Translator: Dj2203
Editor: Dj2203
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The Ning Wang Mansion was a military family, and there had been no one who was not good at riding and shooting from generation to generation. Even if the current Ning Wang started to serve as a civil servant in the court, it did not mean that he had completely give up riding and shooting.
Even the old lady herself was capable of wielding swords and guns when she was young.
But this Lu Wenxiu was – a loser!
The old lady was really furious at this moment. She never expected that Lu Wenxiu could be so stupid! How could he go to the battlefield if he couldn’t even lift a bucket?!
Moreover, Ning Wang specially invited the head of the imperial guards to teach him and Lu Yu’an, but how come he turned them into such weak and useless people?!
The old lady had been living in seclusion in Mei’an Garden in recent years and rarely came out. Whenever there was a birthday banquet, the brothers Lu Yu’an and Lu Wenxiu would perform sword skills to amuse her. She really thought that although Lu Wenxiu was not as good as Lu Yu’an, he was still quite promising and would not bring disgrace to the Ning Wang Mansion.
But now, when she accidentally saw this scene by the stream, she realized that she had been deceived!
At every birthday party, Lu Wenxiu’s fancy moves were all last-minute tricks and he had no real skills at all.
Otherwise, how could he be so breathless and pale like a disabled person even when carrying a bucket?
The old lady’s face looked extremely ugly. She put the golden stove in her arms into the hands of the maid behind her and walked quickly over there. The wife of Ning Wang also looked unhappy. She stared at Lu Huan, frowned, and hurriedly followed.
A group of maids swarmed behind them.
The people by the stream didn’t expect the old lady to appear here, and they were all shocked.
The servants knelt on the ground: “Old lady.”
Lu Wenxiu covered his feet, feeling the pain, but when he saw the old lady coming, his pupils shrank and he quickly got up: “Grandma, Grandma.”
Useless thing. The old lady glanced at him from head to toe and saw that his legs were shaking, and she looked down on him.
The old lady turned her head in annoyance, her eyes falling on Lu Huan who was silently bowing beside her.
Instead, it was Lu Huan who surprised her.
Only legitimate sons could inherit the family title, so when the Imperial Army instructor came to teach, only the brothers Lu Yu’an and Lu Wenxiu could participate. But after so many years of study, they were not even as good as a bast**d who had nothing.
Lady Ning and Lu Wenxiu naturally noticed the old lady’s expression.
Lady Ning Wang had an unpleasant look on her face, and Lu Wenxiu immediately looked at his mother with a sense of grievance and panic. At the same time, he couldn’t help but glance fiercely at Lu Huan – if it weren’t for him, how could he have made a fool of himself again and again?
“Grandma, we are playing games with my third brother and fourth sister.” Lu Wenxiu said, waving his hands behind him hurriedly, asking someone to let the concubine’s daughter go.
The old lady didn’t care whether Lu Wenxiu was bullying the two basta**s. She just said in annoyance, “When you’ve had enough of playing games, go back to study. It’s not decent for a group of people to gather by the stream and make a lot of noise!!”
Lu Wenxiu responded eagerly: “I will go back to the quiet room to study now.”
After saying this, he waved his hand and told the servant who came with him to follow him quickly.
Lu Wenxiu wanted to make things difficult for Lu Huan this time, so he called a large group of people. Just now when the old lady came, this large group of people knelt on the ground, and they didn’t dare to leave, so now they all stood up and walked towards the corridor, which was actually a bit crowded.
Lu Wenxiu glanced at Lu Huan, and suddenly an idea popped into his mind.
The old lady must have seen what happened just now. Lu Huan made him become a waste in the old lady’s eyes. Damn it. If he didn’t make up for it even 10%, did he really want Lu Huan to gain the old lady’s appreciation?
A hint of viciousness appeared on his face, and he whispered something to his confidant.
All this happened in a short time, and the people on the screen had no way of noticing it. However, Su Xi outside the screen put down her toothbrush all of a sudden, and silently watched the line of Lu Wenxiu’s whisper to his confidant pop up on the screen:
“Try to get Lu Huan to push the old lady into the stream. I want to see if the old lady will still look favorably upon him after he made such a big mistake.”
No–
Xiu’er, you are being watched. There’s no point in whispering.
Just as Su Xi was staring at the screen, chaos happened by the stream in an instant!
Lu Huan was just about to pass a few servants and go to the stream to take away the concubine’s daughter from the fourth aunt’s family, while the old lady and the wife of Ning Wang were standing by the stream.
Suddenly, a servant with shifty eyes stretched out his hand just when Lu Huan was passing by the old lady.
Lu Huan had always been alert, so it was impossible for him not to realize it. He heard the slightest movement of wind coming from behind, his eyes moved, and he dodged.
The man was stunned. Seeing that he failed to harm Lu Huan and was about to push the old lady, he quickly withdrew his hand.
But at this moment!
For some reason, his wrist seemed to be grabbed by a force from the air, and then he was pulled in another direction.
The man’s face turned pale. What the hell –?!!
