My Princess Holds Superpowers

Chapter 67: 67 eavesdropping must not be discovered

“You all say that I favor Jiujiu and the fourth child, but what you don’t know is that my heart is filled with hatred!”

“The third child is the one I feel most sorry for. When he was little, it was me who didn’t want to look after him, I owe him that much. So even when he later wanted to marry into another family, I agreed. I thought to myself, this child never had good days in our household, maybe things would improve if he left.”

“But it’s different for the eldest and the second child. I breastfed them until they were weaned. To have a chance to glance at them, I got up in the middle of the night to finish all the household chores, just so I could spend time with them during the day. But what I got for daytime was just heavier tasks.”

“Especially the eldest, my very first child—how could I not dote on him?”

“But they recognized Miss Li as their mother, they were taught to say that I was not their mother.”

“You have no idea how much I hated it when I heard the second child say that. I wanted to flay Miss Li alive—these are my children whom I carried for ten months, having to feed them with my very flesh and blood!”

“Miss Li thinks she’s suffered just by doing some household chores, but compared to what I went through back then, can that even be called suffering?”

“Old lady, it’s me who let you down…” No one knew the hardships Madam He had endured better than Old Master Ye. He too was pained by those days when she worked all day and still struggled to continue working at night. However, he wasn’t just facing Miss Li, but also his own biological mother, so sometimes he truly had no choice but to compromise.

Old Master Ye was moved by the words, but he didn’t see the hidden sarcasm at the corner of Madam He’s mouth.

She had been heartbroken and had felt sorry, but after so many years, facing those two ingrates, it wasn’t that she despised them, but she just couldn’t feel the same tenderness for them anymore.

All that was left was a bit of blood relation that, in the end, made them somewhat closer than strangers. “I, Madam He, am a straightforward person. I don’t have the scheming, pitiful tricks like Miss Li does. And I’m not afraid to tell you, I absolutely hate her, I wish I could strip her flesh and pull her tendons.”

“I am not afraid of suffering, at most it’s just about doing some extra work. But because of her instigation, now all three of my children are alienated from me. She’s ruined a large part of my life, just having her to do some chores is far too lenient.”

Madam He’s words left Old Master Ye without a rebuttal; indeed, Miss Li currently had it much easier compared to Madam He back then.

However, Old Master Ye ignored the fact that it was winter, and naturally, there wasn’t much work to do.

Ye Jiu was only vaguely aware of the hardships Madam He had suffered when she was younger due to Miss Li’s interference, but she had never known the extent of Madam He’s suffering was far beyond what she had imagined.

Resentment for stealing her husband and hatred for taking her children, no wonder Madam He insisted on keeping Miss Li under her watchful eye to grind her down.

Ye Jiu felt sorry for their family’s old madam.

When Ye Jiu turned around, she saw Ye Qinghua’s eyes red and brimming with tears, as if she was about to cry.

Since it was eavesdropping to begin with, Ye Jiu, afraid of being discovered by Madam He and Old Master Ye inside, quickly took Qinghua’s hand and ran.

Outside the Ye Family’s main gate, Ye Jiu glared at Qinghua with irritation, “Why are you crying for no reason? We were eavesdropping. What if your grandma finds out, do you want to be beaten again?”

Madam He cared about her reputation. If she knew her grievances had been overheard by the younger generation, she would surely be furious.

Given her own position in Madam He’s heart, she might not be in trouble, but Qinghua likely would suffer.