newbobooks Chapter 303 Miss He
Chapter 303 Miss He
Chapter 303 Miss He
The Grand Elder frowned as he listened. "Is what you're saying true?"
"We would never dare to deceive you in the slightest, Elder."
The elder looked at He Fei, who had her back to him, with displeasure and said, "Who are you? Didn't you hear what they said? I have already ordered everyone not to disturb Chen Qin."
"How did you get in here? Even if you're Qin'er's friend, I won't let you get away with this."
The Grand Elder was already in a bad mood these past two days because of Chen Qin's matter, and now that the servants were saying that this person was Chen Qin's friend, the Grand Elder felt that his hatred extended to Chen Qin's friend as well.
Hearing the Elder's disgruntled voice, He Fei sneered, turned around to look at him, and said, "What do you intend to do to stop me?"
The first time the Grand Elder saw He Fei, he felt a sense of familiarity. His brows furrowed even deeper. This woman looked so much like He Yi… No, wait!
The Grand Elder suddenly stopped. He had seen He Fei a few times, and given her resemblance to He Yi, he remembered who He Fei was almost instantly.
"May I have your name?"
"He Fei, what advice does the Grand Elder have for me?"
"What advice do you have?" The Grand Elder was practically ready to unleash a torrent of profanity. How could this person be He Yi's sister?
If Chen Qin were just an ordinary friend, the elder could scold her without consequence. But He Fei is He Yi's sister, and he can't just scold her like that.
Thinking of what he had just said, the Grand Elder took a deep breath and put on a kind smile: "Miss He, what brings you to my humble abode?"
The servants noticed the elder's rapidly changing expression and realized something was wrong. If it were an ordinary person, the elder would definitely not have such an ingratiating expression.
The servant swallowed hard and asked, "Elder, who is this young lady?"
The elder did not answer the servants' questions, but instead sternly reprimanded them: "What disrespectful things did you all say to Miss He just now? Apologize to Miss He right now!"
The servants were taken aback, but they could tell from the elder's expression that He Fei's identity was not what they thought, and they looked at each other in bewilderment.
Thinking back to what they had just said to He Fei, she felt like fainting.
"Ms. He, I'm sorry."
"No," He Fei said, "I can't accept your apology."
The elder knew this matter couldn't be resolved peacefully, and glared fiercely at the servants.
A bunch of good-for-nothings who only know how to cause trouble.
They dared not utter a word of complaint after being glared at by the elder. They all knelt before He Fei and said, "Miss He, we were blind and looked down on you. We hope you will be magnanimous and not hold it against us." Their faces were full of flattery and obsequiousness, completely different from the people who had looked down on He Fei just now.
He Fei could tell from their attitude towards her that they probably treated Chen Qin in a similar way. She was determined to teach them a lesson for Chen Qin, so the Grand Elder's plan to let the matter drop was likely to fail.
He Fei looked at the one with the most fawning face and said, "Heh, if I remember correctly, you were the one who said you wanted me to play with you?"
The person pointed at by He Fei froze on his obsequious face and said, "This, Miss He, you misunderstand, that's not what I meant."
"It was all my rambling nonsense. Miss He is a person of exceptional talent and wisdom. I apologize to Miss He for what I said earlier." As he spoke, he slapped himself hard.
He Fei ignored them and instead looked at the Grand Elder. The Grand Elder understood what He Fei meant and felt even more resentful of the useless servants.
The elder then addressed the group, saying, “Each of you will now receive one hundred strokes of the cane. As for those who spoke rudely to Miss He earlier, add another one hundred strokes.”
The man who was punished with two hundred strokes of the cane turned pale instantly. Even if he was in good health, two hundred strokes would have been enough to take away most of his life.
But he dared not say anything, because he knew that with the Grand Elder's ruthlessness, if he said anything to plead for him, the Grand Elder might give him another hundred lashes, and then he might not even be able to save his life.
In comparison, two hundred strokes of the cane was already quite good. After thinking it through, the servant kowtowed several times to He Fei and the Grand Elder, saying with the utmost gratitude, "This humble servant thanks Miss He and the Grand Elder."
Then, after receiving instructions from the Grand Elder, they all got up from the ground and went to collect their punishments.
After the servants left, the elder asked, "What brings Miss He here today?"
"What, according to the Grand Elder, I should also inform the Grand Elder?"
The elder choked for a moment, then quickly said, "Miss He, you've misunderstood. Of course, that's not what I meant."
"I was just thinking that if I had known earlier that Miss He was coming, I could have instructed my household to treat her well."
"Now that Miss He has suddenly come to visit, I am in a state of panic. It would be bad if I neglected her."
“No need for all that trouble,” He Fei said. “I just came to visit my future sister-in-law today, but I didn’t expect the servants at the Grand Elder’s residence to be so obedient to the Grand Elder, constantly blocking me from going in.”
The elder said, "It was these servants who were ignorant. Because Qin'er is not well, I was afraid that someone would break in and disturb her, so I instructed them to guard her carefully. I didn't expect them to be so stupid and misunderstand my meaning. I hope Miss He will forgive me."
He Fei said, "I thought the Grand Elder was deliberately targeting my brother and me, preventing us from coming."
"How could that be?" The elder almost lost his smile and said, "However, I don't know if Qin'er is available to receive guests right now, and I'm worried that Qin'er might be too naive and offend Miss He."
"She's engaged to my brother and will be my future sister-in-law, so she must be a sensible person. I'll go in first, but I don't know, Elder?"
He Fei's words clearly indicated that she did not want to go in with the Grand Elder. The Grand Elder said, "Since Miss He wants to go in to visit Qin'er, then I will not disturb Miss He. If Miss He needs anything, she can send a servant to find me at any time."
He Fei nodded, ignored the Grand Elder, and went straight into Chen Qin's courtyard.
Chen Qin woke up a little late today. As soon as she woke up, she heard people talking outside the yard. After getting dressed, Chen Qin pushed her wheelchair out.
I had just stepped out of the room when I saw someone.
Chen Qin was taken aback. "Fei'er, what brings you here?"
"Sister Qin." Upon seeing Chen Qin, He Fei finally smiled and said, "Sister Qin, I came here today specifically to see you."
"I think I heard people talking outside just now. Did something happen?"
Chen Qin's face showed disgust as she thought of the servants and the Grand Elder's actions. She said, "Sister Qin, let's go in first, and I'll tell you after we're inside."
"it is good."
He Fei pushed Chen Qin's wheelchair inside. Once inside, she told Chen Qin what had happened outside the courtyard and couldn't help but say, "The Grand Elder is too wicked."
Chen Qin was already well aware of how cold the Grand Elder was to her. As for the Grand Elder sending people to stop anyone from seeing her, Chen Qin had also noticed, but she simply chose not to pay attention to it.