The young couple from the farm fights back

Chapter 192 The Old Lady Returns Home

The moment she saw her mother-in-law, Liang quickly thought of the concubine's daughter who had disappeared for no reason. The coincidence was too much to be a coincidence.

Let’s not talk about how Old Madam Cheng came back from the farm, let alone how she managed to return home today.

"Liang!"

Along with the sound of the crutch hitting the ground hard, Mrs. Cheng roared angrily and hit him on the head.

"How have you managed the Cheng Mansion as its eldest lady these years? You've been treating your concubines like this, forcing Hua Jie'er to have no place to stand in this mansion and try every possible way to escape. Liang, what are your intentions?"

Liang, who was being criticized the moment they met, was stunned for a moment, but quickly regained her dignity as the mistress of the house. "Mother, you just returned home and haven't even had time to drink a cup of hot tea, how could you know what happened? Or did you know from the beginning that Hua Jie'er was planning to run away from home? In that case, how could you, as a grandmother, bear to watch your granddaughter stray from the right path?"

"You!" Old Madam Cheng originally wanted to give Liang a warning, but unexpectedly, Liang took the initiative against her.

"You are such a ruthless woman, Liang. How could there be such a cruel mother in this world? You just said you would not see a living person. Is this the inner house under your rule?"

Liang was about to speak up to refute her when her daughter, who had just returned, came forward eagerly and called out, "Grandma~"

Old Madam Cheng looked at the visitor and first frowned. Her face was full of disdain for Liang's children, just as before. However, this disdain did not last long, and she showed a gentle expression as if she was deliberately pretending.

"Sister Yi is here."

"Grandma, Sister Yi must have missed you~" Cheng Yi came forward and bowed respectfully to Old Madam Cheng.

Liang watched the scene silently. Before she could say anything, Cheng Yi said, "Mother, it's rare for Grandmother to come home from the farm. She must be very tired. Grandmother may have made mistakes in the past, but she has already reflected on them. In the future, it would be better if Grandmother and Mother don't get estranged over trivial matters. Now that Big Sister is still missing, we should focus on finding her. Isn't that right, Mother?"

Looking at her daughter's sensible, well-behaved and considerate side, Liang remained indifferent and said nothing.

Old Madam Cheng seemed to find it rare to see her granddaughter speaking to her. A satisfied smile finally appeared on her unhappy face. She patted the back of Yi Jie'er's hand as she supported her and said, "Good child, it was Grandmother who ignored you in the past. You are indeed a member of our Cheng family, unlike some outsiders."

When Liang heard what Old Lady Cheng said, which was full of innuendos, she rarely got angry. Instead, a smile gradually appeared on her face and she bowed to the old lady.

"Mother is right. It was my daughter-in-law's lack of consideration that made you unhappy." After that, she gestured to her daughter, "Sister Yi, go back to the backyard with your grandmother to rest first. Mother still has to deal with your eldest sister's matter."

Old Madam Cheng loved to see Liang get humiliated; it gave her a great deal of pleasure. However, after sitting in the carriage for so long, her body was aching. She decided to let Liang go for now, resting her energy and then dealing with her properly.

"Yes, mother." Sister Yi smiled and nodded.

Seeing her daughter and servants escorting the old lady away, Liang's indifferent expression gradually cracked, and was replaced by a pale face.

Like a paper lantern with its stand folded up, his legs went limp and he almost fell to the ground. He covered his chest tightly with one hand and quickly turned his back to hide the tears in his eyes.

It turned out that she was wrong. She was unworthy of being a mother and only discovered the clue now!

Liang took a long time to calm down, trying to suppress the pain in her heart. She blinked away the moisture in her eyes and said sternly through gritted teeth, "Someone come!"

Soon, several confidants came forward: "Madam."

Here, Cheng Yi stayed with his grandmother in the backyard for a long time. The two of them had dinner together and talked for a long time. He only returned to his room after the old lady fell asleep.

Cheng Yi looked at the quiet night outside the corridor, and a smile unconsciously appeared on the corner of his mouth. He returned to the side room in the main courtyard with his personal maid Lu Huan.

As soon as she stepped into the room, Cheng Yi said, "I'm tired."

Lu Huan lowered her head in understanding and said, "Yes, young lady. I will ask someone to prepare hot water for you to bathe."

Soon, a mist floated behind the screen of the side room, and there was the sound of dripping water.

Cheng Yi sat with her back to the bathtub, the water surface was covered with fragrant flower petals, and several maids carefully scrubbed her snow-white skin. The thumb-sized birthmark on her shoulder quickly faded under the hot water.

But this phenomenon did not arouse the maids' suspicion.

Lu Huan opened a small box on the dressing table in the inner room and picked up a small piece of red rouge paper with tweezers with skillful movements.

Suddenly, Luhuan noticed a dark shadow looming from behind her in the candlelight. She turned around in horror, but before she could scream, a handkerchief covered her mouth and she was forcibly and quietly taken away from the side room.

After Cheng Yi finished bathing, she put on comfortable pajamas, let down her long hair, and walked out from behind the screen.

"Green Ring~" Cheng Yi looked straight ahead with an arrogant attitude and called his personal maid in a contemptuous tone.

All along, her disguised birthmark was created by Green Ring.

However, she didn't see Green Ring until she entered the inner room, and frowned unhappily.

At the same time, footsteps were heard outside the corridor. Cheng Yi hurriedly wrapped his pajamas tightly and turned around with anger in his eyes.

Then, Nanny Zhu, who was beside her mother, pushed open her door without her permission and without any rules.

Seeing that the person coming was Nanny Zhu, Cheng Yi had to suppress his anger and put on a well-behaved smile on his face: "Nanny Zhu, why are you here?"

Nanny Zhu said calmly, "Miss, the eldest lady invites you."

Cheng Yi frowned when he heard this. Not to mention that Nanny Zhu had a bad attitude at the moment, why would his mother look for her at this hour?

But think about it, Cheng Hua's escape today, could it be that his mother found someone? Because she couldn't make up her mind what to do with Cheng Hua, so she asked her to go and give advice?

Thinking of this, Cheng Yi felt it was impossible. If Liang really saw Cheng Hua's face -

Now that she has successfully reached this point, she must not let anyone in the mansion notice anything.

"Okay, I'll come after I change my clothes."

When Nanny Zhu saw that she was wearing pajamas, she turned her head slightly and gestured to the person outside the door without saying a word.

Cheng Yi saw several sturdy old women rushing into the room. They did not allow her to refuse at all. They held her hands on both sides, and some took out a set of clothes from the cabinet and dressed her.

Cheng Yi was horrified: "What are you doing? How dare you! I don't need your service."

Seeing that these women would not let go, she could not break free, and she glared at Madam Zhu in front of the door in great rage: "Madam Zhu, how dare you treat me like this? I will tell my mother later."

Upon hearing this, Nanny Zhu sneered coldly and instructed the maids, "Carefully change the eldest young lady's clothes and don't let her commit suicide. The master and the mistress are counting on her to reveal the second young lady's whereabouts."

"Yes."

Ding~

Nanny Zhu's words instantly petrified Cheng Yi.

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