After she was done with the kitchen, Sang Yunong decided to take a shower and returned to her room with a bucket of warm water.
She took off her clothes to check where the pain that had been bothering her was coming from…Although she had long johns to block the hot water from scalding her, it didn't mean that it was impervious to water. Especially her hands. Without any cover, she could not bear to gamble anymore. She did not know how she had endured it, and she did not know how to endure the pain in the next few days. She didn't have any burn medicine to apply, so she could only endure it.
It took her a longer time than usual. She washed her body clumsily and put on her clothes. The wound on her chest and the burn on the back of her hand hurt at the same time. She frowned and gritted her teeth.
She walked out of the small room with difficulty with the wooden bucket. She had only taken a step when she heard the owner of the room ask teasingly,"Taking a shower?"
Sang Yunong raised her head in a panic and the water in the wooden bucket splashed out.
"What are you nervous about?" Zhangsun Yu sneered.
" N-nothing. I'm going to... pour the dirty water out of the bucket..." She felt that she was running out of strength to fight him.
"Hurry up and come back." He reminded her.
Sang Yunong tried her best to move as quickly as possible, but because of her injuries, she could not move as fast as she usually did.
Zhangsun Yu couldn't help but frown. He felt that her appearance was very unusual and followed her.
"What…what are you doing?" She started to panic again.
"Why are you trembling?" He took the wooden bucket from her hands and walked to the door casually. He shouted at the servant who passed by the door,"I poured the water in the bucket."
Then, he closed the door and locked it. He stared at her uneasily. "Come here. We haven't seen each other for half a month. Are you more afraid of me than before?”
"You…Do you want to take a shower? I'll get someone to prepare hot water." She wanted to avoid him, especially his burning gaze.
He grabbed her hand as she walked past him, not allowing her to dodge. "I took a shower when I came back."
She was in so much pain that she panted heavily. She frowned and broke out in a cold sweat.
He realized that something was wrong." What's wrong with you?”Instinctively, he stared at her hand. It would have been fine if he didn't look at it, but once he did, his temper rose. "What's going on?"
Both of them knew what he was asking. The slender fingers wrapped in his big palm were like red prawns that had been scalded.
She wanted to wipe her tears away, unwilling to show weakness in front of him, but things did not go as she wished. "I was…scalded by hot water."
"Why did you get scalded by the hot water? When did this happen?" His heart tightened for no reason.
" I was careless…" She could not continue.
"Just now? When you get the bathwater?" he asked.
She bit her lower lip. She didn't want to implicate Ah Li. She was the one who was blind. How could she blame Ah Li? So she nodded.
But he did not believe it. "When you draw water, you're used to putting your hands into the hot water to test the temperature? Is there such a stupid person?"
"I was really careless…"
"Are you not telling the truth? Then I can only summon everyone in the villa to ask. If I find out the truth, I won't let it go easily.”He was about to walk out of the door like the wind.
She held him back and begged,"I'll tell you…I'll tell you…Don't make a fuss over such a small matter."”
"A small matter?" He looked at her incredulously." You're injured like this and you still say it's a small matter! If you want to compromise, you can only do it to me. You're not allowed to suffer for others.”
"I really hurt myself by accident." she said timidly.
"You still don't plan to tell me?" He stared at her.
" In the afternoon…when I was helping out in the kitchen…I accidentally got scalded by the hot water…I was careless…" She lowered her head, tears welling up in her eyes.
He picked her up by the waist, walked to the bed, and placed her on the bed. "Do you have to make me lose my temper before you learn to be good? Who asked you to help in the kitchen? I told you that your job is to serve me. Why didn't you listen to me?”
He walked to the red sandalwood cabinet and took out the burn medicine, carefully rubbing it on her.
"Are there any other places?" he asked.
"No…there's no other place.”She did not dare to look at him.
He pursed his lips and said unhappily,""If you don't tell the truth, you'll be the one suffering.”
Before Sang Yunong could reply, his large hand had already reached her chest and was about to unbutton her shirt.
She held his hand. "I don't want to."
"Let me see your body. I don't want any burn marks on my woman's body.”He looked at her seriously. The real reason was that he felt sorry for her injury.
"You…Give me the ointment. I can apply it myself.”She could not stand him looking at her body.
"That means you really have other wounds on your body?”Without hesitation, he tore her clothes and removed her undergarment…
She gasped. "Don't be like this." She subconsciously reached out to protect her chest.
