Chapter 99: Avarice
Translator: Storm in a Teacup
When An Lingshan came back, Madam Zhang was still smashing things in her room. With broken pieces of porcelain on the ground, the room was in a mess. Hiding in the corner, Chun Xiang was so scared to be slapped again; her face had been hurt severely.
Seeing this, An Lingshang knitted her eyebrows and let Chun Xiang out and shouted, “Mum! That’s enough!”
Madam Zhang threw the vase directly on the ground, looked back at An Lingshan maliciously and shouted angrily, “Do you think I’ve humiliated you, huh? Always remember that you will never be the first daughter! I know you want to call that bitch mother! ”
She screamed as if the girl in front of her was her enemy.
An Lingshan slowly took a sigh, approached to Zhang, and said softly, “Mom, father hasn’t given us a clear identity yet. We could be expelled at any time. Do you really want to experience the days before? Smiling to others but being treated like dirt...”
When An Lingshan thought of the past, there was a flash of malicious look in her eyes.
Madam Zhang also froze in anger. She clenched her fist and gasped quickly as if she couldn’t breathe. The sun shone through the window, but it didn’t fall on her. All she could feel was endless coldness.
Suddenly, she sat on the ground and cried in a low voice, “What can I do? Why you aren’t a boy ... if you were a boy, Lord An would definitely regard me as his wife rather than a concubine...”
Madam Zhang was shivering as if she had been mad.
This was not the first time An Lingshan heard this kind of words. She looked extremely calm and looked at her mother without any emotions. After Madam Zhang retold her all their horrible past, An Lingshan said slowly, “Even if you have a son, there is still An Qingrong, the Yue Qi lieutenant! Do you think father is an idiot?”
With messy hair, Madam Zhang looked up at AnLingShan in despair.
However, An Lingshan smiled and said slowly, “You should be proud that you gave birth to a daughter. From now on, do whatever I tell you to and I canguarantee that you will be a wife and even hold on to the whole family.”
Hearing this, Madam Zhang asked hoarsely, “What do you want to do?”
“An Rushuang will be engaged soon. If she marries someone in remote areas, she will be difficult to intervene in the affairs of An Family again. As for An Qingrong, he does not live here for most of the time, and it is time for him to set up his own homes. It will be up to you and me to call the shots in the An Family.” Speaking of this, An Lingshan smiled and looked extremely gentle with her pale cheeks. She said slowly, “Mum, even the sun will be blocked by dark clouds.”
She looked up out of the window. The sky outside was already slowly darkening, and thick clouds blocked the sun, leaking a little light through the gap.
Suddenly Madam Zhang felt her heart was filled with something. She was so excited that she couldn’t speak a single word. Only a big smile was seen on her face.While on the other side, the wagon arrived at the Eastern Street.
Hong Yu jumped out of the car, helped An Rushuang down, and then looked eagerly into the yard.
Zhao Xiaotao also jumped down immediately and laughed at her, “Look at yourself, so anxious! Those who know us know that it’s Miss An who comes here to look for someone. Others might think it’s you who are here to visit relatives.”
At usual time, Hong Yu would have already quarrelled with Zhao Xiaotao. But this time Hong Yu was very quiet and stood at the door. She did not move as if she were frozen.
An Rushuang stretched out her hand to pat her and asked with a smile, “What’s wrong?”
Hong Yu turned around as if she woke up from a dream. She looked pale and stared at An Rushuang. Her eyes were full of panic, but she didn’t say anything.
An Rushuang felt something bad must have happened. She then opened the door and entered.
It was in a huge mess!
Everything in the yard were scattered everywhere, all broken. One of the doors in the courtyard smashed directly into the inner room. It looked as if someone had kicked it in directly. There was still dried blood on the ground inside the yard. No one knew who left it.
An Rushuang was shocked and said “Ask around and see if anyone has seen Ye Chengzhi and Bian Wen.”
All these messes made them anxious.
Before Hong Yu came out, she looked at the outside with surprise. A tall and thin man was coming in from the outside. His blue cloth was broken, and there was still some dark blood stains on it. With dishevelled hair and a dirty face, he seemed to be covered with a layer of grey, which made him look even worse than beggars.
“Mr. Ye!” Hong Yu shouted and ran quickly towards him, with tears almost falling down. Her voice was trembling, “How are you? What happened? ”
Ye Chengzhi was dragged by her, stumbling. Without saying a word, he looked at the messy yard at a loss. His eyes were bloodshot.
An Rushuang strode up to him and asked, “Where is Mr. Bian?”
An Rushuang was very uneasy and anxious, but Ye Chengzhi seemed to be unable to hear her. He struggled to get rid of Hong Yu and staggered forward. No one knew where he was going.
“Ye Chengzhi!” An Rushuang went round to Ye Chengzhi. She was shorter but she looked firmly at him, “Wake up! Where is Mr. Bian?!”
Saying so, she slapped Ye Chengzhi in the face. However, Ye Chengzhi stumbled and fell onto the ground directly. Looking at them fearfully, Hong Yu didn’t dare to stop them.
After the slap, Ye Chengzhi seemed to return to his mind. He looked around at the ruined yard. When his eyes touched the collapsed door, he suddenly turned to An Rushuang and cried out, “Miss An... please help me!”
He threw himself on the ground and began to cry. The thin and tall man rubbed himself with mud, curled up like a child, sobbing and shouting, “Master... Master... there was an accident ...”
An Rushuang was stunned and wanted to ask further. However, when seeing his reactions, An Rushuang could help sighing and said in a low voice, “You should calm down first and explain these things to me. There is always a way to solve problems. But first of all, you have to stay calm. Can crying bring back your master?!”
An Rushuang said in a stable voice with sharpness like a sword cutting down. Hearing this, Ye Chengzhi gradually calmed down.
With red eyes, Hong Yu helped him stand up and whispered, “Miss An is trying to help you ...”
Ye Chengzhi nodded and stood up, hinting that he was ok and did not need HongYu’s help. He walked towards An Rushuang with more steady steps. Standing in front of An Rushuang, Ye Chengzhi bent down deeply.
Seeing this, An Rushuang didn’t saying anything, but she felt much more relieved.
After that, she heard Ye Chengzhi saying slowly, “Miss An, this is what Master left to me.”
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