A lady next door paused for a moment and said, "You better answer that, has something happened?"
Zhou Ting replied with an "Mhm," and as soon as she pressed the button on her phone, she heard Xu Ziqing's sobbing, sobs pouring out over the line. She was so scared that she immediately pushed away the mahjong tiles and asked anxiously, "Xiaoqing, what's wrong with you? Where are you? Why are you crying? Tell Mommy, who bullied you?"
"Mom—I, I'm at Xinhong Garden—just now, as soon as my cousin and I got back, Xia Weiyi threatened us with scissors, and she even cut all of my cousin's clothes off—she said I'm just Ye Che's lover, completely unworthy of living here."
Though she was weeping, her voice was exceptionally loud and clear, and not a single word failed to reach the ears of Old Madam Ye sitting next to Zhou Ting.
Upon hearing this, the old lady snatched the phone away and asked, "Xiaoqing, what grievances have you suffered? Tell Granny, and Granny will make it right for you!"
