Chapter 885: A Motherless Child

She hated being wrongly accused of something she didn’t do.

Han Xue’s face turned red with rage and her eyes blazed with anger. She suddenly grabbed hold of her fingers and gripped them tightly. Her jaw was clenched so tightly that the sound of her teeth grinding could be heard.

She tried her best to rein in her urge to hit that little brat.

Xia Jingshu pushes herself over in her wheelchair and she was also extremely angry.

“Xi Xi, he’s your brother, so how could you shove him? What have your teachers at school been teaching you? Why can’t you just be a good girl? You’ve even picked up lying, you naughty girl,” Xia Jingshu said angrily. She did not believe Xi Xi’s words either.

Xi Xi was so angry that a layer of sweat had formed on her forehead.

“Ah…” she shrieked loudly as she wrapped her hands around her head.

The maids looked on in interest and it was only Qin Xiaoyu who couldn’t bear it any longer and spoke up for her.

She rushed over, pulled Xi Xi behind her back and said, “Madam, Xi Xi is still a young girl. You’re scaring her off with your stern words.”

Qin Xiaoyu stroked Xi Xi’s hair tenderly. Xi Xi had become particularly sensitive after Han Xi’s moved in and had also become very quiet. She was no longer the innocent and cute princess who would smile brightly. There were many times when she was even more irritable than adults.

Han Xue glared at Qin Xiaoyu. She couldn’t stand the sight of this maid and if it weren’t because Ye Hao forbade her from firing Qin Xiaoyu, she would have booted Qin Xiaoyu out of the house some time ago.

“I’ll leave it to your father to punish you,” Han Xue said in a huff and turned to leave. She didn’t want to look at Ye Zixi any longer.

Xia Jingshu sighed helplessly. Then, she turned around and saw her granddaughter who was applying medication on herself.

Her granddaughter was very disobedient but her grandson was very well-behaved and close to her.

Xi Xi pouted sadly and the corners of her lips twitched as tears welled up in her eyes.

She wrapped her arms around Qin Xiaoyu’s thighs and said. “Auntie Xiaoyu, why haven’t I got a mother? Why must my mother die? Look…all of them treat me poorly.”

Xi Xi pointed at Han Xue and her grandmother in the distance. Her eyes were bloodshot because she had been crying.

Qin Xiaoyu sighed and she couldn’t help but think of Xi Xi’s mother, He Xiyan.

It had been three years since He Xiyan who had treated her extremely kindly had pa.s.sed away and so many things had changed in the castle during the three years after she had gone. Ever since Ye Chengyu moved in, the atmosphere at the castle had changed. Mr. Ye was now reluctant to come home and even if he did, he barely spoke. Han Xue who has moved in seemed very friendly, was constantly smiling, and treated the maids well, but she could see the smug look in that woman’s eyes.

“Xi Xi…” Qin Xiaoyu bent down and gently patted her back. “Xi Xi, you’re a good girl and your mother loves you very much. She will watch over you from heaven.”

Qin Xiaoyu didn’t know how else to comfort this poor child who lost her mother when she was 6 months old and had only known her mother through photographs.

She suddenly thought of how Xi Xi had been surrounded by love when she was born, with her father, mother, grandfather, and grandmother doting on her. Her grandparents had even wanted to raise Xi Xi over at Qin Garden. However, in a span of three short years, she was now only left with her father’s love. Her grandmother had stopped doting on her.

She could tell that Madam Ye treated her grandson better than she treated her granddaughter.

He Xiyan, if you’re up there, you must protect your child!

Qin Xiaoyu looked at the clothes that were still burning near the doorway and a teardrop fell from the corner of her eye.