The beating was not over. Old Lady Ji probably saw that Yu Shu didn't cry or scream in pain, so she didn't vent her anger. She ordered the servants to take the rattan down and scolded another one.
"You don't have to go to the Sanjue Study Room these days. Go to the Jingshang Hall in the West Courtyard and do the cleaning for a month."
Well, she was suspended from school. Yu Shu didn't foolishly ask where the Jingshang Hall was. She slowly withdrew her hand and whispered, "Yes."
The moment they looked away, Matriarch Ji put on a kind face and spoke to Ma Weibo, who was in front of her.
"This time, you have to learn from this. Don't hang out with those unreliable people all day long, got it?"
Ma Weibo's face was still a little pale. When he heard Matriarch say "unreliable", he subconsciously turned his head to look at Yu Shu. There was a hint of fear in his eyes, but Yu Shu was staring at the lacquered floorboards in the room and did not meet his eyes.
Old Lady didn't respond and only thought that her grandson was still in shock. She turned to Ji Pan and said, "Later, go to your second brother and ask for his bell. Bring it back for Weibo to calm down."
"Yes, Mother," Ji Pan responded to Old Lady Ji, but her eyes looked at Yu Shu at the door with some worry.
Old Lady Ji followed her gaze to the door and frowned. She said, "Go. Follow the rules in the future."
With the old lady's words, Yu Shu was finally relieved. She didn't let the old lady remember Yu Xiaoxiu. The beating was worth it.
Yu Shu left with the maid who led the door.
***
At dinner time, Yu Shu squatted on a small stone behind a tree outside the courtyard. She wasn't hungry and didn't want to go back.
As an adult, she was embarrassed to say that she was beaten. In fact, she cared a lot about it. She wasn't the kind of person who would swallow humiliation. To put it bluntly, she was narrow-minded and held grudges.
It would be fine if she was the Yu Shu from before, but the point was that she wasn't. The more she thought about it, the more unlucky she became.
No money, no power, and no influence. In ancient times, they didn't even have a culture. They couldn't use their ability to settle down and survive. They could only stay in this small and broken courtyard, drinking bran soup and eating pickled vegetables every day. In the end, they even had to be called over to be the punching bag.
She did not regret beating up Ma Weibo, that little rascal. Her temper was there. If she were to do it again, she would still beat him up. She knew how to say nice things in front of the Old Matriarch.
However, Old Madam Ji was not her parents who had given birth to her, and she was not her teacher who had taught her Taoism. The Ji family's kindness of having a meal was negligible in her eyes. It was not even comparable to the old bookstore owner who had given her a book on Changmen Street.
There was no way she would let go of this humiliation.
"Bada." Yu Shu broke the branch in her hand and threw it on the ground. She gritted her teeth and showed a creepy sneer. Then she turned around and went back to the yard.
As soon as she entered the door, she bumped into Yu Xiaoxiu, who had been looking for her several times in and out of the yard.
Yu Xiaoxiu said angrily,
"Where have you been? I have been looking for you for a long time! Did you disappear after leaving a trash? "
"Oh," Yu Shu thought about it and decided to tell him half of what she wanted to say. After all, she wouldn't be able to attend classes at the private school from tomorrow onwards. Yu Xiaoxiu was a child with a lot of thoughts. If she didn't tell him now, he would have to think too much.
"The Old Matriarch asked someone to call me over."
The anger on Yu Xiaoxiu's face immediately turned into panic. He pulled her and said, "Ma Weibo went to tell on me? What did the Old Matriarch say? What did she punish you for? Did you get beaten? "
Yu Shu's arm was injured, and she almost cried out when he pulled her. She resisted the urge to kick him, but she grinned and said,
"She scolded me. First Aunt was there and said a few good words for me. The Old Matriarch punished me to clean the pond in the West Courtyard for a month. She didn't ask me to go to the private school anymore."
"Ah?" Yu Xiaoxiu was stunned. After a while, he left Yu Shu and rushed out with a straight face.
Yu Shu almost grabbed him, and her hand hurt again. "Where are you going?"
"I'm going to tell the Old Matriarch that you hit Ma Weibo because of me. It's none of your business. If you want to punish someone, punish me."
After that, he pushed away Yu Shu's hand and was about to run out. Yu Shu didn't have the strength to pull him. She happened to be scratched by him, so she simply held her arm and howled.
"Ouch!"
As expected, Yu Xiaoxiu turned around and looked suspiciously at Yu Shu, who was stamping her feet in pain.
"It hurts, it hurts so much. Help me back to the room, you heartless brat." Yu Shu took the opportunity to scold him. She didn't care if it was real or fake. She gasped, rolled up her sleeves, and showed him the bruises on her arm.
It was dark, but there was still some light in the yard. Yu Xiaoxiu was shocked by the red marks on her arm. His face turned pale, and he hurriedly took her elbow and helped her into the room.
Yu Shu had a false alarm. If he really went to Old Matriarch Ji's place to make trouble, they might be locked in a small dark room together. At that time, there wouldn't even be someone to bring them food. This meal was for nothing.
Aunt Liu was not in the yard. Yu Xiaoxiu helped Yu Shu sit down on the bed, turned around, and ran out.
"Where are you going?" Yu Shu jumped up from the bed.
Yu Xiaoxiu stopped at the door and said in a muffled voice, "Wait. I'm going to ask Uncle Zhou Liu for some medicine."
After that, he disappeared.
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