Jingshan said cautiously, "Great-Aunt, please, just be reasonable. Can’t we live our lives in peace? Why must you keep making such a fuss?"
Pei Zhuxin kicked Jingshan in the shin. "You useless brat, get out of my way! What do you know? Today was a perfect opportunity to build a reputation, yet your uncle just handed it away to someone else for nothing. How can you expect me to be reconciled to that?"
Jingshan was small and thin; though thirteen, she looked like a girl of seven or eight. When Pei Zhuxin’s kick landed, Pei Ji saw it and reached out to pull Jingshan away, but he was a step too late. Though Pei Ji caught her before she could fall, cold sweat poured down Jingshan’s forehead. It looked like a serious injury.
Chapter 93