Chapter 194 Wan Xia’s past

Someone sighed in the cool air, but Cheng Xiaoxiao was unaware of all that.

Cheng Xiaoxiao’s focus had always been on Qin all this time, not noticing Chu Yunshen’s emotions at all.

If she knew that she had accidentally gotten Chu Yunshen away and that he actually did it for her good, she would have swatted him to death with her claws.

Men’s logic!

How could a girl calm down alone when she felt upset?

What’s more, Cheng Xiaoxiao had not forgiven Chu Yunshen, yet he did not show any gratitude, and hence, that was very brave of him.

Fortunately, Cheng Xiaoxiao did not know about this. However, even if she found out about it, she couldn’t be bothered about it as well.

This unique nature of Qin’s soul aroused Cheng Xiaoxiao’s interest, but when Qin stood in front of her with a depressed expression, she suddenly lost interest in it.

Although this was the right time to ask more about that unique trait of Qin’s soul, Cheng Xiaoxiao was not that heartless to be able to forget Qin’s words in a blink of an eye.

In addition, Qin looked like she was about to cry, so Cheng Xiaoxiao felt uncomfortable seeing that.

“I’m telling you, you’d better not cry!”

Since there was no one else in the room, she straight away pointed her claws at Qin.

“Cry outside if you want to cry! Just don’t stay in the same room with me anyway!”

Qin was not frightened by Cheng Xiaoxiao’s vicious manner. Instead, her tears burst out directly, her eyes were like a faucet that had been turned on and forgotten to turn off, and tears kept running down like water.

However, Qin kept crying as she spoke to Cheng Xiaoxiao.

“I saw the will. I’ll read it to you, and you explain it to me.”

“I won’t listen!”

Without any hesitation, Cheng Xiaoxiao directly rejected Qin’s request. Why should she explain the meaning of the will to Qin?

Also, what explanation was needed for the will? Just read it as how it was written! Could it be that there was a deeper meaning?

Well, she wouldn’t listen to it even if there was a deeper meaning!

The Persian cat was unmoved by Qin’s words. With that, Qin wiped her tears and asked the cat, panting.

“Why? You know, I feel that Miss must be very painful and sad as she wrote the will with her blood.”

A blood letter?

“I won’t listen to it either!”

Cheng Xiaoxiao thought that she was a person of principle. First, she was unrelated to Wan Xia, and she was even the murderer of Wan Xia’s sister. If Wan Xia knew that her will would be studied by her enemy after she died, she would probably become so angry that she would come back to life.

“Alright then…”

Initially, Qin was still trying to confirm the authenticity of the Persian cat’s words by looking at its eyes. Unfortunately, the cat kept avoiding her gaze and refused to cooperate. And so, she had no choice but to give up on that thought and wiped her tears in silence.

Couldn’t she hold on to it for a little bit more? Seriously…

Cheng Xiaoxiao kept thinking of ways to make Qin ask a few more times. Then, she would go along, pretending like she couldn’t refuse anymore, and was forced to listen to Qin reading the will for her.

Sadly, Qin did not cooperate and gave up after asking a few times, having no persistent spirit at all.

Thus, Cheng Xiaoxiao could only think of a new way. To her surprise, Qin sat beside her and gazed far away, looking at the dust flying in the sun. At the same time, she tried to please Cheng Xiaoxiao. “Let me tell you about Miss’s past then, and you just listen to me. Those are things that had happened before we came to the prince’s mansion.”

Perhaps Qin was afraid that Cheng Xiaoxiao would refuse, so she quickly said, “Okay, I’ll take it as you agreed since you didn’t refuse. A promise cannot be reversed.”

As Cheng Xiaoxiao initially wanted Qin to ask her again, so of course, she, who was so arrogant, had to seize this opportunity and give herself an out.

Remaining silent, Cheng Xiaoxiao also deliberately turned her head to the other side to avoid looking at Qin.

After carefully observing the Persian cat through her teary eyes, Qin found that it was not angry and did not stop her, so she began to narrate the past slowly.

“Did Miss mention me in front of you? I have been serving Miss since I was a child. She said that I am her dowry maid, and she will always bring me with her until I find myself a perfect match.”

