El personaje femenino secundario es inocente

Capítulo 9

"You...you think it's Second Mother?" Du Peiru asked in surprise, her mouth agape.

“Hmm!” Ouyang Han nodded in response.

"Go to hell!" Du Peiru kicked Ouyang Han angrily, then continued to curse, "The sooner you die, the sooner you can be reincarnated, so you won't embarrass yourself here! Do you know that what you're doing doesn't help at all, it only makes the murderer more rampant! What if the murderer isn't Second Madam but someone else? What if he wants to harm other people in the manor? Then wouldn't you be an accomplice protecting him?"

Volume 6

Sickly Hero (13)

“If you say the murderer isn’t Second Aunt, then who could it be? I’ve been observing carefully for the past four years and have never found any other suspicious individuals!” Ouyang Han said.

"If you had discovered it, he wouldn't have needed to poison you! Foolish! If he could use such a potent poison on you, he must be a master! And he's very likely an enemy of your Ouyang family or your empress's family!" Du Peiru had read too many novels and had learned a little bit of deduction!

"You're saying there's a master hidden in our manor? And that he wants to kill me? Then why did he choose to harm only me and not others in these four years?" Ouyang Han asked suspiciously.

"Who knows! I'm not him, how could I know what he's thinking? Maybe he just thought you were the most unpleasant-looking person, so he went after you first!" Du Peiru said, deliberately belittling Ouyang Han.

"What?! You should say he was jealous of my handsome looks, so he tried to poison me!" Ouyang Han didn't want Du Peiru to worry too much about him, so he deliberately said it lightly.

"Pah! Who would mistake a sow for Diao Chan? They must be blind!"

"Oh! So you're a sow? But don't worry, I won't abandon you! Although I'm very handsome and you're not good enough for me, I was born in the Year of the Wolf, and I'm very loyal to my mate!"

"You..." Du Peiru was so angry that she didn't know how to refute Ouyang Han.

When Ouyang Han saw Du Peiru's angry expression, he found it incredibly cute. So he couldn't resist pulling her into his arms and kissing her lips…

After Ouyang Hai went on a long trip because of a case, Madam Zhao immediately conspired with Li Mama on how to deal with Du Peiru.

That day, Madam Zhao summoned Du Peiru to her maid early in the morning.

"I wonder what business Second Mistress has summoned me here?" Du Peiru asked, neither humble nor arrogant.

"You still dare to ask me what's wrong? As a daughter-in-law of the Ouyang family, instead of sharing your mother-in-law's worries, you do nothing all day! From now on, you'll learn from Mother Li how to serve your parents-in-law!"

"Yes!" Du Peiru muttered to herself: "You're asking that old witch to teach me? It's definitely not a good thing. That old witch will surely use this opportunity to settle personal scores. Humph! I'm not afraid of anything, why would I be afraid of you? I'll deal with whatever comes my way!"

"How did you serve me?" Madam Zhao waved her hand and splashed the bowl of porridge all over Du Peiru, who jumped back in pain. "So you know it's hot? Ah! Are you trying to scald me to death?"

Du Peiru didn't answer. She knew it would be pointless to say anything, because Madam Zhao was doing it on purpose.

"Kneel down!"

Du Peiru knelt down reluctantly after hearing this.

“It’s not on the grass, it’s on the gravel!” Madam Zhao said.

Du Peiru had no choice but to do as she was told, inwardly cursing Madam Zhao to die a horrible death!

"Don't get up without my permission!" Madam Zhao shouted before continuing to drink her porridge.

Du Peiru finally understood why Madam Zhao didn't dine in her room. What a vicious woman! You're treating me like this now, but you'll see how powerful I am later! Hmph! Hmph! A woman's revenge is never too late!

abuse(1)

"You wash this pile of clothes! Don't even think about having breakfast until you've finished!" Mrs. Li said fiercely. In her heart, she sneered: "You little brat, daring to cause me trouble, now it's your turn to suffer."

"Hey! Didn't you hear me or are you hard of hearing? Second Madam asked you to teach me how to serve my in-laws, understand? You old servant!" Du Peiru said provocatively, arms crossed.

"This old servant heard it all clearly! The madam instructed the young mistress on how to serve her parents-in-law and to share the madam's worries!"

"Hmm! Then what does this mean?" Du Peiru asked, pointing to the pile of dirty clothes.

"Among these clothes are the lady's clothes. Washing the lady's clothes is serving her!"

"Those servants washing clothes shouldn't be considered serving their mother-in-law, right?" Du Peiru raised an eyebrow and said.

