Chapter 33: Good Girl, Go Back to Your Room Now
And she had even used other items and skills provided by the System on Li Qiao?
Oh no!
Chu Ying’s forehead broke out in a cold sweat from anxiety. Her eldest brother, in order to interrogate that woman, had written to their sixth brother to have her detained and placed under his sole supervision. If she were to use the System on her eldest brother again during this time...
"Daughter, what is the matter?" Liu Shuang'er grew increasingly worried as she looked at Chu Ying. "Why are you sweating so much?"
Liu Shuang'er took out her handkerchief and tenderly wiped the beads of sweat from Chu Ying’s forehead, her heart aching for her.
[Could my silly little daughter have run all the way back to her room just to eat meat, and in her haste, worked up such a sweat?]
[It seems that although her craving for meat has lessened slightly, it hasn't diminished much. Her love for meat remains as impulsive and straightforward as ever.]
Chu Ying spoke urgently, "Mother, that Miss Lin is in Eldest Brother's room."
"What?" Liu Shuang'er’s expression shifted sharply.
Li Xiu, who was walking beside Liu Shuang'er, looked up abruptly. Qiao'er was not one to be so careless, nor was she someone who could be easily outmaneuvered by a woman feigning foolishness.
"Go and check on your daughter," Liu Shuang'er said, having guessed what had happened to Li Qiao.
"Yes," Li Xiu hurried away.
Liu Shuang'er’s face turned cold as ice.
[Last time, Lin Xiaoyue went to Hengyang’s study with her clothes in disarray.]
[This time, who knows what kind of posture she is adopting in Hengyang’s room.]
[I assigned Li Qiao to watch her, yet I never imagined she would have other means to escape and make her way to Hengyang’s room again, intent on doing something to him—]
Liu Shuang'er felt nothing but disgust for Lin Xiaoyue.
"My sweet daughter," Liu Shuang'er looked at Chu Ying, instantly softening her expression and adopting a coaxing tone. "You should head back to your room. The meat you had A-Yu put in the kitchen has likely been reheated time and time again; go eat it now. Eat up and then sleep soundly. Tomorrow, your eldest brother will take you to the Imperial Academy to complete your enrollment formalities so you can start school properly. As for your eldest brother, Mother will go check on him. Don't worry about him too much, do you understand?"
As she spoke, Liu Shuang'er gently stroked Chu Ying’s head.
[My little daughter is someone that A-Jue and I have raised in the palms of our hands, pampered with every care, and watched over by her eight brothers. She doesn't need to know about such sordid affairs; she only needs to live her life happily and joyfully. Anything else, A-Jue, I, and her eight brothers will handle ourselves.]
Chu Ying nodded. She knew that Liu Shuang'er did not want her to worry, nor did she want her to become overly involved in such matters.
"Mother, I understand. I’ll go eat my meat now!" Chu Ying smiled brightly, wanting Liu Shuang'er to know that she would not be affected.
Seeing her smile, the coaxing warmth on Liu Shuang'er’s lips finally carried a hint of genuine tenderness. "Yes."
Liu Shuang'er watched as Chu Ying’s lively figure disappeared, the loving gaze she had fixed on her daughter shifting into a cold, steely glare.
The home she managed and maintained every day, the little daughter she cherished and doted upon, A-Jue—who would sometimes come to her in tears when no one was around—and her eight sons, each with their own distinct character but all capable of being the pillars of the family; no one would be allowed to disrupt this.
Lin Xiaoyue—
Even if she did not know who had sent her, or whether she was rotten to the core, she would absolutely not be lenient toward her actions this time!
Liu Shuang'er quickened her pace until she reached Chu Hengyang’s courtyard. Unexpectedly, the moment she arrived, she saw Chu Hengyang standing outside his door not far away.
Seeing her arrive, Chu Hengyang was also filled with surprise. "Mother, why are you here?"