Crying and Hitting People at the Same Time
After saying this, Su Jintang turned and left directly.
Kexin eagerly held the nameplate and returned to the room, her eyes sparkling brightly.
“Miss, Doctor Su used to treat the Madam all the time. Even the Eldest Miss rarely got to enjoy his services, which shows that the Madam truly still cares about you!”
Even though she knew in her heart that this was just a small favor from Su Jintang, Yu Shuwan still felt a tingling sensation, as if ants were crawling over her heart.
Kexin was still concerned about the injuries on her back and said happily, “I’ll go fetch a doctor right away. Please bear with it for now.”
Yu Shuwan didn’t mind, but since Kexin cared, she let her go.
However, after waiting for a long time, Kexin finally returned, but the person following her was not someone else—it was the long-unseen Doctor Fang.
“When did Doctor Fang become Doctor Su?” Yu Shuwan didn’t believe this guy could help her.
Doctor Fang still remembered the feeling of being beaten by Yu Shuwan and felt a bit awkward. “I’m just here to deliver some medicine…”
Kexin also smiled and said, “The medicine Doctor Fang has is very good, Miss. You can give it a try.”
Doctor Fang placed the bottles and jars down and hurriedly took his leave. Kexin quickly said, “I’ll see Doctor Fang out.”
Seeing Kexin leave, Yu Shuwan frowned. This girl was acting strange. It seemed she was hiding something from her.
Just as she planned to question Kexin properly when she returned, a little maid with twin buns rushed in, panicked and tearful, crying out, “Second Miss, Second Miss, please go take a look! Sister Kexin has been hit, wuwuwu!”
Yu Shuwan sat up abruptly, only to pull her wound painfully. She gasped in pain and asked, “What happened? Tell me clearly!”
“Sister Kexin was seeing Doctor Fang through the Moon Gate when she ran into Miss Liuguang. Sister Kexin’s expression turned unpleasant, and the two argued for a bit. I couldn’t quite understand, but it seemed like Miss Liuguang from the Eldest Miss’s side had taken the doctor Sister Kexin originally wanted to fetch. Then Miss Liuguang got angry and somehow started hitting her…”
The little maid’s eyes were red from crying. “Sister Kexin has a very good temper and has never argued with anyone before. Miss Liuguang was the one who started it, wuwuwu!”
“Stop crying!” Yu Shuwan cursed under her breath. Enduring the pain, she hastily put on a set of clothes, wrapped herself in a robe, and followed the little maid toward the Moon Gate.
Before she even arrived, Yu Shuwan heard Kexin crying and asking, “Is your mistress a lady, but isn’t mine a lady too? It was clearly because the Madam cares about our Miss that she specifically asked me to fetch Doctor Su. The Eldest Miss is only a little dizzy, but our Miss is covered in injuries!”
“So what?” Liuguang sneered, tilting her face upward. “A country bumpkin like her—does she deserve such a good doctor?”
“Who are you to decide what I deserve?” Yu Shuwan strode over and, with a fierce momentum, slapped Liuguang across the face. “Country bumpkin? If it weren’t for me, the country bumpkin would be your mistress on that bed! Since you look down on country bumpkins, why don’t you try the strength of a country bumpkin’s slap!”
Liuguang was caught off guard by the slap, and Kexin, who was still kneeling on the ground, froze in place.
The little maid who had tearfully brought Yu Shuwan over quickly helped Kexin up. “Sister Kexin.”
Kexin finally snapped out of it and said anxiously, “Miss, you’re still injured! Hurry and pull them apart!”
But just as she was about to intervene, Yu Shuwan had already released her grip on Liuguang’s hair bun.
She glanced back at Kexin.
That little face was streaked with tears and marked with slaps—truly a pitiful sight.
“Useless thing! You’re supposed to be my head maid, yet you let a mere maid bully you without fighting back?”
As soon as she stopped, Yu Shuwan felt a wave of pain.
She turned to Liuguang, who was covering her face and sobbing, “I don’t care who you are or who wants to snatch the physician away. If you have the guts, come at me instead.
I’m not some proper young lady from a noble family—I’m from the countryside. Anyone who dares mess with my people will taste the fierceness of a country woman!
Kexin, hit her!
Today, I’ll take full responsibility!”
If it weren’t for her injuries, she would have done it herself.
Kexin, having been pushed too far, lunged forward and delivered two fierce slaps, her eyes red as she shouted, “Take that for bullying me! And that!”
She was usually such a gentle girl—this fierce side of her left Yu Shuwan utterly stunned.
Liuguang struggled to dodge, crying so hard she could barely catch her breath.
Even when the old women who cleaned the chamber pots fought, she had never seen anything like this.
Liuguang wailed even louder, “Our young lady isn’t feeling well either! What’s wrong with letting the physician see her first?”
“Still haven’t learned your lesson?
Kexin!”
Yu Shuwan shot a sharp glare, and Liuguang trembled in fear, immediately turning and fleeing without looking back.
Now she understood why Madam Wen turned pale whenever she mentioned this second young lady.
This was no delicate flower—she was a downright menace!
Yu Shuwan couldn’t be bothered with what Liuguang was thinking. Leaning heavily on Kexin, she grumbled, “I chose you as my head maid because you had some looks.
Now look at you—your face is all swollen. I’ve lost all face, inside and out.”
“I’m sorry, Miss,” Kexin sniffled.
She wasn’t foolish. She could see that Yu Shuwan’s clothes were fastened wrong in several places, and her shoes weren’t even properly on.
It was clear that for her sake, Yu Shuwan had rushed over without a moment’s hesitation.
“This servant shouldn’t have been so weak,” she said, growing more aggrieved the more she thought about it.
If she had been stronger, the physician wouldn’t have been taken away, and her young lady wouldn’t have had to come out for her.
A strange scene unfolded: the frail-looking Yu Shuwan was supported by Kexin and another young maid as they made their way back, with Kexin’s face still bruised and her weeping heartbrokenly all the way.
By the time the three returned to their room, word had spread throughout the mansion: the second young lady’s head maid had been bullied by the first young lady’s maid, and the second young lady had stepped in, only to be angered nearly to death.
The rumors grew more vivid with each retelling, until finally it was said that Yu Shuwan was clinging to her last breath.
Of course, Yu Shuwan knew nothing of this.
Only after Kexin, still hiccupping through her tears, had tended to her wounds did Yu Shuwan say with utter resignation, “Haven’t you cried enough yet?”
It had been the whole way back.
After all, she had already helped settle the score. Wasn’t she the one whose wounds had reopened? Shouldn’t she be the one crying?
Kexin sniffled, “This servant… this servant cries easily…”
That much was clear—she had been wailing while fiercely hitting someone earlier.
“Then try to hold back in the future. Save your crying for when you’re with me.”
Yu Shuwan tossed a handkerchief over. “That Liuguang got beaten up much worse than you did. I was out there fighting your battles, and you were back here making me lose face.”
“This servant didn’t mean to, wuwuwu…”
“Then you’ll just have to get used to it. Following me, you’re bound to run into people like this many times in the future.”
Only after seeing her finally stop crying did Yu Shuwan ask:
“What exactly happened? Tell me clearly.”