Chapter 547
A Rigid Relation
Translated by newbienoona
Edited by anks
It was a kind of inhuman torture that the desired prey was not obtained. The thought that should not exist paralyzed Luo Shao’s heart.
He turns his head and looks at Mankuai. “You mean you have a way?”
Mankuai’s lip curls, and her beautiful face contorts into a demon. Women are terrible, especially one filled with hatred.
An Chuxia is afraid of getting dirty. In this case, wouldn’t this be the best way to make her unclean?
“Of course.” A sharp light brightens her eyes.
Since they were the organizers, Han Liuhai returns home late. An Chuxia is already in bed, but she hasn’t fallen asleep yet.
In the hall, Jiang Yuan orders steward Han to bring Chuxia a glass of warm milk. When she heard An Chuxia’s coat got wet, and had to get home early, she was worried that Chuxia would catch a cold.
“I’m afraid she’ll rather need boiled ginger soup than a warm glass of milk,” Han Qilu says when he passes by Jiang Yuan as she gives orders to steward Han.
“Shit, boy, will you die if you don’t talk back to me? See how good I am for sparing you today!” She stares at Han Qilu sternly.
Steward Han is about to go up when Qilu stops him. “I am about to go up. I can take it to her.”
Steward Han pauses for a second before chuckling. “Okay, I have to trouble you, young master. Thank you.”
Han Qilu and the butler share a look, and Qilu knows why the butler is so excited, not because he has one less thing to do, but for something that can be misconstrued.
But he’s too lazy to explain.
An Chuxia can’t sleep, so she gets up from the bed when she hears the knock on the door.
“Why are you here?” An Chuxia asks, confused. Her eyes fall to the glass of milk in Qilu’s hand.
“Don’t get me wrong, I just brought this up for you. Mom is afraid you’d catch a cold.” Han Qilu hands her the milk, but doesn’t immediately walk away.
An Chuxia eyes the milk suspiciously. If Han Qilu didn’t take the initiative to explain things to her, she’d be surprised. Han Qilu knows nothing about it.
She knew that Han Qilu was not so kind, but there was no need to explain it on purpose.
What a weirdo!
An Chuxia grins. “Tell Mommy thank you.”
Han Qilu frowns, looking upset. “You’re not going to thank me? I was the one who brought you the milk!”
She doesn’t know why he’s so upset. Will he not be upset anymore if she thanked him?
“Thank you.” After she says it, she starts closing the door.
But then, he squeezes through the gap like he is entering his own home!
Her face darkens and looks at him. “Is there anything else?”
As long as Xiang Mankuai stands next to Han Qilu, her attitude toward him won’t be good.
“I heard you were uncomfortable, and came back early. Did Hanyu take you home?” He stares at her, making her palms sweat unconsciously.
Isn’t he clear about their situation? What’s the question again?
She really doesn’t know what he’s asking. “Yes, he happens to have taken me home.”
“I’ve never seen Hanyu be so gentle with a girl before.” Han Qilu mumbles to himself like he wasn’t talking to her.
She picks up the glass of milk and drinks it. The warm milk calms her.
“Did he say anything to you on your way back?” Han Qilu asks after a while.
She frowns inexplicably. “What’s he supposed to say? What are you asking?”
The reason for this is, of course, because he feels that Ling Hanyu is a threat. Hanyu was very obvious when he was in the hospital that he was going to start courting An Chuxia. But obviously, he’s not going to tell An Chuxia about that.
“It’s nothing.” Han Qilu seems to be relieved, but An Chuxia is even more puzzled.
Han Qilu is really weird…
“Nothing? Clarify.” An Chuxia steps forward, but Han Qilu immediately pushes off and turns to the door.
“It’s late. Get some rest. We have school tomorrow.” He doesn’t look at her, and leaves immediately after speaking.
Although she is full of doubt, she has no choice but to return to her bed and sleep.
She doesn’t know if it was the milk, but after she lays back on the bed, sleep strikes her and takes her to Dreamland.
* * *
The scent of flowers and and birds chirping wake her up as the bright sunlight streams. Her alarm clock rings happily.
“Qilu, you have to take An Chuxia to school. You need to pay attention to her legs. Remember to eat with her at noon,” Jiang Yuan instructs.
Then, she turns to steward Han and says, “Remember to meet up with the teacher and remind them she shouldn’t participate in any running exercises. Make sure the physical education teacher remembers that.”
