Chapter 166: Truth

Upon seeing the scene before her, Su Ruo's eyes flared with fury, yet the madam showed utter submission, not resisting even when struck, and actually knelt before Guihua.

Guihua bent down, reached out to touch the madam's face, her eyes filled with brutality, lust, and malice, and even her features began to twist and distort.

Her face seemed to split in half—one half her own, the other half that of a middle‑aged man.

The sinister grin issuing from his mouth instantly gave Su Ruo a chilling sensation.

The madam's submission did not make him stop; his gaze grew even more vicious.

At the moment Su Ruo saw him order the madam to remove her upper garment, lie on the bed, take out a whip, and lash her repeatedly, she could no longer hold back; she sprang to her feet and told Si Yannian, "Take me to the Medicine Hall immediately!"

At this moment, Su Ruo could think of nothing else; she no longer cared what her master's plan was, nor whether her actions would ruin it.

Su Ruo's mind held only one thought: she must absolutely not let the madam be persecuted by this demon any further.

Although Si Yannian didn't know what had happened to make the usually composed Su Ruo so agitated, he asked nothing, immediately started the car, and sped toward the Medicine Hall at top speed.

The school was only a ten‑minute drive from the Medicine Hall, but for Su Ruo those ten minutes felt extraordinarily long.

She watched the madam bite down on a silk handkerchief while kneeling on the ground; her smooth, jade‑like back was covered in crisscrossing wounds—new scars layered over old ones—clearly this was not the first time she had suffered such abuse, and who knows how many times it had happened without their knowledge.

Su Ruo's eyes burned with rage, her gaze so icy it could kill.

Si Yannian also sensed that Su Ruo's emotions were off, and unconsciously pressed the accelerator a little harder.

A few minutes later, Su Ruo finally reached the Medicine Hall; without knocking, she leapt up and vaulted over the wall with both hands.

Ji Linye stood in the courtyard, watching the junior sister descend from the sky, and was instantly startled; he was about to speak when Su Ruo rushed past like a gust of wind.

She ran straight toward the madam's room.

Right behind her followed Si Yannian.

Even if Ji Linye were slow‑witted, he would now know that anything capable of making the junior sister climb over the wall in the dead of night must be a major incident.

So he also trailed behind the two, running toward the madam's room.

The commotion likewise alerted Senior Brother Wen Xiuyuan and the master.

Before they could ask, Su Ruo kicked the madam's door open, saw her kneeling on the bed, grabbed the bedsheet, and threw it over her.

This sudden change startled Guihua; the madam's gaze toward Su Ruo held only surprise and delight.

"How—"

Before Guihua could finish her sentence, Su Ruo kicked her flying; she landed on the ground, slid several meters, and spat out a mouthful of blood.

When Ji Linye and the others arrived, they were all startled, but seeing Su Ruo's murderous stare, they dared not ask any further.

Su Ruo wrapped the madam tightly in a blanket, holding her close; she could still feel the madam's body trembling, and sensing her fear only deepened Su Ruo's hatred.

She looked at Guihua on the ground as if she were a corpse.

Yet Guihua, unafraid of death, climbed up and demanded, "What right do you have to hit me!"

No sooner had she spoken than Su Ruo kicked up a floor tile from the ground, which struck Guihua squarely on the mouth.

Instantly several of her teeth were knocked out, and her mouth filled with blood.

Seeing this, Ji Linye felt a sudden toothache, shivered involuntarily, and thought the junior sister was excessively ruthless.

Even battered thus, Guihua glared furiously at Su Ruo, speaking through her wind‑leaking, swollen lips: "What right do you have to hit me……"

As Su Ruo prepared to strike again, Yan Jiu shouted, "Stop!"

Yan Jiu fixed a stern gaze on Su Ruo and demanded, "Speak! What exactly happened that made you risk climbing over the wall in the middle of the night to assault someone?"

Guihua immediately burst into tears, pleading to Yan Jiu, "Sir… you… must give me justice… otherwise… I… cannot go on……"

Ji Linye, Wen Xiuyuan, and everyone present turned their eyes to Su Ruo, eager to know why she had suddenly acted this way.

Yet this involved the madam's reputation; Su Ruo could not speak of it before so many, but if she stayed silent, the master would never learn Guihua's true nature and what she had done to the madam.

So, after a moment's thought, Su Ruo said, "Master, let me go inside and explain."

Then she walked over, lifted Guihua with one hand, and threw her straight into the room.

This matter really needed the party involved to be present for a proper reckoning.

Guihua hit the floor with a loud "aiyo" cry, instantly feeling as if her bones were about to fall apart.

Ji Linye shuddered all over, instinctively ducking his head, and felt the junior sister was excessively violent.

Yan Jiu frowned deeply, yet followed Su Ruo inside.

With a bang, Su Ruo shut the door, completely cutting off everyone's view.

Guihua still tried to rise and shout at Su Ruo, but a single glance from Su Ruo left her too frightened to move.

"Speak! What on earth happened to deserve such an uproar?" Yan Jiu looked at Su Ruo; in just a few days he seemed to have aged many years, his face marked by unprecedented fatigue.

Su Ruo said nothing; instead, she pulled back part of the blanket covering the madam, exposing her back.

Because she knew that no amount of explanation could match the persuasiveness of seeing it with one's own eyes.

But what Su Ruo did not expect was that the madam's back was smooth as jade, completely unblemished.

Yan Jiu frowned at Su Ruo, puzzled as to what she wanted him to see.

Guihua wore a smug expression, though her current state was so miserable it looked almost comic.

Not only Su Ruo, but even 001 looked bewildered, unable to understand why this had happened.

Guihua spoke through her wind‑leaking lips: "Sir… I… am wronged… ah… I was just… giving the lady a bath… when she rushed up and hit me……"

Su Ruo glanced at the ground; even the whip had turned into a towel.

Su Ruo stared at Guihua's fearless gaze; evidently she had prepared for this all along.