Hands, hands, why are my hands not obeying me?!
He tried desperately to pull his hand back, but the strange force was much stronger than his, pulling him tightly and pushing his hand towards Lu Wenxiu’s shoulder.
Just as Lu Wenxiu was turning his head to watch the show, he was suddenly pushed from the right. He lost his balance and subconsciously grabbed the collar of the old lady beside him.
Then he grabbed the old lady and fell into the icy stream.
“…………”
“Splash!” The thin ice surface broke, and the snow water that was stirred up was icy cold and splashed on everyone by the stream.
Everyone: “………………”
!!!
The picture froze for a second, and then became chaotic with the screams of Mrs. Ning.
Lady Ning and several maids shouted in panic for help: “Help! What are you all standing there for?!!!”
The servants were horrified and hesitated. However, there were no guards who knew martial arts at that time. In such a cold day, they would inevitably catch a cold if they jumped in. They were not princes or old ladies, and they did not have a stove to keep warm or a court doctor to treat them. If they jumped in to save the people, they would die themselves.
Seeing the freezing cold stream, Lu Wenxiu was panicked, his face turned pale instantly from the cold and he struggled desperately but nearly drowned.
On the contrary, the old lady had some confidence. She calmly grabbed a rock and tried to stand up. But before she could stand firm, she was tossed around by the idiot Lu Wenxiu and almost dragged into the water again.
The old lady whose lips were turning black from the cold: “…”
Su Xi outside the screen stared at her game character. For some reason, despite this great opportunity, her game character just watched coldly for a few seconds. He stood aside holding the three-year-old daughter, with a cold expression on his face, as if he was just watching from the sidelines.
A word appeared in the white bubble above his head: Haha.
Su Xi: …………
Cub, you are watching someone die without helping!
Just when Su Xi was hesitating whether to push the mission forward and push the cub down to force him to save people, he finally moved.
He put the concubine’s daughter down and jumped into the stream.
A moment later, the old lady and Lu Wenxiu were both rescued.
Lu Huan was also soaked, his jet-black hair stuck to his thin clothes and his lips were frozen white, as he stepped onto the shore.
Servants and Lady Ning Wang quickly gathered around the old lady and Lu Wenxiu, handed them cloaks and stoves, and helped them wipe the ice water off their bodies, but there was no one around him.
His face was expressionless, and it was impossible to tell what emotion he was feeling. He just lowered his eyes and wrung out the water from his robe.
Over there, the old lady recovered from the bone-chilling cold and shivered all over. She slapped Lu Wenxiu, who was also shivering beside her, and said angrily, “Idiot! Waste! You have to stay behind closed doors for a month and don’t come out!”
Lu Wenxiu was already nearly freezing to unconsciousness, and after being slapped in the face, he almost fell to the ground. He knelt on the ground trembling, crying and begging for mercy: “Grandma, it’s not me, I didn’t, I–“
He suddenly glared at his confidant fiercely and said angrily, “He pushed me! Why the hell did you push me just now?!”
The confidant was so frightened by the ghost encounter that he didn’t care what Lu Wenxiu was saying. He just knelt on the ground with a pale face.
Lady Ning Wang looked unhappy, and hurriedly asked someone to bring the confidant over, saying, “Tell me what happened just now.”
But the old lady had no intention of paying attention to Lu Wenxiu’s excuses. In her heart, she had already decided that this legitimate son was a useless waste.
She turned her gaze to Lu Huan in the corner and fixed her eyes on him.
Just now, when she fell into the water, it was this illegitimate grandson who was the first to jump in nervously and rescue her.
The old lady took a deep breath, and suddenly waved to Lu Huan, saying, “Come here.”
Lu Huan twisted the corner of his robe until water stopped dripping, but his whole body was still soaked, and his lips were frozen white. However, his demeanor was very different from that of Lu Wenxiu, who was lying on the ground crying and screaming.
He walked towards the old lady in silence.
And until this time, no one had handed him a dry cloth to wipe.
Seeing the old lady’s attitude, Su Xi knew that she had roughly completed the task of “gaining the old lady’s appreciation”.
…But when she looked at the messy scene by the stream, she didn’t know why she was not very happy.
She put down her toothbrush and watched the wet boy walking down the corridor with wet steps. She actually felt a little more distressed for this game character.
Su Xi moved her fingers and couldn’t help but use her thumb to rub the wet boy on the screen, who was emitting cold air from hair to toes.
It was clearly just a game, but she couldn’t help but resonate with the game character.
She even had the idea of completing more tasks quickly and helping the cub ascend to the throne as soon as possible, so that no one would ignore his ideas anymore.
….
What Su Xi didn’t know was that when Lu Huan was about to step onto the corridor, he paused and inexplicably couldn’t help but look up.
He just felt that his body, which was soaked by ice water, seemed to warm up for a moment, as if he was covered with a soft cloak. This was the tenderness that the world had never given him.
But the feeling was fleeting.
Lu Huan just frowned and continued walking towards the old lady.
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