Li's mother said with a forced smile, "Because Aunt Wang, who does the laundry, has taken leave these past few days, there's no one to do the laundry. Young Madam, helping out is relieving your worries!"

Du Peiru felt very displeased when she saw Li's mother's calculating expression, so she said to her, "You can leave now. I find you standing here very annoying!"

"Yes! I'll be going now! But I'll come back to check later. Please do your job well, young mistress. I don't want you to miss breakfast!"

As soon as Li's mother left, Du Peiru burst into a tirade of curses: "Bah! You scoundrel who relies on your master's power!" As she cursed, Du Peiru kicked the washbasin in frustration. "Ouch!" Du Peiru jumped up, clutching her foot, still yelling, "I'm not a woman if I don't avenge this! If you fall into my hands, I'll make you wish you were dead!"

"Pah!" Du Peiru spat on the washbasin and said, "You think I'll just wash because you tell me to? I'd lose face! I was woken up early this morning by you guys and I'm still very sleepy. I'll take a nap first! I won't eat breakfast, it's not like I'll die from missing a meal!" As she spoke, Du Peiru spread out her dirty clothes to make a bed and then lay down to sleep.

When Li's mother came to check the results, she saw Du Peiru sleeping soundly on a bed made of dirty clothes, and she was furious. So she picked up a basin of water and poured it over Du Peiru.

Du Peiru was sound asleep when she was suddenly woken up by Li's mother splashing water on her. Overcome with anger, she didn't hesitate, jumped up, and shoved Li's mother into the washbasin. Then, she grabbed a laundry mallet and began hitting Li's mother with it. Li's mother's screams were louder and more pitiful than a pig being slaughtered!

Li's mother and Du Peiru knelt together in front of Madam Zhao.

Li's mother tearfully recounted Du Peiru's crimes. Du Peiru knelt there silently, knowing that arguing was useless.

"Madam, I truly cannot and do not deserve to teach you, young mistress. I have only taught you for one morning, and I am already covered in injuries. If I continue teaching you, my old life will be over. Madam, please find someone else! I... I simply cannot do it!"

abuse(2)

Upon hearing Li Mama's words, Madam Zhao's face turned ashen. She said, "Li Mama, I won't let you suffer! Lian'er!" Madam Zhao instructed her maid, "Go and find some medicine to apply to Li Mama's wound." Then she turned to Li Mama and said, "Li Mama, go and apply the medicine! I will stand up for you!"

"Thank you, Madam!" Mama Li kowtowed to Madam Zhao, and then was helped out by Lian'er.

"How dare you! I had Li Mama teach you, so Li Mama is like me. Not only did you refuse to be taught, but you even hit her! Hitting her is hitting me! Don't you even respect me as your mother-in-law? Someone! Bring two candles for her to hold!" The maid brought two candles for Du Peiru to hold. Madam Zhao continued, "You'll kneel like this. If the candles go out, see how I deal with you!"

Du Peiru thought to herself: So all those stories about wicked mothers-in-law abusing their daughters-in-law in novels are true! And it even happened to me! I can't let this go unpunished! Humph! Humph!

After a while, the sound of snoring came from Madam Zhao's nose.

Du Peiru softly called out, "Mother-in-law." Madam Zhao didn't respond! Du Peiru called out "Second Aunt" a few more times, still no response. So she slowly moved to the curtain, lit it with a candle, and shouted loudly, "Fire! Fire!"

Upon hearing that there was a fire, Madam Zhao immediately jumped out of bed and rushed towards the door. Meanwhile, Du Peiru took advantage of the chaos to slip out of Madam Zhao's courtyard and return to the villa.

As soon as Du Peiru returned to Hengxiang Villa, Jin'er helped her sit down and asked, "Miss, what's wrong? Did that old witch do anything to you? Today, the young master took me to ask for the person several times, but we couldn't get it! And the cook in the kitchen is even worse! He didn't cook for the young master all day, saying that the patient only needs porridge! And when the young master wanted me to go out and buy something to eat, he was stopped. Moreover, the kitchen doesn't supply anything now, just a few bags of rice! So the young master has only been able to drink porridge all day! Oh! By the way! Miss, have you eaten yet?"

Du Peiru waited a long time before Jin'er finally spoke. She said weakly, "I haven't eaten a single thing all day!"

Jin'er was startled and raised her voice in surprise, "What? They... they haven't given you anything to eat all day?"

Ouyang Han was also startled upon hearing this, and immediately said to Jin'er, "Jin'er, why don't you hurry up and cook some porridge!"

Just as Jin'er was about to run to the kitchen, Du Peiru stopped her in a low voice, "No need! Jin'er, just find me something to eat. I'm so hungry right now, I'm afraid I'll faint from hunger before you finish cooking the porridge!"

