Chapter 718: Chapter 718: Someone Seeking Their Own Doom
“She’s rebelling!” the Old Lady thundered as soon as she heard Nanny Chen’s words. Her already frail body shook uncontrollably with anger. “Bai Yueru, that ungrateful wretch, after causing the death of my son, I let her live in the Sheng Family scot-free for so many years and now she dares to plot for the throne, I won’t forgive her!”
After speaking, she turned to leave, but Nanny Chen immediately clung to her legs and pleaded, “Old Madam, Old Madam, save me, please! I don’t want to die here. Old Madam, for the sake of all these years, the toil and moil in your service, save me, please, Old Madam!”
The Old Lady said, “Old Chen, rest assured. Stay here for a few more days, and I will certainly figure out a way to rescue you.”
“No, I don’t want to wait here any longer, Old Madam. You just don’t understand how much I suffer here, I can’t bear to stay another second, Old Madam!” Nanny Chen was nearly prostrate on the ground, licking the Old Lady’s shoes.
However, the Old Lady, with an expression of deep calculation, said, “Enough with your nonsense. You do as I instruct, Bai Yueru has already replaced all the servants in the Old Mansion. What can I do? Get away!”
After violently kicking Nanny Chen away, the Old Lady didn’t turn back no matter how pitifully Nanny Chen begged.
“Old Madam, since you refuse to save me, I have no choice but to be recklessly defiant!” Nanny Chen suddenly sounded fierce, glaring at the Old Lady with gritted teeth.
The Old Lady, hearing Nanny Chen turn fierce, slowly turned around and walked back to Nanny Chen, saying, “Old Chen, what do you mean by that? Are you trying to threaten me?”
“No, not at all, Old Madam. Old Chen wouldn’t dare, Old Chen wouldn’t dare!” Nanny Chen kept kowtowing on the ground, saying, “Old Madam, over the years, I’ve done so many conscience-destroying things for you. I’ve never dared to refuse even at the cost of my own lifespan. Old Madam, if you don’t help me, I will truly die here. After the way I treated Bai Yueru in the past, now that she holds all the power, do you think she would let me go? She will definitely torture me to death!”
“Alas, it’s been tough on you…” the Old Lady held Nanny Chen’s hand and helped her up, saying, “Old Chen, we’ve been mistress and servant for so many years. Why won’t you trust me? I told you I would save you, and I will. Why do you pressure me?”
“It’s not like that, Old Madam. I’ve already been tortured to the point of being neither human nor ghost. I’m really afraid that I’ll go out of my mind and let slip that Xiao Kai is Ye Shu’s child. By then, it will be too late!”
“Alright then, in light of your suffering, I’ll give you a hand. In your next life, remember to choose to be a common folk, set up a family, and start a business properly. Don’t be a lackey who does evil deeds…” the Old Lady finished speaking, her brows faintly twisted in a blend of sorrow and reluctance.
Hearing this, Nanny Chen’s hand slackened in fright, only then noticing the tiny bleeding point that had appeared on the back of her own hand while the Old Lady gently rotated her ring.
“Bee Ring…” Nanny Chen was horrified, grabbing the Old Lady’s clothes and screaming, “You old hag, how cruel-hearted! After so many years, if not for merit, don’t I have hard work to my credit?”
The Old Lady, expressionless, said, “Old Chen, you’ve brought this upon yourself. After so much time by my side, have you forgotten what I hate the most? What I, the old hag, hate most is someone threatening me…”