Chapter 600: Episode 320: Had someone beat him up.
The slap landed on the table, causing a muffled "thud," startling the little walnut quite a bit, but he didn’t cry immediately—just pursed his lips in a wronged way.
Meng Yuhuai, seeing this, felt somewhat displeased, clicked his tongue, and took little walnut into his arms, cradling his head with his big, cautious palm and hugging him securely. He glanced at Hua Xiaomai and lowered his voice, "How can you be so thoughtless? What if you scare him badly?"
Lately, he had gained more confidence in holding children, but his muscles were too stiff, making little walnut uncomfortable, who started flailing his legs and arms. Hua Xiaomai also felt somewhat guilty and murmured, looking down, "Alright, alright, it’s my fault, isn’t it? I truly didn’t mean to...just couldn’t hold back my anger at the moment..."
This whole affair was enough to make her blood boil.
Selling a daughter to a wealthy family, what kind of concept was that?
To put it nicely, she was going to be a cook, but in reality, wasn’t she just a servant at someone else’s beck and call? Subject to the supervision of senior chefs, and inevitably ostracized by others, with Zhou Yunyun’s meek nature, it would be strange if she wasn’t bullied!
If she only had to withstand some grievances in the kitchen, that would be one thing, but the girl was also quite pretty, timid yet charming. If by chance someone in the family took a fancy to her and caused some trouble, it could really be...
Zhou Qing was planning to sell Zhou Yunyun for twelve or twenty taels of silver, such a high price signified it was likely for a dead contract, and the girl’s whole life thereafter would not be hers to decide. Zhou Qing was callous to this extent—if she, as Yunyun’s mentor, stood by idly, what would that make her?
She lowered her head and took little walnut back into her arms to gently console him, and as she did, she lifted her eyes and said, "My heart feels so heavy, Yunyun is so pitiful, with such a father. She never had a peaceful day since childhood. Finally, she started to learn cooking with me, started to stand out, seemed like she finally had some prospects, and then her father immediately came up with the idea to sell her... You should’ve seen how that girl cried today. Usually at the shop, she still has to hold it in desperately. How can I..."
"I know it’s hard for you, but..." Meng Yuhuai started with a frown, but then a cheerful shout came from outside.
"No holding back, I’m really here to sponge a meal off you!"