Warm medicine emits fragrance

At that moment, in the East Courtyard, Li Yuhe was taking out her sewing kit to continue the embroidery she hadn't finished the night before when she heard a commotion outside.

It was Li Yufeng's voice.

She frowned slightly. "What is he doing now?"

The maid Xiaohe said, "Originally, the First Madam said she would take the young master to his maternal uncle's house today, but for some reason she didn't go, and the young master was unhappy."

Upon hearing this, Li Yuhe withdrew her hand and closed the sewing box. "Let's go out, lest he get angry and come back to cause trouble again."

She couldn't afford to offend Li Yufeng, so she could only avoid him.

The maidservant quickly packed her things. "Are we still going to the old lady's courtyard?"

Li Yuhe glanced out the window. The sun was shining brightly today, a rare good day in winter.

"No, let's go to the Star-Picking Pavilion."

The master and servant quietly left the East Courtyard, trying to avoid Li Yufeng. They thought they could escape him, but Li Yufeng caught up with them as soon as they reached the entrance of the Star-Picking Pavilion.

"Li Yuhe, where are you going!"

Li Yuhe got a headache just hearing that voice; in her eyes, Li Yufeng was practically a demon.

In the entire Li family, there were only two young masters, her and Li Yufeng. Li Yufeng had no peers to play with in the family, and he bullied all the servants. When he had nothing to do, he liked to come and cause trouble for Li Yuhe.

Unfortunately, her parents were biased, and no matter what she did wrong, it was always Li Yuhe who was scolded.

From childhood to adulthood, Li Yuhe has lost count of how many times he has made her cry.

She was soft-hearted and not loved by her parents, so she couldn't afford to offend this little devil and could only avoid him.

I didn't expect that I still couldn't escape him today, and he caught up with me.

Knowing Li Yufeng's temperament well, Li Yuhe had no choice but to stop and turn back to wait for him, no matter how unwilling she was.

"The sun is shining brightly today, so I'm going to go boating on the lake and soak up some sun."

Li Yufeng looked displeased. "Why are you sunbathing? Come play pitch-pot with me!"

As he spoke, a sly smile appeared on his face. "Seeing how much you cherish those materials your second uncle gave you, how about we use them as a wager? If you lose, you can give me all those materials to wipe my butt."

Li Yuhe frowned. Putting aside the fact that those materials were rare and precious, they were all a token of Li Chenbi's goodwill, yet Li Yufeng regarded them as toilet paper.

Even with her good temper, Li Yuhe couldn't hold back any longer. "Li Yufeng, that was given to you by your second uncle! What kind of talk is this?!"

Li Yufeng was furious that Li Yuhe dared to reprimand him. He put his hands on his hips and glared at her, "What's so great about what Second Uncle gave you? Father is the head of this family! You're the ungrateful one, not helping your own parents but always siding with others! Mother is right, a traitor like you should be married off as soon as possible!"

Marriage was a source of pain for Li Yuhe. Ever since she came of age, the First Madam had been eagerly arranging marriages for her, wishing she could get rid of her as soon as possible.

If it weren't for the old lady's objections, she might already be married by now.

She really couldn't understand what she had done to offend her parents, that they were in such a hurry to marry her off.

The pent-up resentment of the past few days made Li Yuhe unwilling to tolerate it any longer. "Fine, I'll get married! It's better for me to be married off than to stay at home being bossed around by you. Let me tell you, Li Yufeng, since I'm going to get married sooner or later, you can forget about ordering me around anymore!"

After saying that, she turned and left, ignoring Li Yufeng.

Li Yufeng was furious and rushed over to chase after Li Yuhe, yelling at her.

Fan Liuer, who had been watching the scene unfold behind the two for a while, asked Siqing curiously, "This Li Yufeng is too arrogant. He's so rude to his sister."

It was no secret in the Li family that Li Chenxin and his wife were biased towards each other. Siqing explained, "It's because Miss Yuhe is not favored, while the young master is spoiled, so he is always bullied."

Siqing sighed as she said this, "Miss Yuhe is a very kind person and treats the servants gently, but she is not favored by the master and mistress and has suffered a lot of grievances for no reason."

As Fan Liuer watched Li Yuhe's retreating figure, she recalled the scene of seeing her on New Year's Eve.

At that time, Li Yuhe was the only one who did not have any ill intentions towards her. She only looked at her with curiosity and never helped Li Chenxin and his wife to make things difficult for her.

Fan Liuer didn't like meddling in other people's business, especially not the business of the East Courtyard.

But looking at Li Yuhe reminded her of the days after her parents passed away, when she was mistreated by her brother and sister-in-law.

However, she was luckier than Li Yuhe. At least she had loving parents, and she never suffered any injustice before they passed away.

Although her brother shared the same mother, they had different fathers, and she could barely console herself with the fact that they were not of one mind.

But Li Yuhe is different. All the grievances she has suffered since childhood have come from her closest relatives, and she must be feeling unbearably bitter.

Li Chenbi's words came to mind.

"Even if you turn the Li family mansion upside down, I'll still cover for you."

Fan Liuer took a deep breath and said to the guards behind her, "Send two men to stop the young master."

Li Yuhe ignored Li Yufeng and walked on. She knew Li Yufeng's temperament too well; the more she paid attention to him, the more excited he became.

Seeing that Li Yuhe was ignoring him, Li Yufeng became increasingly unhappy and ran forward to grab Li Yuhe's hair.

"You... ah!"

Before his hand could even touch Li Yuhe's hair, his shoulder was suddenly pressed down from behind, startling him.

He turned his head and saw a hand on his shoulder. He shook the hand away, turned back, and angrily shouted, "Which blind fool dares to stop me?!"

Turning around, I was met with two unfamiliar faces; judging from their attire, they were guards from the manor.

His face darkened further. "You two blind bastards, don't you know who I am?"

As he spoke, he raised his foot to kick the guard.

Li Yuhe turned around at the commotion and, seeing Li Yufeng's actions, instinctively reached out and grabbed him.

"What are you doing!"

Li Yufeng's kick missed because of Li Yuhe's obstruction, which made him even angrier. He shoved Li Yuhe's hand away and transferred all his anger onto her, shoving her hard.

"You're supposed to be my older sister, yet you're stopping me from disciplining these two blind dogs! What, are you secretly keeping these two dogs?!"

He used force, and Li Yuhe was pushed so hard that she fell to the ground, and the maid beside her couldn't even help her up.

Li Yuhe sat on the ground, ignoring the pain, staring at Li Yufeng in shock, "What did you say?!"

Li Yufeng was still furious. "Otherwise, where would they have gotten the nerve to stop me!"

After shouting at Li Yuhe, he turned back to look at the two guards. Just as he was about to speak, a lazy voice came from behind the guards.

"It's so noisy."

Li Yufeng recognized the voice but couldn't quite place where he had heard it before, and he frowned instinctively.

The two guards blocking his way stepped aside, revealing Fan Liuer slowly walking out from behind.

Li Yufeng stared at her for a couple of seconds before remembering Fan Liuer's identity.

Now he was even angrier. He pointed at Fan Liuer and said, "So it was you, you bitch!"

"Who do you think you are, daring to stop me?"