In the early morning, Chu Ri Huaizhu lay in Wang Quan Baye's arms. Thinking that she would soon leave him, she couldn't help but feel like crying. Tears fell on Wang Quan Baye's robe, and he patted her on the back to soothe her.
At noon the next day, Chu Ri Huaizhu was waiting in her room for lunch. Lately, she didn't feel like eating rich and greasy food as it easily got cloying. So she specifically told the kitchen staff not to prepare such dishes.
However, when lunch was served, the first things on the table were fish, chicken soup, and various other nutritious dishes.
"Take these dishes away. I don't really want to eat them," Chu Ri Huaizhu frowned and said to the servant beside her. But Wang Quan Baye stopped the servant from taking away the fish and chicken soup.
Chu Ri Huaizhu stared at Wang Quan Baye, using her eyes to ask him the reason for his action. Wang Quan Baye ignored her inquiring look and just told the servant to leave the fish and other dishes. Then he told the servants to leave.
"Eat a bit of fish and drink some chicken soup. It's good for little Fugui and will make him grow up chubby and healthy," Wang Quan Baye coaxed Chu Ri Huaizhu in a tone like he was talking to a child, which made Chu Ri Huaizhu can't help but roll her eyes.
She knew that rich and greasy food was good for the body, but one couldn't eat too much of it. Eating it every day would make anyone sick of it. Moreover, in modern life, such food was commonly consumed.
"Just eat a little bit, Huaizhu," Wang Quan Baye coaxed her patiently. He picked up the chicken soup, scooped some up with a spoon, and brought it to Chu Ri Huaizhu's mouth.
Chu Ri Huaizhu had no choice but to reluctantly drink the chicken soup. After lunch, Wang Quan Baye went to deal with his affairs, while Chu Ri Huaizhu went for a walk in the garden. She had eaten so much meat today under Wang Quan Baye's persuasion.
When she returned to her room after the walk, Xiao Qing looked a bit strange, as if someone had made her angry. Chu Ri Huaizhu was a bit confused and asked.
"What happened?" Chu Ri Huaizhu asked. Her concerned tone made Xiao Qing even angrier.
It turned out that when Xiao Qing went to tidy up things at noon, she heard two or three servants gathered together, discussing the matter of Chu Ri Huaizhu asking to take away the fish at lunch.
"I really don't know what the young master is thinking. He spoils her so much. There's fish to eat, and she's still not satisfied," a servant said with dissatisfaction on her face. They could only eat fish once a month because they worked in the Wang Quan Manor.
But Chu Ri Huaizhu didn't want to eat it and even disliked the fish, which made them feel dissatisfied.
"They're really too bold. They say anything, and even claim that you're unblessed," Xiao Qing said, wishing she could grab those people and get revenge for Chu Ri Huaizhu.
Chu Ri Huaizhu didn't care about what those servants said. She understood their words. After all, for them, fish was highly nutritious for the fetus.
As for the so - called unblessed, Chu Ri Huaizhu cared even less. Meeting Wang Quan Baye was her blessing. "It's okay. They're just talking. I'm not even angry, so you don't be angry either."
Xiao Qing pouted after hearing Chu Ri Huaizhu's words. She didn't really care about what Chu Ri Huaizhu said. She walked out of the room and stared at those servants with an indescribable look on her face, which made people shiver.
Chu Ri Huaizhu thought the matter was over, but unexpectedly, when she was walking in the garden, she suddenly heard the screams of some servants, and the screams were mixed with the chilling sound of a whip breaking through the air.
Chu Ri Huaizhu's face turned solemn. She didn't expect that there would be someone in the Wang Quan Manor abusing the servants. She quickened her pace and went there. To her surprise, the person waving the whip was Xiao Qing, and the people suffering were those who had bullied Xiao Qing before.
Chu Ri Huaizhu could hardly believe it. In her eyes, Xiao Qing had always been a frail and pitiful person. Otherwise, she wouldn't have been bullied by others before.
"What are you doing?!" Chu Ri Huaizhu stopped Xiao Qing when she was about to pour chili water, with anger and confusion on her face.
Xiao Qing didn't expect to be discovered by Chu Ri Huaizhu. The chili water in her hand fell to the ground. The servants were kneeling beside them, trembling. They were already scared of Xiao Qing.
"Why are you treating them like this?" Chu Ri Huaizhu asked, finding it hard to accept.
Xiao Qing's mind was spinning fast. Suddenly, tears welled up in her eyes. "Madam, these people took advantage of my absence to bully my family. I just couldn't hold it in and had to take action against them."
Chu Ri Huaizhu listened. The servants didn't refute Xiao Qing's words but just kowtowed. She temporarily believed Xiao Qing's words.
"Let them go. I don't want such a thing to happen again," even though Chu Ri Huaizhu temporarily believed Xiao Qing's explanation, she still didn't quite approve.
After hearing that the servants were to be let go, a look of cruelty flashed across Xiao Qing's face, but she had to obey Chu Ri Huaizhu's order and let the servants leave.
Chu Ri Huaizhu watched the servants leave and then walked towards her room. She didn't see the look in Xiao Qing's eyes as she stared at her departing back, full of hatred and killing intent.
Chu Ri Huaizhu didn't see Xiao Qing following up for a long time. When she looked back, she just caught the look in Xiao Qing's eyes.
Chu Ri Huaizhu was scared by that vicious look. In a blink of an eye, she saw that Xiao Qing's eyes were filled with tears. The look she had just seen was completely gone. She thought she had misseen and didn't care.
But a few days later, Chu Ri Huaizhu walked on the road, one hand supporting her waist and the other gently stroking her belly. She heard faint screams in the distance again.
But in just a moment, the screams disappeared.
"It's really terrifying. I don't know how they offended Xiao Qing to be treated like this," two maids said with fear on their faces.
The whispering stopped when Chu Ri Huaizhu came over. The two maids saluted. Only after Chu Ri Huaizhu walked further away did they start discussing again. "Exactly. We originally thought she was so pitiful, but now it turns out she can easily take someone's life. We have to be more careful."
Chu Ri Huaizhu listened intently, looking embarrassed. She walked towards the place where the screams had come from. She carefully concealed her figure just to see what Xiao Qing was doing.
When she saw, Chu Ri Huaizhu was extremely angry. Xiao Qing was stabbing a three - foot - long nail into a person's body without any mercy. She was also whipping the person's lower body. Her cruel appearance was nothing like her previous weakness.
At noon, Xiao Qing served Chu Ri Huaizhu lunch.
"Why do I always hear screams lately? Could it be that there are too many resentful spirits in the manor?" Chu Ri Huaizhu said meaningfully.