“Relax, Madame, I will make the proper arrangements.” He looks at his watch and says, “We have to leave in twenty minutes. Otherwise, we’d be late.”
Jiang Yuan sighs. “I’ve talked enough already. Oh, right! Where’s Dongyu?”
“I bought him a bike and I told him to ride to school. He should be on the road right now.”
Jiang Yuan grimaces. “You haven’t seen him in years. Aren’t you afraid he’ll be tired?”
“We’ll head out first.” Steward Han bows to Jiang Yuan before getting in the car.
As the car leaves, Jiang Yuan watches as she holds Liuhai’s case in her hand. She sighs at the complex emotions coursing through her. “I really like that child, An Chuxia.”
“We didn’t do anything to hurt her.” Han Liuhai stands by his wife. “No?”
“But if we analyze this to the end, we’re also… .”
“If you still feel guilty, then we have to treat her a little better,” Han Liuhai says positively. “But don’t be such a mother.”
Jiang Yuan falls into silence until Han Liuhai leaves in his car. And even after the car has disappeared from her sight, she still stands on the driveway.
* * *
Compared to the loneliness in the Han residence, Stein is much livelier. Everyone knows Han Qilu returns to school today. Hardcore Han Qilu fangirls make handmade signs saying “Qilu, I love you” and “Welcome back”. The scene looks like that of a superstar’s arrival.
Liu Dongyu arrived in the school long ago. After parking his bike, the first thing he does is to go to Meng Xiaonan’s class.
No one is there. Liu Dongyu walks to Xiaonan’s seat and puts breakfast that he brought in her drawer. After getting his work done, he walks out like he was never there.
There’s a loud noise coming from the gate and he sees the Han car arrive at the curb. Class is starting soon, so the kids are now dissipating to head to their classrooms.
“Look, they’re here!” Someone screams and the crowd heats up.
“This is… .” Han Qilu frowns as he sits in the car. “Noisy.”
“Congratulations, my dear Master Qilu, on your return to Stein.” An Chuxia suddenly says, and Han Qilu looks at her.
An Chuxia’s eyes fall on the sign plastered on the car window. After reading it, she laughs before sighing. “These are all your fans, little master Qilu.”
“Hey-.” Han Qilu stares at her unhappily.
“I’m sorry, young master. I’ll take care of the matter right away.” Steward Han pushes the car door and gets out of the car. The school leaders also rush to assist. Even with the crowd removed, the “crazy fans” refuse to leave. The guards eventually move them away.
“The world is quiet.” Han Qilu exhales. “Fortunately, you’re not twittering, An Chuxia.”
Yes, she is not twittering, but of course, she’s not a bird.
“It’s almost time for class, young master. Please sit here while I leave.” An Chuxia says before getting out of the car.
While at breakfast, this morning, Han Qilu wanted to tell An Chuxia that she’s ‘The One’, and she doesn’t need to cry. And even if she needs to cry, he didn’t want Mankuai to be the reason.
He wants her to counter attack.
But he needs to make the first counter attack. Of course, he needs to get his pleasure first by amusing himself.
As An Chuxia heads to the classroom, she sees Meng Xiaonan walk up with less than her usual enthusiasm. She passes her directly and walks into the classroom.
An Chuxia raises her hand to greet Xiaonan, but she freezes. The bell rings, saving her from embarrassment. She withdraws her hand before entering the classroom.
First morning class starts, and muttering voices and people reading is heard in the classroom.
“Chuxia, you’re back!”
“We would have died for you!”
“An Chuxia, you weren’t here and we didn’t know what Xueba is!”
An Chuxia smiles at them before looking down at her textbook.
Just then, An Chuxia hears Meng Xiaonan’s voice, “Who put this here?”
Then Fei Lixiya screams. “Isn’t that the Fu Ji bun? That’s so delicious. There are many people waiting early in line to buy this!”
Everyone listens to Fei Lixiya’s words and looks at the Fu Ji bun in Xiaonan’s hand. An Chuxia also turns and teases Xiaonan as she smiles. “Which big guy got this for you?”
However, it turns out Meng Xiaonan treats her like air.
Xiaonan looks at Lixiya directly as she ignores Chuxia. “You like it? Here you go.”
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Xiaonan seems really upset about Chuxia tricking her into meeting Mingluo…
Thanks for the chapter 😊
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