Ye Shiqi guessed that her father was still at the factory at this time, as he usually got home before dark, and there was still an hour left until then.
Some fearless people attempted to stop the carriage, and the driver tried to swerve around the person, but more people ran over to block it.
"You scoundrels, weren’t you scared enough this morning that you now come out to block our carriage? Do you all have a death wish? I’d run you over!"
The driver’s wife was an old hand; the horse nearly stopped, its hooves raised high, which frightened the house servant and changed the color of his face, while the driver continuously cursed them.
The family of the rich man usually swaggered around, but the driver wasn’t scared of them. Having served different masters, he feared no one!
"You old man, do you also wish to die? Don’t you believe I could annihilate your whole family!"
The other house servant didn’t stop talking either, scaring that family into silence. They weren’t scared though, with the Lady there to back them up.
Ye Shiqi, having stopped the carriage, pulled back the curtains and already saw the people standing by the road, these people who were idly blocking the way again.
Ye Fengqi, seeing those people through the opened curtains—having had so many guests that morning, she didn’t hesitate to scold them, and now she was even more unrestrained with her words.
"Hey, Fatty Number One, Fatty Number Two and you ugly girls, weren’t the taunts from the men this morning enough? You still come here to embarrass yourselves?"
Ye Lanzi, Ye Jinxiang, and their sisters stood by the roadside, their eyes full of smugness, looking at the people inside the carriage. That morning, they had endured humiliation and now vented their anger on the Ye family’s sisters.
They purposefully blocked people at dusk, thinking that the sisters would be without their bodyguards, and even if villagers were passing by, no one would help them immediately. What made it worse was that they had hired thugs to be there.
Planning this event, they had foreseen that the feud between the two families would only deepen, though it wasn’t new, it was just intensified today.
Ye Jinxiang, hearing Ye Fengqi call them ugly or fat, was so angry her nose was crooked, "You want to die...!"
Ye Lanzi was also angered and cursed, "You two whores, your mouths are too filthy."
Then their sisters, also angered, waved to the house servant, "Why aren’t you attacking? Are you waiting for them to invite you to a meal?"
Ye Jinxiang’s house servants usually intimidated some of the villagers, but they did not dare to commit murder.
Many of them had families and were just trying to make a living by working in their mansion.
Of course, some of them were house slaves, and others were bought servants, but they still didn’t dare to commit real crimes.
The most important thing was, bullying depended on the target, how could they lay their hands on such delicate, beautiful young girls?
Especially given the background of these two girls, the acting earlier was just to show off for their master, so while they appeared fierce, they were actually suffering inside!
"Miss, let’s not do this, they are just girls!"
"Yes, miss, fighting the driver we can do, but attacking the two daughters of Hongji, we could go to jail!"
The four or five house servants had just been attempting to intimidate; they thought they were going to beat up the driver just to put on an act to scare these two Ladies, given what had happened during the day.
They dared only to talk, for when it came to actual fighting, the guards’ swords were so formidable, they wouldn’t dare to really make a move.
Most importantly, when knowing that there was a major figure inside, the daughter of the County Magistrate, fighting and brawling wasn’t the way to get jailed faster.
They were very clear about the character of rich families; if they really injured someone and went to jail, the rich man would definitely not pay to bail them out, typical bullies who are actually cowards.
Thinking they had risen by attaching themselves to the Tang Family, but the young Master of the Tang Family ignored them, and even they couldn’t stand the language he used to insult them.
"You eat our food, use our things, take our salaries, and yet you don’t follow orders? You just wait to be fired!"
Ye Jinxiang, furious, pointed at them with her chubby finger, determined to make them attack the Ye family’s sisters.
Among the house servants, some were fearless, others dared not move, thinking that losing their lives for money wasn’t worth it; they’d rather quit their job and still be able to leave a good impression for these two wealthy young Ladies!
The daring ones rushed forward, this person—a Bang Chui—not thinking much about the consequences, just didn’t want to lose his job.
The first Bang Chui rushed forward, not yet reaching the side of the carriage’s compartment when he was struck by the old uncle’s whip.