Chapter 166 Liu Xiaolian's Disfigurement

Two small baskets of raspberries yielded very little juice. After the boy left, Yunxia tidied up the kitchen, turned around and went back to the guest room to rest. When she came out again, it was already 7 p.m.

"Miss Xia, dinner is ready. Please follow me to the dining room."

The maid seemed to have received professional training, and her demeanor was very humble. When she arrived at the restaurant, everyone except Liu Xiaolian, Liu Xiaohe and the old man was already there.

When Grandpa Liu arrived, he waved his hand, gesturing for everyone to sit down.

Seating arrangements in a large family are very particular. Grandson Li Chen is a distinguished guest and naturally sits next to the old man. Yun Xia only gets a little advantage by sitting in an unimportant position next to Liu Yunxiang, who has a miserable look on her face and keeps spreading outdated ideas. It must have been very uncomfortable for her.

"Xiao Lian and Xiao He can't come because of something. Let's eat!"

Guan Zhiying was clearly suppressing her anger, but she held back because of the occasion. She was probably worried about her daughter. The Liu family had a habit of not talking while eating or sleeping, and Liu Yunxiang finally stopped nagging, which gave Yunxia a lot of peace and quiet.

The food on the table was specially prepared to cater to the elderly. It was smooth and melted in the mouth, with a light flavor and a focus on nutritional balance. Although the ingredients were all of the highest quality, it was not particularly delicious.

After dinner, Li Chen accompanied the old man for a walk to aid digestion, while the others left under the guidance of the servants.

"Yun...Yun Xia, stop! I have something to ask you," the beautiful woman said sharply, her voice tinged with weariness.

The girl blinked slightly, clutched her stomach, frowned, and pretended to be in pain. She turned her head and said, "Madam Liu, please speak, but please be quick, my... stomach is a little uncomfortable."

Upon hearing this, the woman took a few steps back in disgust and said, "When you and Ah Chen went to the back mountain, did you see Xiao He and Ah Lian arguing?"

"I didn't see it!"

"How is that possible?"

"I have been accompanied by a butler the whole way. If Madam Liu does not believe me, you can ask him. I'm sorry, it really hurts too much, so I'll have to go now."

After saying that, she clutched her stomach and ran back to her guest room in a flash. She leaned on the table, panting heavily, and thought to herself that Li Chen was right. It was best not to get involved in the Liu family's affairs.

At night, the boy knocked on the door, brought a glass of warm milk, and told me about what had happened that afternoon.

Only the parties involved know the full story. Liu Xiaohe said that her sister was unhappy with the distribution of gifts by her second uncle, so she pushed her down, dragged her into the bushes and beat her severely before walking down the mountain.

Liu Xiaolian admitted to hitting him, but stated that it was her sister who provoked her first, saying that Liu Yunfeng wanted to give her half of his assets and that there was a secret account into which a large sum of money was deposited every year, which had now reached seven figures.

After beating her up, still seething with anger, she went to the secret base to vent her frustration. However, she accidentally stepped on some gravel, slipped, and fell. Her delicate face was covered in cuts from thorns, leaving her disfigured. When they found her, her face was covered in blood, and she was rushed to the hospital for treatment that very night.

"With their daughter injured like this, how can the parents still have the mind to have dinner with guests? And what's with this secret base?"

"Xiaxia, you don't understand. In the Liu family, a family meal together is an extremely important event, the kind that can't be neglected even if the sky falls. The secret base... I don't know where it is!"

Goodness, those rules are really strange. The two chatted for a while longer, and when they saw that it was getting late, Li Chen got up to say goodbye.

The following day, Liu Yunjuan, the youth representative, led Yunxia, ​​along with her uncle and aunt, to visit Liu Xiaolian at the hospital.

The girl, her face covered in yellow ointment and her eyes red and swollen, glared angrily at Liu Xiaohe, who was fiddling with her clothes.

"Mom, why did you bring her here? Tell her to leave. I don't want to see her. Get out, get out of the Liu family."

