Counterattack of the Concubine’s Invincible Daughter

22. The Pathetic Always Acts Insufferably Somehow

Translator: Snowball

Mu Yueli’s face was swollen when she ran away from the Moonlight Pavilion.

When she finally woke up from the hypnosis, she was alone in the private room. Outside the opened door, there were many people gossiping about her.

A man said, “It’s the 108th times she has slapped herself. Dude, are you going to give up or continue with our bet?”

As another man was about to answer, Mu Yueli stopped all of a sudden. The man regretted, “Oops, the girl just ends our fun.”

Mu Yueli was confused to hear that. However, at the same time, she felt her face quite hurt. As soon as her fingers touched her face, she withdrew immediately – How could it hurt like that?

Afterwards, she belatedly realized that both of her palms hurt as well. Her confusion grew under the stare of the people around.

“Greetings, Miss Yueli, I’m the manager of this teahouse.”

Senior Feng rushed here to complete the task Mu Yingxue and Xuanyuan Sheng enjoined him right after he learnt that Mu Yueli had finished slapping herself.

Mu Yueli was out of sorts to be noticed by the public, so she wanted to know what had happened just now. Unexpectedly, being slapped for more than 100 times was enough to sober her up, “How could you know who I am?”

Nobody knew she was here except her personal maids. Ladyship from decent families like her always stayed at home. Few people outside the mansion had met her before, not to mention the old man in front of her.

Senior Feng didn’t answer, but enjoined the servant, “Take a towel and some ice water so that Miss Yueli can apply them on her face.”

Mu Yueli was annoyed for he didn’t answer her directly. After all, she used to lose her temper under similar circumstances. Given that he was showing her kindness, she held back her anger and asked again, “Tell me, how did you know about me?”

Senior Feng still didn’t answer her question, instead, he turned around and told the circusee, “Ladies and gentlemen, Mu Yueli, the sixth miss of the Mu’s Mansion, is fine now. Thank you for your concerns. Please suit yourselves.”

Mu Yueli frowned. Why did the old man tell the public about her identity in details?

“What do you mean by saying so?” He said this as if he was afraid that anyone would be unaware of her identity.

Some people in the crowd left at first, but came back as they realized that this wasn’t over. While most of them were still standing there, waiting for the following play. Senior Feng signed that the ladies and gentlemen nowadays were indeed gossips. What a pity that they didn’t pay much attention to their studies.

“Don’t get me wrong, Miss Yueli. I didn’t mean to embarrass you. It’s just Miss Mu Yingxue entrusted me to tell you specially that she had forgiven you for what you had done to her. After all, everyone makes mistakes. So, please don’t slap yourself again. She didn’t have the heart to see you punish yourself like that, so she left first.”

“What did you just say?”

Mu Yueli couldn’t believe what she had heard. What did he say? What did he mean Mu Yingxue had forgiven her? Did she just keep slapping herself just now?

Then she noticed the crowed again and heard what they were gossiping. In the end, her swollen face turned pale. The change of her facial expression was quite a scene.

“Miss Yueli, you slapped yourself for more than 100 times and ignored anyone who tried to extort you. That’s quite admirable for you to make an apology so sincerely.” Senior Feng further explained.

“Sir, I got the water here.”

The waiter passed through the crowd and got a basin of cold water here. Putting the basin down, he put out a bronze mirror from his chest fawningly, “Sir, I take this as well. In case…”

Before he finished “Miss Yueli might need it”, Mu Yueli had already grabbed the mirror away.

“Ah!”

After a scream out of shock, the mirror dropped down on the floor.

“Ha-ha-ha!”

The onlookers couldn’t help laughing out loud regardless of their manners.

Senior Feng shook his head and signed. These young people were quite a disgrace to the educated ones.

Mu Yueli didn’t expect to see such a swollen and even twisted face in the mirror, as if she saw an ugly and horrible ghost in it. She threw the mirror first, but refused to accept the truth, so after the waiter picked it up again, she grabbed it to see her face clearly – Her face was already skinny after the scorpion incident. But after she slapped herself so many times, it almost looked like that of a pig now!

Mu Yueli couldn’t stand her stupid image and the public’s mock against her. She couldn’t stop her tears, throwing the mirror into the basin. The splashing water drove the circusee away.

Regardless of how others judged her for her indecorum, she pushed the crowd away and ran away from the Moonlight Pavilion.

“The pathetic always acts insufferably somehow.”

Senior Feng sighed as he wiped the waterlogging on his clothes, but admired Mu Yingxue inwardly for revenging herself by routing her sister’s spirit. As the saying went, “don’t punch one on his face.” Miss Yingxue not only let Miss Yueli slap herself, but asked him to be here to clear the situation. She’s quite impressive. Alas, it was hard to say if his master was better than Miss Yingxue.

As for Mu Yueli, as she rushed out of the Moonlight Pavilion, she covered her swollen face with her sleeve, crying along the way. But on her way back, she knocked into a sedan.

