Volume 3, Chapter 376 – Sister Is Angry With Me

Cheng Yinyin wore a stiff smile.

“The Dream Whisper Flowers in the mansion bloomed today. Let me take you to see them.”

After saying so, Cheng Yinyin was about to step forward and lead the way, but she found the girl standing there without moving.

She turned to look at the girl in front of her, puzzled. “Miss Lixue, what’s wrong?”

Lu Zhuxin’s eyes narrowed slightly. “Little Sister Yin, it seems like you don’t like me?”

Cheng Yinyin’s eyes widened. “I-I never… Why would you say that?”

Lu Zhuxin continued, “Because Little Sister Yin never calls me sister…”

Hearing this, Cheng Yinyin froze in place.

Her expression showed faint signs of crumbling.

Lu Zhuxin paid no attention to her reaction and continued speaking with a blank expression. “Is it because you think a little potato doesn’t deserve to be called sister?”

The corner of Cheng Yinyin’s eye twitched faintly.

This girl still remembered the old grudge!

She stiffly tugged at the corner of her mouth. “Miss Lixue, that’s not what I meant…”

Lu Zhuxin raised her head and looked at her with resentful eyes. “You said I was shorter than you…”

Cheng Yinyin spoke with difficulty. “I didn’t…”

“You said I wasn’t as tall as you, that a little potato had no right to make you call her sister,”

“I really didn’t…”

Lu Zhuxin raised an eyebrow. “But you still don’t want to call me sister…”

Cheng Yinyin clenched her pink fists. She wanted to hit someone.

By now, how could she not see it.

This girl in front of her was settling scores over what she’d said before.

Tch!

So what if she made fun of her height a little? Why hold such a grudge?

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Did she hit a sore spot?

Cheng Yinyin clenched her pink fists again and again.

She showed nothing on her face, but she controlled her breathing, taking a few deep breaths without a trace.

Calm down. Calm down.

She remembered what her mother had said before, that to deal with Cheng Lixia, she had to start with the people around her.

Winning over Cheng Lixue was a very important step.

No matter how difficult it was, she had to endure it.

Thinking of this, Cheng Yinyin forced down the resistance in her heart once more.

She gave a dry laugh. “Miss Lixue, stop teasing me.”

“What I said before was just words spoken in anger.”

“After all, at that time, I didn’t yet know Miss Lixue’s identity.”

“That’s why I said such unpleasant things.”

“But I really didn’t mean it that way.”

Lu Zhuxin listened, secretly laughing inside.

She didn’t mean it that way? She meant it exactly that way.

“Really?” Lu Zhuxin asked.

“Of course!” Cheng Yinyin nodded.

Lu Zhuxin tilted her head slightly. “Then why do you still not call me sister?”

Cheng Yinyin clenched her pink fists so hard they creaked.

Damn it, there was no getting past this, was there.

Did she absolutely have to call her sister?

Looking at the delicate, lovely little face in front of her, Cheng Yinyin felt an urge to plant her fist right on it.

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However, she held back.

Impulse was the devil.

This woman was so fixated on the title of sister because her height was lacking, and she wanted to make up for it through status.

To get close to her, she had to cater to her preferences.

This foolish woman cared so much about the title of sister. Since she wanted to hear it so badly, then let her hear it.

“Whew…”

Cheng Yinyin took a deep breath.

She moved her mouth like a rusted machine.

“Second… sister…”

Her voice was very soft, her face twisted.

Cheng Yinyin vaguely felt that she had already sold her soul for the sake of this family.

“I can’t hear you.”

“…What?”

Lu Zhuxin straightened her expression and looked at her with a serious face. “Your voice is too quiet, I can’t hear you. Say it louder.”

Cheng Yinyin’s expression nearly broke. She felt like her teeth were about to shatter.

She wished she could reach out and tear apart that infuriating face in front of her.

She opened her mouth and took a harsh breath of foul air.

She said through gritted teeth.

“Second sister!!”

Her voice was loud, her face ferocious, almost a roar.

Even the maid carrying water not far away was startled, and the basin in her hands was knocked over onto the ground.

Only then did a satisfied smile appear on Lu Zhuxin’s face.

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“Oh! Little Sister Yin has such a sweet mouth.”

“Little Sister Yin looks so endearing like this.”

The girl’s soft laughter reached Cheng Yinyin’s ears clearly.

Looking at the girl in front of her smiling like a flower, she felt like she had been played for a fool.

Forget it. She couldn’t afford to argue with this girl.

Once Cheng Lixia was dealt with, this Cheng Lixue would be worthless too. Then she’d make her pay for what she’d done today.

After cursing a few times in her heart, Cheng Yinyin finally felt a little better.

She stepped forward, grabbed Lu Zhuxin’s wrist, and walked quickly ahead.

“Second sister, come this way. This path leads to the Cheng residence’s flower garden. The scenery is lovely!”

Cheng Yinyin enthusiastically led Lu Zhuxin around the Cheng residence’s gardens, though her eyes held not a trace of warmth.

Lu Zhuxin looked at the golden hues in the courtyard, feeling somewhat unenthused.

Compared to the Chi residence and the Fox Palace, this Cheng residence was no different from a roadside outhouse.

However, on the surface she still went along with Cheng Yinyin’s introduction, letting out bursts of admiration like a girl who had never seen the world.

Though it was somewhat perfunctory, Cheng Yinyin couldn’t tell.

She held onto Lu Zhuxin as she spoke, observing her reactions just as her mother had instructed.

Listening to her bursts of admiration, her heart was full of disdain.

A vulgar country woman, utterly ignorant.

Her fingers gripped Lu Zhuxin’s wrist, pinching gently.

So slender, so soft.

So frail.

With a constitution like this, she probably had no talent for cultivation either.

Thinking of this, a bit more contempt rose in Cheng Yinyin’s heart.

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After gauging that the moment was right, Cheng Yinyin asked casually.

“Second sister, why do I only see you alone today? Isn’t Eldest Sister here?”

Lu Zhuxin glanced at Cheng Yinyin’s profile from the corner of her eye.

It seemed the main event had arrived.

She pressed her lips together slightly, adjusting her expression.

“Sister… she didn’t come to see me today.”

“I made her angry yesterday.”

Hearing this, Cheng Yinyin’s eyes lit up involuntarily.

Just as expected, exactly as her mother had said.

These two women had really fallen out over the matter of the consort selection!

Her mother truly was brilliant.

Cheng Yinyin almost wanted to laugh out loud, but she still kept a concerned expression on her face.

“Huh? Why?”

She took Lu Zhuxin’s hand. “My mother said you two sisters are so close, you don’t seem like the type to have a falling out.”

“…” Lu Zhuxin was speechless for a moment.

No wonder, taught by the Qian clan.

“I don’t know either.” Lu Zhuxin gave a bitter smile. “It seems it was because of the consort selection that made sister angry.”

“But that wasn’t my intention. I didn’t want to make sister angry.”

Though she had already guessed the answer, Cheng Yinyin still put on a surprised expression. “Because of the consort selection? Why?”

“…If the three of us sisters could pass the consort selection together, wouldn’t that be a good thing?”

“Once we enter the palace, we can look out for each other.”