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Chen Yang’s hand that was holding chopsticks shivered, he glanced at this blackened sister of his. Even if she’s his own little sister, but Chen Yang still can’t ignore his conscience and persuade himself that this is a beauty. He looked at Mayor Chen silently, as if to ask, ‘are you sure that calling her Xishi isn’t ironic?’
[Panda: Okay, I know some of you guys might be offended by this, I personally don’t like this too, but Chinese people have this beauty standard that was rooted from way back then that ‘white skin is beautiful’, it’s just because dark-skinned people usually meant that they are peasants who have to work under the sun, while white-skinned people meant nobles who usually stay indoor. Not to mention Chinese people do tend to be suitable with fair skin rather than darker skin. Please read this with a grain of salt.]
“Alright then.” Chen Yu said happily.
Mother Chen who originally still wanted to say something, looked at how her daughter that seemed to be very happy, and finally decided to say nothing but put a piece of ribs in her daughter’s bowl and said, “Xi… Xishi, eat this piece of ribs.”
“Thank you, mother.” Chen Yu raised her head and smiled genially to express her gratitude.
Mother Chen looked at her black daughter, her eyes became red, she secretly decided to take her daughter out tomorrow for a full set of beauty treatment and strive to get her daughter closer to the path of beauty as soon as possible.
When the several people were eating dinner, Aunt Liu, the nanny, suddenly walked in and said, “Master, Madam, someone came to give present for the young lady.”
“Who?” Mayor Chen asked doubtfully.
“It seems to be the Lou family’s Third young master.” Aunt Liu said.
“Xi… sister, do you know Lou Third young master?” Chen Yang really can’t call out ‘Xishi’.
“No?” Chen Yu, who was drinking soup, shook her head.
“Then why did Lou Third young master send someone to give you a present?” Chen Yang asked.
Chen Yu was baffled too.
“Let’s go and see.”
Mayor Chen took the lead and walked toward the living room. Chen Yu followed her mother, and when she stepped inside the living room, she immediately sensed a familiar evil aura, and she whispered under her breath ‘shoot!’.
As soon as she looked up, she saw a man in a uniform exactly the same as the one she saw in the small building this afternoon.
Does heaven wants to kill me?!
What to do, what to do, how should I explain this? How did I go out, why did I go out, I obviously was sleeping in my room, how could my thing fell into someone else’ yard ah? The more Chen Yu thought, the more she couldn’t find any words to explain, as if she had nothing left to live for, she looked at He Qi in the center of the living room. No wonder he let her go so easily this afternoon, it turned out he wanted to settle the scores at an opportune moment.
He Qi naturally also noticed the change in Chen Yu’s expression, he smiled secretly, thinking what Third young master guessed was right, this little girl was really afraid that Mayor Chen would know of her little adventure.
“Assistant He, you’re here.” Mayor Chen recognized the other party as assistant He Qi who’s always around Third young master.
“Mayor Chen, this is the gift prepared by Third young master for the young lady.” He Qi said as he handed the delicately wrapped teddy bear doll in his hand.
“This is?” Mayor Chen was a little dumbfounded as he asked, “How come Third young master suddenly think of giving a present to my daughter?”
“Third young master said that he had promised to give young lady Chen a gift when she was still very young. It was only later that Miss Chen was lost, and although the gift had been bought, it can’t be delivered anymore.
Today, Third young master accidentally heard that Miss Chen had been found, so he remembered about this matter again, thus sending me to especially deliver the gift. This can be considered as him fulfilling his promise to Miss Chen.” He Qi turned around and looked at the dumbfounded Chen Yu, “Miss Chen, Third young master said that the gift is a bit old after 15 years, hope you don’t mind.”
“I… I don’t mind.” Chen Yu stuttered nervously.
“Then, please accept it.” He Qi smiled and handed the gift to Chen Yu.
Chen Yu stretched out her hand and looked nervously to He Qi, afraid that the man would say something else.
“Since the gift has been delivered, then I won’t disturb you any longer.” He Qi took his leave.
“Please pass my thanks to Third young master.” Mayor Chen didn’t expect that Lou Ming would remember what happened 15 years ago, furthermore, he sent the gift at the very first day his daughter returned home, so he immediately felt moved.
“I will definitely pass it.” He Qi nodded, then turned around, wanting to depart.
Chen Yu saw that he was really just coming to send her a gift so she felt pleasantly surprised. Her impression of the Third young master in that building became much better, and she thought what to do to express her gratitude, so she called out to He Qi, “You… wait a bit, I-I have a return gift to give Third young master.”
After she finished speaking, she didn’t wait for the other’ reaction before she ran up the stairs while cuddling the bear, and soon, she came back empty-handed. She ran to He Qi and unfolded her right hand, revealing a piece of yellow paper that was folded as a paper crane.
He Qi was puzzled as he looked at Chen Yu.
Chen Yu explained, “This is a safety talisman, which could be used to keep you safe if you bring it with you, although… the packaging is a little bad, but the effect is still good.”
Can this still be counted as packaged? This was the thought of everyone present.
“I will pass it to Third young master.” He Qi took the paper crane and put it carefully inside his pocket, then once again said his goodbye before leaving.
He Qi quickly returned to the small building and knocked on the study door.
“Have you sent the present?” Lou Ming asked while drawing something with his pen without looking up.
“Delivered, the other party also sent a return gift.” He Qi said as he took out the paper crane out of his pocket and put it on his palm.
When he heard about the return gift, Lou Ming raised his head in surprise, his eyes fell on the yellow paper crane with a frown.
“Miss Chen said that this is a safety talisman, although the packaging is a little bit lacking, but the effect is still good.” He Qi said with a smile in his eyes.
“Really?” Lou Ming stretched out two fingers to pinch the little crane paper in front of his eyes, after he pulled the wings, he found the little words on it, “Thank you.”
The corners of Lou Ming’s mouth was slightly raised, he thought that this little girl was quite polite. However, this yellow paper was indeed similar to the rune paper used to draw incantations, and the incantation style really resembled the one given to him by the Great master Mao.
“Are you going to change shifts?” Lou Ming heard the movements outside.
“Yes, Third young master, see you again next week.” He Qi respectfully gave a salute before turning around and departed from the study room.
Ten hours, it looked like the evil aura on his body became even worse, Lou Ming unconsciously showed a bitter smile.
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