Chapter 51

A Soft-hearted Child

Additionally, every time Nanny Xia visited, she would instruct her on how to serve Madam Yu, how to manage her time, and how to rest without the master noticing. This allowed Xiao Xiang to avoid many beatings and scoldings, and she wasn’t as tired. Therefore, she felt not only gratitude but also a bit of admiration for Nanny Xia. Her heart was inclined towards Ye Yaming. So, if one wanted to obtain inside information about the Song family or even take any action, one would have to start with Xiao Xiang.

The mother and son of the Song family had previously spoken ill of the Ye family and the original owner behind their backs. Nanny Xia had heard about it from Xiao Xiang and was very upset, thinking that the Song family was not good people. She had advised the original owner twice. Unfortunately, the original owner was deeply immersed in her fantasy of love and not only didn’t listen but also scolded Nanny Xia, saying things like “Do not look at what is improper, do not listen to what is improper,” and accused Xiao Xiang of stirring up trouble, saying she was not a good maid. At that time, Nanny Xia was so frightened that she quickly shut her mouth, fearing that the original owner would go to Madam Yu and speak ill of Xiao Xiang.

Xiao Xiang had meant well for her, but not only did she not get any good out of it, she ended up harming the girl. Because of this, the original owner distanced herself from Nanny Xia for a while and didn’t take her to the Song family anymore.

Nanny Xia, being an experienced old servant, naturally knew the way of survival for servants. From then on, she never said a bad word about the Song family again. Now that they were starting to handle the marriage matters, Ye Yaming had a heart-to-heart talk with Nanny Xia last night and told her about her thoughts.

Nanny Xia had watched the original owner grow up and, being a woman herself, deeply understood the suffering of women who married the wrong person. When she heard that Ye Yaming wanted to break off the engagement, she was overwhelmed with mixed emotions and almost burst into tears. Without Ye Yaming saying anything, she immediately patted her chest and said she would find Xiao Xiang to get a handle on the Song family, ensuring that the Ye family would not suffer any loss when breaking off the engagement.

So Ye Yaming entrusted this matter to Nanny Xia.

During this time, Ye Yaming had been focusing on the matters of the Ye family and Meng Chengwei, as this was a matter of life and death for the whole family. A slight mistake could drag them into the mire with Meng Chengwei, and she really didn’t have the time and energy to deal with Song Yifeng.

Now that the matter with Meng Chengwei was almost over, it was time to take this opportunity to deal with Song Yifeng.

Therefore, when Old Madam Ye suggested giving her someone to use, she was very much in need. She said, “I’ll call Nanny Xia over and let her talk to you.”

After a while, Nanny Xia came and, hearing that Old Madam Ye intended to help Ye Yaming break off the engagement with the Song family, she was delighted and immediately recounted some of the bad things the Song family mother and son had said about the Ye family, which she had heard from Xiao Xiang.

This made Old Madam Ye very angry.

Nanny Xia, being a very wise old lady, saw that Old Madam Ye was angry and quickly said, “Fortunately, the young lady is smart and perceptive, seeing through the true nature of this mother and son. Didn’t she immediately send me to investigate them? Anyway, she hasn’t married over yet, so everything is still in time.”

Old Madam Ye was finally comforted.

At this moment, she couldn’t wait to break off the engagement with Ye Yaming and turned to ask Ye Yaming, “What do you plan to do next?”

Ye Yaming shook her head, “Let’s not do anything for now. Let’s see how things go.”

Nanny Xia looked at her, wanting to say something but hesitated.

“Nanny, if you have something to say, just say it,” Ye Yaming smiled.

The original owner didn’t like Nanny Xia because of the Song family relationship and usually didn’t like to talk to her about her feelings. Nanny Xia, being sensible, didn’t try to get close to the original owner either. The master and servant had been getting along indifferently for two years.

After Ye Yaming came, she slowly got closer to Nanny Xia, and now Nanny Xia had resumed her habit of worrying. She glanced around the room and, seeing that apart from Old Madam Ye’s trusted maid, Nanny Yu, no other maids or old women were in the room, she whispered, “Miss, we don’t have to wait for him to make a mistake. We can set a trap to ‘make him make a mistake.’ I heard that the girl next door to his house, Miss Yu, goes to his house every day…”

As she spoke, she winked at Ye Yaming meaningfully.

Old Madam Ye’s eyes lit up when she heard this and said to Ye Yaming, “Yes, we can completely turn the tables on them.”

Ye Yaming frowned slightly and shook her head, “No, we can’t do that.”

Nanny Xia was Old Madam Ye’s companion and had grown up in the Mei family. The Ye family had a clean and upright family style, but Nanny Xia had seen and heard too many shady things in the Mei family’s houses when she was young and occasionally accompanied Old Madam Ye back to her maiden home.

At that time, Old Madam Ye had given these nannies to the girls in the family because she was worried that the simple environment at home would make the girls naive and inexperienced. She wanted the nannies to guide them so that they wouldn’t suffer losses when they got married and entered a complex environment.

Seeing that Ye Yaming didn’t agree, she thought Ye Yaming was too soft-hearted. She was very bold in front of Old Madam Ye and advised Ye Yaming, “If Miss Yu doesn’t have that intention, we naturally won’t do anything. But if she knows you are engaged to Young Master Song and still seduce him, then we can’t be blamed. Besides, we won’t force her. Whatever the consequences, she brought it on herself.”

“Treating others as you would like to be treated, I don’t like to do this to a girl,” Ye Yaming said.

It was one thing for Miss Yu to seduce Song Yifeng herself, but for her to set up a scheme to induce her to make a mistake and then use it to create public opinion, possibly ruining a girl’s future, was something she would not do.

Old Madam Ye seemed to be touched by these words. She stared at Ye Yaming, and the little bit of worry in her heart finally disappeared.

Ye Yaming, at a young age, was almost demonically intelligent. Old Madam Ye and Ye Chongming didn’t say it out loud, but they were actually very worried that she would use her intelligence to go astray.

In the near term, she might suppress or even persecute the first, third, and fourth branches to monopolize the Ye family’s property; in the long term, she might use her beauty and wisdom to marry into an official or even royal family, causing upheaval and disturbing the court.

Ye Chongming and Old Madam Ye were old and had no ambitions. They only hoped for a smooth and peaceful life, for the family to do business steadily and live quietly. They didn’t want someone in the family to overturn the court.

Such a person could indeed bring glory to the family, but more often than not, they would be walking on a tightrope, and a slight mistake could lead to their destruction, bringing disaster to the family.

Now, Old Madam Ye found that Ye Yaming, even towards a stranger, a girl who coveted her fiancé, could show kindness and softness. It was clear how soft-hearted she was. Such a child would naturally not be ruthless to her family, nor would she go astray and do wrong.

A smile slowly appeared on her lips, and her gaze at Ye Yaming was full of affection.

Ye Yaming didn’t notice the change in her expression and continued to say to Nanny Xia, “Moreover, using this scheme is not only useless but could backfire.”

Nanny Xia wanted to say something, but hearing her say this, she quickly shut her mouth and listened carefully to what Ye Yaming had to say.