"Take your hands off me!"
"This is against etiquette. I can apply the medicine myself.”
He interrupted her." You're my woman. There's no question of propriety. Take your hand away."”
"I'm not your woman…"
He pushed her hand away roughly and inevitably hurt her. He gave her an evil smile. "Are you afraid that I'll pounce on you regardless of your injuries? Don't worry, although I'm a hungry tiger, I'm not a cold-blooded beast.”
She looked into his deep eyes and knew that she was no match for his strength.
His large hand was smeared with ointment as he slowly wiped her breasts. When he came to her round breasts, he could not help but lower his head and suck…
" It hurts…" She frowned and muttered.
He raised his head and endured his wild beastly desire to apply the medicine for her. "This ointment is the imperial medicine for burns. It's very effective. If you apply it three times a day, it'll be completely healed in about seven days. Most importantly, it won't leave any scars.”
She shook her head.
He helped her put on the undergarment and helped her lie down, covering her with the blanket. "Have a good rest."
"I can sleep in my own bed." She did not want such intimacy.
"What are you afraid of?" He teased her.
"You're the master. How can a servant sleep on the master's bed?”Her heart raced as she spoke.
"I promise I won't touch you, at least not tonight.”
"I just feel that I'm more used to sleeping in my own room.”She didn't like the domineering way he treated her as his own. It was as if she had no soul, no life, and no opinion.
"From now on, you have to get used to us sleeping in the same bed. Before I get tired of you, you'll be my special woman to sleep with.”he said matter-of-factly.
"Do you always force others to do things they don't want to do?”
Zhangsun Yu didn't answer. He smiled sinisterly and said,""If you keep talking to me, I will mistakenly think that your physical strength is enough to play other interesting games with me.”
He didn't look like he was joking, and Sang Yunong was so frightened that she immediately fell silent.
When Sang Yunong woke up the next morning, Zhangsun Yu was no longer in bed.
The ointment he applied on her was quite effective, and her wound was no longer as painful as yesterday.
The clothes that he had torn the night before were gone, and a new set of purple taro-colored clothes lay at the end of the bed.
After she put on her new purple clothes, there was a knock on the door. She jumped out of bed alertly, not wanting anyone to find out that she was sleeping on the same bed as Zhangsun Yu.
She opened the door. It was Miao Miao with a basin of water in her hand.
"Miss Yunong, Fifth Master asked me to help you dress up.”Miao Miao said.
"Serve me?" Why?
"Fifth Master said that your injuries are not light. Early in the morning, Fifth Master went to the kitchen to ask about what happened yesterday. I can't help it, Xi Mei Nanny is too much. I've long wanted to make her suffer a little. Now that I have you to show off, you don't know how satisfying it is.”Miao Miao said happily.
"Allie was punished?" Sang Yunong asked worriedly. She didn't want to put the poor Ah Li in trouble because of her.
"Fifth Master wants to fire them." Miao Miao smiled happily. "Xi Mei Nanny deserved it. Who taught her not to accumulate some virtue and only bully us? This time, no one would plead for them.”
"Has Xi Mei Granny left?" She knew that Xi Mei needed this job very much. Her daughter and son-in-law were both dead, leaving her to rely on her job as a cook to support her grandfather and grandson. If she lost this job, it would undoubtedly force them to beg on the streets.
"Fifth Master has ordered them to leave before sunset today.”Miao Miao said.
Sang Yunong was trying to figure out how she could help them survive. After washing up and having breakfast, she decided to ask him for mercy.
Sang Yunong looked for Chang Zhi and asked,""Fifth Master went out?"
"Fifth Master is in the training room." Chang Zhi pointed at the left wing of the villa.
Seeing that she was about to walk towards the practice room, Chang Zhi called out to her,""I heard that you were injured?"
He was Sang Yunong's neighbor and he had secretly admired her since she was young. Unfortunately, she always cleverly avoided him.
"It's fine." Sang Yunong smiled.
"Zhiliang is back." Chang Zhi said.
"Zhiliang?" She was overjoyed.
"Yesterday, he came to the villa to look for me and asked about you. I told him about you. He was very worried and wanted to see you.”
"You told him…that I sold myself to bury my father?”Sang Yunong knew that Zhiliang would not agree with her decision.
