Chapter 96 Relative (3)
After Chen hui finished touring the backyard, she went to the frontyard. There was a study, storeroom, and living room in the front yard. Chen Hui felt nervous when she saw the study. The memories were not great, but when she thought of Li Youde’s malevolent appearance at that time, she felt that it was all bluff and instead felt that he was cute.
Discovering this, Chen Hui felt that she was done for. Why did she find everything about Li Youde cute? Fortunately, she didn’t think that Li Youde’s air-dried thing was cute, which shows that she wasn’t so sick to the point of losing her mind.
After strolling around, Chen Hui was tired and returned to Chrysanthemum Yard. The moment she entered the courtyard, she saw that someone was waiting for her.
“Lady Jiang?” Chen Hui was surprised. She didn’t look for Jiang Bihan and didn’t expect the other party to come look for her.
“Lady Chen, I was a bit unwell yesterday and it was not until today that I feel a bit better. I am very relieved to see you come back safely,” Jiang Bihan said with a slight smile.
Two months have passed. Jiang Bihan’s smile seemed to be brighter. When Chen Hui noticed this change, her smile became a bit more smiling, “Thanking Lady Jiang for your concern. Do you want to come in and have a seat?”
“Then, I will have to bother you.” Jiang Bihan nodded and followed Chen Hui into the side room.
The two sat down and Chen Hui let Xiao Tiao lead Qingshu out to play. Originally, she wanted to have nothing to do with Jiang Bihan, but since she (JB) took the initiative to come over, she (CH) might have to clarify some things.
“Is Lady Jiang curious about my trip to the frontier?” Chen Hui said first.
Jiang Bihan sipped the tea in a natural and elegant manner and said with a chuckle, “Bihan just admires Lady Chen so much that you dared to follow to such a terrifying place.”
“Is it that you still want to ask me ‘why’?” Chen Hui said, “I think that I have to apologize, Lady Jiang. I regret what I said to you before.”
Jiang Bihan’s smile stiffened slightly and she asked, “What does Lady Chen mean?”
“I like Lord Li,” Chen Hui threw a thunder without warning.
Jiang Bihan was stunned. She abruptly raised her head and looked at Chen Hui, almost knocking over the tea in her hand.
“You heard right. I like Lord Li,” Chen Hui raised the corners of her lips. Her smile was as sweet as honey, “I want to live a comfortable life with him.”
Jiang Bihan’s complexion had turned place. Her originally rosy lips were bloodless instantly and even that faint smile turned into a trace of fear.
“But Lady Jiang, you don’t have to worry. I just wanted to correct what I said in the past,” Chen Hui said, “But I still have the same attitude on one thing. What we were in the past will be how we will be in the future. There will be a place for you in Li residence. You will not be driven away nor be mistreated.”
Jiang Bihan’s complexion gradually softened due to Chen Hui’s words. Although she couldn’t completely trust Chen Hui’s words, at least she has some confidence in her heart.
“But one thing is very important,” Chen Hui looked at Jiang Bihan and her eyes were almost oppressive, “Lord Li is mine. You are not allowed to seduce him, otherwise, we will become enemies.”
Jiang Bihan suddenly felt that it was extremely absurd. This Lady Chen actually regarded Lord Li as a sweet pastry and was afraid that people would seduce him. Who would do such a thing? She even felt that Lady Chen’s claim to be in love with Lord Li was just like a fantasy story.
Was…it to rather commit herself to a eunuch in order to have a peaceful life? But didn’t Lady Chen already get everything she wanted before? What more does she want?
Jiang Bihan felt that she couldn’t understand Lady Chen at all. She even saw in Chen Hui’s eyes the kind of sparkling that she saw when her cousin married in the past a person she admired.
“Lady Chen is overthinking,” Jiang Bihan said. She didn’t say much about the other things.
Chen Hui said, “That’s great. We have reached a consensus. Lady Jiang, let’s get along well in the future.”
Jiang Bihan nodded slightly. She was already a bit confused because of Chen Hui. She only wanted to be alone now for a moment. So, she said, “Bihan feels a bit uncomfortable and will go back first.”
