"Hahaha! An elder? What kind of elder is she to me? Xie Pan’Er, let me remind you, your mother signed a contract selling herself! If my mother hadn’t been kind-hearted and, seeing her desperate pleas, agreed to let her marry the illegitimate son of my second granduncle’s mistress, she’d still be emptying my mother’s chamber pots right now!"
After hearing Xie Pan’Er’s words, Xie Yingying couldn’t help but burst into laughter, directly mocking Pan’Er’s mother’s origins.
With a sneer, she shoved Xie Pan’Er to the ground, raised the whip in her hand, and then, as Xie Pan’Er watched in terror and panic, brought it down fiercely upon her.
"Don’t hit my Pan’Er..."
"Stop hitting Beautiful Sister!"
Two different voices called out; one was extremely weak, the other childlike and clear.
Just as Xie Yingying found the childlike voice familiar, her whip was seized. She trembled, staggered back several steps, and a hoarse cry escaped her throat.
"Ah... How is it you, you little freak? Guards! Seize her! Guards, help me!"
Xie Yingying was merely stunned when she saw Suisui, but when she noticed the rabbit Suisui was cradling, a flood of unpleasant memories washed over her.
WHOOSH! Xiaobai suddenly leaped from Suisui’s arms, heading straight for Xie Yingying’s face, and knocked off her bamboo hat as it landed.
"Ah... My face! That damn rabbit! Guards, seize her! Seize her and beat that thing to death for me!"
At this moment, Xie Yingying was like a madwoman, screaming for people, one moment wanting them to capture Xiaosuisui, the next demanding they beat Xiaobai to death.
In an instant, everyone in the Xie Family was disturbed—whether from the main branch, the second branch, the Old Madam, the Family Head, or the men of each branch.
The young male servants, Guards, and maids from outside, along with the Maids and Nannies from the inner courtyard, all rushed towards the First Madam’s courtyard.
The First Madam’s expression changed drastically when she saw her daughter’s state. She quickly ran to help Xie Yingying up. "Quiet! Be quiet! Are you trying to draw everyone here?"
Xie Yingying, trembling, hid in her mother’s embrace.
"Mother, it’s her! My face, she’s the one who ruined it! This little brat, this little freak, she’s the one who harmed me! Mother, you must get justice for me!"
"What? She ruined your face?" the First Madam exclaimed, her voice filled with shock.
The person before her was just a child, only three or four years old. How could she have injured her daughter?
Just as the First Madam was thinking this, she saw the child in her sights help Xie Pan’Er to her feet. Then she heard the child declare, "I’m angry."
Indeed, Xiaosuisui was angry.
Xie Yingying had called her a little freak and accused her of ruining her face; Xiaosuisui refused to admit to any of it.
She didn’t want to listen to Xie Yingying; she wanted to curse back. But Beautiful Sister had said that anger must be vented. So, imitating how Beautiful Sister had struck Zhao Fei, she rolled up her sleeves, her eyes blazing with fury.
Seeing Suisui like this, Xie Pan’Er was greatly alarmed and cried out urgently, "Suisui, be careful she doesn’t hurt you!"
Suisui, consumed by anger and fury, automatically tuned out Xie Pan’Er’s voice. She wasn’t afraid of Xie Yingying. Step by step, she walked forward and, just as Xie Yingying’s whip was about to descend upon her, she grabbed it.
Then, once, twice, three, and four times, she struck Xie Yingying.
"ARGH..." Xie Yingying stared in disbelief at the child before her, feeling the agonizing pain of her breaking ribs. Her internal organs felt as if they were shattering; the pain was unbearable.
"Yingying... How are you?"
The First Madam remained dumbfounded for a long moment, finally snapping back to her senses amidst Xie Yingying’s agonized screams.