Chapter 12

Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation

Hooligans were not stupid. They had to pick on someone weak to bully, just like how senior students bullied junior students. No one wanted to bully others while at the same time causing trouble for themselves.

Xiang Xiaoyuan estimated that the hooligans who appeared outside the school were either for revenge or for money. From Director Liu’s words, she knew that Lu Bei and the others were naughty and mischievous, but they had never made enemies with outsiders. Thus, she could rule out the possibility of revenge.

Then it was for money.

Thinking of this, Xiang Xiaoyuan suddenly looked at Lu Bei sympathetically. Had this silly child coincidentally bumped into those hooligans at a celebration party and learned that he had been cheated?

Life was not like writing a novel. How could there be such a coincidence..

But very quickly, Xiang Xiaoyuan realized that she was actually in a novel!

Speaking of novels… Xiang Xiaoyuan looked at Lu Bei sympathetically once again. She remembered that the novel emphasized that the male protagonist’s father was a scheming man. In order to let the male protagonist grow up as quickly as possible, he had secretly done a lot of things behind the scenes.

She bet that Lu Bei was able to witness the hooligans “celebration party” this time due to Lu Wanggui’s plan. The hooligans’ plan was too crude. If even she could see through it, how could Lu Wanggui, an old fox in the business world, not see through it?

Lu Bei noticed that Xiang Xiaoyuan was looking at him with an unusual gaze. However, he was in a bad mood and did not have the energy to argue with her. He lowered his head and walked upstairs.

Xiang Xiaoyuan looked at his dispirited back and tried hard to recall the plot of the original novel. In the original novel, the male lead naturally grew into a wild, cool, and amazing character. Therefore, this small matter would be over very quickly due to the male lead’s plot armour!

Xiang Xiaoyuan threw Lu Bei to the back of her mind and excitedly opened the refrigerator to get her watermelon.

…

The next morning, what woke Xiang Xiaoyuan from her sleep was the butler’s urgent knocking on the door.

It turned out that it was almost time to go to school. Lu Bei did not come out of his room for a long time. The butler panicked and quickly took out the key to open the door. Only then did he realize that Lu Bei had a fever.

As the mistress of this villa, Xiang Xiaoyuan was the first to be informed of the incident.

Xiang Xiaoyuan hugged the blanket and sat on the bed with a dumbfounded look. At this moment, her mind was filled with Lu Wanggui, the bastard Lu Wanggui! If you want to educate your son, then educate your son. Why did you drag me down with you? !

From Lu Bei’s state yesterday, the 16-year-old youth had seen the dangers of society for the first time. For a moment, he could not get rid of his worries and became sick… and the consequence of his illness was that as his stepmother, she had to stand up and take charge of the situation.

Once again, she cursed Lu Wanggui in her heart. Xiang Xiaoyuan climbed out of bed helplessly. Although she and Lu Bei did not interfere in each other’s business, now that the butler and the servants were busy, it was not good for her as a stepmother to just watch. At the very least, she had to put on an act.

Therefore, she cleared her throat and wanted to tell the butler that she should send Lu Bei to the hospital first. It wouldn’t help to stay in the villa for so long. However, before she could say anything, she saw the butler raise his hand to take a look. “Doctor Chen should be here. Send someone to welcome him.”

Xiang Xiaoyuan: “…”

She had forgotten about the family doctor.

As expected, she was not suitable to be in a wealthy family.

The family doctor was very professional. When he arrived, he did not say any more nonsense. He went straight to Lu Bei’s room. After a series of skilled operations, the doctor raised his head and said to her, “Don’t worry. It’s just a simple fever. After giving him an injection to reduce his fever, his body temperature will probably drop in the afternoon.”

Xiang Xiaoyuan looked left and right before she realized that the family doctor was talking to her. Only then did she realize that in the eyes of outsiders, she was Lu Bei’s stepmother and the mistress of this villa. She should make a decision when she needed to.

Xiang Xiaoyuan felt an additional responsibility on her shoulders. “Okay, okay. It’s good that Lu Bei is fine. Thank you for your hard work, doctor.”

The policy of not meddling in each other’s business and not disturbing each other failed after Lu Bei’s illness.

Xiang Xiaoyuan thought that she could be Lu Bei’s or even Lu Wanggui’s roommate, but the attitude of the family doctor today made her realize that she was too naive.

Thinking about it carefully, others would understand why Lu Bei was ignoring her. After all, no child would wish to suddenly have a stepmother. Of course, Xiang Xiaoyuan did not care if Lu Bei treated her like air, because in her heart, Lu Bei was also air.

But now Xiang Xiaoyuan realized that this plan would not work. Lu Bei could ignore her, but if she ignored Lu Bei, she would become the vicious stepmother in other people’s eyes. Just like this time when Lu Bei was angry, if she did not appear, the servants in the villa might point fingers at her from behind. The butler might also secretly complain to Lu Wanggui behind her back.

Xiang Xiaoyuan could not help but look up to the sky and sigh.. It was hard to be a stepmother!