Doted By The Regent King
Chapter 207 The Mind of a Petty Person

Chapter 207: Chapter 207 The Mind of a Petty Person

Zhou Xiuer just ran away like that, which caused Old Lady Zhou’s fingers to tremble with anger, pointing at the doorway. It took a good while before she managed to get her words out.

"She’s turned against me, completely against me, what kind of attitude is that? Huh? Such an unfilial girl." How dare she act petulant with her.

Madam Lu thought to herself that her daughter wasn’t foolish, so why would she just sit there and let you hit her?

But although she thought this, she didn’t dare to voice it out loud and only nudged Zhou Xuennian with her elbow.

Zhou Xuennian was just pondering over a math problem and felt displeased to be interrupted. Seeing his mother’s face contorted with rage, he said impatiently, "Mother, it’s just about a pair of earrings, what’s it worth? It won’t be worth it if you ruin your health over them."

"If you had bought them for her, I wouldn’t have said a word, but those came from Wufu’s side. Have you all forgotten the scene that girl made at our house before?" Old Lady Zhou sneered, glancing at Madam Lu.

Zhou Xuennian furrowed his eyebrows.

Madam Lu quickly said, "Mother, since Xiuer said that Ying Mei gave them to her, then it must be true. It’s been so long, and we haven’t seen Wufu coming to claim them, so it certainly must not be wrong!" Otherwise, that wretched girl would have already chased us down.

Old Lady Zhou’s anger subsided somewhat upon hearing this, and Madam Lu, seeing this, hurriedly took the opportunity to sneak away, saying, "I’m going to the outhouse."

She didn’t wait for her mother-in-law to respond and quickly went out. As for going to the outhouse, that wasn’t the case; instead, she went to Zhou Xiuer’s room.

Among the Old Zhou family, Zhou Xiuer was the only young lady, and as the eldest, she had her own room. Madam Lu still thought her daughter would be in tears, but who would have thought the girl was hugging a copper mirror, admiring herself nonstop.

"Look at you, being pleased with yourself, you little stinker, I thought you were crying your eyes out." Madam Lu snorted as she approached her.

Zhou Xiuer put down the mirror, pouted, and said, "Why would I cry? If I hadn’t run out crying just now, grandma would probably have forced me to return these earrings."

Madam Lu leaned in to look at the earrings, bright and red, quite fetching. She asked, "You tell me the truth, did your aunt really give them to you?"

Zhou Xiuer rolled her eyes and replied, "Of course it’s true."

"Is she that generous?" Madam Lu scoffed. If she really were so kind, she wouldn’t have taken back the hairpin.

"Who knows? I wasted a lot of breath flirting with her to get these," Zhou Xiuer declared. "It’s a pity though, they’re just a pair of earrings." It would have been better if it were other, finer jewelry.

This is being greedy and biting off more than one can chew. In a peasant’s home, such a pair of earrings would be considered exceptionally fine jewelry. Take herself for example; in the past, owning a pair of silver clove earrings was already quite impressive, as many girls only wore red strings in their earlobes.

Unfortunately, Zhou Xiuer couldn’t conceive such reasoning.

"Wasn’t Wufu there at the time?" Madam Lu asked, still not relieved. It’s not that she was being overly cautious; it’s just that Wufu made her somewhat apprehensive.

Zhou Xiuer replied, "If she had been there, would I have gotten away with it? I’m not oblivious to what’s good or bad," and added, "Mother, she shouldn’t come over to reclaim them, right? If she really wanted to, she would have come yesterday."

Madam Lu frowned and said, "How would I know that? That damned girl doesn’t play by the rules." After a pause, she suggested, "Why don’t you go stay with your uncle for a few days?" If Wufu came looking, she wouldn’t find anyone here.

Zhou Xiuer thought it over and agreed that it might be better to avoid confrontation. Otherwise, if she really demanded them back, all her scheming would have been for naught.

This was both mother and daughter suspecting others baselessly, for Wufu hadn’t thought about coming over at all.

As for the previous matter involving Madam Lu, there’s a difference between something being snatched away and willingly given away, right?