Cheng Xiaoxiao didn’t want to worry Wan Xia over this inexplicable mood swing, so she suppressed her feelings and deliberately pushed Wan Xia’s hand away.

Cheng Xiaoxiao and Wan Xia often interacted this way, so Wan Xia knew the lion cat was playing with her.

Wan Xia reached her hand out to rub the lion cat’s furry little head as the lion cat continued dodging her.

This kept going on until Wan Xia pretended to be angry and turned her head away and refused to react.

Cheng Xiaoxiao thought Wan Xia was upset after getting rejected too many times, so she got off the jade box and walked over to Wan Xia.

Wan Xia kept watching the lion cat’s every movement. The moment the lion cat finally came over, Wan Xia turned her head sideways to show her profile.

Oh no. She had gone overboard.

Cheng Xiaoxiao felt anxious when Wan Xia genuinely ignored her despite her good nature.

It was far more serious than getting into a fight with Chu Yunshen. Since Chu Yunshen often had mood swings, it was normal for him to act up.

However, she had never gotten into a fight with Wan Xia. From the looks of it, Wan Xia must have felt she didn’t like her, so Wan Xia was upset.

Cheng Xiaoxiao quickly darted in front of Wan Xia and almost slid off the table. Fortunately, Wan Xia held her deftly.

Cheng Xiaoxiao went all out and kept sticking her barbed tongue out to lick the back of Wan Xia’s hand.

Wan Xia naturally sensed something warm and soft on her hand making it want to shrink back.

Wan Xia was briefly stunned to see it was the lion cat when she lowered her head before she placed her hand on the lion cat’s head.

This time, she could no longer contain herself and buried her face on the cat’s back before she burst out laughing.

Cheng Xiaoxiao was stunned motionless. She was caught by surprise when Wan Xia suddenly burst out laughing when she was supposed to be angry.

When Wan Xia was finally done laughing, her long slender neck was flushed from laughing for a long time with her face buried on the cat’s back. She probably lacked oxygen, so her neck was a lovely translucent pink.

Her eyes were smiley as Cheng Xiaoxiao looked at her in a daze in her arms before she realized Wan Xia was teasing her.

Cheng Xiaoxiao didn’t expect Wan Xia to tease her just to make her anxious.

“You are so cute. How could anyone not love something as adorable as you?”

Wan Xia inhaled deeply as her smile dissipated and she stared into the distance in a daze and hugged the lion cat even more tightly.

The lion cat rubbed its head against Wan Xia’s palm. Wan Xia’s palm felt ticklish from Cheng Xiaoxiao’s soft fur, so she couldn’t help smiling with her dimples showing. Cheng Xiaoxiao Was completely captivated by her beautiful smile.

That was more like it.

Cheng Xiaoxiao finally succeeded in making Wan Xia laugh and promptly forgot about how Wan Xia had tricked her.

She was absolutely delighted when she succeeded in making Wan Xia happy.

Cheng Xiaoxiao also forgot about the complicated emotions in her heart after playing with Wan Xia.

The moment she saw the baby bird burying its head in the embroidery thread basket, she wanted to tease it.

Cheng Xiaoxiao went over to wave her paw. Before the baby bird could figure out what happened, someone had already pushed it into the embroidery thread basket.

It struggled to get out, but it had sunk so deep into the basket that it was incapable of standing up straight.

The baby bird messed up the embroidery thread and some thread was entangled on it.

After the baby bird finally managed to stand on the edge of the basket as it gasped for breath, Cheng Xiaoxiao mischievously tapped it gently. The baby bird swayed before it fell back into the basket.

“You are always up to mischief!” Wan Xia couldn’t go on watching, so she pulled the baby bird out of the basket.

The baby bird wanted to continue playing and kept moving in Wan Xia’s hand and refused to do what Wan Xia wanted.

Wan Xia could only press the baby bird down with one hand as she used her other hand to disentangle all the embroidery thread on it.

The moment Wan Xia was done and the baby bird regained freedom, it promptly started running towards the embroidery thread basket once more. She decided to move the basket to an empty seat beside her.

This time, the baby bird was unable to reach the embroidery thread. It got so mad that it kept chirping at Wan Xia as it kept jumping around.

It completely resembled Cheng Xiaoxiao when it looked angry.

Wan Xia was so tickled by the baby bird that she laughed. She turned to look at the lion cat and pointed at the lion cat’s head as it acted innocent and smiled as she scolded it, “You are the worst! You have to teach the baby bird. Don’t expect me to help you.”

Cheng Xiaoxiao went soft and sensed tingles running through her body when she heard Wan Xia blaming her in a sweet voice.

Wan Xia was such a mesmerizing woman!

Since Cheng Xiaoxiao was captivated by Wan Xia, she naturally did as Wan Xia said.

Cheng Xiaoxiao smacked the baby bird onto the table as though she was a gangster and held it by the neck before throwing it onto her head.

Stay on her head and sleep. Stop bullying Wan Xia!

Although Cheng Xiaoxiao’s actions appeared rough, she knew what she was doing.

Cheng Xiaoxiao had cared for the baby bird ever since it was born, so she already know how to handle it.

