The obedient girl glances up, and the tyrannical tycoon kneels down to pamper her.

Luo Huai's raised hand trembled slightly. It was the first time she had ever hit someone, and it was on Pei Youyou's face, who had bullied her for many years.

For a moment, I didn't know if my trembling hands were from fear or excitement.

Everyone was stunned.

The usually obedient and easily bullied Luo Huai actually slapped Pei Youyou hard across the face.

Xing Yanzhao, who was the first to react, let go and warned Lin Zhengyu: "Keep an eye on Pei Youyou. If she dares to bully Luo Huai again, I'll beat you every time I see you."

"no sooner said than done."

He turned and came to Luo Huai's side. He saw that her chest was heaving and her mouth was slightly open as she was panting. She seemed a little frightened, and her hand was still hanging in mid-air.

He reached out and grabbed it back, then rubbed it.

Did it hurt?

"I, I don't know..." She's not Pei Youyou, how would she know if it hurt or not?

However, judging from Pei Youyou's clenched teeth and hateful eyes, she must be in a lot of pain.

Xing Yanzhao was silent for a moment, then explained, "I asked you if your hand hurts."

Luo Huai was surprised for a moment, then shook his head and replied, "It doesn't hurt, it's a little numb."

Xing Yanzhao rubbed it for her again.

"Luo! Huai!" Pei Youyou, realizing what was happening, was like a wild dog that had stood up again, baring her teeth and about to rush up and bite again, but Lin Zhengyu grabbed her and pulled her back.

"That's enough, Youyou." Lin Zhengyu realized his tone was too harsh and immediately softened it, saying, "You just had a miscarriage and need to rest. Stop making a fuss."

"I'm making a fuss?" Pei Youyou exclaimed, heartbroken. "Our child is gone!"

Lin Zhengyu didn't want to talk about her.

Xing Yanzhao will speak.

"Don't you know how the child died? Did Luo Huai really push you into the pond? I didn't know she was that strong. It's only a distance of two meters. One push and you'd fall in. Why don't we try again?"

Pei Youyou's heart skipped a beat.

A flicker of panic crossed his eyes, but he quickly regained his composure and continued to deny everything.

"Of course you'd speak up for her!"

"Luo Huai, dare you say you didn't push me? Who saw you push anyone?"

No.

Xing Yanzhao just went to ask around, and everyone saw that Luo Huai pushed it.

Luo Huai did indeed decline.

She was speechless.

Xing Yanzhao turned to the family doctor: "If you fall into a pond while pregnant, will you miscarry?"

The family doctor, forced to join the fray, wiped away a cold sweat and said, "It depends on the pregnant woman's constitution."

"I'm not feeling well!"

"She had a miscarriage and still managed to hit someone, and her voice was so loud," Xing Yanzhao mocked. "That's really not good."

Pei Youyou's eyes darted away.

Suddenly, a bad thought came to mind.

Could it be from last night...?

"Lin Zhengyu, did you eat hawthorn last night?" Xing Yanzhao suddenly asked. Pei Youyou staggered, her heart filled with fear at how he knew.

Lin Zhengyu's gaze was probing, as if he knew something.

"No immediate answer, looks like he hasn't eaten." Xing Yanzhao spoke first. Although he hadn't found any strong evidence to clear Luo Huai's name, he had asked something else.

"What if we add hawthorn?" Xing Yanzhao looked at the family doctor again. "What would happen if we ate the whole plate of hawthorn slices? We ate them last night."

The doctor's expression twisted: "If you eat hawthorn slices first and then fall into the pond, you will indeed miscarry."

The expressions on everyone's faces became complicated.

Everyone turned to look at Pei Youyou.

Pei Youyou took a step back, standing next to Lin Zhengyu.

Xing Yanzhao then looked at the maid who had just asked the question. The maid came out tremblingly and said, "Last night, the second young mistress asked for a whole plate of hawthorn slices, saying that the second young master wanted to eat them. I brought them up and told the second young mistress twice that pregnant women cannot eat hawthorn."

Faced with everyone's questioning gazes, Pei Youyou swallowed hard.

He thought to himself that he should just deny it to the death.

"Did Xing Yanzhao bribe you?" she questioned the servant.

