The teapot had shattered, and the spilled tea had already dried, indicating the child had been scalded for quite some time. Cuizhu had actually been covering the scalded child with the quilt to silence her cries. Xin'er must have endured such agony at such a young age!

Xiao Lan didn't care about anything else. She quickly picked up the child and rushed out of the yard.

A group of people followed her, and she was in a hurry, but she didn't forget to make some arrangements.

"Mother Xu, ask someone to get some cold water from the well. The colder the better, and even better if there's ice."

"Moli, hurry to the Sui'an Pharmacy in the east of the city to ask for a doctor. It's close! Explain Xin'er's injuries clearly, and bring enough ointment!"

"Haitang, go to the kitchen and find the cook. They might have some emergency burn ointment."

"Mrs. Fang, please take someone to keep an eye on Cuizhu. Don't let her run away!"

The group of people scattered again.

Fang Qingqing had been following them, and seeing that she had been told something to do, and knowing that she couldn't catch Cuizhu on her own, she quickly went to call Xiaoqing and Xiaobai. When they returned to the yard, Cuizhu had disappeared. The three of them had no choice but to search everywhere in the yard, not forgetting to tell the gatekeeper that if she ran away, the master would definitely blame her, which really made the gatekeeper concerned.

Xiao Lan carried Xin'er into the house. Xin'er cried louder because she saw that it was her mother. Her voice was hoarse and she cried out in pain intermittently.

How could that bloody arm not hurt? Xiao Lan felt extremely distressed, but she could only pretend to be calm and comfort him, "Xin'er, don't be afraid. Mother Xu will bring some ice soon and it will stop hurting."

"Mother, it hurts so much. Can I cry..." Xin'er recovered and asked while enduring the pain. Cuizhu didn't let her cry just now. The boiling hot tea was wrapped in her clothes and quilt, and she really couldn't help crying.

"Cry... I can cry..." Xiao Lan felt for the first time what heartache felt like. She wished she could take this pain for her, and she also wished she could skin Cuizhu alive.

"Then I... will cry... for a while..." Xin'er said while crying.

"Cry, it's okay, mother will fan you..." Xiao Lan fanned Xin'er's arm with a fan, and did not dare to uncover her clothes casually. She had been burned for so long and was covered in the quilt. If she was not careful, her flesh would be torn off along with the cloth like her arm.

Finally, Mother Xu brought a basin of well water and a bowl-sized piece of ice. But Ziwei followed behind her, cursing!

"I'm telling you, if you dare to snatch the young master's ice bowl, I'm not done with you today! I'll tell the old lady in a minute!"

Mother Xu ignored her and handed the ice to Xiao Lan. Xiao Lan quickly wrapped Xin'er in a clean white cloth and covered her gently to relieve her pain. Xin'er's complexion finally looked a little better.

"Give me back my ice bowl!" Sun Jieye suddenly rushed in from outside, pushed aside Mother Xu who was trying to stop him and rushed towards Xiao Lan. The little fat boy was strong and knocked Xiao Lan to the ground. The ice in his hand hit Xin'er, who burst into tears because of the pain.

Sun Jiye didn't care and snatched the ice wrapped in cloth. He turned around and was about to run away, but was caught by Mother Xu.

"Master, your sister is injured. She will die of pain without this ice. Give it to her for a while. I'll go out and buy you some more later!"

"No! She is not my sister, she is a sickly girl! Let me go!" Sun Jiye yelled, kicking and hitting, and Ziwei also helped to pull Mother Xu away.

Xiao Lan didn't want to argue with the child. It would be fine if Mother Xu could bring some ice. But now the child was full of vicious words, and she couldn't stand it at all. She looked at Sun Jiye without saying a word, but the fierceness in her eyes made the child take a step back.

"Hmph!" Sun Jiye grew bolder when he saw Xiao Lan just staring at him without making any other moves. He was spoiled by the Sun family and used to being lawless at home. No one except Sun Shaohua could control him.

"You're a dying sickly bastard, and so is this dying Sun Xin'er! It's even better if they die! All the money is mine..."

Before Sun Jiye could finish his words, Xiao Lan slapped him in the face. Mother Xu was so angry when she heard this. While Sun Jiye was dazed, she snatched the ice from him and pushed him into Ziwei's arms!

"You dare to hit me!"

"You dare to hit the young master!" Sun Jiye and Ziwei stared at Xiao Lan in disbelief at the same time.

"Get out!" Xiao Lan changed a piece of cloth, wrapped the ice cube handed to her by Mother Xu, and relieved Xin'er's pain again without looking at that person again!

"Get out! Madam told you to get out, can't you hear me?!" Mother Xu was also furious. It was the first time she got so angry.

Seeing that the situation was not right, Ziwei quickly stopped Sun Jiye who was about to rush forward, "Come on, Master, tell the old lady! Then ask your grandmother to punish them!"

"Just wait for me!" Sun Jiye pulled Ziwei and went to the old lady!

With the help of ice, Xin'er finally managed to catch her breath before the doctor arrived.

"Mother, I knocked it over myself, not Cuizhu." Xin'er's voice was soft and her eyes were timid.

"Did Cuizhu teach you to say that?" Xiao Lan applied a gentle compress to her while Mother Xu fanned her.

"That's it." Xin'er believed she was telling the truth.

"Who brought the hot tea?" Xiao Lan asked softly.

“…Cuizhu…”

"Are you alone in the house? Is the door closed or open?"

"Well...with the door closed..."

"Why is a person in a room with the door closed?"

"Mother Yu came to talk to Cuizhu..." Xiner said after thinking for a while.

"She came because you were scalded by the water?" Xiao Lan asked, suppressing her anger. Leaving a three-year-old child alone with a pot of hot tea behind closed doors was deliberately trying to harm her!

Xin'er shook her head and said nothing.

"Do you know how long they have been talking?" Xiao Lan guessed that Xin'er wouldn't know, and Xin'er really didn't know, so she could only shake her head again.

"You came back because she got burned?" Mother Xu also asked.

"Well, if you cry too loudly, Cuizhu will come back!"

Xiao Lan tried her best not to let her hands tremble and hurt Xin'er. "Next time something happens, you must open the door and rush out to call for help immediately. Got it? Crying won't solve the problem! Rushing out will make others find you faster."

"You can't open the door casually..." Xin'er nodded and shook her head.

"Cuizhu won't let me?"

"Um……"

Xiao Lan thought Cuizhu was just showing off in front of the child, scolding him from time to time. If she could endure it, the child could endure it for a few days, so it wouldn't matter! Besides, she visited Xin'er almost every day, and since she had been acting like a decent person in the house recently, Cuizhu didn't dare to do anything too much. It seemed that Xin'er was fine.

She was very upset. She overestimated herself again!

She handed the ice to Mother Xu and turned around and left the room. Seeing Xiao Lan's red eyes, Mother Xu guessed that she didn't want to cry in front of Xin'er, so she didn't ask any more questions.

Xiao Lan stood in the yard, grabbing the stone table with both hands and shaking it vigorously, trying to overturn it and kick it, but the stone table didn't move at all! She knew that the stone table couldn't be overturned by her, and she was just venting her anger in vain!

Xiao Lan suddenly felt that after coming here, she was nothing! She could no longer handle everything, no longer control the overall situation, no longer be the boss Xiao who could always stand up for others... Without her former status, she was not as powerful as she thought!

She realized it before, and now she realizes it even more deeply!

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