Chapter 80
Early the next morning
After Luo Chaoyan finished her breakfast, a maid came outside the door and said that the steward wanted to see her.
"Let him in!"
The steward came in and bowed to her respectfully, "Young Madam!"
Luo Chaoyan saw Yue Li, who looked embarrassed, being carried by two old women behind him.
She was stunned and asked, "What's going on?" She had someone keep an eye on Yue Li before, but she didn't see her doing anything out of the ordinary.
The steward said, "Young Madam, Yue Li is restless, and the master has asked you to deal with her."
Restless?
Luo Chaoyan raised her eyebrows. Huo Jin stayed in the study yesterday. Could it be that this girl climbed into the bed in the study?
She looked at the steward, who said respectfully, "She...she offended the master."
Luo Chaoyan knew she had guessed right when she heard that. She coughed and then said seriously, "Yueli, do you know you were wrong?"
Yueli seemed not to hear anything and stared at the ground with a dull look.
Luo Chaoyan said to Fengli, "Let her wake up."
Pineapple nodded, took the tea beside her and splashed it on Yueli's face.
Yueli was startled by the water and woke up instantly.
Luo Chaoyan looked at her and didn't want to talk too much with her, so she said, "I'll give you two choices. Do you want to get married freely or live out your life in the manor?"
Yue Li pouted, looked at Luo Chaoyan fiercely, and said, "Stop pretending here, you are not worthy of the master at all!"
"How dare you be rude to the young lady!" Pineapple glared at her angrily.
Luo Chaoyan smiled and said, "If I am not worthy, then you are? People should have some self-knowledge. After all, my father is an official, and you are just a maid. Your life and death are in the hands of the master. How can you have the nerve to say such words in front of me?"
Yue Li said bitterly: "You don't like the master at all, you just want the glory and wealth of the Huo family."
"Tsk tsk! What an affectionate maid. What? Are you trying to tell me that you only want this man and not the wealth and glory of the Huo family? Who would believe that?" Luo Chaoyan sneered.
"You..." Yue Li was furious and said, "You only married into the Huo family by using despicable means. Otherwise, how could you be qualified? You shameless woman!"
Despicable means? Thinking of the suffocating feeling of drowning, her face suddenly darkened.
"Pineapple, slap your mouth!"
Fengli stepped forward and waved her hand. With a "pop" sound, Yueli's face instantly swelled up. It can be seen how much effort she put in. There was no way she could do anything about it. She was too angry. Her young mistress had always disdained the Huo family's wealth and splendor. Now he is being insulted by this little maid.
Luo Chaoyan had lost all her patience. She didn't want to waste any more words on someone with such a stubborn mindset. She said coldly, "I think you'd better not choose. Just go to the farm and do hard labor."
She raised her hand and waved, signaling them to pull the person out.
When Yue Li was pulled out of the yard, she happened to meet Huo Rui. She seemed to have found a life-saving straw and shouted to him, "Master Rui, save me!"
Seeing her miserable appearance, Huo Rui frowned and looked at the steward, "What's going on?"
The steward considered for a while and said, "Young Master, Yue Li did something wrong, and the young mistress wants me to send her to the manor."
Yue Li struggled to break free from the two women holding her, and knelt down in front of him, saying, "Master Rui, please save me. It was the young mistress who did this. She couldn't bear to see that I was the young master's biological mother, so she wanted to drive me to the farm."
"Master Rui, she has ulterior motives. First she planned to marry into the Huo family. Now, as soon as she has established a foothold in the Huo family, she will take action against you and Master An so that the child she gives birth to can take over the Huo family."
“Shut up!”
The steward quickly sent someone forward to hold her back.
"Young Master, don't listen to her nonsense. She was the one who made the mistake first, so the Master asked the Madam to punish her."
Having said that, he asked someone to take her away quickly.
Huo Rui walked up to her, expressionless, and said, "You misunderstood her. She doesn't actually want to be my stepmother." Then he walked away without paying any attention to her heart-wrenching cries.
Fengli was hiding on a stone pillar. When she heard Huo Rui's words, she nodded immediately. It seemed that under the young lady's subtle "teaching", she finally had some conscience. She had to go back and have a good talk with the young lady.
Seeing Huo Rui walking towards the yard first, she had no choice but to follow him.
Inside
Luo Chaoyan yawned and said to Shu Lan, "Here comes someone looking for trouble so early in the morning. What a bummer."
She stood up and wanted to walk around the yard, but saw Huo Rui walk in. Thinking of what Yue Li said just now, he immediately said angrily: "What are you doing here!"
"Let's make peace!" Huo Rui said indifferently. He didn't know why, but ever since that day when she protected him behind her, he always felt strange. He knew that as long as he didn't provoke her, she would not bother to pay attention to him, so Yue Li's words were totally untenable. What's more, she was married into the family because of his scheme.
"Let's make peace." Huo Rui looked at her and said, "I promise you, I won't trouble you again."
Luo Chaoyan blinked, then looked at him closely. This guy has been acting a little strange lately. Not only does he often follow the fat boy to her place for free meals, but he also looks a little dazed when he sees her getting along with Huo An.
She suddenly stood further away from him and asked, "Are you possessed by an evil spirit?"
Huo Rui rolled his eyes at her and said, "Let's just try to get along well."
Luo Chaoyan looked at him with suspicion. This guy had a criminal record and had cheated her several times. Now you are actually taking the initiative to propose peace? Why is she so unconvinced?
"In that case, then just call mother and let me hear it." She didn't believe that he would be willing to call her that.
Huo Rui raised his eyes to look at her, "Mother!" He could call her that in front of his father and grandmother anyway, so there was nothing he couldn't say.
When Luo Chaoyan saw him really screaming, goose bumps suddenly appeared on her arms. So I did something I had wanted to do for a long time.
She walked quickly up to him, and before he could react, she raised her hands and pulled his face hard.
"Hiss, it hurts! You woman!" Huo Rui covered his face which was a little painful and glared at her.
Luo Chaoyan clapped her hands and said with a smile, "This is exactly you. You're so gentle all of a sudden. It's really chilling."
"Since you are so sincere in wanting to make peace, I will not refuse you. But let me be frank with you. If you cause trouble to me again, I will not show mercy."
"It's a deal!" Huo Rui said.
"It's a deal."
After Huo Rui left, Luo Chaoyan looked at Shu Lan and said, "Do you think this guy will regret it tomorrow?"
"It seems like the young master is going to regret it this time." Shu Lan said with a smile.
"Young Madam!" Pineapple hurried in and repeated everything she had just overheard.
Luo Chaoyan crossed her arms, raised her hand and touched her chin, and said seriously, "Do you think life will become boring if I don't have him to play with in the future?"
Fengli and Shulan looked at her speechlessly and said in unison, "No!"
Luo Chaoyan touched her nose and said, "I just said that casually."
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