Chapter 259: Fell down at 259 Chapter 259: Fell down at 259 Just as Ye Jiu straightened his body, basking in the sun against the wall, he saw Ye Qingzhi trip over something all of a sudden, and then her whole body, along with the basin of clothes, fell to the ground.

“Qingzhi, are you alright?” Ye Jiu hurried over, helped Ye Qingzhi up, and checked her carefully. The child was wearing clothes, which seemed fine, but her hand was scraped and bleeding.

“Auntie, it hurts…” Ye Qingzhi was able to bear it until Ye Jiu came over, perhaps because she was accustomed to it.

However, Ye Qingzhi didn’t know why herself, but when she was held in someone’s embrace and felt their concern, she couldn’t help but become a bit affected and her tears began to flow uncontrollably.

“There now, auntie will put some medicine on it and it will stop hurting,” Ye Jiu said as she helped her up, intending to go inside.

Ye Qingzhi only took a couple of steps before stopping, then turned back to look at the basin on the ground and the wet clothes now stained with dirt, her little face full of conflict.

“Just leave the clothes here. Let’s go back and apply some medicine first,” Ye Jiu said, pulling on Ye Qingzhi.

“But mother will beat me,” Ye Qingzhi said tearfully and woodenly.

Closing his eyes to suppress the anger within, Ye Jiu felt that his patience with his second sister-in-law was truly wearing thin.

“No one’s going to hit you, Qingzhi, don’t be afraid,” Ye Jiu said as he continued to pull Ye Qingzhi into the yard.

Then, right in the middle of the Ye family courtyard, Ye Jiu called out loudly, “Second brother, do you still want these clothes of yours?”

“What’s wrong?” Ye Gaoshui was startled by Ye Jiu’s furious voice. His voice arrived before he did, and when he reached the doorway, he saw Ye Jiu standing in the courtyard, seething with rage, his eyes fixed on him.

Ye Gaoshui suddenly felt at a loss, unsure of how he had offended his younger sister.

Wiping the cold sweat from his forehead, Ye Gaoshui suddenly felt weak.

There were two people in the household that one should never provoke: one was their own mother, and the other was this younger sister. Although the little sister usually had a good temper, she was the apple of their mother’s eye, and provoking her would certainly mean their mother’s protection.

And yet, Ye Gaoshui was genuinely confused, not understanding how he had offended his little sister.

This very look of blank confusion made Ye Jiu even angrier.

This second brother was truly blind; it was obvious that Ye Qingzhi had just fallen, the wet clothes in the basin had been spilled, and her own clothes were wet and soiled from the fall, caking her in mud.

Such a disheveled child standing next to him, his own flesh and blood from the second branch of the family, but it seemed as if he couldn’t see her at all.

Or perhaps the second brother was truly the same kind of person as Lady Zhao; it’s possible he saw but simply didn’t care.

“Second brother, I really have to wonder, is Qingzhi actually your daughter?” Ye Jiu asked.

“Of… of course, why would you say such a thing, little sister?” Ye Gaoshui responded.

“Because I think that having parents like you is truly a disservice to the child,” Ye Jiu said with contained anger, pulling no punches.

“Little sister, have I offended you somehow?” Ye Gaoshui asked.

Even during the dispute over splitting the business that wasn’t originally theirs, the little sister always had an amiable expression, but today…

Ye Jiu scoffed coldly, “You haven’t offended me, second brother, but just look at Qingzhi, your own daughter, and the only daughter in your family.”

Only then did Ye Gaoshui turn his attention to Ye Qingzhi, whom Ye Jiu was leading, and he exclaimed in shock, “Why is Qingzhi covered in mud? Did she fall? She’s not hurt, is she?”