Seeing Zhou Xiuwen's cold face and looking really angry, Chu Wanyan felt a little panicked in her heart.

"Brother Xiuwen, I didn't, I really didn't. It was obviously your mother, no, it was my mother who bullied me first."

"Even if my mother says a few things that don't sit well with you, you should still endure it. After all, you are an elder and you still have to argue with her!"

"I'm not, I..."

Chu Wanyan became more and more anxious, but when Zhou Xiuwen saw her hurried explanation, he felt more confident and interrupted her directly.

"That's enough! How can such a trivial matter cause so much trouble? Isn't it because there is no ice? You can just use a fan to fan yourself. We don't have much money at home, so we naturally have to use it for business."

As he spoke, Zhou Xiuwen looked at the hairpin on the end of Chu Wan's cigarette and pulled it out.

"I still have some important things to do. You stay at home and I will talk about other things after I come back."

After saying that, Zhou Xiuwen took the hairpin and went out of the house again, looking for the few people just now to read the book.

Chu Wanyan stood there in a daze. When she came back to her senses, Zhou Xiuwen had already left without a trace. Only Zhou's mother crossed her arms and glanced at her with a sneer.

"What are you still doing? Didn't you hear what my son said? Hurry up and prepare dinner. Our Zhou family doesn't raise idle people."

"you……"

Chu Wanyan gritted her teeth in anger, but as soon as she said a word, Mother Zhou's eyes fell on her hair again.

Chu Wanyan's scalp hurt, and he shivered, finally daring not to say anything.

In the kitchen of Zhou's backyard.

Zhuer dipped the handkerchief in cold water and handed it to Chu Wanyan.

"Miss, it's clear that the Zhou family mother and son are bullying others, you'd better hurry up..."

"Shut up!" Chu Wanyan glared at Zhu'er fiercely, "Who do you have the guts to say bad things about Brother Xiuwen!"

Zhu'er pursed her lips and said, "Miss, please calm down. I'm just grieving for you."

"Hmph, stop saying such nice things here. Why didn't you stop that shrew when I was being beaten just now?"

"Miss, since you got married, all the work in this house has been done by slaves. My slave's arm hurts so much. She really has no strength and can't pull it apart." Pearl explained, feeling a little aggrieved. .

In the past, when she was staying with the young lady in the Hou Mansion, although she would get scolded at every turn, all she did was serve tea and pour water.

But since she came to Zhou's house, she could hardly bear it. She had to cook, wash, chop firewood, and sweep the floor. She had to do all the work.

Zhu'er glanced at Chu Wanyan and said, "Miss, you have been beaten like this, why don't you hurry up and go back to the Marquis Mansion, tell the eldest lady, and let the eldest lady make the decision for you."

She really couldn't stay in the Zhou family any longer. I really don't know why the young lady was so determined to marry into such a poor family.

"Shut up, the eldest sister must not know about this!" Chu Wanyan glared at Zhu'er again, "She was originally opposed to me marrying Brother Xiuwen before, but if she knew about it, she might object again. Besides, if this matter spreads, I will lose face."

"But Miss, is your beating like this in vain?"

"What do you know? As long as Brother Xiuwen has me in his heart, sooner or later he will be on my side. Then that shrew..." Chu Wanyan gritted her teeth bitterly and did not continue.

Zhu'er looked at her young lady's appearance and shook her head in her heart.

It is said that the eye is clear, but as she watched, Mr. Zhou probably didn't care about the young lady at all.

Of course, Zhu'er didn't dare to say this, otherwise she would be afraid that the answer would be Chu Wanyan's slap.

Enduring her sore arms, Pearl finished cooking dinner.

But the more she thought about it, the more she felt sad and aggrieved. At night, after everyone in the Zhou family fell asleep, she quietly went out and returned to the Hou Mansion.

It was already midnight when she arrived at the Hou Mansion. Chu Huanyan asked Xian Yue to light a candle, put on her clothes, and listened to Zhu'er report everything about the Zhou family's situation during the day.

Hearing Zhu'er say that Chu Wanyan had her hair pulled and slapped, but in the end she still firmly believed that Zhou Xiuwen would be good to her, she couldn't help but laugh.

It seemed that Mother Zhou's slap was too light.

"Miss, I really can't bear it anymore. Please let me go back to the Marquis' Mansion to serve you." Zhu'er knelt on the ground and begged.

"You are Miss Third's personal maid, and you have always been with her. Now you suddenly want to return home. I'm afraid Third Miss will not agree."

"Miss, you said before that you gave us the monthly money, and we all have to listen to you. Although this slave followed the third miss to the Zhou family, she is still a slave of the Hou Mansion after all. As long as the eldest miss is willing to let the slave come back, let the slave come back." You can do whatever you want, slave." Zhu'er spoke while kowtowing vigorously to Chu Huanyan.

"What about Chu Wanyan? Do you really think there is no master-servant relationship between you and her?"

Thinking of Chu Wanyan, Zhuer's eyes flashed with resentment and hatred.

It's not like she hasn't mentioned to the third lady these days that she is really exhausted, but the third lady doesn't care about her life or death at all. If she talks too much, the third lady will scold her.

The relationship between master and servant is all nonsense. She no longer wants to stay with the third lady.

However, if I tell the truth, will the eldest lady be unhappy? They are sisters after all...

Pearl hesitated.

Chu Huanyan took Zhu'er's reaction into full view, "Actually, I have been waiting for you to come back for a long time, and I am also ready for your body bond."

Zhu'er suddenly raised her head and looked at Chu Huanyan in confusion.

"Miss, what do you mean?"

"I think you know that I didn't agree with this marriage from the beginning, but Chu Wanyan was stubborn and made me angry because of this matter. I had no choice but to agree."

Chu Huanyan sighed and her eyes fell on Zhu'er's face.

"However, there is no reason for you to suffer behind her. Therefore, I asked Xianyue to prepare the body contract early. Thinking that if you couldn't bear it and wanted to come back, I would simply return the body contract to you and give you freedom. , I will save Chu Wanyan from coming to find you again."

Zhu'er looked at Chu Huanyan for a while, then gradually came back to her senses and asked uncertainly: "Miss, is what you said true?"

"Of course it's true." Chu Huanyan glanced at Xian Yue, who immediately took out Zhu'er's identity deed from her sleeve and handed it to her.

"Zhu'er, why don't you thank me quickly, Miss. You will be free from now on."

Zhu'er took over the body deed, feeling ecstatic and hurriedly kowtowed in thanks: "Thank you, Miss, thank you, Miss!"

"Okay, get up quickly." Chu Huanyan motioned to Xian Yue to help him up.

Zhuer tightened her grip on the body deed in her hand, "Miss, that slave can leave now, and there is no need to go back to Zhou's house, right?"

"Of course." Chu Huanyan nodded, "But..."

Worried that Chu Huanyan would regret it, Zhuer instantly became nervous again, "But what?"

Chu Huanyan looked at her quietly with a gentle smile, "But if you are willing, I want you to do something for me."

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