She was buried alive at the start, but she's determined to smash her ex-husband's head in

Under Lin Xiuyao's fierce gaze, Lin Qingwei smiled and slapped her again.

The crisp, loud sound, along with the bright red handprints on either side, made her feel happy.

Lin Xiuyao almost jumped out of bed and pounced on Lin Qingwei, but Lin Qingwei simply tied her hands with a whip and pinched her cheeks, saying...

"Why are you so agitated, little sister? Have you forgotten that this is just my personality?"

She leaned close to Lin Xiuyao's ear, her voice turning cold and tinged with regret: "If I had really strangled you back then, none of this would have happened now."

"How dare you!!! If Father and Mother found out you treated me like this, they will definitely kick you out of the manor!!!"

Unable to move, she could only scream at the top of her lungs. Lin Xiuyao's eyes were bloodshot, and she looked somewhat insane as she struggled to bite Lin Qingwei.

To feign illness, she painted her face white, making her look pale and lifeless. Now, with her hair disheveled and behaving erratically, she looks like she has truly gone mad.

Lin Qing smiled and said, "Guess why Father and Mother haven't arrived yet? It's because they've already tacitly approved of my actions."

"Impossible! Who do you think you are! Your father and mother would never side with you!"

"Really? One is a daughter who speaks and acts recklessly, who has ulterior motives and intends to frame her elder sister, and the other is a daughter who is cautious and has the protection of the Duke's mansion, and who may become the Crown Prince's wife in the future. Which one do you think your father and mother will protect?"

"My sister isn't a child anymore. She should understand what's important in an official's family like ours. Father isn't stupid; he won't condemn me based on just a few words from you."

Lin Xiuyao kept saying "Impossible, impossible," but her voice grew softer and softer. At this point, not seeing Ye Shi and Lin Zhengwen was indeed making her a little scared, because she knew that what Lin Qingwei said made a lot of sense.

She just couldn't believe that her parents would actually be angry with her because of Lin Qingwei!

They clearly don't like Lin Qingwei either!

"Since my sister is sick, she should stay in Manfangzhai and rest for a while. Don't bother me all the time." Lin Qingwei gently tidied Lin Xiuyao's hair, turned her face to look at her tenderly, "Otherwise, next time it won't be just two slaps."

Lin Xiuyao was a girl who had been pampered in her boudoir. After Lin Qingwei slapped her twice, she was already stunned. Her fierce demeanor was actually to cover up her fear. Without anyone to back her up, she dared not do anything.

After such a series of threats, they were already trembling with fear, but they just didn't want to show it.

Just then, Ye Shi, who had settled Lin Zhengwen, rushed over. When she entered the room and saw her beloved daughter with disheveled hair and two large red handprints on her cheeks, looking dazed from shock, she almost screamed.

Upon seeing Lin Qingwei, he became even angrier and stepped forward to teach her a lesson, but his gaze fell on the whip used to tie up Lin Xiuyao and he shrank back.

"Mom!!! My sister bullied me!!!"

Upon seeing Ye Shi, all the grievances Lin Xiuyao had suffered welled up in her heart. The two slap marks on her face throbbed with pain, and she cried out so loudly that it made one's heart tremble.

"She really hit me this time! Mom!!! You have to stand up for me!!!"

Lin Qingwei was completely unaffected, acting as if Ye Shi wasn't even there. She slapped Lin Xiuyao's crying mouth again, stunning her completely. Tears streamed down Lin Xiuyao's face, her shoulders trembled, but she dared not utter a sound.

When she realized what was happening, she saw Ye Shi about to cry out again, but Lin Qingwei glared at her, and Ye Shi seemed to choke, holding her breath and not daring to move.

Tears mixed with white powder slid down her face, making her look uglier than a ghost.

In the end, Madam Ye couldn't bear to see her precious daughter suffer such an injustice. She was much braver than when she saw Lin Zhengwen being beaten. Clenching her fists, she stepped forward and said sternly, "Enough!"

"Is that enough? But looking at my sister's mouth, which twists the truth and loves to smear others, a single slap probably won't do any good." Lin Qingwei had a sudden idea. "How about this, Mother, you do it yourself. Although it's true that the eldest sister is like a mother, and it's perfectly reasonable for me to discipline my ignorant sister, who can compare to you, Mother?"

Seeing that Madam Ye did not berate Lin Qingwei as usual, Lin Xiuyao panicked. She wanted to speak up and slander Lin Qingwei again, but she was afraid of being slapped again, so she could only shut her mouth and shake her head frantically.

Lin Qingwei patted Lin Xiuyao's head with great satisfaction: "See? She learned her lesson after just one slap, which shows that my method is very effective."

Madam Ye had reached her limit. Her beloved daughter, whom she had cherished for over a decade and never dared to bump or scratch, had been beaten to this state by that bastard Lin Qingwei!

She reached out to slap Lin Qingwei's other cheek, but Lin Qingwei glanced at her and calmly spoke.

"So Mother came to scold me again. I thought you had something to ask me."

The hand that was almost touching Lin Qingwei's cheek immediately withdrew. Ye Shi's face showed an unnatural panic and probing. Lin Xiuyao was waiting to see Lin Qingwei get beaten up. How could she let this opportunity pass?

She moved next to Ye Shi, stretched out her bound hands, and tugged hard at Ye Shi's sleeve, signaling her to hurry up and do it.

Ye ignored him, only looking at Lin Qingwei with a flustered expression: "I have something I want to ask you..."

"Does Mother want to talk to me in front of my sister, or would you like us to go somewhere secluded and talk about it slowly?"

"It's not convenient here. Your sister is sick, and we shouldn't disturb her here."

Lin Qingwei nodded, patted off non-existent dust from her skirt, stood up and said, "Okay, then I'll wait for Mother at Qinghui Hall."

Before leaving, she turned back and gave Lin Xiuyao a provocative look. How could Lin Xiuyao bear it? As soon as she was untied, she immediately tried to jump off the bed and run up to beat Lin Qingwei to death.

But then Ye slapped her hard across the face again: "Have you made enough of a scene?!"

"Mother! You actually hit me! You actually hit me for her!!!" This was even more upsetting and unbelievable to her than when Lin Qingwei slapped her.

With a cold expression, Ye Shi felt annoyed with Lin Xiuyao, the daughter she had cherished for over a decade.

Her voice was filled with impatience: "Who told you to be so useless! I've carefully nurtured you for sixteen years, and in the end you're not even as good as a lowly bastard from the countryside! You couldn't win the prince's favor, you couldn't completely ruin Lin Qingwei, and you've only gotten yourself into trouble! What's the use of crying now!"

Lin Xiuyao never imagined that such harsh words would come from Ye Shi's mouth. Looking at Ye Shi's dissatisfied expression and her departing figure, she cried her heart out and collapsed onto the bed without being able to catch her breath.

This time, I'm really sick.