Lady Su’s Revenge

The cold air poured into the clothes, as if it would freeze the blood.

Su Li’s face was white, but her expression was calm. She stooped, quickened her pace and skillfully ran into the bamboo forest in the mountain. Based on the experience of her previous life, she soon dug up two winter bamboo shoots. Holding the bamboo shoots in her arms, she ran to the pile of clam shells by the river and picked up a big whole clam shell.

The water was icy cold. Su Li squatted down by the river to wash the winter bamboo shoots and clam shells slowly. The water reflected her little sallow face. Only a pair of her black eyes were delicately beautiful.

For as long as she could remember, she had hardly eaten a good meal. She was fourteen years old, but she was as thin as a ten-year-old girl.

Su Li touched her scar-free cheek and gave a beautiful smile. She took all the things she had washed and went back into the mountain. It was about two hours before she came down from the hill and went back to her hut.

Su Li put the clam shell filled with water on the fire brazier. She wrapped up the quilt and went to the corner to pick up some pieces of charcoal and threw them into the brazier. Soon the water in the clam shell was boiled.

Seeing the steaming hot water rolling continuously, Su Li stopped hesitating. She threw some of the bamboo shoots that were peeled into the water and continued to peel the others.

The aroma of the bamboo shoots permeated the hut slowly. Su Li couldn’t help drooling and became hungrier.

She picked up the branches beside her and scooped up some medium well bamboo shoots. Regardless of the heat, she put bamboo shoots into her mouth immediately, chewed them casually and swallowed them.

“So tender!”

Su Li’s eyes lit up at once. She looked at the twinkling bamboo shoots in the water. As a matter of fact, these bamboo shoots hadn’t taste at all. But she could taste sweet from the bitter wild vegetables, not to mention the winter bamboo shoots.

Su Li was very fast that she picked up the bamboo shoots and ate them as soon as they were cooked.

She ate two bamboo shoots in less than one hour, then she felt somewhat full and had some strength.

After handling the clam shell carefully, she took out several herbs that were picked from the mountain and lost herself in thought.

These were all supplements used to improve her body. But she also knew that she was too weak to absorb these supplements. Although she could control the quantity, it was estimated that she would have a fever for several days.

Whir…

After thinking about it, Su Li had a burning feeling in her throat. This was a sign of fever. She had been in the cold wind for about four hours and her body was so weak.

Su Li put the herbs into her mouth directly and chewed them, wrapped up the quilt and lay down again. Because the supplements worked, it wasn’t long before she fell asleep.

She didn’t know how long it took…

“Second Miss, Second Miss…”

The anxious and repressed voice was sounded, and Su Li opened her eyes reluctantly. She felt as if she were in a stove, and even her brain was about to burn.

Her vision blurred for a moment and finally became clear. She looked up at the old woman, Mammy Li, who was holding her in her arms.

“My poor Second Miss…”

Mammy Li’s rough hand was on Su Li’s forehead and her eyes were hazy with tears. She knew what a sudden fever meant.

“Is that Nanny Mammy?”

A faint voice was sounded. Mammy Li was startled and immediately said with surprise and joy, “Second Miss, you are awake?!”

Hearing Su Li’s unique name for her, Mammy Li felt a pain in her heart, but her face became softer. She bowed her head and touched Su Li’s face and whispered, “Second Miss, it’s me. It’s Nanny Mammy!”

Su Li frowned in pain and said pitifully, “Nanny Mammy, I want to see my eldest brother. I didn’t steal the night-luminescent pearl. I want to see my eldest brother…”

After holding on to this sentence, she tilted her head and fell asleep again. She was not deceiving. The medicine was too fierce. Even with her tempered will, it was still a little unbearable.

Seeing that Su Li was asleep again, Mammy Li panicked immediately. She shouted several times in a row, but Su Li did not wake up. Her heart trembled and let go of her hand slightly.

Stupefied for a moment, Mammy Li’s eyes became firm. She stroked Su Li’s hot forehead gently and whispered, “Second Miss, Nanny Mammy is going to find your eldest brother!”

Without packing up anything, Mammy Li turned and ran to Su’s mansion.

…

As it was getting late, Su Qingtan put down his sword and took a long breath. He was about to go back to his room to study, but there was a noise outside the yard.

“I really have something important to tell the young master. Just one word…”

“How presumptuous! First Young Master’s yard is not where a poor mammy can come!”

The guard’s severe reprimand made Su Qingtan frown. He was not used to the domineering guards his mother had arranged for him. But his mother’s orders could not be disobeyed, and he chose to ignore them.

He called a servant girl and said, “Let the mammy in.”

The servant girl’s face revealed a dilemma, “Young Master, my lady wants you to concentrate on your studies. Don’t…”

“Am I a young master, or are you a young master?” Su Qingtan said coldly, “How much time can she delay? Let her in!”

When the servant girl saw that the young master was angry, she dared not to disobey his orders. She got up quickly and went outside the yard to let Mammy Li in.

With the permission, there was a surprised smile on Mammy Li’s desperate face immediately. She stepped into the yard without saying a word.

“So, it’s you, Mammy Li. What’s wrong with you?”

Su Qingtan asked doubtfully when he saw Mammy Li, who was in high spirits. Mammy Li was the nursemaid of his second younger sister when she was a child, so he was also familiar with her.

When Mammy Li saw Su Qingtan’s indifferent expression, her heart thumped, and her face was pale. It seemed that the young master did not care so much about Second Miss.

But at this point, there was nothing she could do about it. She could only plop down on her knees and cry,

“Young master, no matter how serious the mistake had made by the Second Miss, please come to see Second Miss for the last time! This is the only wish before she dies!”