Chen Hui smiled and nodded.
Jiang Bihan stood up and her footsteps were a bit chaotic, but when she reached the door, she turned around to look at Chen Hui and said, “Lady Chen said that you like lord, what… about lord?”
Chen Hui propped her chin and smiled slyly, “He is naturally madly in love with me and couldn’t wait to give me his heart.”
Jiang Bihan’s eyes flickered slightly and felt that what Lady Chen said didn’t seem to be true. However, it was not her place to refute and she didn’t need to refute. She just forced a smile and left.
The moment Jiang Bihan left; Chen Hui drank all the tea in one gulp. She finally understood why those CEO male protagonists likes to declare their ownership of the female protagonist to others so much. This feeling of victory was really good. She really wanted to tell everyone that Li Youde was her lord only, hers! No one else could put their hands on him!
Chen Hui took a nap after lunch. When she woke up, she felt that her abdomen was still doing okay. It didn’t hurt aside from the feeling of dizziness. So, she was a bit relieved. Fortunately, abdominal pain during her period hasn’t become a norm, otherwise, how would she pass every period in the future and it wasn’t really that she could rid of her uterus.
After she woke up a bit, Xiao Liu suddenly ran over with a strange look on his face.
Chen Hui said, “If you didn’t come to report lord’s return, just retreat!” It was still daytime now. The probability that Li Youde has returned was too low, so, she said that. Perhaps, he wouldn’t be back for a few days because it was too busy in the palace.
Xiao Liu opened and closed his mouth, but still said, “Lady Chen, a pair of mother and son has come…”
Chen Hui was surprised and stood up abruptly, “A pair of mother and son? Could it be lord’s lover and illegitimate child?”
Xiao Liu looked at Chen Hui in shock. He was frightened by her ability to associate things and her suddenly awakened supernatural jealousy. He hurriedly said, “No, no. That son is about the same age as lord and that woman is already in her fifties or sixties!”
Chen Hui stopped guessing, “Did they say who they are and what for did they come?”
Xiao Liu said, “That old woman said that she is lord’s aunt and the family was in trouble. So, she came to seek shelter at lord’s!”
Lord’s aunt?
Chen Hui naturally remembered that Li Youde had once causally mentioned his aunt. It was his aunt who sent him to the palace, but he also said that his aunt’s family had starved to death long ago. They wouldn’t be imposters, right?
“Let’s go. Let’s go have a look,” Chen Hui had a strong sense of ownership as the current mistress of Li residence. She is naturally responsible for receiving the guests, but if the other party is here to play tricks and deceive…she is also very curious what the person who was bold enough to deceive Li Youde looks like.
The identity of the pair of mother and son was currently unknown. Hence, the gatekeeper didn’t let anyone in. Chen Hui heard a shrewish voice shouting in the distance.
“Why are you blocking us from getting inside? I am your lord’s aunt. I raised him after his parents died. When he sees me, he has to kneel and call me aunt. What for thing are you?!”
Chen Hui paused. She was somewhat afraid to go. This is not good…Really people who don’t belong together don’t get to live together. The aunt of crafty and cunning Li Youde shouldn’t be underestimated!
She stood there and watched the pair of mother and son from a distance. The old woman’s hair was mostly white. As Xiao Liu has said, she looked about fifty to sixty years old, but her voice was full of vigor, at least she sounded younger than her appeared. She and her son were dressed in the same gray clothes with a lot of patches. The two looked travel-worn and seemed to have traveled some distance. That about thirty-year-old man looked like a mouse and peered around with an avaricious look. He seemed to want to tear down the gates and walk away with them.
Seeing these two people, Chen hui was almost certain that they were not imposters. The man’s facial features were somewhat similar to Li Youde’s. However, the similar appearance looked ordinary and cute on Li Youde and on that man, it looked purely shifty-eyed.
When Chen Hui was still hesitating about whether to go over, she heard the old woman continue to shout, “I won’t talk to slaves. Call out Li Xiaozhu for me!”
Li Xiaozhu?
…Li Youde’s former name?
Chen Hui couldn’t help but burst out laughing. This name really suits him!
- Xiaozhu means little pillar
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