The maid looked bitter. She knew the second young mistress would act this way. None of the servants in the Xing family had ever suffered like this. One of them was even fired last year.

Whenever the second young mistress asked for something, they would inform someone in advance.

Then a servant came to testify that it was indeed the second young mistress who had sent the hawthorn slices, and that they all cut them together.

Pei Youyou was at a loss for words.

"What? Do you think I can tell fortunes, that I foresaw trouble and bribed people to send you hawthorns beforehand?" Xing Yanzhao scoffed, putting his arm around Luo Huai's waist and turning his head to ask, "Can I tell fortunes?"

He spoke coldly to Pei Youyou, but his voice softened instantly when he spoke to Luo Huai.

Switching between them is seamless.

Luo Huai met his eyes, shook her head, and asked, "You're pregnant, why are you still eating hawthorn?"

Xing's mother also asked Pei Youyou, "Why did you eat so many hawthorns? You even said that Zheng Yu wanted to eat them. Well, now the child is gone."

"I...I don't know." Pei Youyou's previous arrogance had vanished, and she immediately wilted. "I just...I just wanted something sour. Isn't it said that sour foods mean boys and spicy foods mean girls?"

"You can't eat hawthorn berries!" Xing's mother was furious.

Lin Zhengyu rolled his eyes inwardly. Why did he suddenly give in? Couldn't he have just kept denying it?

He could only say, "Mom, it's my fault for not paying attention."

"Stop speaking up for her!" Although Xing's mother had recently forgiven Pei Youyou and their relationship had improved, she would never side with her daughter-in-law when it came to her son.

Pei Youyou had just suffered a miscarriage. She was busy blaming Luo Huai for not paying enough attention to herself. Now that her attention was back, she felt extremely uncomfortable all over, exhausted and weak, and her stomach was still aching slightly.

His face also turned pale.

"It's not about eating hawthorns. If something was wrong, it would have happened yesterday. It's all Luo Huai's fault!"

"Second sister-in-law, why don't you go lie down on the bed first?" Xing Yuru noticed that her complexion was not good and was a little worried, even though she had just been scolded.

A woman who loses her child suffers both physically and emotionally.

However, not every good intention will be accepted.

Pei Youyou turned to look at her, and said with displeasure, "Xing Yurou, how could you stoop so low as to stand next to someone like this?"

When he said "this kind of person," he tilted his chin toward Luo Huai.

Luo Huai: "?"

"Or should I stand next to someone like you who lies all the time?"

"Second sister-in-law!" Xing Yurou was furious.

Luo Huai said, "Yu Rou was worried about you, but she took your kindness for granted. Pei Youyou, you really don't know what's good for you sometimes."

"Who gives you the right to lecture me?"

“It’s your turn,” Xing Yanzhao said. “Since you still live in the Xing family and are called the Second Young Mistress, Luo Huai, as the First Young Mistress of the Xing family, has the right to teach you a lesson, unless everyone calls you Madam Lin from now on.”

Pei Youyou choked, unable to utter a rebuttal.

“I don’t care if you yell at anyone, but don’t do it to my wife and Xing Yurou. I don’t lay a hand on women, but I never show mercy to Lin Zhengyu.”

"Brother Zhengyu!" Pei Youyou said with her eyes, "Say something to me."

Lin Zhengyu is in an awkward position now, and with Xing's parents around, he can't be forceful or unreasonable, otherwise, what's the difference between him and Xing Yanzhao?

During the brief pause Lin Zhengyu made, Pei Youyou had already found Lin Zhengyu's phone and called her older brother.

The call connected in one second.

"Zhengyu, is something the matter?"

"Brother, it's me, waaaaaah..." Pei Youyou cried as if she had found a support, "Brother, I miscarried. Luo Huai pushed me and I fell into the pond. Please come and help me, waaaaah..."

There was a moment of silence on the phone.

"Pei Youyou".

The sudden address of her name made Pei Youyou feel uneasy.

"W-what's wrong? I'm serious, I'm not slandering you! If you don't believe me, just ask me." Pei Youyou turned on the speakerphone.

Pei Yuanzhou: "Originally, I didn't intend to expose you if you hadn't brought this up, but you said miscarriage? You were never pregnant from the beginning, and Mom already let it slip to me."