Chapter 53.1

When Yaoniang entered the room, she saw Xiaobao on the small bed crying with tears all over his face.

Hong’er also sobbed and sniffled, but was coaxed by Mrs. Li in her arms. As Mrs. Li coaxed Hong’er, she scolded Yan’er “Why are you so fierce with that bastard? What if you scared Hong’er…"

"Who asked him to pee at random times…" Yan'er was still talking until she saw Yaoniang coming in and giving her a harsh look. Yan’er quickly shut up.

Yaoniang ignored them and hurriedly held Xiaobao to take a look.

She saw that there was a red fingernail mark on Xiaobao's small arm, which looked like a lotus root. Due to the strength of the person who held him, his arm was slightly swollen and bruised. His skin was also broken.

The little butt was wet, the pants were wet, and there was a large stain on the mattress. Yaoniang guessed that it was Xiaobao who had wet the bed and was pinched by Yan'er. Of course, there was also the possibility that Yan'er was in a bad mood and deliberately took her anger out on the child. Otherwise, she would not have pinched him so hard.

"You dare to talk back to your mother and look for trouble? Scram! I couldn’t even have a meal in peace!" As Mrs. Li cursed, she winked at Yan'er.

Yan’er was not stupid. In her heart, she cursed Xiaobao for being so squeamish. She turned and walked out, without giving Yaoniang a single glance.

Yaoniang had never seen people bullying others like this. Two adults couldn’t even watch over three children properly. Although Yaoniang had not been with Xiaobao for a long time, in the past few days she knew that Xiaobao was well taken care of by her sister. She takes him to pee regularly and he never wets the bed. It must’ve been Mrs. Li and Yan’er who were negligent and caused the child to wet the bed. Now, they have the audacity to disdain the child for being dirty.

That wasn’t even all. She actually dared to pinch Xiaobao like this!

Looking at the red nail mark, Yaoniang was so distressed that she couldn't restrain herself. Her eyes were blood red.

Xiaobao must also be in a lot of pain. He was still crying hoarsely even as she held him in her arms. He rubbed his face against her with an aggrieved expression.

The child was wronged.

Yaoniang's mind was blank. Seeing her sister coming in behind her, she thrust Xiaobao into Huiniang's arms and rushed over with a scream.

Yan’er's back was facing her, so she couldn’t guard against Yaoniang coming at her. She only felt something heavy hit her and fell forward face to the ground.

The fall completely befuddled her. Before she could react, she was slapped once after another, effectively stunning her.

"You poisonous woman…"

"Why are you so poisonous, he is still so young…" 

The grievances, resentment, and indignation accumulated deep in her heart all erupted at once. Yaoniang, with tears streaming down her face, slapped Yan’er over and over.

If she had a knife in her hand, she wouldn’t resist slashing at this person!

"Su Yaoniang, what are you doing…"

Mrs. Li didn't expect that Yaoniang, who was as meek as a sheep, would hit people. She was utterly shocked. Once she recovered from her shock, she saw that Yan'er was beaten like this. Mrs. Li was furious.

She put Hong’er on the small bed and was about to go over and tear apart Yaoniang. Seeing this, Huiniang hurried over to drag her away. Xiaobao, who was lying in her arms, was so scared that he started to cry again.

The room was an utter and complete mess with the sounds of screaming and the crying of children all mixed together.

Mrs. Li pushed Huiniang away, stretched out her hand to pull on Yaoniang’s hair, but was knocked to the ground before she reached her target.

It was Fucheng.

Fucheng did it without any guilt. He gazed at her with a smile on his face and said, "This isn’t very good. You are already getting on in age, how can you get physical with others?" 

When Mrs. Li looked up, Jin Wang was standing by the door with Yao Cheng at his side, face as black as ink. "What are you doing?!"

Hearing this violent shout, only then did the movements of Yaoniang finally stop. She stiffened her back and stood up.

She didn't lift her head or look at anyone, but came to Huiniang's side, took Xiaobao into her arms and hugged him tightly.

"What in the world are you doing? Even with his highness Jin Wang here, you guys still act like this?!"

Mrs. Li was not a person who would show weakness. She would cast the blame on others instead. Acting particularly righteous and confident, she said, "Why don't you ask Su Yaoniang? Like a crazy person, she came in and slapped Yan’er. My poor Yan’er, look at the swelling on her face…"

As she spoke, she helped Yan’er, who was lying on the ground, to sit up. After she saw Yan’er's miserable situation, she screamed, "Su Yaoniang, if you don't give me a proper explanation today, I will definitely not let you go!"

Huiniang would not sit back and watch her sister get bullied. She stepped in front of Yaoniang and said, "What do you mean by giving you an explanation? Why don't you talk about how Yan'er treated Xiaobao? How could she do this to such a young child?"

She was so angry that her entire body was shaking. Yan'er dared to do this kind of thing. Even without thinking too hard, she knew that Yan’er was taking revenge because she had ruined her schemes earlier. If she had known that something like this would happen, Huiniang would have changed her way of doing things. Unfortunately, she didn't know something like this would happen.

"Yao Cheng, see for yourself what your sister is like. Let me tell you, if there is no explanation for this matter today, I won’t let your Yao family go!"

Yao Cheng glanced at the shocking nail marks on Xiaobao's arm. Then he looked at the angry Huiniang. There was also Yaoniang, who was crying silently. Finally, his eyes landed on his mother and Yan'er whose face was swollen like a pig's head. He could feel a headache coming up.

But before he could speak, Mrs. Li bombarded, "Who are you not letting go? Who are you not letting go of? Su Huiniang, talking to your mother-in-law like this, do you still have any dignity…"

Fucheng could also feel his head hurting. He couldn't help but look at Jin wang. Originally, he wanted to wait for his highness to speak, so he hurriedly stepped back. Yet Jin Wang only stared at Yaoniang’s back. Who knew what was on his mind?

Yaoniang patted Xiaobao again and again. Only then did he finally calm down.