Chapter 191 Shu Ying saves the child and breaks ties with her cousin.

The person arrived so quickly that Ding Rumei couldn't even see who it was.

Shu Ying quickly caught the child, but she herself was pressed down and acted as a human cushion.

She felt a sudden dizziness, and a ringing in her ears. Yangyang was terrified. When she saw Shuying, she weakly said, "Mommy..."

After he finished speaking, his head lolled to the side and he fainted.

Song Zhaodi staggered to her feet. "Yangyang, Yangyang, don't scare Auntie."

Shu Ying's eyes were red, and she waved her hand to comfort Song Zhaodi, "Sister Song, the child just fainted. He must have been frightened. There's nothing seriously wrong with him."

She carefully hugged Yangyang, tears welling up in her eyes, but when she faced Ding Rumei, her heart was filled with boundless hatred.

Even if adults have many grudges, they should not benefit their children, nor should they harm them.

Song Zhaodi limped as she held Yueyue in her arms, fearing that Ding Rumei might do something even more outrageous.

Ding Rumei was dumbfounded, and she never expected that Shu Ying would come back at this critical moment. Now that she had been caught red-handed, she couldn't even shirk her responsibility.

"Mother."

Yueyue's little heart seemed to have finally found a place to rely on, and upon seeing Shuying, she began to wail loudly.

She thought she almost never saw her mother again.

Shu Ying pulled her into his arms, feeling a complex mix of emotions—a sense of loss and reunion.

She looked gratefully at Song Zhaodi beside her, "Sister Song, you..."

Song Zhaodi simply waved her hand lightly. Compared to the fright the two children had suffered, her fall was nothing.

"I just tripped on the stairs. It's just some minor scratches. Don't worry about me, go check on the child first."

Falling from such a height could potentially leave a lifelong trauma for a child.

Shu Ying handed the child to Song Zhaodi, her eyes blazing with fury as she met Ding Rumei's gaze, her tone now carrying an undeniable resolve.

“Ding Rumei, I’m giving you some face because you’re Xie Zhiyan’s cousin, but you not only don’t know how to restrain yourself, you’re also pushing your luck.”

If it were someone else, and they had spent money to hire someone who only made things worse, they would have fired them long ago.

Ding Rumei was, after all, a relative, and even if they were completely unrelated, Shu Ying still gave her the respect she deserved.

But she heard everything Ding Rumei said when she came in.

“We treat you as family, but you have far too little sense of boundaries. Just because you’re only related to this family by blood, you think you can boss everyone around. The child wasn’t seriously harmed today, but you’ve already harbored thoughts of harming the child. This family will never tolerate you!”

She originally intended to give Ding Rumei more time to change, but she overlooked the fact that it is easier to change mountains and rivers than to change one's nature.

Yangyang and Yueyue are both children of the Xie family, and at least they are related to her by blood. How could she harm the two children without any sense of guilt?

Yueyue wiped away her tears and ran over. "Mom, are you hurt? You were lying on the ground just now."

Ignoring the excruciating pain in her hand and not wanting her child to worry, Shu Ying put her injured hand behind her back and used one hand to smooth Yueyue's hair.

"Yueyue, go outside and play with Aunt Qingqing. Mommy is fine. I'll come find you after I've finished dealing with things at home."

She didn't want the child to be exposed to complicated adult matters too early. Although Yueyue was a little worried that Shuying would get hurt, she felt relieved when she saw Song Zhaodi next to her and thought that there were two of them at home.

Seeing that her scheme was about to be exposed, Ding Rumei's eyes darted around quickly, and she was about to make a pretext for denial.

"I just made a mistake. How could I possibly lay a hand on two children? I was just playing around with them. Who knew these two kids would be so naughty? I told you long ago that you shouldn't discipline them like that. If you hadn't come back in time, it could have been a disaster."

Shu Ying nodded, then casually picked up the broom beside her; she could no longer suppress the anger in her heart.

"I've treated you to the best of everything, and I've never really treated you like a maid. Even if you go too far, I'll only give you a verbal warning at most. Do you really think I, Shuying, am without a temper if I don't teach you a lesson?"

She was first and foremost a mother, and no one can tolerate their child being threatened.

Song Zhaodi tried to block the stairs, but seeing that she was about to be beaten, Ding Rumei hurriedly rushed down the stairs, trying to push Song Zhaodi to the ground.

Song Zhaodi had been doing farm work for many years and was quite strong. Shu Ying's broom fell on Ding Rumei.

“My two children always call you ‘Auntie, Auntie,’ but you go to great lengths to kill them. A person like you doesn’t deserve to live in this world. I thought you were just naive and wanted to give you more chances, but I never expected you to be so vicious. Your heart is black.”

She even said the children were ill-mannered. She had raised them too well, to the point that they often didn't even know how to protect themselves.

Thinking about Yangyang falling from the building, Song Zhaodi couldn't help but feel a wave of fear.

Ding Rumei took two solid blows to the back and immediately started howling in the house. She struggled to push Song Zhaodi away and rushed out of the yard as if she had wheels of fire on her feet, turning the tables on Song Zhaodi.

She started shouting at the top of her lungs, "Everyone, come and judge this! The capitalist's daughter hit me! This whole family wants to exploit me! I couldn't resist, and now they're getting angry and ashamed. Shu Ying wants to kill me! I don't want to live anymore! God, why did I end up with such a boss? Just kill me! Just kill me!"

Many people stood at the door to watch the commotion. Shu Ying's identity was already quite controversial, and the families living next door, separated only by a wall, also peeked out.

As Ding Rumei saw more and more people gathering, it was as if she had found a pillar of support.

Her messy hair was draped over her face. She sat down on the ground without a care for her image, pointed her finger into the room, and began to curse loudly.

“I’ve come here to work like a slave for you, but you don’t treat me like a human being at all. You’re always making me do this or that. Even if I’m paid by your family, I’m still a person. You shouldn’t beat and scold me for no reason!”

Passersby outside whispered among themselves, many waiting for Shu Ying to come out. Song Zhaodi, hearing the commotion inside the house, was seething with anger.

"What a disgrace! She doesn't even know her own name anymore. Everyone says you shouldn't wash your dirty linen in public, but she seems to be afraid that others won't know about the shameful things she's done."