Upon hearing this, Jin'er immediately searched for all the snacks that Du Peiru had collected.

Du Peiru wolfed down her food, as if she had never tasted anything so delicious in her entire life.

Seeing her disheveled appearance, Jin'er couldn't help but shed tears. Suddenly, Jin'er seemed to see something terrible and let out a scream, then said, "Miss, what happened to your hands? Why are they blistered? I... I'll go find some medicine!" Saying this, she hurriedly ran to find some medicine.

Abuse(3)

When Ouyang Han saw Du Peiru's blistered hands, he held her hands with tears in his eyes and asked, "What happened?"

Du Peiru pulled her hand back and said, "It's nothing! It was just burned by candle wax!"

When Ouyang Han saw Du Peiru's haggard face and blistered hands, he felt heartbroken and clenched his fists, gritting his teeth as he spat out a few words: "I'm going to settle accounts with her!" With that, Ouyang Han stormed out of the house in a huff.

Du Peiru immediately put her arm around his waist and said, "Don't go! This little injury is nothing! We can't let people know that you were faking your illness!"

"But...but I can't just stand by and watch you suffer!" Ouyang Han said, cupping Du Peiru's face in his hands with heartache.

"It's nothing really! Don't worry! I can handle it! Let me tell you, I just set fire to her room!" Du Peiru said smugly, as if she were recounting some great achievement.

“You, you…” Ouyang Han turned around and looked at Du Peiru with a surprised expression.

"Hmm! I, Du... uh! Li Yushan, am not someone to be trifled with!" Oh my god! I almost let it slip! Du Peiru patted her chest and thought to herself.

"Won't someone die?" Ouyang Han asked worriedly.

Du Peiru thought about it carefully for a moment, then said, "It shouldn't be! Because when I left, Second Aunt had already escaped from the room!"

"Then tomorrow will be even worse for you!" Ouyang Han said worriedly.

"Found it! Found it!" Jin'er said happily, then ran to Du Peiru and applied the medicine to her.

While Jin'er was applying the medicine to her, Du Peiru desperately tried to think of a solution. Then she suddenly asked Ouyang Han, "When will Father be back?"

"Let's wait a couple of days! What? You want to complain to Father?" Ouyang Han asked, looking at Du Peiru.

"Hmm! We also need to put on a show for Dad! Heh! Heh! I need to think about the script carefully. You and Jin'er will have to cooperate with me!" Du Peiru's eyes gleamed with a vengeful light.

But until Ouyang Hai returned, Du Peiru continued to suffer torment and retaliation. She silently endured it all, waiting only for Ouyang Hai's return to launch her counterattack!

On the day Ouyang Hai returned, Madam Zhao led everyone out to greet him.

When Ouyang Hai entered the hall and found that Ouyang Han and Du Peiru were not there, he said to Madam Zhao, "Where are Han'er and Shan'er?"

"Oh! Han'er is ill and resting in bed. Shan'er is taking care of her, so she didn't come out to greet us," said Madam Zhao.

“Hmm!” Ouyang Hai nodded.

At this moment, Du Peiru burst into the hall crying, knelt down in front of Ouyang Hai, and said, "Please, sir, divorce your daughter-in-law!"

When Ouyang Hai saw Du Peiru kneeling before him with her left cheek swollen and tears streaming down her face, he felt a pang of heartache.

Madam Zhao, her face pale, glared at Li Mama and Steward Zhang.

Abuse(4)

Madam Li and Steward Zhang were also utterly bewildered and astonished. They had clearly ordered men to guard Hengxiang Villa, preventing Du Peiru and her group from leaving. How could this be…? And with guards along the way, why hadn't anyone announced their arrival? Du Peiru had simply barged into the main hall! Logically, bribing these servants would have cost a considerable sum. Did Du Peiru and her group have that much money? Ouyang Han couldn't possibly have that much money, as they hadn't given him a single penny of monthly salary in recent years; and Du Peiru couldn't possibly have money either, because her greedy father wouldn't be willing to give her a large dowry. Therefore, they simply couldn't have bribed the servants at Hengxiang Villa! Moreover, several skilled individuals were monitoring Ouyang Han and his group. If they had made any move, those individuals should have informed them! So how could Du Peiru have arrived at the main hall so quickly?

However, Li's mother and the others never imagined that Ouyang Han possessed unparalleled martial arts skills. But if they found out, Du Peiru's act would be over.

Just as Ouyang Hai was about to ask what had happened, Jin'er helped Ouyang Han, who was pale and panting, into the room. Jin'er helped Ouyang Han kneel down beside Du Peiru.