For the Sake of the Child, At All Costs

Sheng Hanyu quickly took the little girl into his embrace, glaring angrily at Shi Youxuan, as if to say, "Why so harsh? She's just a child."

Shi Youxuan was usually gentle with the servants, but she would not tolerate dissent when it came to disciplining children!

Even when Zhu Yiwen opposed her methods of education, she would turn hostile on the spot, let alone with Elisa, who was just a new maid.

"Let her go, did you hear me?"

Sheng Hanyu didn't let go, just kept shaking his head.

Shi Ran was still too young to understand the complexity of the situation. She only knew that someone protecting her was a good person.

"Don't let go, Elisa, don't let go of me, Mommy's a big bad, Elisa is better than Mommy..." The child's words were unfiltered, and she felt it was unfair to be punished after picking peaches for her mommy.

But these words meant something else entirely in Shi Youxuan's ears.