Even the tycoons of wealthy families kneel down; the real heiress is the matriarch.

Bai Su paused slightly in her steps.

Are you talking about her?

Ye Yixue continued, "My sister comes from the countryside, where educational resources are already lagging behind. And the college entrance exam is next month. It's impossible for her to turn things around in such a short time. Wouldn't that put their principal in a difficult position?"

Dong Suying wholeheartedly agreed, scolding, "I really don't know how I gave birth to such an idiot! She's a complete pig-brain! She's nothing like me!"

"Mom, don't be angry. Maybe my sister didn't receive a good education before. You can teach her properly in the future, and she will understand things."

As soon as she finished speaking, Ye Yixue caught a glimpse of Bai Su walking in.

A hint of guilt flashed in her eyes, but she quickly regained her smile.

"Sister, you're finally back. Thank goodness you found your way home today. If you had gotten lost, we wouldn't know where to look for you."

Upon hearing this, Dong Suying immediately became furious.

She was afraid that Principal Jiang would recognize her as Xue'er's mother and that it would implicate Xue'er, so she hurriedly hid in another shop.

When they turned back, Bai Su had already disappeared.

She searched the mall for a long time but couldn't find her.

"Where have you been gallivanting off to?!" Dong Suying demanded, her face dark with anger.

"Sister, we were all worried about you. Where did you go all afternoon?"

Just then, Ye Xiaofeng came downstairs.

Upon seeing Bai Su, a hint of displeasure appeared on his previously calm face.

He didn't care whether his suddenly appearing stepdaughter lived or died.

But if she really gets lost, he'll have to waste time and manpower looking for her.

"How could I get lost just by going out to buy clothes?"

"I'm going to school," Bai Su said indifferently.

The three of them were taken aback at the same time.

Bai Su looked at Dong Suying.

"When you abandoned me, I asked Principal Zhang to take me to school. I spent the whole afternoon at school. If you don't believe me, you can go to the school and ask."

Ye Xiaofeng was taken aback for a moment and looked at his wife.

"You left her all alone?"

Dong Suying coughed awkwardly and said, "I... I only left for a little while... who knew she wouldn't be waiting for me there. I also..."

"Alright!" Ye Xiaofeng interrupted her, "Can't you two just give me a break? The company's already in chaos, and now I have to worry about things at home too!"

Dong Suying was still afraid of her husband, and upon hearing this, she lowered her head and said nothing more.

But in his heart he blamed Bai Su.

Since you went to school, why didn't you call her to let her know you were safe?

Completely forgetting that Bai Su didn't have a cell phone and didn't even know her phone number.

"I'm going back to the company. Don't wait for me for dinner."

Ye Xiaofeng left those words behind, took his suit jacket from the coat rack, and went out.

Dong Suying hurriedly saw her husband out the door, but when she turned around, Bai Su was already gone.

"Where's your sister?"

Ye Yixue said, "She went upstairs. Should I call her down? Dinner is almost ready..."

"Don't worry about her! She'll come down when she's hungry!"

"Alright then..." Ye Yixue agreed with a helpless expression, but inwardly she sneered.

Judging from her country bumpkin personality, she doesn't even need to do anything; her family's disgust for her has already reached its peak.

She should focus on her studies.

Bai Su is not worth her time and effort.

……

attic.

After returning to her room, Bai Su immediately took out the medicinal herbs she had bought at the hospital at noon from her schoolbag.

At that time, in addition to buying medicine for the principal's wife, she also bought medicine for Pei Yuanshan.

Of course, the medicines purchased from the hospital alone are not enough; two rare medicinal herbs are also needed.

Fortunately, when she left the fishing village, she brought back a lot of medicinal herbs from Xiaobai, including the two herbs that Pei Yuanshan needed.

She took out the medicine-making tools she brought from the fishing village and, after some tinkering, she developed an antidote for Pei Yuanshan.

All that's needed now is to spend some time each day secretly giving him the medication and acupuncture to detoxify him. After a week, the toxins in Pei Yuanshan's body will be completely eliminated.

She was filled with regret for not being able to save Xiaobai back then.

She wouldn't allow this to happen again; she was determined to save Xiaoshanzi.

As for who poisoned him, we can only wait until Xiaoshanzi wakes up before we can discuss that.

Given her current status, she couldn't glean even the slightest clue.

After preparing the medicine, Bai Su was about to go downstairs to find something to eat.

They searched the entire kitchen but couldn't find a single thing to eat.

Butler Ye walked over at that moment.

"Miss Bai Su, are you hungry?"

He smiled broadly and continued before Bai Su could speak, "Madam instructed that from now on, there will only be food at mealtimes. If you don't come downstairs to eat after mealtimes, then there will be nothing... Ah!"

With a slap from Bai Su, Butler Ye's face was turned completely to the side.

He cried out in pain, then glared at Bai Su: "You hit me?"

Without uttering a single unnecessary word, Bai Su raised her hand and delivered another slap.

"Snap—"

This time it was even harder than before. Butler Ye felt his ears ringing and couldn't utter a single complete sentence.

Do you know why I hit you?

Bai Su's moon-like eyes coldly gazed at him: "Because you don't know the difference between superiors and inferiors, and you don't understand the rules!"

