If it wasn’t
what had happened last night, perhaps Mrs. Cheng would send someone to fetch
her daughter to entertain their relatives. But she wasn’t going to disturb her
daughter’s rest just to chitchat with them.
Mrs. Cheng
did has her own bottom line after all!
Even though Luo Yujie wasn’t happy about it, she dare not show her
discontent. She still remember clearly what had happened last night, how could
she still be her arrogant self in front of the Cheng’s? She was even a little
more frightful and kissing up to her sister Mrs. Cheng.
She came over to see her parents and didn’t expect the living room was
full of guests. Cheng Xiao Xiao frowned lightly, ignored their looks, and
curtsied toward her parents, “Mom, dad, what’s the matter?”
“Xiao Xiao, sit, sit. Join us for lunch!” nodded Cheng Biyuan.
“Oh….”
After taking her seat, Cheng Xiao Xiao swept across the Tian’s with her
glance and asked, “What do you want to talk about?”
“Nothing, Xiao Xiao. We just want to come and see how was your rest!”
Fawning on Cheng Xiao Xiao, Luo Yujie said with a smile, “Xiao Xiao ah,
you youngsters shouldn’t stay home all the time. You should go out more. Your
cousins are going to take a trip to the town today. Xiao Xiao, you should go
with them!”
“Are you making arrangements for me?” Cheng Xiao Xiao looked at her
sternly, a shred of anger could be detected in her voice.
Did that woman really just tell her to accompany her sons?
“Ugh, no…”
Startled by Cheng Xiao Xiao’s look, Luo Yujie’s face turned red and
white, but she said defiantly, “Xiao Xiao, how could you say that? We are
family. What’s wrong with hanging out together? I only have your best interest
in mind!”
“Family?” A shred of sarcasm flashed through Cheng Xiao Xiao’s eyes and
she rejected her directly, “I don’t have time. I can arrange my own agenda.
They can go wherever they want to. We will send our men to take them, I am not
a servant!”
Her bluntness brought darkened look on the Tian’s. Especially Tian
Fusheng, one could already detect anger on his face. He never expected Cheng
Xiao Xiao to be so unyielding. After all, he did rush to back up and help out
the Cheng’s the previous night.
That was exactly why the Tian’s had talked about how to collect this
favor and build relationship with Cheng Xiao Xiao. After all, they have learned
in the last few days that Cheng Xiao Xiao’s authority almost rivaled that of
Cheng Biyuan at the Cheng’s.
She made all the calls around the house!
Having this knowledge, the family had shifted their attention to Cheng
Xiao Xiao. Even though they knew it wasn’t going to be an easy feat, Luo Yujie
believe that the Cheng’s owed them a favor after last night.
And that was why they waited the entire time for Cheng Xiao Xiao to show
up.
She did show up finally, but her mannerism was not what the Tian’s had
expected. It was exactly the same as it was a few days ago – that she had no
respect for them at all.
“Xiao Xiao, how could you say that, what….”
Before Luo Yujie could finish what she was saying, Mrs. Cheng stood up
abruptly, looked straight at her older sister and said, “Yujie jie1, Xiao
Xiao was up all night last night, can’t you just let her rest for a few days?
Jiang’er and Feng’er wanted to take a trip, I will send Danhuang and Tianshan
to accompany them. Xiao Xiao is not going anywhere today, she needs to rest!”
Seeing her mother got upset for the first time ever, Cheng Xiao Xiao was
genuinely startled. She has always been a total pushover. She’d rather take the
shorter end of the stick than to confront anyone.
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Note:
1. Added behind someone’s name as a respectful form of “older sister”.
Can be real sister, or just referring to a female a few years older.
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