Si Ma Roumei was not afraid of being implicated herself, but she feared that because of her, her father's position as a government official might be affected.
She also worried that her return to the capital at the year's end would be delayed for the same reason.
Seeing those who were about to be rescued, their condition was still acceptable. Although somewhat disheveled, as long as no one had died, this lesson taught them that harming others could harm themselves.
Si Ma Roumei had known the Ye Family's sisters for quite a few years, already more than five years.
The personalities of the Ye Family's sisters were not that bad—they wouldn't deliberately harm others, but they were not the type to be bullied without fighting back.
It wasn't Ye Fengqi who instigated today's provocation, nor was it she who pushed the two women into the fishpond.