Butler Ye opened his mouth, about to retort, when Bai Su spoke again: "What? You're not convinced?"

That expression made Butler Ye feel that if he dared to say another word in his defense, she would slap him again.

The pain from earlier hadn't completely subsided, and fear flickered in Butler Ye's eyes.

She's a crazy girl!

He snorted and turned to leave.

Anyway, it was the wife's decision not to give him food, so Bai Su couldn't do anything about it.

Bai Su did not chase after him to ask for food.

Since it was Dong Suying's order, these people definitely wouldn't give her any food.

She went back to her room, then took out the phone Cheng Yizhou had lent her and sent a message to Cheng Yizhou's alternate account.

"exist."

Cheng Yizhou replied quickly: "Finished the test?"

"I'm hungry, order me some food and have it delivered to my house."

"?" Cheng Yizhou sent a question mark, clearly asking why.

Bai Su replied, "When I'm hungry, my mind can't think clearly. You don't have to give me anything to eat, but this test paper..."

Cheng Yizhou quickly replied: "You win! Send me the address!"

Bai Su sent her home address.

"Just wait, someone will bring the food over."

Thanks.

Cheng Yizhou did not reply, because he was summoned to his father's study.

He pushed open the door and saw Cheng's father patiently explaining a math problem to his stepbrother.

"The key to this problem is calculating the value of n1, like this..."

Cheng Dong looked enlightened: "So that's how it is. I know how to solve it now. Thank you, Dad."

Mr. Cheng nodded with satisfaction, then glanced at Cheng Yizhou at the door and couldn't help but say, "You have a real talent for math; you grasp things instantly, unlike someone else who's practically a pig's brain!"

Cheng Yizhou was already used to his father's cold words. He stepped inside and asked, "What do you want?"

Mr. Cheng spoke up: "Have you finished the questions I gave you? And you don't want your allowance this week?"

"This week isn't over yet; I'll hand it over to you before the weekend."

Mr. Cheng pursed his lips and said, "You should learn from your brother! He handed in his test paper on Wednesday!"

Cheng Yizhou glanced at Cheng Dong and asked indifferently, "Is there anything else? If not, I'll be leaving now."

After saying that, he turned to leave, but was stopped by Cheng's father.

"stop!"

Cheng Yizhou stopped in his tracks and heard his father say, "Don't think I don't know. You always ask your grandfather for money when you're short of cash. I've already told him that from today onwards, he's not allowed to give you money privately anymore. If you don't study hard, you can expect to starve to death!"

Cheng Yizhou couldn't help but turn around.

"Why should I do practice problems? You'll send me abroad as soon as the college entrance exam is over anyway, so what's the point of me studying?"

She glanced at Cheng Dong again, then sneered, "Since you already have a good son you want to raise, why waste your time on me?"

"Cheng Yizhou! Is this how you talk to me?! You've utterly disappointed me!"

"It's enough that someone won't let you down. As for me, didn't you already say you didn't want to care about me anymore?"

"You—" Mr. Cheng was so angry that his chest ached.

Cheng Dong quickly stepped forward to support his father, saying, "Dad, don't be angry."

Then he said to Cheng Yizhou, "Yizhou, quickly apologize to Dad!"

"Stop pretending! Aren't you happiest when I make Dad angry?"

Cheng Dong looked completely innocent: "Yizhou, how could you think of me like that? After all these years, haven't you accepted me yet?"

"Accept you? Dream on! Never in this lifetime!"

"You bastard!" Cheng's father was furious and picked up an ashtray, throwing it at Cheng Yizhou.

Cheng Yizhou neither dodged nor avoided.

The ashtray landed squarely on his forehead.

Fresh blood immediately flowed out.

"Yizhou!" Cheng Dong rushed forward in a panic, wanting to help Cheng Yizhou treat his wounds, but Cheng Yizhou shoved him away.

"Get out! Don't touch me!"

"You wretched child!" Cheng's father was furious and wanted to throw something at Cheng Yizhou, but this time Cheng Yizhou didn't stand there stupidly. Instead, he left with a cold face.

As I was going downstairs, Grandpa Cheng was just coming in.

Seeing Cheng Yizhou's face covered in blood, he immediately stepped forward in astonishment.

"What happened? How did you get hurt?"

"I'm fine, I just need to go out for a bit."

"Take care of your wound first..."

Cheng Yizhou ignored everything and rode his motorcycle out the door.

Just as Old Master Cheng was about to chase after them, he heard cursing coming from upstairs.

He frowned, guessing what was going on, and strode upstairs with a dark expression.

As soon as he reached the study door, he heard his son say to his stepson, "If he were even a fraction as sensible as you, I wouldn't have hit him!"

"Dad, don't be too angry, your health is the most important thing..."

Grandpa Cheng coughed heavily and pushed the door open to go inside.

Upon seeing him, Cheng Dong quickly called out, "Grandpa..."

"You go out first, I need to talk to your dad alone for a while."

Cheng Dong glanced at his father, and seeing that his father didn't say anything, he had no choice but to leave first.

As soon as the door closed, Old Master Cheng spoke up: "Cheng Wangchuan, don't forget, the one whose face you beat until it was covered in blood was your own son!"

Mr. Cheng coughed lightly and said, "Of course I know that, but that kid today..."