“Xiao Lian, A He is your sister. Can you please be more mindful of your image? As for yesterday’s incident, the investigation has been completed. You were mostly at fault. Falling and scratching your face is your own bad luck and cannot be blamed on A Lian. Besides… she knelt in the ancestral hall all night last night.”

Liu Xiaohe's timid and cowardly image is deeply ingrained in people's minds. In front of outsiders, she still hopes that Liu Xiaolian can restrain herself a bit. After all, her daughter is meant for marriage alliances. If this matter causes a big fuss and damages her reputation, the social class of the marriage partner will have to be lowered.

The distribution of gifts, the unknown bank card, and her father speaking up for someone else—the girl was completely enraged and grabbed a buckwheat pillow, throwing it at Xiaohe.

Liu Xiaohe staggered a few times and fainted. Liu Yunxiang quickly called a doctor, who examined her and found that she had heatstroke. Her anxiety, lack of rest, and long-term malnutrition had all contributed to the illness.

"Second brother, little sister, I'm sorry, you must have seen this funny. Take Ah Chen back first, Zhiying and I can manage here."

Every family has its own troubles. Liu Yun slapped her younger sister's hand and said, "Alright, little sister, you go down first. I'll go find Achen and Yunxia."

At this moment, Yun Xia and Li Chen were in Liu Xiaolian's hospital room. The young man put down the fruit basket and said some comforting words.

"Am I... incredibly ugly? So ugly that seeing me would make someone... want to throw up their dinner from the night before!"

Yunxia took out the acne cream she had prepared beforehand and stuffed it into her hand. "Here, scar removal cream. It's made by a famous doctor. No matter if it's a scratch, burn, or scald, as long as it's a scar, just apply it once in the morning and once in the evening. It will disappear completely in seven days to three months, and your skin will become white and tender."

The cheap tin box, covered with cartoon girl drawings, looked very unreliable, but Liu Xiaolian had no choice but to believe it. The thorns had cut too deep, and the doctor said that scarring was inevitable. Desperate, she washed off the yellow ointment on the back of her hand with a wet wipe, and applied a light green ointment. It was cool and refreshing, and the stinging pain disappeared instantly.

"Huh, it works!" the girl exclaimed in surprise.

"Of course, look at you, so clueless. You wouldn't even recognize a good product right in front of you. It contains more than a dozen kinds of Chinese herbs, it's gentle on the skin, and its repairing, anti-inflammatory, and anti-infective abilities are top-notch... Hey, where are you going?"

The girl was quite carefree. She ran into the bathroom and washed off all the yellow ointment that had been applied to her face, hands, and ankles. Then, she applied a thin layer of the green ointment from the cheap tin box. It took effect as soon as it was applied, and her face finally stopped burning and stinging. She also seemed to see the hope of not having scars.

"Hey, do you still have any ointment? I'll buy it no matter how expensive it is!"

One bottle contains 200g. Considering the area of ​​her injury, applying it twice a day would last for three months. Besides, her injury wasn't severe. After thinking it through, Yunxia shook her head. "Even the gentlest cream shouldn't be applied every day. This is enough. Oh, by the way, the beauty cream I received yesterday wasn't a counterfeit!"

The phrase "mistaking a pearl for a fish eye" perfectly describes Liu Xiaolian's situation. She had long ago thrown that box of beauty cream into the trash can, and now she felt extremely remorseful.

"Then... do you still have the beauty cream? It's 200 yuan a box, I'll buy it."

She was Li Chen's cousin, so she felt embarrassed to accept money. She took out two boxes of beauty cream from her handbag and placed them on the bedside table. "After the scars are gone, apply this twice a day. I won't take the money!"

The girl who had complained about the beauty cream being defective just yesterday was now holding it in her arms, completely enamored with it. Li Chen shook his head helplessly. At that moment, Liu Yunkuang came in, exchanged pleasantries, and then led the two out. When they passed by Liu Xiaolian's ward, he went in to take a look.

"Second Uncle, it was Xiaohe's fault. I shouldn't have taken the gift you brought back from abroad, but I... really liked that hair clip. It's a pity that my sister broke it."