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Chapter 577 - 567: The Ploy of Self-Injury

Chapter 577: Chapter 567: The Ploy of Self-Injury

Before the hundred lashes were finished, Bai Shengyu collapsed on the ground, unconscious.

The old butler stopped the whip, silently awaiting instructions from the old lady, who was still fingering the Buddha beads with her eyes closed.

After a long while, there came a sigh, "Continue."

The old butler’s graying eyebrows couldn’t help but tremble as he lifted the whip again.

He was actually quite surprised that the second young master couldn’t even endure a hundred lashes.

Given his age, the old butler thought that his control over the family punishment had become much lighter than before, and he had expected the second young master to withstand the hundred lashes.

The whip came down again on the bloodied back, and even though the person was unconscious, the muscles still twitched involuntarily, accompanied by the old lady’s voice filled with both disappointment and frustration.

"I was well aware of his debauchery all these years, but seeing that he was my only child’s son, I was lenient. I never thought that one day, I, Tang Jiaoyun, would end up spoiling such a scoundrel!"

"The harsher the beating, the better, or else I won’t even be able to save his life!"

The old butler only knew that today, his friend in charge of guarding the Bai Family’s old estate personally brought in a tall, strong young man directly into the old lady’s courtyard and left after more than half an hour.

Though he was the steward of this old estate, a confidant of the old lady, he wasn’t privy to everything.

He only knew that after the young man left, the old lady looked unprecedentedly grim, almost prompting him to call the family doctor to standby.

Then the second young master was summoned back.

At that, he guessed the second young master had caused trouble, so much so that it had been reported directly to the old lady, hence her fury.

But when the hundred lashes were given, he realized his guess had been too conservative.

How serious must the trouble be for the old lady to utter such words?

When the hundred lashes ended, even the old butler’s hands were sore beyond measure.

Not to mention Bai Shengyu, lying weakly on the ground and barely breathing, looking much like a dead dog, to be blunt.

Calling in the family doctor waiting outside the ancestral hall, Tang Jiaoyun instructed, "Apply medicine to him, and make sure he’s awake and standing by five in the afternoon."

The family doctor looked at Bai Shengyu’s back, covered in blood and mess.

This is asking the impossible of me!

But after all, he was receiving the old lady’s considerable salary.

So she still sought confirmation, "Old lady, may I use any means necessary?"

"Yes."

Then that’s fine.

While Bai Shengyu was being tended to for his whip wounds by the family doctor and her assistant, the guest hall of the Bai Family’s old estate was preparing to host a banquet for distinguished guests.

Although the old butler had organized countless banquets, this one not only had the old lady personally overseeing it, but the standards were unprecedentedly high, sparking his rare curiosity about the upcoming guests.

By four-thirty, not yet five, he was instructed by the old lady to personally wait at the old estate’s main gate.

Even though the old lady hadn’t mentioned who the guests were, he was prepared to greet them with utmost ceremony.

Before heading to the gate, he even went back to his quarters to change into a newly made suit and combed his gray hair, striving to leave the best impression on the guests.

Compared to the grandness of the Bai Family, Jiang Lingxi’s approach was much more casual.

After returning home from the banquet, she took a nap, woke up to sunbathe on the balcony and read for a while, only getting up to change into comfortable clothes after receiving a call from Shen Yunqing.

She didn’t even glance at the formal yet elegant clothes.

Anyway, she wasn’t attending this banquet for the meal.

The reason they brought what Bai Shengyu did directly to the old lady of the Bai Family instead of handing it over to the relevant authorities was to see what the old lady would choose.

To protect, or to be impartial.

These were two completely different resolutions.

If it was the latter, then all would be well, and they would save themselves future actions, needing only to supervise thereafter.

If it was the former, things would become a bit troublesome.

But no matter how the old lady chose, Bai Shengyu’s fate wouldn’t change.

This was the conclusion she had set for Bai Shengyu right from the start after reviewing Shen Yunqing’s findings!

However, seeing the old lady specially hosting a banquet, the likelihood of her wanting to protect her family member was greater.

Thus, the banquet wouldn’t be a pleasant one.

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A low-key black sedan stopped at the main gate of an old mansion.

The old butler already waiting at the entrance straightened up, rubbed his hands, and hurriedly stepped forward.

But before he could reach the vehicle, the car door was opened from inside, and a young man in a black collarless Tang suit stepped out.

Though the style seemed a bit outdated, on this person, it appeared especially elegant and noble, making one unintentionally ignore the overly youthful appearance.

But the old butler didn’t dare ignore him. Upon seeing who stepped out, he was momentarily taken aback, but then a realization formed in his mind.

There weren’t many in the entire Imperial City who the old lady would treat with such respect, but the youngest Family Head in Shen Family’s history was certainly one.

And a very significant one at that.

"So it’s Mr. Shen..."

Before he could finish his sentence, he saw the Shen Family Head slightly nod at him and then walk towards the other side of the car.

The old butler immediately swallowed back his invitation to enter and followed with his eyes.

The person who could make the Shen Family Head personally open the car door must be...

Jiang Lingxi didn’t wait for Shen Yunqing to come over and open the door for her. She finished sending a message to Tong Yue, then pushed open the car door and got out herself with her phone.

She turned her head to meet a pair of somewhat astonished eyes.

She raised an eyebrow.

The old butler: "..."

He looked at the girl who got out of the car, dressed in a bright lemon yellow hoodie with white pom-poms hanging from the hood strings, wearing white sweatpants and sneakers, at a loss for words.

After getting out of the car, Jiang Lingxi walked to Shen Yunqing’s side, held his hand for a moment, felt the temperature was alright, and let go.

"Mr. Shen, who is this?"

When the old butler saw her, he first thought she was a younger member of Mr. Shen’s family. But upon seeing her unreservedly holding Mr. Shen’s hand and even walking slightly ahead of him, he discarded this assumption.

The more prestigious the family, the more complex the hierarchy, and the Shen Family’s heritage was far longer than the Bai Family’s, so it couldn’t be less traditional.

This could only mean that the girl dressed so casually wasn’t Mr. Shen’s sister or the like.

"I am Jiang Lingxi."

Jiang?

The old butler instinctively tried to think if there was a prominent Jiang family in the Imperial City, but before he could come up with an answer.

"Bai Shengyu is still here, right?"

Facing the eyes of this Miss Jiang, the old butler’s thoughts broke off, and he nodded subconsciously, replying, "Yes."

Jiang Lingxi gave a slight smile, "That’s good."

She was already impatient to see what kind of hardship the old lady of the Bai Family would employ to save her grandson!

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