If that really happened, the maid might lose her mind and blurt out everything she knew. That would be a disaster no one wanted to face.
"Why not?" Li Meiran replied coldly, his tone devoid of warmth. "She burned me. Sparing her life is already mercy."
Elizabeth nodded slowly, as if weighing the matter with care. "That's reasonable. She harmed my son. Losing her tongue isn't excessive. Since we're guests, you wouldn't want to disappoint us."
Before she could finish speaking, a woman's piercing scream tore through the air outside the living room.
"Go see what's happening!" He Fen ordered sharply.
"I asked Xu Feng to break one of her legs," Nie Rougang said casually, as if commenting on the weather.
The room fell into dead silence.
Even breathing sounded unbearably loud.
