Chapter 647: Life and Death in Two Days and Two Nights (Part 4)

By chance, at this moment, the person in the hemp bag seemed to wake up again, struggling continuously inside the bag, and making whimpering cries as if trying to break free from it.

He was already angry at heart, and seeing this only fueled his rage even more.

He limped over to the bag with his injured leg and violently kicked at it with his uninjured left leg.

“Stop making noise! If you don’t, I’ll kill you and throw your corpse to him! I want to see how he can act tough then! Hmph!”

“Di Yelei! Liu Sisi! Both of you should die, and you should die too!”

“Hehe, do you see those people at the foot of the hill? They’re all here looking for you. If you really piss me off, I’ll cut you into pieces and feed you to the dogs!”

His cold laughter echoed continuously in the cave.

The person in the hemp bag kept whimpering, and cries of pain could be heard from time to time.

These tragic sounds only stimulated the other person’s wolf-like nature. He vented his anger by punching and kicking the bag, then collapsed on the ground, panting for breath.

“Liu Sisi, Di Yelei, Old Man Li is back! Just wait for my furious revenge!”

Maniacal laughter reverberated throughout the cave.

In the cave, Jiang Dacai’s eyes flashed a strange radiance, which quickly disappeared, but he didn’t say anything more.

…

Inside the official residence, Liu Sisi was holding Niuniu and trying to get her to sleep. The child’s crying was making everyone feel irritable, but no matter how Liu Sisi tried to comfort her, Niuniu just wouldn’t stop crying today.

“Niuniu, be good, don’t cry! Don’t cry!”

Liu Sisi gently rocked Niuniu, feeling somewhat helpless.

“The child is really noisy. Nanny, take her away and give her a bath to see if cooling her off will make her feel better.” Elderly Mr. Di couldn’t stand it anymore.

“Sisi, how is Xuan’er? Sisi… Xuan’er? What’s going on…?”

Guihua rushed in from outside and was immediately bewildered when she saw Di Xuan sitting in the hall.

“Sisi, what’s going on here?”

Guihua was somewhat unable to react.

Looking at the silent crowd in the hall, she had a bad feeling.

Zhang Yun, who came in afterwards, was also surprised: “Huh! Xuan’er, didn’t they say something happened to you? What are you…?”

Di Xuan looked up at them and then buried his head deeply, not saying a word.

“Hey! Di Xuan, what’s wrong with you? Why don’t you answer when we ask you? Are you sick from falling into the water?” Zhang Yun said with a smile on her face.

Liu Sisi hurriedly handed the child to the nanny next to her, walked up to Guihua, and burst into tears before she even spoke, “Sister Guihua…”

A sorrowful aura filled the side hall.

It was particularly oppressive.

Guihua sat there dumbfounded, apparently not yet recovered from the shock of the news she just heard.

After Liu Sisi finished explaining the whole story, Zhang Yun had already run out of the mansion, rushing straight to the South City.

At that moment, a servant entered from outside to report.

“Madam, there are many people outside the mansion’s gate holding strings of locusts, saying that you once mentioned exchanging locusts for coarse grains. Please instruct us!”

“What a time for such trifles to be brought up, just make the decision yourselves.”

Elderly Mr. Di appeared impatient.

“But…” The servant hesitated.

“What exchange? Just chase them away! We still have people in our house eating chaff. Where do we have grain to spare for them?”

Ms. Zhao thought of Gao Yuan, who was still suffering in the Upper Village, and couldn’t help but scold.

“This… yes, yes!”

The servant glanced at Liu Sisi, hesitated to answer, and withdrew.

“Wait! I originally assigned this matter to Shopkeeper Gu. Why didn’t I see his people today? In any case, you will take responsibility for this matter temporarily. Exchange 1000 locusts for a small bowl of coarse grains. Go!”

Sisi had not been able to come to her senses for a long time from her thoughts until she saw the servant walking outside, and she finally reacted.

“Yes, Madam.” The servant hurried down.

Ms. Zhao, who was beside Sisi, was caught off-guard, thinking about how much grain they would lose. What a waste! If the power of the mansion were handed over to her, how could this kind of thing happen?

Thinking about it, she couldn’t help but stoke the fire: “At this point, why are locusts still being exchanged? Hmph! I see that the treatment of blood-related children will always differ. Over there, YingEr is suffering, while here, they are still thinking about putting up a **** facade.”

Liu Sisi looked at Ms. Zhao coldly. The anger built up over the past few days was suddenly ignited, and she retorted,

“According to my mother-in-law’s view, not only should our mansion not make any effort to cover up, but we should also beat drums and gongs to tell the world that my Di family’s Eldest Miss was abducted by bandits last night and is still missing. Is this what fulfills my mother-in-law’s wishes?”

“You… Liu Sisi, I did not say that!” Ms. Zhao tried to defend herself.

“You didn’t say it, but isn’t that what you meant just now?”

Liu Sisi did not want to retreat. This Ms. Zhao deserved a lesson.

“People will ask, ‘Wasn’t it said that 1000 locusts could be exchanged for a small bowl of coarse grains? Why go back on it now?’ And what should be our response? Should we tell them that because our Di family has suffered a catastrophe, we no longer accept the locusts? So, all the upright and people-friendly words Lord Di said before were all crap, and they don’t count from now on, right?”

Liu Sisi’s aggressive stance left Ms. Zhao unable to defend herself, and her momentum gradually faded.

“I…I just spoke casually…”

“Yes, through my mother-in-law’s casual words, she almost directly destroyed the Di family, ruined YingEr, and even nearly ruined Ye Lei’s official career. Still, she wants to quibble here. What exactly are your intentions?”

Those words were severe!

Ms. Zhao was startled! If such sins were confirmed, she, Ms. Zhao, would not have any good days in the future.

“I’m lying! When did I think that way? What an injustice! Heaven, open your eyes and see! Where is there a way for my wife to live in this world…”

“Shut up! What are you arguing about? Everyone, quiet down! At this time, you are still fighting amongst yourselves!”

Elderly Mr. Di scolded everyone, then turned to Ms. Zhao, “Especially you! Are you not satisfied until you ruin the Di family? Make a scene again, and I’ll have someone send you directly to the nunnery, so I don’t have to see you and get annoyed!”

The nunnery was a place where wealthy families would give a sum of money to the nuns and then send women with unique identities who had committed wrongs to pray to the Buddha. On the surface, it was praying to the Buddha, but in reality, it was a disguised house arrest.

At this point, Ms. Zhao quickly restrained her tears and sat down in an orderly manner, not daring to utter a word anymore.