Yuan Si had been paying little attention, but as her mother slowly approached, her muscles tensed.
"You were attacked. Who did it?" she asked, her voice ice-cold.
After causing a scene in the Wang Family Village, Zuo Daya had hurried back. She had given the blood on her face a quick wipe in the carriage, but it wasn't completely clean. With Yuan Si's sharp eyes, she spotted the stains at once.
She immediately used her spiritual power to scan her mother's body. Finding wounds only on her cheek and the corner of her mouth, she finally relaxed a little.
But the person under her protection had been beaten. A fire of rage ignited within her.
"You child, always trying to act so grown-up. Do you think your mother is someone who'd let herself be taken advantage of? Come on, let's talk inside." The old woman grabbed her daughter's hand and pulled her into the room.
