Lanting

Kapitel 70

Madam Lu said coldly, "Very well, come back tomorrow or the day after. Come to my Yixin Garden. I want to hear just how good your relationship with Miss Zhao really is."

Kiyomi saw beads of sweat dripping down her forehead like rain, and thought to herself: No way.

“I think that’s unnecessary,” Lu Qingcheng said coldly. “Mother, please stop interfering in Jian Yue and Miss Zhao’s affairs.”

Madam Lu stared at her son in disbelief, her voice trembling as she asked, "Qing? Qingcheng?"

"You can leave now." Lu Qingcheng's voice remained devoid of warmth as she coldly said, "Please remember, never again trespass into the council chamber. Otherwise, even if you are my mother, I will not forgive you."

Madam Lu swayed, almost fainting. Xu Yun anxiously supported her, crying out, "Madam, Lord of the Fortress, please don't treat Madam like this; she is your mother!"

"Then I'll trouble Miss Xu to escort my mother back to Yixin Garden."

Lu Qingcheng stared at Xu Lan with a sinister and cold gaze. Xu Lan remained motionless, as indifferent as ice.

A storm raged within Qing Jianyue. What was going on? Why did the lord of the fortress seem to hate his mother so much? What had happened?

Xu Yun and Tong Fengrui helped Madam Lu leave. Li Zhen followed behind Xu Lan, who seemed indifferent to everything, her brow furrowed, looking extremely worried. Before leaving, He Yunya suddenly turned back and gave a mysterious smile.

From beginning to end, Qingfeng observed coldly, but he naturally noticed He Yunya's smile before she left. When she turned back and smiled, she was backlit by the sun, radiating an aura that was both noble and mysterious.

Qingfeng's heart skipped a beat: This woman? He immediately looked at his cousin, whose face was gloomy, and wondered: Could it be? No way?

"Lord, your subordinate has returned." Like sunlight piercing through dark clouds to bring light to the earth, Kiyomi Tsuki's smile shone brightly. The white fox jumped and danced happily at his feet, as if to say, "The Fox King is back, the Fox King is back."

The darkness and cruelty in Lu Qingcheng's eyes melted away like ice meeting a warm breeze, and joy welled up from the bottom of her heart, blooming on her face like a flower in full bloom. He smiled and said, "You're too greedy. You didn't even greet Zhonghe when he came back. If he's angry with you, I won't care."

Kiyoshi sticks out her tongue playfully, jumps in front of Cai Zhonghe, grabs his hand and shakes it excitedly, "Handsome brother, I heard you were back, so I rushed back to see if it was true! Haha, I can't believe you really are back."

A sense of warmth and happiness welled up in Cai Zhonghe's heart. "Jianyue, it's been so long! I didn't expect you to look even more beautiful after all this time."

Kiyomi Tsuki smiled innocently like a child and said, "Did you bring me a gift? Take it out and let me see what delicious treats it is?"

Lei Yongxiang scoffed, "Only he would ask what's delicious?"

Everyone couldn't help but laugh.

A sly smile crept across Cai Zhonghe's lips as he grabbed Qing Jianyue's hand and bit down on it with a satisfying crunch. Qing Jianyue's mind went completely blank for a moment.

Liu Xicheng muttered, "My God!"

Everyone else was stunned.

"Ouch, that hurts!"

Kiyomi Tsuki's earth-shattering shout echoed through the council chamber.

Cai Zhonghe forced a perfect, flawless smile. "So you can cry out in pain too. I thought you didn't feel anything."

Two streams of hot tears gushed from her eyes. Qingjian Yue was so angry that she bared her sharp teeth. "It hurts so much! It hurts so much! Don't you have any money to eat? If you don't have any money to eat, just say so. I'll lend you a copper coin to buy three buns. That would be more satisfying than biting my hand."

Cai Zhonghe snorted, "Who told you to forget your friends when you see a beautiful woman? This is your punishment."

Kiyomi Tsuki licked the back of her bitten hand with the tip of her tongue and whimpered, "How was I supposed to know you were coming back today? Blame Wang Jie, he didn't tell me."

