In fact, Song Qi was not dead. When the servant went up to deliver food to her, she was frantically scratching the festering wound on her back.
The servant could clearly see that maggots had long since infested the wound, wriggling incessantly, burrowing inward.
Song Qi was scratching as she wailed.
The servant, disgusted, placed the bamboo basket of food beside her, covered his mouth and nose, and ran down the mountain. He knew this Second Young Lady was beaten like this because she infuriated the old lady to death, it was her own doing. Therefore, even if she died in this desolate place, the family would not care a bit.
So the servant lied upon returning and said the Second Young Lady was already gone, simply unwilling to deliver food to Song Qi again.
Unexpectedly, Song Wei did not want Song Qi to die so soon, nor did he want her corpse to desecrate his mother's grave, so he planned to check on her himself.
