Chapter 239 - Have the Evidence against You (1/2)
Zhou Ruyu stood up. Although she was in an awkward position, she pointed at Shi Juncai and rebuked angrily, “Shi Juncai, you sell your wife to gain interests. When you are in trouble, you put all the blame on me. You are irresponsible and not a man!
“You even dare to covet your elder brother’s title of nobility. Don’t daydream even in the next life!”
“How dare you say that! I…”
Shi Juncai exploded again and suddenly raised his hand. Shi Baoyou trembled but still stood in front of Zhou Ruyu firmly.
Seeing Shi Baoyou, Shi Juncai raised his hand above his head and didn’t continue to beat but just reproached, “Baoyou, step aside. I will teach her a lesson today and tell her who the master of this family is!”
“Come on! You are such a coward. Do you have a face to say that you are the master of the family? What did you do for this family? You can’t even protect your son and daughters. How do you qualify to…”
Shi Baoyou anxiously covered Zhou Ruyu’s mouth and begged her. “Mother, I beg you. Don’t say more, okay?”
Zhou Ruyu and Shi Juncai were ready for a war and could fight again at any time, but as Shi Baoyou shed tears, the father and mother looked embarrassed and ceased fire.
Shi Juncai coughed twice and changed the subject to relieve her. “Baoyou, don’t listen to your mother’s nonsense. I am capable. I am staying at home and have nothing to do now, but soon I will regain my official position…
“No. The fourth prince even promised to promote me. Soon you will be a Rank-4 official’s legitimate daughter, and you will be better in the future. Just let those snobbish people cry who dared to cotton up to Shi Qingxue and look down upon you in the past.”
Although Shi Baoyou didn’t think that a Rank-4 official’s legitimate daughter was different from her, she still cooperated with him and echoed him, which made Shi Juncai burst with joy and laugh loudly.
Seeing Shi Juncai’s complacent face, Zhou Ruyu was angry and then started to say with sarcasm, “Huh, you just depend on your ancestors. Without the support of the Shi family and my family, how would His Highness give such a coward as you a glance?”
She called him “coward” and “loser” all the time, and even Shi Baoyou felt unhappy after hearing that.
Moreover, Shi Juncai was sensitive and would get angry easily. He was anxious and mad, so he raised his hand again.
“You dare to beat me again!” Zhou Ruyu didn’t dodge but swelled out her chest in front of Shi Juncai, sneering. “If you beat me again, don’t blame me after I reveal the dirty things you did.”
Shi Juncai narrowed his eyes in alert and questioned, “What do you want to do?”
Zhou Ruyu showed a confident expression and conveniently tidied up her messy clothes before saying unhurriedly, “If you push me too hard, I will turn your and Mother’s plans into nothingness.
“You would never become Duke Shi, and I will let all people know that your mother…”
“Shut up. Shut up!” Shi Juncai shouted in a rage and tried hard to cover Zhou Ruyu’s mouth.
Zhou Ruyu turned her head and shook off Shi Juncai’s hand. With ferocious eyes, she said, stressing each word, “Just have a try if you don’t believe me!”
Shi Juncai pointed at Zhou Ruyu for quite a while, and he clenched his fists and loosened them several times. In the end, he didn’t dare to beat Zhou Ruyu and just spoke ruthlessly. “You win this time!”
After leaving these words, he waved his sleeves and left Zhou Ruyu’s room, going to his concubine for comfort.
Zhou Ruyu didn’t care since long ago and just ordered Shi Baoyou calmly, “Go out and tell a maid to come in to help me wash up and change my clothes.”
“Yes,” Shi Baoyou responded quickly but remained still.
She looked at Zhou Ruyu with curiosity and then asked hesitantly after a long time, “Mother, what did Grandma do as you mentioned just now?”
Zhou Ruyu could frustrate Shi Juncai at once who was arrogant, and it must be nothing insignificant and related to whether he could inherit Duke Shi’s title of nobility in the future. This…
Curiosity could hardly be concealed in Shi Baoyou’s eyes.
However, Zhou Ruyu just patted the back of Shi Baoyou’s hand and smiled meaningfully. “Buddha says that you can’t say it. Don’t ask. As long as I am alive, I won’t let anything bad happen to you. It doesn’t matter if you know this secret!”
Shi Baoyou pouted with displeasure, but she was her mother’s good daughter, so she didn’t continue to ask but nodded obediently. “I see. I am going to tell a maid to come in for you.”
Zhou Ruyu got changed and cleaned up, but the bruise after she fought against Shi Juncai couldn’t be concealed for now.
Shi Baoyou had to ask Doctor Qin for some good-quality ointment for wounds and put it on Zhou Ruyu’s body.
Fortunately, Zhou Ruyu was grounded these days and didn’t have to go out to see guests. Otherwise, nobody knew what the gossips would be like.
“I am fine. Take it easy.” Zhou Ruyu didn’t care about the wounds on her face.
She grabbed Shi Baoyou’s hand and pulled the girl to sit next to her, asking slowly, “I didn’t ask you. You go out of the mansion frequently these days. What did you do?”
“Ah!” Shi Baoyou’s face blushed immediately.
She lowered her head with shyness and answered obsequiously, “No…nothing.”
Zhou Ruyu didn’t believe her and looked cold, asking, “Tell me frankly. Did you go out to do something dirty? Like your sister…”
At the thought that Shi Baoyou might go out to do something randomly and get pregnant before marriage, like Shi Baojin did, Zhou Ruyu was scared with cold sweat, and her face got pale.