Chapter 9

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

When had Lu Dong ever been bullied by a woman like this?!

Lu Qi stood at the side and coughed lightly. “Why aren’t you calling the others over?”

Aggrieved!

“Oh yes, I don’t have enough hoes here. You guys have to find your own hoes.”

Stop asking! Asking would be extremely aggrieved!

In the Cheng family’s mansion.

Facing Cheng Ming and Cheng Xiao, Lu Xiu’s smile was stiff. When he finally got out of the house and stood by the window to get some fresh air, he saw a text message from Lu Dong on his phone.

Lu Xiu, “?”

What… was going on?

The first thing he could be sure of was that Lu Qi was definitely not in danger. Otherwise, Lu Dong would not have just sent a text message.

Lu Xiu frowned as he carefully read the two text messages. Wasn’t Lu Qi supposed to deal with the traitor, Chen Jin? Why was there a girl? What was the meaning of risking his life to chase after a girl?

Both of Lu Dong’s messages mentioned that Lu Qi was sick. Could it be that… the effect of Lu Qi’s poison?

Putting away his phone, he planned to go over to take a look personally. When he walked to the door, he saw Lu Dong walking out with a bunch of bodyguards. The expression on his face was one word — stupefied.

Lu Xiu quickly chased after him. “What’s going on? Where are you guys going? Where’s Lu Qi?”

Lu Dong stopped in a daze and pointed in the direction of the back of the mountain. “Young Lord, he…”

It was as if he was thinking about which words to use, but the search failed. Lu Dong pointed at himself and said, “We’re going to buy hoes.”

With that, he left with a group of men in black.

Buying hoes?

Lu Qi always had a reason for doing things. Now that he had asked his closest subordinate to buy hoes, could it be that something had happened?

His heart tightened, and he quickly went back to the Cheng family to get help.

After all, he was not familiar with this place, so the Cheng family should be able to help.

The family of Cheng Xiao, who had been praised by Lu Xiu, was very happy and was asking for credit from Old Master Cheng.

Today, the Cheng family was given lot of face in front of outsiders! The person in charge of the Lu family had been talking to Cheng Xiao for so long, and he also kept praising her. Cheng Ming and Xie Wan could actually feel the envy of others.

It was really a day full of pride!

Old Master Cheng was so happy that his beard was shaking. “Xiao Xiao is really not bad. To be able to make Young Master Lu like you so much, I think the two of you are a perfect match!”

“Grandpa, I’m only 18 years old!” Cheng Xiao said coquettishly, “Why are we talking about this now! Besides, Young Master Lu is so outstanding, why would he like me?”

“My granddaughter is so outstanding, why is she not worthy?!” Old Master Cheng glanced at the scene and suddenly frowned.

“Where’s Cheng Ling? I haven’t seen her all night, and she’s late for such an important occasion? Does she think that she’s some kind of princess who needs someone to rush her?” Xie Wan understood Old Master Cheng’s thoughts, usually, the only one who could make the old man unhappy was Cheng Ling, the fake daughter of the Cheng family.

Xie Ying quickly went forward and explained, “Cheng Ling has some matters to attend to. She will be back in a while.”

Although Xie Ying was Xie Wan’s biological mother, her status in this family was extremely low. Even Xie Wan herself did not care about her biological mother. And the others did not respect her at all.

Old Master Cheng patted the armrest of the chair hard. “Tell her not to come over! She only knows how to embarrass herself. Young Master Lu finally has a good impression of our family, so don’t let Cheng Ling, a village girl who only knows how to farm, come over and cause trouble!”

Xie Wan also chimed in from the side. “Yes, tell Cheng Ling not to come over. Don’t ruin the good things in our family!”

Their words were really unpleasant. Cheng Ling was brought up by Xie Ying, so she was very displeased to hear them say these.

“See how you guys talk! What do you mean by your family? Is it because Ling Ling and you are not a family? Since young, has Ling Ling ever caused any trouble to you? Cheng Xiao is your biological daughter, but Ling Ling has also been your daughter for 18 years, and also your Cheng family’s granddaughter for 18 years!”

Xie Wan scoffed at these words, turning the huge diamond ring on her hand. “With Cheng Ling in such a state, who would believe that she is a member of our Cheng Family? She doesn’t look like a young lady at all. After staying in the Cheng family for 18 years, she doesn’t know anything about music, chess, calligraphy, or painting. She only knows how to farm with a hoe and shovel. I’m afraid of being laughed at for saying that she is my daughter!”

This was also the reason why they put Cheng Ling in the villa at the back of the mountain. It was better to be out of sight, out of mind.

For so many years, they really didn’t care much about Cheng Ling. Every time they saw Cheng Ling, she always looked like she was covered in mud. As time passed, they began to dislike Cheng Ling more and more..