"You!"

Mrs. Dong was enraged. Everyone in the family knew that her daughter was her baby girl and she cared for her a lot. How could she possibly flog her?

But obviously, Dong Ling didn't mean to make a concession. Mrs. Dong would never get her own daughter involved in. She reprimanded immediately, "Enough! Dong Ling! How dare you!"

Dong Yuan also came to himself and fulminated, "You must be punished after you made a mistake. You were so cruel that you killed a maid without permission. You'll be expelled to the suburban house to introspect your fault for six months. And you're leaving tomorrow!"

Finis.h.i.+ng his words, he left directly, followed by Mrs. Dong who glared at Dong Ling balefully. 

The suburban house was remote with poor living conditions. Normally, maids who made mistakes would be sent there for slave labor.

Therefore, Mrs. Dong didn't argue when she heard Dong Yuan's decision even if she still felt choked.

As long as Dong Ling was sent to the suburban house, she could hardly come back before she turned fifteen. If she had any accident there, she would get no help at all!

Dong Ling realized what they were planning immediately. She sneered and walked towards her own yard.

She didn't even care about the suburban house. When she left here, she would be as free as a bird!

Having had nothing to eat for two days, she was starving! She tramped back towards the "kitchenette" according to her memory.

As expected, two maids were crouching beside the stove and eating secretly. Fengcai and Zhumo!

"What are you enjoying? It smells so good! Leave some to me!" asked Dong Ling when she walked in. Oh? Pig's feet?

As the master, she could hardly have any meat. Unexpectedly, her maids were enjoying pig's feet while she was almost dying of starvation.

Without wasting any time, Dong Ling rushed up to grab the food.

She didn't have a way out. The hunger was killing her.

"Miss Ling, don't! Zhumo… Zhumo and I bought them with our private money!" yelled Fengcai when she tried to push Dong Ling away. Dong Ling, however, managed to dodge.

She grabbed one of the pig's feet, put it into her mouth and started to chew.

"Miss… Miss Ling!"

Zhumo looked pale with fear. After a little hesitation, she handed out her piece of pig's feet which she hadn't had any yet and said, "Miss Lin, take mine, too. But please don't tell Concubine Lin!"

Maids here were never afraid of Dong Ling because she used to be obsequious. But they were scared of her biological mother, Concubine Lin.

Dong Yuan had quite a few concubines, most of whom were completely suppressed by Mrs. Dong. Dong Ling's mother, namely Concubine Lin, didn't have a powerful background. But because of her good looks, Dong Yuan sometimes listened to her.

If she knew it, Zhumo and Fengcai would get into serious trouble.

Fengcai rolled her eyes and thought about it. It was always easy to fool Dong Ling. Maids like them usually managed to take away her private money for some rouge.

Fengcai didn't understand why Mrs. Dong released Dong Ling. But Dong Lin was a cowardly girl who didn't seem to be powerful enough.

"Miss Ling, give some back to us. Go and have fun alone. Zhumo and I have to finish them and go for some other business." said Fengcai.

Not getting any reply from Dong Ling, Fengcai reached out to pull her, only to find that she had finished the two pig's feet and looked back at them coldly.

"Finished? If you are, back off to your work! Oh, boil some water, by the way. I'm going to have a bath!"

Knowing these maids had scruples about her mother, Dong Ling snapped, "Hurry up, or I'll tell my mom and you'll get punished!"

Dong Ling burped and turned back to her room. Fengcai looked at her as if seeing some ghost. She asked, "Zhumo, did I get the wrong person? Was that… Miss Ling?"