Lu Qingcheng suddenly frowned, thinking to herself: Damn it.

Qingjian Yue grew angrier the more she thought about it, and shouted angrily, "Wang Jie, get out here! Fox, bite him!"

Wang Jie, who had taken cover behind a pillar, said with a twitching face, "I reported it. You were the one who ran fast and didn't hear me."

The white fox, wagging its tail as it walked to the door, turned back and snorted: "No way! Even if the Fox King were to bite, it would be that stinky horse that stole its master's love."

After the meeting, it was already quite late. After having a late-night snack with Qing Jianyue and seeing Qingfeng off, Lu Qingcheng took a hot bath and changed into a pure blue and elegant white robe. Unexpectedly, Qingfeng and Cai Zhonghe were there. Qing Jianyue didn't return to the courtyard either, instead punching Cai Zhonghe mercilessly.

Cai Zhonghe grabbed his fist, "You bastard, I kindly gave you a gift, and you repay kindness with enmity."

Qing Jianyue bared her fangs, furious. "You have no sincerity at all. You gave me face powder and hairpins. Are those even usable? Qingfeng is the best. She even gave me lollipops."

Qingfeng burst into laughter upon hearing his childish words.

"You returned the hairpin you picked up to Madam Long, so I kindly bought you a hairpin as compensation. You ungrateful wretch, hurry up and apologize. Since I gave you the hairpin, of course I'll have to give you some perfume." Lifting Qing Jianyue's chin, Cai Zhonghe teased in a cheeky manner, "Jianyue is so cute, if she put on some perfume and dressed up as a woman, she would definitely be an absolute beauty. Jianyue, you're the best girl, marry your brother and be his wife."

Lu Qingcheng frowned deeply again. That Cai Zhonghe kid is so tactless.

Qing Jianyue punched Cai Zhonghe away, grabbed the hairpin and face powder from the table, her eyes darting around. "I've got it! I'll give the hairpin to my beautiful wife and the face powder to Mrs. Su, on the condition that she makes me delicious food for thirty days. Ha, I've hit the jackpot!"

Cai Zhonghe rubbed his stomach, grimacing as he said, "You bastard, you hit me so hard, you wanted to kill me!"

Suddenly, as if she had thought of something, Kiyomi Tsuki's cute smile instantly turned into a snarling, menacing expression. "You're not allowed to tell them that you bought the face powder and hairpins. In short, if they give them to me, it's because I bought them. Otherwise, I'll beat you to death."

Cai Zhonghe was so angry that his nose was flaring and his eyes were spitting fire. "Qing Jianyue, you bastard. Who do you take me for? Who do you take me for?"

Kiyomi Tsuki laughed like an innocent and adorable baby, "No need to speak so loudly. I know who you are. You're the most handsome older brother who's good at charming women."

Cai Zhonghe gritted his teeth, grabbed Qing Jianyue's hand, and insisted on putting it in his mouth again to vent his anger.

Lu Qingcheng coughed loudly, startling Cai Zhonghe and Qing Jianyue, who were huddled together. Qingfeng glanced at her cousin's unfriendly expression and couldn't help but chuckle inwardly. Lu Qingcheng's eyes seemed to flash with fire as she angrily said, "Jianyue, go back to your little courtyard. Staying up so late, do you want to become a night owl?"

Kiyomi Tsuki was so frightened that she really ran away like a cat with its tail between its legs.

Cai Zhonghe was so shocked that he couldn't speak.

Qingfeng laughed loudly.

Lu Qingcheng said angrily, "Zhonghe, you've had a long journey, why aren't you resting so late? What are you doing here? And you, didn't you go back? Why did you come back? Do you want me to invite you to stay here overnight?"

Qingfeng laughed and said, "I was going back, but I ran into Brother Zhonghe on the way, so I came back. Cousin, it's not too much for you to ask me to stay here for the night. We were practically classmates and slept in the same bed when we were kids, and we've only been apart for a few years."