Chapter 217: Doing Anything for the Child

Sheng Hanyu hurriedly pulled the little girl into his arms to protect her, glaring angrily at Shi Youxuan, meaning: Why be so fierce? She is still just a child.

Shi Youxuan is usually very kind to the servants, but when it comes to the issue of educating children, she cannot be opposed!

Even if Zhu Yiwen opposed her educational methods, she would turn hostile on the spot, let alone Alisha, who is just a new servant.

"Let her go, do you hear me?"

Sheng Hanyu did not let go, only shaking his head incessantly.

Shi Ran is still too young to understand the gravity of the situation; she only knows that anyone who protects her is a good person.

"Don't let go, Alisha, don't let go of me, Mommy is a big bad egg, Alisha is better than Mommy..." The child spoke without restraint; she just felt very aggrieved, thinking it was wrong to be punished after going to pick a peach for Mommy.

But these words, heard in Shi Youxuan's ears, carried another layer of meaning.

Shi Youxuan felt that Alisha had taught her daughter to be bad; usually, Xiaozhu never said that anyone was better than Mommy.

Even if she beat Xiaozhu until her bottom was swollen, Mommy was still the best!

Now, it's fine; she hadn't even hit her once, and Alisha was already better than Mommy.

Shi Youxuan felt the threat coming from Alisha; this person could not stay. She had been here for less than a day and had already coaxed her daughter like this; if this went on for a long time, it wouldn't be certain whose child it was.

"Someone, pull them apart and send the young miss back to her room!"

She called out loudly for the servants to forcibly separate the two; Shi Ran was carried back to her room, and Sheng Hanyu was left in the living room.

The little girl cried the whole way.

Crying while shouting: "Mommy is unreasonable, she is a bad person."

"Don't hit Alisha, she is a good person..."

The more Shi Youxuan heard, the angrier she became.

Of course, she could not let people hit Alisha because of this; the punishment she had for him was much more serious than a beating.

She took off a red gold bracelet from her wrist and handed it to him: "Alisha, you saved the young miss's life, I haven't had time to thank you yet. This bracelet is for you; if you want anything else, just ask."

Sheng Hanyu took the bracelet and put it on his own wrist.

Then he shook his head, meaning he didn't want anything else; he was satisfied with just this one thing.

The reason he accepted the bracelet was because it was something Shi Youxuan had worn.

When a person has a prejudice against another, they will feel that everything that person does is wrong.

Sheng Hanyu accepted the bracelet and asked for nothing else, so Shi Youxuan thought he was playing hard to get, wanting to scheme for more things.

Asking for nothing would be suspicious, and asking for too much would be considered greedy, so she could tolerate him even less.

She mocked: "I advise you to be sensible; don't think that just because you don't want anything, I will hold you in high regard. That's impossible."

"Now that the opportunity is placed before you, you should cherish it well, lest you regret it later."

Sheng Hanyu felt that Shi Youxuan had changed from before; now she had more of the dignity of a superior and less of her former liveliness.

The former Shi Youxuan would absolutely never say such things; she would have felt it wasn't a big deal, but now it seemed wrong!

Sheng Hanyu sensed a crisis, but he still shook his head, indicating he wanted nothing.

"You are fired," Shi Youxuan announced coldly, then ended the conversation and turned to go upstairs.

She had already given the opportunity; it was she herself who didn't want it, so she couldn't blame others!

Shi Youxuan had thought she would be unconvinced and would make a scene.

But she did not expect this person to be so bold; he actually blocked her path, hoping to stay with an earnest look.

"Impossible."

She refused flatly, but still gave him a chance: "I will give you one last chance. You can ask for material compensation; as long as it's not excessive, I will try my best to satisfy you, but staying is absolutely out of the question."

She waited for a few seconds, and Alisha suddenly grabbed her hand and dragged her toward the kitchen.

Shi Youxuan was shocked: "What are you doing?"

The hall was full of Zhu Family servants and bodyguards; naturally, they wouldn't watch this bold servant drag the Madam away.

Some servants tried to pull their hands apart, and bodyguards blocked the path in front of Sheng Hanyu, warning him to let her go immediately, otherwise they would be impolite!

"Alisha, you had better be smart and let me go immediately, otherwise you will be in big trouble. This is Zhu Zhai; it will not tolerate your wild behavior!" Shi Youxuan was very calm; this calmness was clearly the composure of someone who had been through great storms.

He could not explain now, and even less could he speak.

Sheng Hanyu suddenly turned and pulled Shi Youxuan into his arms, his fingers pinching her artery!

The people in the house exploded at once.

"What are you doing?"

"Let go of our Madam, or we'll take your life!"

"Go report to the Head of the Family quickly..."

The servants were in a mess; the Madam had been kidnapped right under their noses, and no one would be able to escape responsibility once the Head of the Family returned.

"If you let me go now, I can pretend nothing happened; it's still not too late to turn back..." Shi Youxuan was very calm, composedly persuading Alisha.

While speaking, Sheng Hanyu had already brought her to the kitchen.

Sheng Hanyu let her go, quickly opened the refrigerator, took out the peach, and held it up in front of Shi Youxuan.

Once the Madam was released, the bodyguards swarmed up immediately to restrain Alisha.

The peach was taken and handed to Shi Youxuan; Sheng Hanyu wanted to tell her that this was the peach her daughter had given her, and that she had braved the scorching sun at noon just to give her this peach.

He hoped she wouldn't misunderstand her daughter and would be a little better to the little girl.

However, with his hands and feet restrained, he couldn't gesture at all.

"Madam, should we lock her in the Dark Room?" the bodyguard asked.

The Dark Room was the place in the house specifically for punishing servants who made big mistakes; no one who went in came out well.

Shi Youxuan shook her head: "No need, let her go, let her leave."

From the moment she saw this peach, she knew she had misunderstood Alisha, and had also misunderstood her daughter.

However, Alisha still had to be sent away; the relationship between her and Shi Ran was developing too quickly, which was not a good thing.

Sheng Hanyu was kicked out of Zhu Zhai less than a day after moving in; he was unwilling to give up and still demanded to see Shi Youxuan.

Shi Youxuan refused to see him, so he stood guard at the entrance and refused to leave.

……

Shi Ran was carried back to her room by a servant, but no matter how they coaxed her, it was no use.

She cried and made a scene incessantly, insisting on having Alisha, and even threw a tantrum, smashing things and throwing her dolls!

Although the young miss was usually mischievous, her temper had always been very good, and she had never thrown a tantrum like she did today.

The servant had no choice but to go find the mistress to decide what to do.

Shi Youxuan returned to her room only to hear the servant report that the young miss was throwing a tantrum, the kind that no one could control.

"What is she making a fuss about?" Shi Youxuan's face fell, her gaze like a torch, and the servant didn't even dare to look her in the eye.

The servant replied tremblingly: "Be, because of Alisha; the young miss is crying and insisting on only her, and no one else can coax her."

Shi Youxuan arrived at Shi Ran's room; although the little girl was no longer throwing a major tantrum, her face was covered in tears, and she was sobbing intermittently.

She had been full of anger, but upon seeing her daughter, half of it vanished immediately.

The servant brought over a hot towel, and Shi Youxuan took it to wipe her daughter's face herself: "What are you making a fuss about? You are throwing such a big tantrum just because of someone you've known for less than a day; if she told you not to want Mommy, would you not want me either?"

"No."