"You know I'm going to hit you, so get out of here and stop causing trouble." Ye Xiaoqian shoved Haitang away, and she fell to the ground.
Before Haitang could cry out, Chuntao ran in and stood in front of her, afraid that she would be beaten.
"Chuntao, you're finally here! She almost beat me to death!" Haitang cried uncontrollably.
Chuntao helped Haitang stand up. "Haitang, I told you not to come here, why didn't you listen?"
Last night, Haitang wanted to find Lu Xi and ask him to heat up her bath water. Chuntao told her that Lu Xi was now Yuan Doudou's man and she could no longer order him around.
Haitang was furious when she heard this and was determined to go to Qingfeng Garden to take Lu Xi back. It was Chun Tao who stopped her from going. She didn't expect that Lu Xi would still come to cause trouble when she wasn't paying attention early in the morning.
They're such a worry.
"Lu Xi, get out here! You little traitor! If it weren't for our kind-hearted master saving you, you would have been beaten to death by bad guys long ago!" Haitang cried and pointed at the people in the room, cursing loudly.
"Haitang, keep your voice down. If the master hears you, he'll definitely lock you up in jail." Chuntao didn't want her sister to be scolded.
Ye Xiaoqian sneered: "Chun Tao, you'd better take her away quickly, otherwise your master won't even need to show his face, I can make her wish she were dead."
"DouDou is kind-hearted, but I'm not," she added.
Chuntao smiled apologetically: "Haitang is just reluctant to part with Lu Xi. Please forgive her, Miss Ye, and don't take it to heart."
"That depends on her behavior. If she keeps acting unreasonably, I won't be able to control myself either." Ye Xiaoqian glanced at Haitang, whose makeup and hair were disheveled. She was still a maid from a wealthy family, but she looked like a crazy old woman.
Chun Tao was helpless. Haitang's personality had been like this since she was a child. She had never been wronged in the mansion, and her master treated her very well.
"Begonia, listen to me, let's go back," Chuntao said softly.
Haitang glared fiercely at Ye Xiaoqian, but despite her resentment, she could only suppress it for now.
"I will never forgive you." Haitang stormed off, with Chuntao following behind.
Ye Xiaoqian laughed as she watched her leave, and said to Dou Dou, "That kind of person deserves a beating."
Yuan Doudou didn't take Haitang to heart. She was just a child, and Lu Xi was her toy. Isn't that how all children are? When their toys are taken away, they naturally won't be happy.
"Alright, let's continue eating."
Lu Xi sat at the table, head down, not daring to eat.
When Haitang arrived, he was terrified and trembling all over.
"Lu Xi, don't be afraid. We're all here. No one will dare to bully you," Yuan Doudou gently comforted her.
Lu Xi raised his head, the fear still in his eyes. He looked at Yuan Doudou and felt a special connection with her.
"Sister Dou Dou, I'm not afraid." After saying that, his eyes gradually hardened.
After breakfast, An Rong washed up in the kitchen.
"Brother Anrong, let me wash it." Lu Xi stood aside, genuinely wanting to help.
“No need, you can’t reach the stove. You can wash it when you’re older.” An Rong wanted to say that boys will have plenty of opportunities to wash pots and pans in the future, so there’s no need to rush.
Lu Xi picked up a rag and wiped the table. After wiping it clean, she went to sweep the floor.
“Lu Xi, if you’re bored, you can play games with Anji,” An Rong suggested.
He's still a child; he shouldn't be focusing on these trivial household chores.
"I don't know how to play," Lu Xi said softly.
He has no memories of his childhood; the earliest thing he can remember is his experience begging with those people.
“It’s okay, you can learn to play with him.” An Rong noticed the dejection in his eyes.
After Lu Xi finished sweeping the floor, she went to find Anji.
Anji was playing with building blocks in DouDou's house when he saw Lu Xi come over and happily greeted him: "Uncle, let's play together."
“Okay.” Lu Xi had never seen anything like this before.
They came in all shapes and sizes, and Anji built one that looked like a house.
"Uncle, building blocks is very simple. Just build whatever you think of."
"For example, if I want a puppy, I'll do this, then this, then this, and finally this one. See, doesn't it look like one?"
Lu Xi smiled; she realized that building blocks was so much fun.
He wanted a big house so that his whole family could live there.
Lu Xi learned very quickly, and in no time, a house with a yard was built.
"Mommy, look, isn't the block building Uncle made pretty?" Angie asked excitedly.
Yuan Doudou was mending Anji's pants. Children's clothes wear out quickly, and the knees of the pants were worn out again.
She put down her clothes, looked up at the building blocks on the ground. The house was well-laid out, and there were trees, tables and chairs, and a well in the yard.
"Lu Xi, you're so amazing! You learned it in no time." This is something for little kids, but Lu Xi is twelve years old, so she's not a little kid.
Lu Xi had always had a hard life, and he had never touched these children's toys before. It was his first time playing with them, and he was able to build something like this, which was really impressive.
“Right? I also think Uncle is amazing.” Angie felt proud of his uncle’s greatness.
Lu Xi played games, read books, and wrote with Anji.
"Uncle, your handwriting is so beautiful." Anji finished writing a large character, then looked at Lu Xi's large character. One was crooked and crooked, while the other was neat and upright.
Yuan Doudou walked over to them, saw the large characters on the paper, and nodded in satisfaction. Lu Xi has a talent for learning.
“Lu Xi, shall I teach you to write your name?” Yuan Doudou asked him earnestly.
Lu Xi was flattered. He could learn to write too? Before, when he saw Haitang writing, he only wanted to sneak a peek, but Haitang slapped him on the ear and scolded him for being a lowly person who was not qualified to read.
"Okay." Lu Xi's eyes welled up with tears.
Yuan Doudou first wrote his name on the paper stroke by stroke, teaching him to read the strokes.
The methods of literacy in ancient times are not entirely the same as those in modern times, but Yuan Doudou can only teach him using the methods she knows. There are some discrepancies, but there's nothing she can do about it.
"The character '陆' has a left-right structure. The left side is the double ear radical, and the right side is the character '击'."
“Xi, first write the character '八', then write the character '丂' below it.”
Yuan Doudou taught very carefully, writing each stroke meticulously, and Lu Xi memorized it after just one reading.
"You write one for me to see."
Lu Xi picked up the pen, paused for a moment, and slowly began to write. After changing the strokes, a beautiful character "Lu" was completed.
"Not bad, this child is teachable."
Yuan Doudou thought that Lu Xi was already twelve years old, and it wasn't too late to start working hard now.
"Sister Dou Dou, can I not have the surname Lu?" he said, looking down like a child who had done something wrong.
Yuan Doudou was slightly taken aback. "What surname do you want?"
"I want to share the same surname as Sister Dou Dou." He considered Dou Dou his own sister, so why should he take Lu Chaoyang's surname?
Seeing Yuan Doudou hesitate, Lu Xi felt disappointed.
“It’s not that it’s impossible, but Lu Chaoyang is your benefactor. If you abandon his surname, people will say you are ungrateful. Do you still insist on taking my surname?”
Lu Xi nodded firmly without hesitation.
He will repay Lu Chaoyang's kindness when he grows up, but that won't stop him from wanting to share the same surname as Dou Dou.
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