Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
“What are you two doing in the woodshed?”
Lee Guilan had intended to go to the woodshed to get some dry firewood, but she was stunned when she saw Lotus and Xue Xiaohua standing there.
At the same time, she saw tears on Xue Xiaohua’s face and was immediately displeased. “Lotus, I know you like my Chang An. Wenjing won’t allow you to enter the house now, but you can’t bully my good granddaughter.”
After saying that, Lee Guilan pulled Xue Xiaohua into her arms and carefully examined her.
After looking around and did not see any red marks on Xue Xiaohua’s face, she lowered her voice and asked, “Xiaohua, are you hurt anywhere? Tell me, I’ll make the decision for you.”
Lotus looked at Lee Guilan and became angry. It was this old fogey who made her wear such ugly clothes, and the old lady, who was both dirty and ugly, still suspected her of bullying this little girl.
However, even though she was angry and disgusted, Lotus could only suppress her anger and say softly, “Aunt, look at what you’re saying. Xiaohua is just talking to me here. How can I do anything to her? Don’t you think so, Xiaohua?”
Xue Xiaohua had just obtained something from Lotus, so she naturally had to speak up for her. At this moment, she said without thinking, “Yes, Grandma. Aunt Lotus didn’t bully me. Look, this is something Aunt Lotus gave me. Is it nice?”
As Xue Xiaohua said this, she directly took out the pearl necklace that Lotus had given her, her face full of pride.
When Lotus saw Xue Xiaohua taking out the pearl necklace, her face instantly turned pale. She was furious in her heart. How could this wretched girl be so brainless? She had just given her something and she had already taken it out to show off. If this old lady thought too much about it, would the entire Xue family not know about it?
What should she do if Xue Chang An heard about it? After all, she had cried and told her Chang An brother that she was penniless and had nowhere else to go…
Just as she was about to explain, she saw Lee Guilan grab the pearl necklace in Xue Xiaohua’s hand and asked in disbelief, “What did you say? This thing… This thing is given to you by Lotus?”
After saying that, Lee Guilan looked at Lotus again, and Lotus was so frightened that she trembled all over.
“This is mine!”
Xue Xiaohua quickly snatched the pearl necklace and hung it around his neck proudly. However, Lotus stammered and did not know how to answer.
“This…”
“Lotus, you are really the young lady of a rich family?”
Lee Guilan looked at Lotus as if she had seen the god of wealth. Her eyes were shining brightly.
It was not that Lotus did not see the greed in Lee Guilan’s eyes. At this moment, her initial fear had turned into sadness, she even pinched her sleeves and pretended to wipe the corners of her eyes. “It’s fine if you don’t mention it. It’s just a poor life. After my parents passed away, they only left me with these useless things.”
Lee Guilan was even more frightened when she heard this. She finally understood that Lotus had called this pearl necklace, which she had never seen in her entire life, a useless thing. Did this not mean that she had more than this?
This meant that her family’s Xue Chang An had picked up a treasure!
Although she was just a young lady from a poor family, Lee Guilan knew that there was an old saying that a lean camel was bigger than a horse. At this moment, she was extremely happy.
“Tsk tsk tsk… so that’s how it is…”
Lee Guilan sighed and looked at Lotus a few times. The more she looked at Lotus, the more she felt that she was precious, in the end, she slapped herself hard on the face and said, “Look at the look in my eyes. You are also a pitiful person. Go, go, go. Go back to your room. How can you stay in this place?”
After saying that, Lee Guilan did not care about Xue Xiaohua anymore. Instead, she held onto the arm of Lotus and walked out. Xue Xiaohua looked at the scene in front of her and felt that something was not right. Clearly, her grandmother did not like this clumsy woman? Why did she look like a different person now?
However, she did not care about that. Xue Xiaohua was extremely happy when she saw the pearl necklace in her hand. This was her treasure. No one in the village was more capable and beautiful than her now.
As for what Lotus said just now, she did not care. It was fine as long as she got it. After all, Lotus could not do anything to her.
As for the lipstick in her hand… Xue Xiaohua thought for a moment and stuffed the lipstick in her hand into the straw in the woodshed.
“Xiaohua, what did you hide just now? Take it out.”
Hearing her mother’s familiar voice behind her, Xue Xiaohua’s heart skipped a beat. How could she be so unlucky? Just now, she was caught by that annoying woman, Lotus, and now her mother saw her again.
“No, nothing.”
Xue Xiaohua moved her feet, trying to stay away from the place where she had hidden the things just now so that her mother would not see them.
Bai Wenjing had been curious when she saw Lee Guilan carrying Lotus out, but she did not know that she would see this scene when she entered the woodshed. Xue Xiaohua was clearly hiding something.
“Let me see if there’s anything.”
Bai Wenjing Strode forward. Xue Xiaohua hurriedly ran to the place where she had hidden the things just now and used her body to block them. Unexpectedly, she was pulled aside by her mother. When she saw her mother take out something, Xue Xiaohua burst into tears.
“Mother, I picked it up. I really picked it up…”
Xue Xiaohua hugged Bai Wenjing’s thigh and cried very sadly. Bai Wenjing’s face was cold as she opened it. She saw that there was not much use in it. It was obvious that she had just bought it. However, Xue Xiaohua was just a child. How could she have the money to buy such an item, she did not have any extra money to waste. It was obvious that Xue Xiaohua had gone to steal things again.
“Picked it up? Ha, then go and pick another one for me. Go and pick it up now. Go on!”
She was really angry. It was not the first time Xue Xiaohua had stolen. The last time she had stolen someone’s head rope, she had caught her red-handed. How long had it been before she had gone to steal again? How big would she be when she grew up?
Xue Xiaohua did not speak. She just hugged her leg and raised her head to cry. She looked pitiful and polite.
“Mother, if I go out to steal again, will you not like me?”
“What do you think?”
Bai Wenjing said in a bad mood. Xue Xiaohua cried even harder when she heard that. Coincidentally, Bai Wenjing saw the pearl necklace on Xue Xiaohua’s neck and became even angrier, she pointed at the necklace on Xue Xiaohua’s neck and asked, “You stole this too? Go, go out now. Whoever you stole this from, return it to them now!”
Xue Xiaohua grabbed Bai Wenjing’s hand and cried, “I didn’t steal it. I didn’t steal it. I took the lipstick from Aunt Qiao Zhen’s house next door. This necklace isn’t stolen. It’s mine…”
“You’re still stubborn! Not only did you steal it, but you’re also lying! Show me your hand!”
Bai Wenjing snapped a tree branch and held it in her hand as she said coldly.
Xue Xiaohua took two steps back and shouted, “I’m not lying. I took the lipstick, I admit it, but I didn’t steal the necklace!”
Bai Wenjing did not want to listen to Xue Xiaohua’s excuses anymore. She directly grabbed a tree branch and whipped it down. Xue Xiaohua screamed and cried. Her voice was broken, and then she bit her hand hard, and Xue Xiaohua ran out the moment she let go….