Sure enough, the baby bird stop being angry the moment Cheng Xiaoxiao dealt with it. Now it only dared to curl up on Cheng Xiaoxiao’s head as it secretly looked at Wan Xia with its beady eyes as it blinked nonstop through the lion cat’s fur.

The lion cat looked at Wan Xia as she waited for praise. Wan Xia reached her hand out to touch the lion cat’s chin.

“Miss! Miss!”

Just as Wan Xia’s hand was about to reach Cheng Xiaoxiao’s fur, Xiao Yue’s flustered voice could be heard outside.

Cheng Xiaoxiao was no longer in the mood to play now that Xiao Yue interrupted them. Cheng Xiaoxiao and Wan Xia turned to look at Xiao Yue in unison.

Xiao Yue was a loud girl and all her emotions were written on her face.

Xiao Yue’s face was ghastly pale as she ran in anxiously with sweat trickling down her temples and her hair in a mess.

Her robe was crumpled and her collar was pulled apart by someone. There was even dark red liquid sprayed on her garments. It was unclear whether it was rouge or some other fluid.

“What are you doing? How could you walk around in this state?’

Cheng Xiaoxiao had never seen Wan Xia throw a temper. Perhaps good-looking people all gave off the same aura when they got angry.

Wan Xia resembled Chu Yunshen a lot when she was angry. Her face was stiff as coldness radiated from her eyes.

Chu Yunshen, Chu Yunshen. Why was she thinking about Chu Yunshen again?

Cheng Xiaoxiao was very angry with herself for thinking about him. She kept reminding herself to stop thinking about him before she continued listening to what Xiao Yue had to say.

Xiao Yue’s face was flushed as sweat kept trickling down her forehead. Since she was running very quickly, she was already gasping for breath. Now that she saw the cold look on Wan Xia’s face, she could not help stammering for a long time.

Even though Xiao Yue had worked for Wan Xia for some time now, she had never seen Wan Xia so stern before.

“Miss, I… Xiao Qin…”

The more anxious Xiao Yue got, the more trouble she had speaking. Wan Xia did not look at her or rush her. Instead, she lowered her head and looked at the ground coldly.

“Miss, I am sorry… Can you stop scaring me?”

Xiao Yue automatically knelt on the ground in front of Wan Xia and was so terrified that she cried.

Wan Xia composed herself but continued to sound stern.

“Do you know what your mistake was?” Wan Xia looked at Xiao Yue kneeling on the ground weeping and couldn’t help sounding gentler. “These aren’t our quarters. Has it dawned on you what the consequences were if His Highness saw you barging into his quarters in this state…”?

Cheng Xiaoxiao and Xiao Yue were instantly enlightened. Wan Xia was worried about Xiao Yue’s actions.

Even Cheng Xiaoxiao knew that it had severe consequences if anyone caught wind of Xiao Yue’s actions and used it against her.

If Chu Yunshen didn’t get mad with Cheng Xiaoxiao and went to the study to work, Xiao Yue along with Wan Xia would get into deep trouble.

Cheng Xiaoxiao felt scared just thinking about the consequences.

Xiao Yue was genuinely too rash this time.

Xiao Yue stopped crying. She raised her head and looked at Wan Xia powerlessly with her big teary eyes. “What should I do now? I didn’t mean to get you in trouble, but Xiao Qin is in the room…”

“Enough! Stop this instant!” Wan Xia hurriedly interrupted Xiao Yue as she looked at the embroidery thread basket beside her worriedly.

She promptly pulled Xiao Yue up and left the quarters.

“Go clean up first and avoid people on your way back. I will go tell Xiaowu about taking a day’s leave from His Highness today.”

Now that Wan Xia finally reacted, Xiao Yue immediately felt better.

Xiao Yue did not continue talking. She wiped the tears from her eyes before she lifted her skirt slightly and walked through the door.

“Hang on. Did anyone see you on your way here?”

Cheng Xiaoxiao felt Wan Xia was very smart when she heard what Wan Xia said.

If no one saw Xiao Yue running over, they didn’t have to worry about gossip.

Moreover, no one else was in the room today, so no one would know about the state Xiao Yue was in when she ran over and barged into Chu Yunshen’s room rudely.

“I took a detour and walked around the garden to get here, so I didn’t bump into anyone.”

Xiao Yue thought about her journey here carefully out of fear she might overlook any detail, so she contemplated for some time before answering Wan Xia.

“Okay. You can go back.”

Wan Xia and Cheng Xiaoxiao heaved a sigh of relief.

They watched as Xiao Yue left before Wan Xia comforted the lion cat.

“Did I scare you earlier? I didn’t mean to…” said Wan Xia apologetically in a soft tone as though she was coaxing a baby.

Cheng Xiaoxiao’s heart softened.

She was such a thoughtful young woman.

Wan Xia was worried about Xiao Yue and now Wan Xia was afraid she might feel upset.

When was she going to start thinking about herself? That silly Wan Xia.

Cheng Xiaoxiao gently patted the back of Wan Xia’s hand disappointedly. She was worried Wan Xia might think she was angry, so she stuck her tongue out and licked Wan Xia’s fingers.

Wan Xia’s hand cream smelled sweet and made Cheng Xiaoxiao feel warm and happy. It felt as though Cheng Xiaoxiao was lying in freshly sunned sheets and completely wrapped in them.