“You and Auntie don’t have to say anything. No one will know.”
Li Yuwei gave an awkward smile. “I’m not the kind of person who spreads rumors.”
Ying Sisi smiled as well, though she was laughing at Li Yuwei’s shamelessness.
How was it that she didn’t have such thick skin?
…
The entrance to the bathhouse was crowded with people coming and going.
Steam filled the room.
After handing over her ticket, Ying Sisi found an empty locker, took off her clothes, and placed them inside.
Li Yuwei watched her from the side.
Her waist was slender, her legs long and straight.
Her skin was as white as snow. Not only were there no bruises, there wasn’t even a single red mark.
Li Yuwei’s gaze drifted lower.
Ying Sisi happened to turn around and caught Li Yuwei staring at her. Startled, she quickly covered herself with her clothes.
“Yuwei, what are you doing?” That look was terrifying.
She looked exactly like one of those old bachelors back in the village who couldn’t find a wife.
What a pervert.
“What am I doing?” Li Yuwei withdrew her gaze.
She hadn’t expected Ying Sisi to have such a beautiful figure.
Curvy in all the right places.
What a pity she had married Qin Yanci. No matter how pretty her face or how perfect her figure, it would all go to waste.
Because he couldn’t perform.
He looked tall and strong, but that was all.
They had been married for ten years.
Even after their divorce, she was still a virgin.
Speechless, Ying Sisi waited until Li Yuwei started undressing before hurrying into the inner bathing area. She found a clean pool and slipped into it, leaving only her neck and head above the water.
Li Yuwei never came over.
Even while she was getting her back scrubbed, she didn’t see her.
Ying Sisi had no intention of looking for her. Instead, she exchanged back scrubbing with the auntie beside her.
When she came out…
Li Yuwei’s locker was already empty.
Only then did Ying Sisi realize why Li Yuwei had invited her to the bathhouse.
She must have wanted to check whether there were any signs that Ying Sisi had been beaten.
What a lunatic!
After wringing the water from her hair, Ying Sisi headed home and discovered the door was locked.
She raised her hand to knock.
The next moment, she pulled it back.
At this hour, the neighbors were all asleep.
If she made too much noise and woke everyone up…
Not only would Li Junlu and Song Hanmei scold her, but the neighbors would also start making wild guesses.
And if Li Yuwei deliberately added a few comments…
Within three days, the whole street would be spreading rumors that she had been fooling around with a man until dark instead of coming home.
She walked to the wall, tossed the bag containing her clean clothes into the courtyard, then climbed over.
As she jumped down…
Her foot slipped, and she twisted her ankle.
The sharp pain made her cry out softly.
Someone had splashed water onto the snow, where it had frozen into ice.
She didn’t even need to investigate to know Li Yuwei was responsible.
Enduring the pain, she limped back into the house.
Standing by the window, Li Yuwei curled her lips into a smile.
In her previous life, Qin Yanci had once grabbed her by the hair and said he couldn’t stand seeing her injured because the sight excited him and made him want to hurt her even more.
Tomorrow, when Ying Sisi showed up with an injured leg, would he really be able to hold himself back?
…
“Li Yuwei, you dared to play me. Just you wait.”
Inside her room, Ying Sisi muttered the threat while searching for the bruise ointment she had brought from the countryside. After applying it to her ankle, she finally went to bed.
She was awakened by Song Hanmei.
“Sisi, it’s already seven o’clock. Why are you still sleeping? You haven’t even made breakfast. Do you think that just because you’ve married into the Qin family, you’ve become some young madam who gets to enjoy a mistress’s life ahead of time?”
Song Hanmei deliberately dragged out her words, her tone dripping with sarcasm.
Ying Sisi naturally understood the mockery and replied helplessly, “I twisted my ankle.”
“Twisted your ankle? Weren’t you perfectly fine last night? I think you’re just trying to be lazy.”
“Ying Sisi, I used to think you were pitiful for growing up without a mother, so I treated you like my own daughter. But instead of being grateful, you talk back to me, slack off, and expect me to wait on you. Don’t even think about it.”
“From now on, let’s keep things clear. As long as you live under this roof, you’ll work every single day. Before bringing you here, your father promised that you wouldn’t eat and live here for free.”