Free Web NovelChapter 712: Chapter 712: Spoiling Him
What a relief!
Liu Ji lifted his robe and rushed into the house, immediately spotting that leisurely figure.
"My dear, I knew you’d definitely be back for dinner today!"
The tension on Liu Ji’s face, which had been there all day, instantly transformed into a bright, cheerful smile.
He took a couple of deep breaths to steady his panting from rushing, then crouched beside Qin Yao, lightly tapping her legs, and tentatively asked in a low voice:
"The Princess didn’t do anything to you, right? Is everything going smoothly?"
A sniff, odd—
"My dear, why do you smell a bit fragrant? This doesn’t seem like the incense I bought for you..."
Liu Ji asked curiously while leaning in to sniff her scent. Instead of finding the source, he spotted a hair stuck to her skirt.
Liu Ji suddenly had a bad premonition.
His intuition told him that this hair certainly didn’t belong to the vicious woman herself!
He picked up the hair with two fingers; it wasn’t long, about half a foot, deep black and coarse, neither her fine, soft long hair nor his carefully maintained, smooth black hair.
So, whose hair is this?
Qin Yao was lounging comfortably and suddenly sensed that the person’s gaze beside her was so intense that it was almost malicious.
She slowly opened her drowsily drooping eyes and was met with eyes full of deep suspicion and distrust.
Liu Ji waved the hair in front of her, asking, "Whose little tryst is this from?"
Qin Yao wrinkled her brow at his vulgar choice of words, carefully examined the hair that Liu Ji treated as evidence, and raised her eyebrow dangerously:
"Watch your words with me! I’ve encountered many people today and even went to the South Market. It could be Liu Fei’s or some steward’s. Don’t make a mountain out of a molehill."
Was she actually explaining the origin of the hair to him?
She actually responded to his questioning.
Liu Ji’s hopeful heart died instantly!
If it were the past, the moment he opened his mouth, her iron fist would have already swung at him in fury.
What does this imply now?
Explanation is a cover-up, and a cover-up is fact.
Qin Yao was about to say something.
Liu Ji abruptly stood up, glaring at that hair that belonged to another man, and jealousy overflowed!
He threw the hair on the ground, stomped on it vigorously, ground it a bit, glared at her resentfully, turned, and stormed into the study.
Only a loud door slam was heard, along with a man’s collapsing roar:
"Qin Yao! I’m telling you, if you don’t give me an explanation today, I can’t continue this life for another day! Go live with whoever you want to!"
Ah Wang and Yin Le ran out in shock, looked at the study door swaying unsteadily, and then at Qin Yao sitting in the rocking chair with a bewildered expression, all three bewildered.
Ah Wang and Yin Le then saw Qin Yao pick up the hair that Liu Ji had stomped on, raise her hand to her forehead, revealing expressions of contemplation, sudden realization, growing guilt, and disdain.
Yin Le and Ah Wang exchanged a glance.
Ah Wang: Seems like we’ve uncovered some incredible secret.
Yin Le signaled him not to get distracted by their teacher’s wild imagination.
In search of the truth, Yin Le ran to Qin Yao, swallowed, glanced at the commotion in the study, and nervously asked:
"Master, what’s going on here?"
At this moment, the study suddenly went quiet, as if someone inside was also listening intently.
Qin Yao discarded the hair, patted her skirt to shake off visible and invisible dust, stood up, and said, "It’s nothing. Today, at the Princess Mansion, I washed my hair with His Highness."
"Maybe it’s a hair from the little eunuch who was helping me wash my hair that accidentally fell."
After all, Yun Nuo often kneeled at her feet to apologize, so a hair falling and getting swept by the skirt, sticking due to static electricity for an entire day is normal.
Why was Qin Yao so sure?
Because she remembered that under Yun Nuo’s official hat, half of his hair lay on his shoulder, and its length, thickness, and color matched exactly with the hair Liu Ji found.
Because eunuchs are not allowed to keep long hair, lest it interfere with attending to their master, so their hair isn’t long.
Qin Yao shrugged, signaled Yin Le to take away the recliner and snacks, and with her hands behind her back, walked to the front door, looked around, "Is school so late today? Why haven’t the four siblings come back yet?"
Yin Le muttered, "Maybe the teacher kept them behind." For the past few days, the siblings all said the teacher was strict and liked to keep them after class.
The master and apprentice casually chatted, completely forgetting about the person in the study who was tossing and turning anxiously.
Hearing Qin Yao’s explanation in the courtyard, Liu Ji thought, why hasn’t she come to coax me yet? I’m already not mad, just give me a step, and I’ll immediately step down!
Standing by the door waiting for the children to return from school, Qin Yao gave a cold smile, I’m the one who spoiled you!
The couple was in a silent confrontation, but clearly, Qin Yao still had the upper hand.
"Mother!"
Si Niang’s excited shout came from the front door, and Qin Yao turned her gaze from the study to look forward.
Her heart skipped a beat.
Si Niang was dragging a Divine Power Book Box with a missing wheel, the bun that Yin Le styled for her in the morning was messy, there was a red mark on her face, and she was limping towards her under Caiwei’s guidance.
The brave little girl, upon seeing the person she trusted most, could no longer hold it together and flung herself into her arms, sobbing in grievance.
Qin Yao cast a sinister glance at Caiwei while quickly checking her daughter’s injuries.
They were just superficial wounds; her face looked red but not seriously injured, so she breathed a sigh of relief.
Caiwei, however, felt alarmed under Qin Yao’s sharp gaze and hurriedly said, "During the afternoon riding class, Liu Pingling got into a quarrel with a classmate. The horse ran wild, and both girls fell off."
At this point, seeing Qin Yao’s breath hitch, Caiwei added gratefully, "Fortunately, there was a riding instructor present, or else the two girls would have likely broken their legs."
"Right now, it’s just minor injuries. Mrs. Qin, quickly take your child to see a doctor for some bruising medicine. As for the quarrel between the two, the dean has decided that once they recover, they will both clean the stable for a month."
Si Niang immediately lifted her head from her mother’s arms, "Mother, my foot hurts~"
She had just walked back with Caiwei, so it seemed there wasn’t much wrong, yet she was now crying about her foot pain.
Qin Yao saw right through the little one’s ploy, which was merely to act more pitiful so she could escape her mother’s scolding once Caiwei left.
Since a child’s dignity is also dignity, Qin Yao didn’t reprimand her in front of the teacher. She just pulled the child out of her embrace, thanked Caiwei for bringing her back, and then escorted Caiwei out with the child.
Once Caiwei left, Qin Yao hadn’t even spoken when Liu Ji, who had long since heard the commotion, dashed out of the study with concern, asking, "What happened here? How did this little face get like this? Who scratched you? Tell Dad, and he’ll take care of it for you!"
It was as if nothing had happened earlier; he found himself a step to immediately step down from.
Qin Yao scoffed silently, picked up the crippled book box, and walked into the house.
The father and daughter hurriedly followed.