Chang Zhi nodded. "Zhiliang was very curious about you moving, so I told him that you sold yourself to bury your father. He wants to see you, and I promised him that I would arrange it for you. I thought that Fifth Master wouldn't come back so early, but now it's not easy to find time for you to leave the villa.”
"I also want to see Zhiliang as soon as possible. He has left Suzhou for almost a year!”Sang Yunong wanted to fly to Zhiliang's side immediately and spit out all the grievances in her heart. Just like when she was a child, Zhang Zhiliang was always her safe haven.
"Your injuries?" Chang Zhi looked at the back of Sang Yunong's hand.
"I'm much better. The medicine that Fifth Master gave me is very effective.”She had almost forgotten that she had to plead for Xi Mei's granny. If she delayed any longer, it would be too late.
"You served Fifth Master…Did Fifth Master…bully you?”Chang Zhi asked anxiously. He was really afraid that Sang Yunong would suffer.
Sang Yunong did not dare to say anything else. She was afraid that Zhang Zhiliang would find out too. With his temper, he would definitely fight for her. Therefore, she could only shake her head. "Fifth Master treats me very well."
"If I had come here earlier, perhaps your life wouldn't be so difficult.”Chang Zhi had only taken up the position of the chief steward three days ago, and he could be considered to have taken over the position of the old chief steward's uncle. If not for his uncle's recommendation, he would not have such good luck.
"I'm so happy that you're working here too. I was shocked when I saw you that day. Fifth Master has decided to use you, right?”
"He came to talk to me as soon as he came back from Jinjiang. Uncle probably put in a good word for me before, so Fifth Master only told me a few rules that Uncle had reminded me a long time ago and didn't say anything else.”
"That's good. This way, your family's expenses will be settled.”Sang Yunong was really happy. Chang Zhi was a filial son and his family relied on him to earn money to support their family.
"That's right! I also feel that I am very lucky. If it wasn't for Uncle's old age, I wouldn't have had the opportunity to work for Fifth Master.”
Sang Yunong smiled." I have something to ask of Fifth Master. Let's talk another time."”
After saying that, she immediately ran towards the training room. Panting slightly, she only hesitated for a moment before mustering her courage to knock on the door.
"Come in!"
She pushed the door open and entered, her eyes wide open. She had not thought carefully before she rashly barged into this martial arts and pure masculine place. She was worried and didn't know where to look because the person in front of her was bare-chested and practicing his fist against the sandbag. His thick chest and strong muscles were completely powerful…
She panicked and froze, unable to move.
"What is it?" Zhangsun Yu asked coldly.
Thinking of her own predicament, Sang Yunong wanted to turn around and run away, but she suddenly remembered the purpose of her visit. "Please don't fire Xi Mei Granny, okay?”
He stopped swinging his fists and turned to look at her." What's wrong with your bad intentions?”
"I was careless and got scalded by the hot water. You can't blame it all on Ali.”
He suddenly approached her, and the corners of his mouth curled up into a cold smile." I asked all the servants present, and they seemed to have a different opinion.”
"Allie is a child. She didn't mean to knock me down. Please understand.”
He stared at her confused expression and found it very interesting. "Sixteen is no longer a child. Aren't you only seventeen? You can already serve me, how can Allie be considered a child?”
She realized that he was approaching and took a step back. He sneered and pulled her into his embrace, causing her to scream in fear.
"Let me go!"
"You want to plead for mercy, but you don't try to convince me.”
She said in a trembling voice," Although Allie has the appearance of a sixteen-year-old, she can't live independently like an ordinary person. On the other hand, she's a child. I don't need to explain much.”The sound of his heartbeat entered her ears and disturbed her heart. Other than him, she had never been so close to a man.
"That was a mistake that shouldn't have happened.”he said.
"But I didn't lose my life because of this. I don't want them to lose their jobs because of this. What can a woman do to make a living with a big child? I don't want them to beg for money because of me. It wasn't that she hadn't lived a poor life before. Just thinking about how Xi Mei and Ah Li would not be able to eat three meals a day because of her made her feel very uneasy.
He raised his eyebrows and chuckled. "You're so kind, yet people keep bullying you and taking advantage of you. You don't care?”
"Xi Mei did not take advantage of me. I came to the kitchen to help out of my own free will.”
"I hate your weak attitude!”He growled.
