"What do you think you are doing, Meiyi? How dare you hold my hand like this?" Lin Su Yi was stupefied seeing Yun Meiyi hold her wrist like that.
Earlier, she had intended to slap her and then humiliate her but she never knew that, before her hand could even strike her face, the girl would be courageous enough to step back in her stance and hold it up in mid-air.
Her eyes saw red when she saw the unwavering expression on Yun Meiyi's face. She tried to pull back her hand from her clutches but no matter how much strength she put, the hold on her wrist was all firm, retraining the middle-aged lady in her movements.
"Meiyi, did you forget your manners?" Lin Su Yi bellowed and her exasperation like that only made Yun Meiyi curl her lips in a disdainful smile that did nothing but mocked the woman.
"Didn't Aunt Lin say that I still need to understand my manners? If I have not understood them, how do you think I could remember them? Of course, I have forgotten it all." Yun Meiyi said, matching Lin Su Yi's eyes sharply.
The woman couldn't believe her ears. Yun Meiyi was fifteen-years-old when she was brought back by the Old Master. And in all these years, this was the first time she had heard her talk back at her. Of course, she wasn't expecting it like this. So, when she heard her speak, she paused for a while to comprehend what actually had happened.
And when she realized it, her whole body shook with anger. "Meiyi, you …" Before she could say more, Yun Meiyi released her hand and took a step back to maintain a comfortable distance between them.
Then turning to look at the old butler, she said politely, "Butler Qin, can you please go and ask some maids to help me pack my stuff. If I don't hurry, I fear that Aunt Lin's blood pressure would definitely shoot up, if I stay here for longer."
Her words gave the feeling of estrangement that left Lin Su Yi at a loss of words.
While the butler didn't move from his position. He persisted in changing the decision of the girl. He was concerned that if the girl walked out of the place, she might not survive. And in the absence of Old Master, no one from the family would go to look for her. His aged heart ached for her. After all, she had always been a pure soul working and learning for the benefit of the family. Same as her mother.
"Elder Miss, please think twice. This might not be the right decision." He said and Yun Meiyi gave a smile of assurance to him before reaching out to hold his hands into hers.
"I will be fine. please don't say more. I won't be able to accept your words even if you say it a thousand times." She said, and at those words, the butler understood that the girl had made up her mind strictly. There was no way to change it. Even though stubbornness was not her nature, he could see that something had greatly changed in her.
In the end, giving a nod of politeness, he left to follow her words.
Lin Su Yi was caught up in her own thoughts. It took her some while when she finally understood what the girl had said. Feeling the hint of insult in her words, she boomed, "Meiyi, what does that mean? Don't you know that you can't order people in this house? Not even the maids." She yelled, suppressing the pitch of her voice.
If it had been Yun Meiyi before she would have flinched at that tone, cowering back to avoid the situation. But this time Yun Meiyi stood at her place, matching her gaze with the woman as if she no longer cared to offend her.
"I wouldn't have asked Butler Qin to help me if I wouldn't have to stop here to talk to you, Aunt Lin. You have said right, I never held the habit of ordering people around like Jiaqi." She said as from the corner of her eyes she saw Jiaqi coming downstairs as well.
Just a glance at her conscious stature and Yun Meiyi could tell the story she was hiding. Her lips curled up as she smirked threateningly at Yun Jiaqi.
Lin Su Yi didn't miss that smirk. That curve on the corner of her lips put her in great dissatisfaction. The plan with which she had come here earlier, failed terribly. Furthermore, she still couldn't accept that actually Yun Meiyi held her hand when she raised it to slap her.
"Meiyi, why are you looking that way towards Jiaqi? Don't think that I did not know what you did back at the party yesterday. How could you be so shameless? You actually slandered your sister and brother-in-law in front of so many people? Do you not fear that you would smear the name of our Yun family?"
Taking a strong stand as the house mistress, Lin Su Yi said in a reprimanding tone. Yun Jiaqi flinched and at once came to the side of her mother to stop her from saying more. Her gaze wavered as she couldn't dare to stare up at Yun Meiyi. Last night when she acted viciously, she thought she had won over her. But after thinking about the matter overnight, fear rose in her heart.
After all, she was the first one to notice the change in her attitude. In the past when she planned to give her the poison, she thought that she could easily intimidate Meiyi. In spite of everything that happened to her, Meiyi would not think to ruin the name and happiness of the family. She would give in and take the defeat, without uttering a word. Hence no one would know about her deed.
But after what happened yesterday, she couldn't be any surer of that. Yun Jiaqi was scared of her telling everybody that she was poisoned and it was no one but her, who poisoned her.
"Ma, please don't lose your patience. YiYi has come back home after a whole night, let her rest. Yesterday must have been hard for her." Yun Jiaqi said, trying her best to handle the situation for her profit.
But there was something else in the plans of her mother. Seeing Yun Meiyi getting silent all of a sudden, Lin Su Yi thought that she had frightened her enough. So, not backing away, she hmphed to add more to intimidate her.
"What must be hard for her? After making things hard for you and Su Yang, she must be enjoying with her friends all night." She said and before she could say more, a thunderous chuckle astounded everyone around.
Lin Su Yi paused, flinching at the sound while Yun Jiaqi's expression turned all pale.