Fei Cui quickly agreed.
Xie Ruolin’s heart tightened upon hearing this.
Xie Ruotong giving her chicken soup at this time?!
She dared not drink it.
Qiao’er’s death, Xie Ruotong definitely wouldn’t let bygones be bygones.
Approaching her now, it must be with ill intent.
Definitely, there was something wrong with the chicken soup.
What if it contained an abortion pill...
Xie Ruolin’s face turned pale with fear.
Xie Ruotong watched this with eyes full of irony.
Fei Cui prepared a bowl of chicken soup.
Xie Ruotong took it directly from Fei Cui’s hands and then handed it to Xie Ruolin.
Xie Ruolin’s fingers trembled.
She resolutely dared not accept the bowl of chicken soup.
Chun Tao naturally was very good at reading Xie Ruolin’s facial expressions.
She quickly said, "The chicken soup is too hot, be careful not to burn auntie, let the servant take it for you."
As she spoke, she reached out and took the chicken soup directly from Xie Ruotong’s hands. ᴛʜɪs ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ɪs ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ʙʏ novel⟡fire.net
In her heart, she also thought about pretending to have not held it firmly and let it drop to the ground.
Her young madam wouldn’t have to drink the chicken soup.
However, just as the thought came to her,
The scalding chicken soup suddenly spilled onto her arm.
The pain made Chun Tao shout out loud.
"Ah!" Chun Tao jumped in pain.
At that moment, she intended to accuse Xie Ruotong,
When suddenly, a slap fell heavily on Chun Tao’s face.
Half of Chun Tao’s face reddened.
"You wretched servant, you can’t even hold a bowl of chicken soup without spilling it, what use are you!" Xie Ruotong scolded loudly!
Chun Tao did not expect Xie Ruotong to suddenly frame her.
Her eyes filled with tears, she quickly retorted, "No, no, that’s not it. You had just passed it to me, I hadn’t even taken hold of the bowl yet, and you let go..."
"Smack!" Xie Ruotong slapped Chun Tao’s face again, "How dare you lie!"
Chun Tao was slapped silly by Xie Ruotong.
She was completely intimidated by Xie Ruotong’s imposing aura!
Xie Ruolin beside her didn’t even dare breathe too loudly.
It was clear that today Xie Ruotong had come to pick a fight.
She now dared not offend Xie Ruotong, whose martial arts prowess was superior, and more importantly, she was pregnant. Xie Ruotong might have come today specifically for her child...
Just as Xie Ruolin was intimidated by Xie Ruotong to the point of being at a loss, her eyes narrowed, seeing Ming Yufang rushing over with house servants.
Xie Ruilin quickly feigned a distressed expression, "Elder sister, these past few days I really haven’t had an appetite, just a sip of chicken soup and I start to feel nauseous from the pregnancy. Lin’er is grateful for elder sister’s deep kindness, but truly Lin’er’s body isn’t well, and I’m not fortunate enough to enjoy it..."
As she spoke, she started sobbing with a "woo woo" sound.
She looked as if she had been greatly wronged.
Ming Yufang naturally sided with Xie Ruilin. She hurried over to stand in front of Xie Ruilin, as if afraid that Xie Ruotong might harm Xie Ruilin, and consequently, the child in Xie Ruilin’s womb.
"What’s the matter today?" Ming Yufang’s face looked a bit unpleasant.
"Mother-in-law, today I came to bring sister soup, thinking that the child in her womb will eventually call me mother, so I should care for her more. Who knew that Chun Tao, this servant, wouldn’t appreciate my gesture but knocked over my chicken soup. I did nothing but slap Chun Tao twice and taught her a lesson. As a result, sister became uncooperative."
"Mother, I’m not being uncooperative. It’s just that these past few days I really can’t stomach chicken soup." Xie Ruilin quickly retorted.
Ming Yufang has been the Song Family matriarch for many years and naturally is not someone to be trifled with.
She knew at a glance what Xie Ruilin was worried about.
Not to mention Xie Ruilin, she herself also didn’t feel at ease letting Xie Ruilin drink Xie Ruotong’s chicken soup.
She spoke with justified indignation, "It’s good for Ruotong to have good intentions. But if Ruilin is unwell and can’t drink the soup, we cannot force that. We acknowledge your sentiment, so let’s just leave it at that."
"Then, may I ask, what is this next to us?" Xie Ruotong’s eyes shifted looking at a bowl of chicken soup next to them, seemingly half-drunk by Xie Ruilin.
Xie Ruilin was momentarily at a loss for words.
After becoming pregnant, she had been frequently drinking chicken soup to nourish her body.
"Or are you saying, sister, that you dare not drink my chicken soup?" Xie Ruotong pressed confrontationally.
Xie Ruilin clenched her teeth, not knowing how to respond.
Xie Ruotong came today just to make things difficult for her.
"Husband and mother-in-law, even our own mother came to the Song Residence personally to persuade me, to be tolerant and generous towards you, sister, and to take extra care now that you are pregnant. Now that I am actively trying to get closer to you, sister, but am being rejected in such a manner, it seems that sister is unwilling to get along with me. If that’s the case, then I won’t trouble you further."
Being accused by Xie Ruotong, Xie Ruilin felt her face turning green.
Since when could Xie Ruotong speak so eloquently!
This moment’s verbal assault was meant to put her in a no-win situation.
"No, that’s not it..." Xie Ruilin’s retort lacked any confidence.
"Since it’s not, Fei Cui, help me serve another bowl of soup for auntie." Xie Ruotong ordered.
Fei Cui promptly agreed.
Under Xie Ruotong’s dominance, Xie Ruilin simply had no way to refuse.
Ming Yufang at this moment couldn’t say much either.
Xie Ruotong once again took a bowl of chicken soup and handed it to Xie Ruilin.
Xie Ruilin clenched her teeth and took it.
But she just couldn’t bring herself to drink it.
Xie Ruotong didn’t urge her, just watching her like that.
Making Xie Ruilin experience the taste of being coerced by someone else.
This standoff continued for quite a while.
Having no choice, Xie Ruilin bit the bullet and prepared to drink it.
"Enough!" Ming Yufang couldn’t stand it anymore.
She couldn’t let any mishap occur to the Song Family’s first heir.
Seeing that Ming Yufang finally spoke up, Xie Ruilin secretly sneered with schadenfreude.
She was betting that Ming Yufang wouldn’t just stand by and watch.
Naturally, Ming Yufang valued the Song Family’s only heir even more than she did.
"Xie Ruotong, we all know very well what you’re thinking. Otherwise, you wouldn’t resort to such despicable, lowly tactics! Don’t think that just because you’re injured, the Song Family owes you! Firstly, it was because of jealousy towards Xie Ruilin that you wanted to kill her and the child in her womb, and we were justifiably stopping you! Secondly, Song Yanqing himself was punished with ten heavy blows to save your face! Stop overstepping your bounds here, don’t be ungrateful for the kindness you’ve been shown! Our Song Family will not tolerate your reckless behavior!"
Ming Yufang said fiercely, her disdain for Xie Ruotong not hidden at all!