His mouth was wildly covering her lips, and the tip of his tongue pried open her tightly pursed lips, taking the opportunity to slide into her mouth…
His strong chest felt waves of hot body temperature burning her. She pushed him away with all her might, knowing that it was impossible. His figure had the advantage, so how could she shake him?
His large hand grabbed her head, making it easier for his mouth to ravage her soft and tender lips. The tip of his tongue reached deep into her throat and sucked.
After a long time, he finally let go of her lips.
She panted slightly, and the wound on her chest hurt faintly. His brute force just now had hurt her again.
"You can go! Otherwise, I won't care about the injuries on your body and take you here!”He threatened her sternly.
She turned around and fled in a sorry state.
Granny Xi Mei and Ah Li were able to keep their jobs because of Sang Yunong's pleas. Granny Xi Mei brought Ah Li to kneel down in front of Sang Yunong when they saw her.
"Miss, thank you. Miss, thank you. We will never forget your great kindness.”Xi Mei Granny kowtowed and cried.
"Granny, don't be like this.”Sang Yunong quickly helped Granny Xi Mei and Ah Li up.
"It's all thanks to you that we can keep our jobs. If I can't repay your kindness in this life, I'll definitely repay you in the next life.”
Sang Yunong shook her head." I know that you really need this job. That's why I begged Fifth Master not to send you away. Besides, Allie didn't burn me on purpose that day. I won't make you lose your jobs indiscriminately. We are all poor people, so I can naturally understand your difficulties more than Fifth Master.”
"You're really a good person. Don't blame me for always asking you to do things and even helping me and Ah Li like this. A kind-hearted person like you will definitely stand out one day.”
" I don't want to stand out," Sang Yunong said with a smile." I just want everyone to be safe."”
Xi Mei pulled Ah Li to her feet. "Quickly thank Sister for not blaming you for scalding her.”
Ah Li opened her innocent black eyes." Sister is so beautiful.”
Xi Mei smiled. "This child always says that you're beautiful. Now that he sees you, he has to say it again. Is your hand better?"
Sang Yunong nodded slightly." I feel much better. It doesn't hurt anymore. I think I will be able to recover in two or three days. Don't blame yourself too much."”
Only then did Granny Xi Mei leave with Ah Li.
As soon as they left, Zhangsun Yingying pushed open the door and sat down.
"They came to thank me?"
"Xi Mei is too polite. I don't have many requests. I just hope that everyone can get along well in the future and don't make things difficult for each other again.”
Zhangsun Yingying rolled her eyes helplessly." Why are you so kind? She was clearly bullying the good and afraid that the evil elders would find trouble with you, but you still helped them like this. If he was in Luoyang, he would have been kicked out by his grandfather.”
"Granny is indeed a little petty, but she's not really a bad person. Moreover, the nanny was not useless. Her cooking skills were so good that there was nothing to say.”
"That's because she met you and kept her job. In this day and age, if you want to find a capable chef in Suzhou, are you afraid that no one will fight for it? Jiangnan people are better at cooking southern dishes than Xi Mei, that northern nanny!”
"It's all in the past.”
"How can we do that?!" Zhangsun Yingying objected. How can your personality resist Yu Ping's charm? She's about to arrive in Suzhou, you can't let your guard down. I can't help but break out in a cold sweat for you.”
"Why do you always think that Yu Ping is my love rival?”
"You're Fifth Brother's fiancée, and Yu Ping is Fifth Brother's sweetheart. Of course you're love rivals!”
Sang Yunong shook her head. "If the person Fifth Master likes is Miss Yu, I can't snatch her away.”
"You're the granddaughter-in-law that Grandpa personally selected. This is a serious matter. Moreover, Fifth Brother wouldn't take Grandfather's words as a blow to the wind.”
"Yingying, you're too naive. Love isn't as simple as you think. Fifth Master has his own thoughts, and it's not something your grandfather can easily change.”She had never wanted to be in the Hou family. She only wanted to live an ordinary life. She did not want to climb up to the top.
"Even if Fifth Brother doesn't marry you, Yu Ping won't have any hope. It's useless for you to give up.”
"Why?"
"Yu Ping is a firework woman. Grandfather will never let her enter the Zhangsun family.”
The woman that Zhangsun Yu liked was a firework girl? She couldn't deny the surprise in her heart. It wasn't that she looked down on brothel girls, but it was obvious that Zhangsun Yu looked down on her background. How could he be loyal to a poor woman?#
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