NCCnovel Chapter 264 Old Woman
Chapter 264 Old Woman
Chapter 264
Just as she was extremely anxious and didn't know how to respond, she raised her eyes slightly and saw Chun Xing and Chun Tao standing opposite her. Between them stood a woman wearing a veil and her face could not be seen clearly.
"It's Sister Yao," she thought, feeling a sudden sense of relief. Although Sister Yao wasn't very old, she felt her presence would resolve the situation. Fang Yue Niang wanted to step forward, but she realized everyone's gaze was focused on her. After a moment's thought, she forced herself to hold back, stopping to look at the person opposite her.
Luo Shuiyao's eyes, hidden behind the veil of her hat, met her gaze from a distance. Naturally, she noticed the look in her eyes and knew that she had seen her.
The old woman was now slumped on the ground, slapping her thighs with her hands and wailing at the top of her lungs: "My granddaughter, my poor granddaughter! Grandma worked so hard to raise you, why do you have such a miserable life?"
The old woman deliberately dragged out her voice to sound extremely sorrowful, but when Luo Shuiyao looked closely, she found that she was howling with her eyes narrowed, without a single tear rolling down her cheeks.
When Luo Shuiyao first saw this scene, she felt something was amiss. How could a grandmother who doted on her granddaughter simply throw her to the ground and deny her access to help? Now, looking at the old woman's expression and recalling the incidents she had witnessed in modern times, she suddenly understood: she was blackmailing someone, using her granddaughter's life as a pretext.
If that's the case, then it will be easy. Luo Shuiyao leaned over and whispered a few words in Chuntao and Chunxing's ears. Then she gently pressed down Chunxing's hand that was protecting her body, walked out of the crowd, and approached the old woman step by step.
Seeing this, the old woman's crying stopped abruptly. She stared at Luo Shuiyao with a vigilant look on her face and asked, "Who are you? What do you want to do? Are you going to kill us poor grandparents in public?"
Luo Shuiyao almost sneered, thinking that this old woman was really full of drama. With just one sentence, she had attracted those who hadn't noticed the situation and didn't understand the situation to stand on her side. As expected, someone in the crowd shouted, "Who are you? What is your relationship with Qingyu Tower? Why are you so close to these grandparents? Are you planning to kill them?"
Someone else chimed in, "There are so many of us here, and there are government officials waiting nearby. What kind of power is behind Qingyu Tower? Don't they really take the lives of ordinary people seriously?"
"Don't get close to her, stop immediately, or don't blame us for being rude!"
When some emotionally excited people rushed forward, Fang Yueyue's mother took the lead and stood in front of them. The people from Qingyu Tower beside her also formed an arch to block those excited people.
Luo Shuiyao turned around, bowed to the crowd, and said, "I'm just a passerby, everyone, there's no need to get so excited. I just wanted to see how this little girl is doing. Don't let her grandmother, who doesn't understand the situation, make a fuss and let her die. It would be such a pity if something happened to a girl of her age."
The crowd on the sidelines had already been booing, and although they didn't back off, their excitement faded. Someone loudly questioned, "How do we know what you're saying is true?"
Luo Shuiyao pointed at the several yamen runners who had just helped maintain order and said, "The government officials are guarding here, what can I do to them? The current emperor is wise, if I really did something bad in public, do you think I could get away with it?"
As she spoke, she bowed deeply towards the Imperial City. Seeing her calm and rational, everyone gradually calmed down and echoed, "Yes, the current emperor will not cover up. If someone really commits a crime in public, even the royal family will not escape punishment. It is we who have been negligent."
Luo Shuiyao smiled slightly, her voice clear and bright: "I also know that you are all kind people, so I am acting like this. It is a blessing for our Zhou Dynasty to have you. But don't you think this is quite strange?"
As she spoke, she pointed at the old woman who was so proud of herself because of everyone's protection.
Seeing everyone calmed down, the old woman's expression darkened again. Then, she abruptly stood up, hands on hips, and stood in front of the girl lying on the ground. She looked like someone who was not to be trifled with. "Strange? What's strange? You said you had nothing to do with Qingyu Tower, so why are you standing up?" the old woman roared.
Luo Shuiyao didn't care about her ferocious appearance at all, and said calmly, "It's nothing, I just saw injustice. You incited the people around you to support you, but it happened that you didn't incite me, so I wanted to ask for details."
As she spoke, she took a step forward and said, "Grandma, you are so vigilant now. Have you really done something wrong?"
The old lady subconsciously took a step back, almost stepping on the little girl, and quickly dodged to the side. Seeing that everyone around was watching, but no one stood up to speak for her, she sat down on the ground again and wailed at the top of her lungs: "I have lived a clean life. What sinful deeds have I done to make my granddaughter become like this? Qingyu Tower is so cruel! Little girl, you can't even tell right from wrong, but you help others. You have no conscience. No one will dare to marry you in the future. You are just a money-loser!"
"Money-losing good?" Luo Shuiyao pondered these three words over and over in her mind, her eyes falling on the pale and ugly little girl lying on the ground. She was almost certain in her heart what the old lady had done.
"Very good." She didn't get angry, her voice still clear and pleasant. "You keep saying that it was the food from the Green Jade Tower that made your granddaughter like this. Then tell me first. I've also eaten at the Green Jade Tower a few times. What did your granddaughter eat?"
The old woman hadn't expected her to ask this question so suddenly. The excuse she had prepared didn't work. After two seconds of hesitation, she said, "That's because I ate the egg yolk pastry."
"Egg yolk pastry?" Luo Shuiyao pressed on. "Then can you tell me what it looks like and what's inside it?"
The old woman was once again stuck. She had never eaten it, so how could she know what it looked like? But since the name had both "egg" and "crispy," she figured it must be made with eggs. With that in mind, she evaded the question, saying, "How could I, an old woman, know what's inside such a delicate thing? I just know it's made with eggs."
Luo Shuiyao smiled and raised her hand to greet Fang Yueniang, who then took a box of pastries from the waiter behind her and handed it to her. After displaying all the pastries sold at Qingyu Tower, Luo Shuiyao casually picked up a snow-white pastry, held it out to the old woman, and said, "Tell me, is the egg yolk pastry you're eating the same as this? If not, then it's definitely not from Qingyu Tower. I've eaten this Qingyu Tower egg yolk pastry before, and it looks like this."