is always her fault.
Not only is she not as good as her own brother, but in the second wife's heart, even her cousins are a hundred times better than her as a daughter.
She often asked herself what she had done wrong, but she could never figure it out.
Madam Su Er looked furious and picked up a basket filled with balls of thread and threw it at Su Xingtian's back: "Do you have any shame?! How dare you say anything as a girl?!"
Su Xingtian suddenly started crying again.
Mother Wen immediately lowered her head and coughed. Seeing that Second Madam Su was still scolding Su Xingtian, she lowered her voice and reminded her: "Second Madam, now is not the time to blame Sixth Miss. The important thing is..."
Mrs. Su snorted, leaned over impatiently and pulled Su Xingtian up, and asked angrily: "What on earth are you doing going to Su Yao's place?! Did you say anything to her?!"
Mother Wen whispered about how Su Xingtian and Su Yao had been alone for a while, and said slowly: "I don't know what the Sixth Miss and the Fourth Miss have to say. They didn't have any friendship before..."
In fact, the boundary between the second house and this mansion is as clear as the boundary between Chu and Han, and there is basically no contact between them.
Su Xingtian was driven crazy by the two of them. She covered her head with her hands, like a cat cornered in a corner. She looked at their lips opening and closing in horror, and finally couldn't help herself and burst into tears.
"No! No! What do you want me to say?!" Su Xingtian completely collapsed: "I just don't want to stay here. Only Fourth Sister's place cares about me. I just want to stay there for a while!"