She Became A Downfall Noble Lady

Lady Han’s face turned stormy immediately, "Oh, Ye Zi, you can’t be this heartless. You think you’ve got it all figured out, trying to save yourself some trouble by saying you’re letting Big Aunt take care of Qi Jia, but aren’t you just scheming against our Sanshun? Most of the time, it’s our Sanshun playing with him, you can’t be so ungrateful! My Sanshun is also a child we cherish, not a servant to entertain your child."

Lady Han’s voice grew louder and louder, and the last two lines came out as a quarrel.

"What are you talking about! Can’t you do something that makes the younger generation respect you? Can’t you keep it down?" The door of the main room opened, and Lady Wang hurried out, scolding Lady Han.

The second son’s wife was becoming more and more disgraceful; Ye Xinyan used to often deliver Qi Jia to Lady Xu, and every time there would be some idle gossip. She hadn’t paid much attention to it at first and had stirred up trouble. It wasn’t until Lady Han was screeching at the top of her lungs that she realized something was wrong.

Lady Han still felt wronged. Pointing at Ye Xinyan and Lady Xu, she said, "Mother, you didn’t see it, the child from Second Uncle’s family is too bullying."

As soon as Ye Xinyan heard Lady Han speak about Qi Jia like that, she became infuriated as though her Qi Jia was being treated like a burden, and worst of all, these words were said in front of the child, which was too detestable.

Suppressing her anger, she smiled at Lady Wang and called together with Qi Jia, "Great Aunt." Calmly taking the small basket from Qi Jia’s hands, she pushed it into Lady Xu’s arms, took Qi Jia by the hand, and then sternly said to Lady Han:

"Second Aunt, your Shunzi must also be a child you cherish, and following his elder cousin, he must also work hard, which I have no control over. However, the small food shop belongs to the second branch of the Qi family. Since the children of Second Uncle and Second Aunt are so precious, I dare not employ your child to do menial tasks in a small storefront. I will send word to my mama right away to have Ershun sent back immediately, and there’s no need for him to go there in the future."

Ye Xinyan finished speaking, took Qi Jia by the hand, and turned to walk away.

She would rather do a bit more work herself and look after Qi Jia than let others disdain him and treat him as a burden.