Yang Baifu, caught off guard, was indeed scratched by the Dong Family woman; his face instantly burned intensely. Already infuriated by his missing ear, now his face was also wounded, and any guilt he had felt in his heart instantly vanished. He reflexively slapped the Dong Family woman back.
The Dong Family woman’s face was smeared with blood from the slap, but she did not retreat. Like a madwoman, she tore at Yang Baifu, scratching his face a few times.
"You crazy woman, I’ll beat you to death..." Yang Baifu lost his temper and began to rain down heavy blows on the Dong Family woman. Even Yang Baixiang, who tried to intervene, was shoved to the ground. Then, aiming at the Dong Family woman, Yang Baifu kicked her while shouting, "Die, just die..."
The Dong Family woman was beaten to the point of being unable to fight back.
"That’s enough," said Li Yi, unable to watch any longer. "If you keep this up, you’ll kill her, and then you’ll pay with your life."
Yang Baifu then stopped his assault but spat in the Dong Family woman’s direction before turning and walking away.
"Fourth brother, where are you going?" Yang Baixiang called out anxiously. "Hurry, take Erya to the clinic..."
"It’s none of your business. If you want to send her, then do it," Yang Baifu retorted without turning back and ran off.
"Fourth sister-in-law, are you alright?" Yang Baixiang had no choice but to get up and help the Dong Family woman to her feet.
The Dong Family woman stared blankly with vacant eyes.
"Big Brother Li, please help Fourth sister-in-law again," Yang Baixiang pleaded, looking toward Li Yi for help.
Li Yi sighed, walked over, and examined the Dong Family woman: "The beating was too harsh... But fortunately, they’re just superficial wounds; there’s no danger to her life." As he spoke, he took out a box of ointment, "This will heal quickly if you apply it."
The Dong Family woman, seeming to come back to her senses, glanced at the ointment, then shook her head. "No need, I’m fine." She then knelt before Yang Peili, "Father, please save Erya, she’s still so young. Please give me some silver, and I’ll take her to town... Li Yi also said that Doctor Wang is better than him, and if it comes to it, I will go to the county or even Prefectural City."
"There is none." Before Yang Peili could even respond, Yang Anshi stepped out. She went to the room, glanced at Erya who was barely clinging to life, and shook her head decisively. "She’s just a servant girl. If she lives, that’s her fate. If she dies, that’s also her fate. There’s no way we’re spending any silver..."
Li Yi frowned. Is that human talk? If the person were not his elder, he would have asked Yang Anshi: Aren’t you a woman? Why haven’t you died?
"Mother, she’s your granddaughter..." The Dong Family woman begged sorrowfully.
"We’re not short on granddaughters; it doesn’t matter if we have one more or one less..." Yang Anshi lifted her eyelid and glanced at the Dong Family woman, "And as for you, to think you would dare to lay hands on your own husband, you’ve really grown bold..."
The Dong Family woman, this time, did not lower her head but glared angrily at Yang Anshi.
"What are you looking at?" Yang Anshi, already irritated, grew even angrier when she saw the Dong Family woman staring at her like that. She turned, picked up the rattan stick she had used to beat the main house previously, and started lashing out at the Dong Family woman. "How dare you glare at your mother-in-law? Have you turned against me? I’ll beat the defiance out of you..."
The Dong Family woman did not even try to dodge but just sneered at Yang Anshi, "No wonder Dani wants to cut ties with you, no wonder Feng Caie wanted to divorce Yang Baichuan. It’s truly unbearable to stay in this house; none of you are human..."
"What did you say?" Yang Anshi lashed out even harder, "If you’re so capable, then leave..."
"Enough, isn’t it chaotic enough?" Yang Peili finally shouted, "Do we have to wait until one or two are dead before it ends?"