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After Lin Yueqi was brought to the Reflection Room, he saw two big bearded men in the room, bare-chested, smiling sinisterly at him. The room was also filled with torture tools, such as whips, sabers, axes, chairs full of nails, tiger stools, and even some torture tools that could not be called names. Just looking at them made one's hair stand on end. But no matter what, at this point, he could only grit his teeth and persevere. Thinking of this, he felt a cold wind behind him, and his back was ruthlessly hit by a club. He cried out in pain and fell to the ground.

Lin Yueqi was wounded all over, and blood was coming out of his mouth and nose. At this moment, a big fellow walked over and picked him up in his hand, "How do you like this? This is just an appetizer."

He waved his fan and said, "You guys, let this brat know the consequences of breaking the rules. Didn't he like to steal things? In a while, cripple his pair of crafty hands!"

Hearing Lord Zhang Qi's orders, the few big guys threw away their sticks and shoved Lin Yueqi onto the table. Then, they picked up a sledgehammer and smashed down at his hands.

"Wait!" Lin Yueqi shouted, "I didn't steal Second Miss' golden hairpin. Even if I had a hundred, a thousand times more guts, I wouldn't dare to steal anything from Old Master's house!"

Hearing Lin Yueqi's shout, Lord Zhang waved his hand, and the several men let him go. "Since you didn't steal anything, why did you admit to it?"

Lin Yueqi rubbed his sore arms and said, "At that time, I was just admitting my mistake and that the second miss' golden hairpin was stolen, but I didn't steal the golden hairpin."

The more he heard, the more confused he became. He asked, "What does that mean?"

Lin Yueqi said, "A month ago, while I was cleaning the garden, a few monkeys came inside to play, so I was afraid that they would break my favorite flower, so I quickly chased them away. I didn't want a little monkey to fall down during the climb and break its leg, so after a while, I softly carried it into the house, and after a period of feeding it, it became familiar with me, and didn't scream or run around. I usually brought it with me when I was working, but who knew that the makeup I ordered for Second Miss was already there.

As expected, he found a few bloody wounds. Since that was the case, Zhang Jiexi could only release Lin Yueqi. However, he still had to deduct half a year's worth of his wages as punishment.

Li Xiaoyi wanted to wait until nightfall to sneak into the backyard and rescue Lin Yueqi, but then, the door opened and Lin Yueqi walked in. Li Xiaoyi jumped up from the chair and rushed in front of Lin Yueqi, seeing the wounds all over his body, guilt filled his heart, and he felt tears dripping down his face. "Brother Lin, you've suffered because of me, I …" "I …"

Seeing this, Lin Yueqi hurriedly comforted his little brother, who often cried. He couldn't help but think of his father, mother, little brother, and little sister. He didn't know where they were at the moment, and how well they were.

The scratches on his arm were all made by Lin Yueqi himself, and he already knew that Master Zhang would not let this matter go easily. He had to get to the bottom of this, and he was a vicious person, and his methods were ruthless. If Li Xiaoyi admitted to this, then he would definitely be beaten to death, and he would not be able to bury his mother. Only he himself would be able to save him.

After this incident, Li Xiaoyi had even more respect for Lin Yueqi. He treated him as his own brother, and was obedient to him.

Just like that, another year passed for Lin Yueqi in the Zhang Mansion as if he was treading on thin ice.

One winter day the following year, it had just snowed and the wind was biting cold.

The truth was that the Second Young Master was no longer a child, he was seventeen years old. It was just that he was used to being arrogant, so he had to do whatever he wanted, or else he would make a scene and beat the crap out of people.

Her name was Jin Shui Ying, and she was exactly eighteen years old. She was a very beautiful woman, and even in her life, she was not inferior to him. She sang songs, played the zither, embroidered the embroidery, and danced; she was proficient in everything, and her personality was gentle and kind.

Ever since his father had married Jin Shui Ying into his home, he had pestered her whenever he had something to do. If he didn't want her to play the zither, he wanted her to dance. Jin Shui Yi was a good person and had a good temper. She also knew that Master Zhang favored her son the most, so naturally, she would let him take care of everything. Gradually, this second young master had not only pestered her during the day, but also made her do all sorts of things during the night.

Some people felt that the second young master's actions were very unusual and had also mentioned it to Lord Zhang. However, Lord Zhang felt that the second mother of his family did not have the time to do so and was extremely fond of him.

That night, Lin Yueqi and Li Xiaoyi carried a foot bucket and walked towards the Second Young Master's room with one in each hand. At this time, a loud noise came from the room, and when they heard the sound, they knew that the Second Young Master was playing with his temper, the servants hurriedly went to get Jin Shui Ying, and a few servants hurried past them with expressions of panic. They arrived at the Second Young Master's room and placed the foot basin down, then they busied themselves.

"You little bastard, you want to scald me to death?!" The Second Young Master shouted in anger.

Lin Yueqi did not bother to wipe the water off his face as he quickly kneeled down to accompany him. Li Xiaoyi also quickly knelt down to plead with the Second Young Master. The Second Young Master was showing off his might and did not listen to any good words. He roared at Lin Yueqi, "You dog, scram to the side of the yard and kneel. You are not allowed to get up without my order!"