12dz Chapter 120 Won't Cause Trouble
Chapter 120 Won't Cause Trouble
It's not something an ordinary person would do to feed poison to that wretched woman surnamed Hua.
He also suspected that the poison his younger sister fed to that wretched woman surnamed Hua wasn't poison at all, but probably just a mud ball she'd picked off her heel.
After all, his little sister is such a well-behaved girl, how could she possibly use poison?
If Lin Cai heard this, she would definitely clap her hands. She really didn't have any poison; she had only given Hua Niang a rainbow bean.
Fortunately, it slid straight into the flower maiden's stomach when it was thrown in, preventing her from tasting the sweetness on top.
After hearing what Lin Long said, Hongxiu's face turned pale. He had guessed everything correctly. It seemed that she had made a wasted trip today.
Just as she was about to leave, Lin Long called out to her, "I can grant your request, but I have one condition..."
……
"What? Wasn't he doing just fine on East Street? Why is he trying to interfere here now?"
When Hongxiu was questioned, she saw Hua Niang's furious expression and hesitated to reveal that she had gone to find someone.
Not hearing a reply, Hua Niang turned to look at Hong Xiu, and then saw that Hong Xiu's face was somewhat pale.
Hua Niang suddenly seemed to remember something, and her eyes narrowed slightly: "Hongxiu, is there something you haven't told me yet?"
"No, no, no, I've already... I've already told you everything..."
"No, no, why are you stuttering? Are you that nervous in front of me? I'm not going to eat you!"
Hua Niang's sharp eyes were fixed on Hong Xiu, and as she looked at the expression on Hong Xiu's face, Hua Niang's eyes almost narrowed into slits.
“That’s not nervous stuttering, it’s clearly the aftereffect of lying.” Red Phosphorus, dressed in red, walked in from outside: “She’s not afraid you’ll eat her, she’s afraid you’ll kill her.”
Honglin sat at the table, propping her chin up with her hand and looking at the nervous, stuttering Hongxiu with a half-smile.
Hongxiu couldn't stand the gazes of these two people, especially Hua Niang's. Hua Niang's gaze was truly unbearable for Hongxiu.
She knelt down with a thud: "Hua Niang, I'm sorry, Hua Niang, I was wrong. I shouldn't have gone to East Street on my own. It was my fault, I shouldn't have done that..."
If she hadn't acted on her own initiative, none of this would have happened, and the people from Dongda Street wouldn't have been able to interfere with Yichun Garden.
Hua Niang was a little taken aback when she heard this. After she came to her senses, she looked at Hong Xiu kneeling on the ground.
"You said you went to East Street? You went to East Street alone? What were you doing there all of a sudden?"
"She went to get the antidote for you, and to plead for you, hoping the people on East Street would spare our Yichun Garden..."
These words were spoken by Hong Lin. When she said them, her expression and tone were exactly the same as before, without any change.
Upon hearing these words, the angry flower maid took a deep breath and then looked at Hongxiu: "Besides the matter of my poisoning and the matter of that young lady being brought here by us, what else did you say?"
Hongxiu dared not speak, but Hua Niang slammed her hand on the table, shaking the teacups and teapot.
She finished asking her question but didn't hear a reply, so she raised her voice: "What else did you say? You'd better tell me the truth right now."
Terrified, Hongxiu stammered and confessed everything she had done that day. After listening, Hua Niang almost fainted from anger.
"Hua Hongxiu, Hua Hongxiu, do you even have a brain? What's in your head anyway?"
Apart from a few girls in the courtyard and that young lady, no one else knew about her poisoning.
She originally thought she could keep it a secret, and once she found that young lady and took the antidote, everything would be fine, and she could pretend nothing had happened.
But of all things, it got leaked today, and they even took out their entire fortune!
"Tell me what you're really thinking? What are you really thinking? Why did you tell everyone everything? By saying this, aren't you just blatantly telling them that something's going on here, and letting them come and cause as much trouble as they want?"
The more Hua Niang spoke, the angrier she became. Clutching her chest, she was on the verge of collapsing.
Seeing that Hua Niang looked uncomfortable, Hong Lin quickly patted her, but those two pats were a bit perfunctory, so Hua Niang just glared at her.
Red Phosphorus withdrew its hand, playfully stuck out its tongue, and then rested its chin on its hand on the table.
She looked at Hongxiu's teary eyes and felt sorry for her. Just as she was about to plead for her, she was met with a glare.
The words that were about to come out were: "Hua Hongxiu!!"
"Are you stupid? You believe everything people say. If someone were to sell you out, would you help them count the money?"
"I told you a long time ago not to trust those men, they're all untrustworthy, why didn't you remember?"
"Hua Niang can handle her own affairs. Don't you know her capabilities? Why do you need to worry about her? Why do you need to meddle in other people's business?"
As Honglin spoke, she kept glancing at Hua Niang's expression. Seeing that Hua Niang's expression had softened, she immediately raised her voice.
"Life was already tough enough in our compound, and now we have this big shot we can't mess with. And now you've told others about this. If people from East Street come looking for trouble, can you handle the consequences?"
Upon hearing these words, Hongxiu burst into tears. She really didn't mean it; she just wanted to help.
She hadn't expected things to turn out this way. Hearing Hongxiu's cries, Honglin secretly glanced at Hua Niang.
But in return, she received a glare: "She's already crying like this, how can you say such things? Don't you know she can't take it?"
Honglin pouted, "She did something wrong and she doesn't even want to be scolded. If I did something wrong, you would have scolded me to death by now."
Upon hearing this, Hua Niang slapped her across the face. Hong Lin, not one to sit there and take the blow, dodged to the side as the slap came.
Then she yelled, "See, see, I told you so! This is discrimination! I'm telling you, if you keep doing this, I'll... I'll..."
"What will you do in the future? Hua Honglin, let me tell you, you better behave yourself for now, or you'll get a real beating."
The blatant threat made Honglin tremble. Although she was afraid, she was not afraid of Hua Niang.
Because although this woman is strict, she is genuinely kind when she treats them well.
"I understand, I understand. I will definitely behave myself and will absolutely not cause any trouble."