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"It's all because I love you. Si Xiang doesn't love you, she just wants the Ye Residence to be prosperous."

"Only I didn't care whether you were wealthy or not from the beginning, didn't care whether you were powerful or not. I only cared about you."

"I am even willing to die for you, old master!" Lady Xie shouted at the top of her lungs.

Ye Zhenzheng shuddered.

When the old story was brought up again, Ye Zheng could no longer bear to listen. He used both of his hands to push her away.

"Why are you bringing this up now!" Ye Zheng was in great pain.

Those memories, the memories of their encounter in the cold house. The Xie Clan never knew that he was the only son of the Ye Clan, so they had wholeheartedly followed her.

The appearance of Mrs. Xie blocking the poisoned cup of wine for him and the days he spent in the forest were all entangled in his heart.

After all, she had saved his life.

Ye Zizai looked at the woman crying on the ground with tears in his eyes, feeling pity for her. Perhaps it was just as she said. She loved him even though she was completely wrong.

He loved her, too.

Moreover, he still owed him his life.

The reckless actions of the two of them as they walked past a youth had ended up like this when they were old …

Ye Shisui felt a pain in his chest and staggered a few steps. He almost lost his balance. Madame Xie was still looking at him, begging him, "I beg the old master, please don't divorce me."

"Take me to the backyard, and lock me up."

"I don't want to leave you …"

"Please don't let me leave you …"

Ye Shisui finally couldn't take it anymore. He backed up against the door frame, used his wrist to cover his face and hammered on the door frame a few times.

After an unknown period of time, Ye Chong finally found his voice and hoarsely said, "Put her in the east garden."

"Lifetime... You are not allowed to leave the garden! "

It was raining again.

This summer was especially rainy. Meng Lan took some clothes from the outside and prepared to change Ye Jinsu's medicine.

"How does Miss feel today?"

Ye Jinsu shook her head honestly.

He touched his forehead and said, "The fever has dropped a little, but it's still burning." It's the same for my leg. It's been one night and I don't feel anything.

Ye Jinsu tried to move, but the only thing she managed to do was bend her knee slightly, causing her to feel an excruciating pain. Ye Jinxiu immediately cried out in pain and sucked in a breath of cold air.

It was too late for Meng Lan to stop him.

"Miss, don't you feel that it's because I've been applying the anesthetic on you? Otherwise, you would've been in so much pain last night that you wouldn't be able to sleep."

"Don't you move now." Meng Lan lifted the gauze to check the wound. She took out a new cloth and began to clean the wound. "If you move, it will hurt for a long time."

"I lost some pus and blood last night, so I need to clean it up. It might hurt a little. Little miss, you have to bear with it." Meng Lan's heart ached as she looked at the wound. She couldn't bear the sight of this.

Cleaning up a wound is always the most painful process.

Ye Jin Su steeled her heart, put the blanket in her mouth, and nodded at Meng Lan.

By the time Meng Lan was done, Ye Jinsu was already sweating profusely, as if she had been fished out of the water. Meng Lan wasn't much better either. Her face was covered in sweat and she looked very nervous.

Quickly applying the painkiller, Ye Jinsu felt that she had saved her life.

"How is Little Red?" Ye Jinsu asked.

"I've already helped her change the medicine, her condition is better than Miss's, her wound is already starting to heal." Meng Lan said as she packed her things.

Ye Jinxiu's wounds had become twice as severe as before.

Her wounds were still bleeding, and there was no way she could scab and heal herself. The fever within Ye Jinsu's body did not subside.

Meng Lan could only try her best to cure herself. The soup and external medicine were constantly changing. She even brought the medicine from the Imperial Ning Residence's hospital over for Ye Jinsu to use.

Only then was the situation under control.

After the pain, his mind was no longer clear. Perhaps it was due to the high fever. Ye Jinsu looked at Meng Lan's left hand and saw that she could now move it up and down. It seemed like there was no problem.

Sighing, Ye Jinsu spoke with some grievance, "Meng Lan, if I keep burning like this, won't my brain burn silly?"

It was clearly a joke, but Meng Lan couldn't smile even though Ye Jinxiu could say it out loud with a smile.

Lowering her head, Meng Lan gloomily said, "That won't happen. I will definitely think of a way to make Miss's fever go down."

Ye Jinsu fainted. It was already night when she woke up.

When he woke up, his mind was much clearer. Meng Lan was already waiting by his bed with the medicine. Only after drinking the medicine did Ye Jinsu realize that she had been covered in sweat from her sleep and had lost her fever.

Feeling somewhat sober, Ye Jinsu then asked, "How did Ye Shisui deal with the Xie family?"

Meng Lan paused as she held the bowl. "The young miss is still sick. Don't worry so much. Take good care of yourself."

As he spoke, he was about to change the medicine on Ye Jinxiu.

Ye Jinxiu was obviously used to this. She grabbed Meng Lan's hand and asked, "What exactly happened?"

Meng Lan blinked. She looked at Ye Jin Su's slightly angry face with a frown, as if she wanted to get to the bottom of this. Meng Lan sighed. "Master sent Madam to the east garden."

"The East District?"

Meng Lan nodded. She didn't know what kind of place the East District was. He asked around from the elders in the mansion, and found out that the manor was originally even larger than this. There was a pond in the backyard, and across the pond was a garden called the East Garden.

Later, when Ye Shisui renovated the mansion and Master Feng Shui said the pond was not good, he sent someone to fill it. The kitchen was built on top of the wall and the yard was rebuilt. In order to make it look beautiful, they separated the east garden from the whole House of Ye.

He hadn't thought that there would be anything useful in the past few years, so the garden simply lay in ruins.

Yet, he actually managed to chase the Xie Clan over.

Ye Jinxiu did not seem to be happy, nor did she get angry. She just maintained her cold expression.

Meng Lan added, "Master said that Madam is not allowed to leave the garden for the rest of her life."

"I only sent a Huaiyu to serve you."

After a long while, Meng Lan let out a sigh. She looked at Ye Jinsu and said gently, "Miss, Madam has already learned her lesson. You don't have to torture yourself like this."

As far as she was concerned, Ye Jinxiu valued friendship and loyalty greatly. However, it was precisely because of this that she had been constantly held by these things, causing her to be riddled with injuries.

Meng Lan's heart ached, "Miss, you should think about it more for yourself."

"Sometimes, it's better to protect one's self when one is wise …"

Ye Jinxiu didn't say anything, but she let out a breath from behind and fell down on the bed. Closing his eyes, his breathing was ragged.

Ye Chong was still reluctant to let her go.

Is that what they mean?

Meng Lan's words echoed in her ears. Ye Jinsu sneered.

"Meng Lan, do you know how long I have protected myself before this?" Ye Jinxiu suddenly asked.

"Fourteen years!" Ye Jinsu opened her eyes and said.

"I did."

"But my wet nurse is dead. Little Red is injured."

"They are all important to me."

Ye Jinsu said softly, as if she was saying that the weather was really good today.

"We have no way to protect the people around us," Ye Jinsu suddenly laughed, with a mocking tone in her voice and a hint of disdain in her tone.

"If you can't even protect your own important people, then you will only be able to live on in this world."