“Are you blind or something? How dare you knock into the sedan of the Song’s Mansion?”

The footman was already exhausted to carry the sedan. So he was pissed off immediately when he encountered someone reckless.

Mu Yueli was also annoyed for what happened to her. Therefore, right after the footman said that, she raised her hand to beat him. But when she heard “Song’s Mansion”, her hand stopped in the air.

“You just said the Song’s Mansion?”

Mu Yueli put her hand down as she said that, but her face shocked the footman a lot, “Who, who the hell are you?”

“Who’s making trouble there? Hurry up and set off again. Don’t you know that we are running out of time to go to the Mu’s Mansion?”

Mu Yueli could tell from the voice that it was Mrs. Song, so she replied instantly, “Mrs. Song, it’s me, Yueli.”

Mrs. Song pulled the curtain and popped her head out, but was confused to see such a weird face, “You are…?”

“Mrs. Song, I’m Mu Yueli. What’s your emergency to go to the Mu’s Mansion?”

Although Mu Yueli asked so, she knew clearly that it must be related to Mu Xiangqin and Song Qingyun’s deaths. In her eyes, Mu Xiangqin was quite a shameless girl. Not only did she ruin the reputation of everyone in the mansion for what she did, but also her death caused so much trouble afterwards.

Mrs. Song was unhappy to hear the question. She said indifferently, “What else could it be? Of course we are going there to uphold justice for my son.”

Song Zhong was quite impatient after waiting for so long, so he sent a servant to urge them to go. Mrs. Song felt it would be impolite if she left Mu Yuelui there alone. After all, her son’s death had nothing to do Mu Yueli, a concubine’s daughter of the Mu’s Mansion, though she still felt uncomfortable because she was one of them. So, she asked, “Miss Yueli, are you going home? Why don’t you join me?”

Mu Yueli suddenly realized that her feet hurt after she walked so long, so she agreed gladly.

“Thank you, Mrs. Song. I’ll join you then.”

Seeing her swollen face, Mrs. Song was confused, “Miss Yueli, your face, how did that…” She didn’t even know how to ask her about this.

Mu Yueli gnashed her teeth as she encountered such an embarrassed question, “Mu Yingxue, that bitch did this to me.” Right after she said that, she realized herself reckless, but it was already too late.

“Please forgive me, Mrs. Song. She really pissed me off.”

Mrs. Song didn’t take it seriously. She knew clearly how the four misses in Mu’s Mansion were treated. But it was not her business to care about what had happened among them. She only felt said for hearing Mu Yingxue’s name, reminding her of her son’s miserable death.

“My son died in the mountain behind the Mu’s Mansion, but the official closed the case causally and insisted that Qingyun and that bitch beat each other to death. My family attaches great importance to the rules. If that bitch didn’t seduce my son, how could he run into such a tragedy and die for nothing like this?”

Mu Yueli was speechless to hear that. She thought even if Mu Xiangqin behaved improperly, Song Qingyun was indeed a bastard. They were just a bitch couple. And there was no need to feel sorry for their deaths. But she still comforted Mrs. Song against her wishes.

Mrs. Song was already quite sad. Seeing that Mu Yueli regretted her loss, she couldn’t stop complaining, “His father and I didn’t buy it. It’s ridiculous to say that they beat each other to death. The Mu’s Mansion must be involved in this! Thanks to milord for being wise enough to ask Luo Wu for messages. According to him, it was Liu’er, the fourth miss’s maid, who reported the case. It turned out that the fourth miss had gone to the mountain before and met Qingyun and that bitch…”

Mu Yueli was astonished. Before Mu Xiangqin and Song Qingyun died, Mu Yingxue went to the mountain?

That was quite a piece of shocking news that she felt there were a lot of things she could do with this message. She had already heard enough of Mrs. Song’s complaining. So as soon as they got the mansion, she made an excuse and went to Mu Shuilan immediately.

Mu Shuilan was focusing on her embroidery in the room at this time. After the rapid footsteps, she heard Mu Yueli talking about something excitedly and rushed into her room without the maid’s report.

She frowned slightly, then continued her embroidery indifferently. She didn’t even raise her head, as if Mu Yueli was not there.

Mu Yueli was too excited just now. Now seeing Mu Shuilan’s reaction, she knew she made a mistake. She was good at sensing other’s motives, and quite cautious when she was with Mu Shuilan. Therefore, right now, even if she couldn’t wait to tell her the shocking news, she had to wait, until Mu Shuilan was willing to talk to her.

After a long time, Mu Shuilan raised her head and rubbed her neck with her eyes closed, as if she was tired after the embroidery. Then she opened her eyes and finally saw Mu Yueli. After a moment of daze, she remained calm and acted like she just saw her sister, “When did you get here, Yueli? Why are you standing there? Come and sit.”

Mu Yueli barely forced a smile. She dared neither vent her anger immediately nor refute her, only sat obediently and said to her mysteriously, “Do you have any idea what I just heard from Mrs. Song?”