Chapter 470: Chapter 468: You’ve Regained Your Sight for a While Now, Haven’t You? (Chapters 467 and 468 Combined)
Nanny Zhang had a soft heart too. Remembering how Lin Xiaoxiao would always help in the kitchen whenever she visited the Lu Family over the years, she found it hard to refuse. So she said, "Just stand by the side and help me with holding things, that’s enough."
She wasn’t really going to let this young lady, whose ten fingers had never been stained by the spring water of domestic work, actually help her with anything.
Surprisingly, Lin Xiaoxiao agreed. She chatted with Nanny Zhang intermittently, and when the topic switched to the twin babies, a look of unconcealed joy appeared in Nanny Zhang’s eyes.
"Don’t even get me started. These dragon and phoenix twins are the most beautiful babies I have ever seen in my life. No wonder the madam and the master cherish them so much. If my grandchildren were this adorable, I wouldn’t put it past myself to hide them away every day, not letting anyone else see them."
Nanny Zhang squinted with a smile, oblivious to the change in Lin Xiaoxiao’s expression.
"Nanny Zhang, are they really just called Big Treasure and Little Treasure? Do they have any other names?"
"The mistress mentioned that the young master has already picked out names for them, it’s just that they’re seldom used."
"..."
During the casual chatter, Lin Xiaoxiao mentally noted every word Nanny Zhang said. After some time, she told Nanny Zhang, "Look at me, I came in and got so caught up chatting with you that I completely held up your work. I better leave."
With that said, she left the kitchen without waiting for Nanny Zhang’s reply.
Lin Xiaoxiao stood at the stairwell leading to the second floor, her gaze deep and unsettling as she looked at the firmly closed door.
She didn’t stand there long before stepping towards the second floor, each step more deliberate than the last.
Upon reaching the second floor, she looked in the direction of the study for a long while, very long, until, in a gaze full of longing, she withdrew her eyes back to the tightly shut door at the stairwell.
Lin Xiaoxiao walked two steps forward, stopping at the door. She tentatively pulled at the doorknob with her left hand, not expecting the door to open easily.
Her expression unexpectedly lifted with excitement. She peeked through the door crack to make sure the person on the bed was sound asleep, then she quickly slipped inside and shut the door.
After surveying the room, Lin Xiaoxiao’s gaze lingered on the big bed, and the woman curled up on it.
She tiptoed closer to the big bed, standing aloof by the bedside, looking down at the woman on it.
The woman was even more enchanting than she had been five years ago. Even in her current state of doing nothing but lying there, she was enough to attract countless men.
Lin Xiaoxiao had to admit, Xiao Qing was beautiful five years ago, but now she was even more gloriously beautiful. Her entire aura, her presence was nothing like it was five years before.
She didn’t know why Lu Jinyang could be so sure about Xiao Qing being Zhuang Shuqing without even seeing her. Maybe someone told him that Xiao Qing looks very similar to Zhuang Shuqing?
After all, Xiao Qing had changed so much, so much so that Lin Xiaoxiao couldn’t help but feel intensely jealous.
Lin Xiaoxiao’s gaze stayed on Xiao Qing’s face, that fine complexion unadorned by makeup, yet with the radiant beauty that could bring down cities. On her face, a sinister intent gradually emerged.
She raised her right hand, slowly opening it, revealing a mini fruit knife inside. She had swiped this fruit knife from the kitchen while chatting with Nanny Zhang just a while ago.
Since someone was recognized by this face, if she were to ruin this face, would that mean no one could recognize her anymore?
The corners of Lin Xiaoxiao’s lips curled up into a smile as she changed her grip on the knife. Her right hand slowly stretched towards Xiao Qing’s peaceful sleeping face. Midway through her movement, she suddenly stopped, her gaze shifting to her neck that was exposed outside the blanket.
A thought she had never entertained before flashed through Lin Xiaoxiao’s mind. Before she had time to react, her hand moved downwards, resting on the carotid artery at Xiao Qing’s neck.
Lin Xiaoxiao slowly smiled, a triumphant smile of a victor.
In her heart she thought: "Xiao Qing, if there’s anyone to blame, it’s that you look exactly like Zhuang Shuqing, leading astray the man who should have been mine... Since I can’t have her, then none of us shall have him..."
Lin Xiaoxiao steeled herself, ready to press down with force, when footsteps and the sound of a door handle turning came from outside.
Startled, she quickly withdrew her hand and with her left hand, she fiercely punched Xiao Qing in the stomach. Xiao Qing groaned softly, slowly waking up.
Right at that moment, as the door to the room opened, Lin Xiaoxiao slashed her own left wrist with a knife, then quickly stuffed the knife into Xiao Qing’s hand. She pressed Xiao Qing’s hand with her own right hand, crying and shouting:
"Xiao Qing, why do you have to do this to me? Jinyang loves you, I can’t have any influence on you, why do you want to kill me..."
Xiao Qing woke up clutching her stomach, trying to sit up, but found her hand being held down, unable to move. She squinted her eyes and saw a woman standing by the bed, crying and shouting about something she didn’t understand. She faintly felt something cold being stuffed into the palm of her left hand.
She tried to struggle free from the thing in her palm, but hands pressed it down even tighter.
"What are you doing?" she asked.
No sooner had the words left her mouth, the force on her hands vanished, followed by a groan in the room.
Xiao Qing was startled by the groan and sat up straight. When she saw the scene in front of her, she was dumbfounded.
At this moment, Lin Xiaoxiao lay disheveled on the ground, blood continuously flowing from her left wrist. She looked in pain at the towering, god-like man. His face was covered with a grimness she had never seen before, and an intimidating chill emanated from his entire being, making her involuntarily shiver.
"Jinyang, you... it’s Xiao Qing... she wants to kill me..."
After speaking, Lin Xiaoxiao raised her blood-stained left hand, "Do you see? Even now, are you still going to protect her?" She had already forgotten that Lu Jinyang was blind.
The next moment, Lin Xiaoxiao let out a wail. Through her tear-filled eyes, she watched the man full of hostility press down on her left hand, stepping on it without a word.
For some reason, Lin Xiaoxiao suddenly felt panicked, feeling like she had overlooked something important, but she couldn’t remember it at the moment.
Xiao Qing was scared out of her wits, ignoring the pain in her stomach, she ran a couple of steps barefoot before turning back to put on her shoes and ran back to Lu Jinyang’s side, "Jinyang, you..." Xiao Qing suddenly stopped talking. In her mind, she replayed the words just spoken by Lin Xiaoxiao, was it her who wanted to kill Lin Xiaoxiao?
Xiao Qing fell silent, staring unwaveringly at her.
Lu Jinyang glanced over to her, and only after a thorough look did his expression become slightly better, but only a bit.
"She wants to kill you." A cold and icy voice came through, startling both women at once.
Xiao Qing was surprised by the truth Lu Jinyang spoke.
Lin Xiaoxiao looked incredulously at him, then laughed at herself after a long while, "Lu Jinyang, you’ve regained your sight a long time ago, right?"
Lu Jinyang did not confirm or deny.
"Heh heh~ I knew it, how could you be so certain that this woman was Zhuang Shuqing without seeing her face, so it was like this... so it was like this..."
Lu Jinyang frowned, let go of his foot, and said in a stern voice: "Get out! Otherwise, the person without a life today will be you."
"Jinyang..." Although Xiao Qing did not know what exactly had happened, she also knew Lin Xiaoxiao was framing her. But seeing the wound on her hand, Xiao Qing felt a bit of pity. If she really died in the Lu Mansion, it would be very troublesome.