Naturally, Cheng Xiaoxiao knew that Qin and Wan Xia had been together for a long time. Wan Xia had told her about these unimportant things countless times, so she put on a faint expression and didn’t respond to Qin.

Seemingly to have guessed that the cat would not talk to her, Qin only continued to talk about her and Wan Xia’s past and did not urge the cat to respond.

“When I first met Miss, she was only in her teenage years, yet she was already so beautiful at that time. I have never seen anyone as pretty as her.”

Suddenly, Qin softened her tone, and her gaze became much gentler as she looked up at the rays of sunlight coming through the window.

“But at that time, Miss was always unhappy and cried almost every day.” At the thought of that, Qin frowned slightly. “The disciplinary nanny would beat her and not feed her once she cried. But Miss was very stubborn, and she still went her own way every day.”

Cheng Xiaoxiao knew that Wan Xia was a crybaby. She could imagine a younger version of Wan Xia with her eyes red like a rabbit, and it would be just like now where everyone would give help upon seeing her.

“She had training every day and had nothing to eat very often. Plus, she would also get beaten, so naturally, her body became weak after a long time.”

“At that time, I was only a nobody and couldn’t be of help. The only thing I could do was to leave half of my food for Miss in secret every day,” Qin sighed. As she seemed to have thought of something, her tone became excited again, “Every night, Miss and I would hide in a dark room to eat and chat. We cannot light the lights. Otherwise, the disciplinary nanny would beat Miss once she found out about this. Over time, Miss got familiar with me, and she cried less often as well.”

Disciplinary nanny?

It was that disciplinary nanny again! Why was this disciplinary nanny so nosy!

“Why is there a disciplinary nanny?”

At last, Cheng Xiaoxiao could not help but ask, though she really wanted to bite her tongue off right after that. Immediately, she shut her mouth tight.

“The disciplinary nanny was sent by the Eighth Prince to teach Miss rules of etiquette. Aside from the disciplinary nanny, he had also sent teachers. Anyways, these are not important.”

Qin did not give any reaction when the Persian cat spoke. Instead, she just felt that the question asked was meaningless, so she gave the cat a grumbling look as if she was blaming it for interrupting her.

“Where was I? Ah, yes, anyway, Miss eventually stopped crying. After that, I found that it was because her sister, Wan Yun, was sent to another courtyard for one-to-one tutoring, and that’s why she was so upset every day.”

After thinking for a while, Qin continued, “Our days became better when Miss stopped crying and throwing tantrums. Although the disciplinary nanny was still very strict, Miss could always think of a way to avoid the punishing.”

When Cheng Xiaoxiao thought of how Wan Xia was bullied by those women here, she found it hard to imagine how the young Wan Xia had fought with the disciplinary nanny back then.

“Later, the disciplinary nanny was sent away by the Eighth Prince. After that, he sent teachers to teach Miss to play the musical instruments, chess, calligraphy, and art.”

Tilting her head, Qin tried to recall what had happened to Wan Xia in the past. “At first, Miss was very playful and always wanted to sneak out with me, and because of that, she was caught by her teacher many times. The teacher would beat her hand with a ruler every time.”

Sneak out?

Playful?

At once, Cheng Xiaoxiao suspected that Qin might have bumped her head when she was alive, thus causing her to go crazy from time to time now and become confused.

Wan Xia! How was that Wan Xia?!

Was it possible for Wan Xia to have such a mischievous side?

Cheng Xiaoxiao would rather believe it if it was herself.

Noticing the questioning gaze in the Persian cat’s big eyes, Qin hurriedly explained, “It’s true! It was really painful to be hit by the ruler. You know, Miss’s hand would be swollen for several days, and she would have difficulties writing. How could I possibly recall it wrongly!”

“But every time, Miss would smile brightly, and when she smiled at her teacher, he would be reluctant to hit her. Later, Miss’s teacher has changed again, and he left in such a hurry that he didn’t even greet us before leaving. Until now, I still couldn’t figure out the reason behind this.” As Qin bit her fingernail, a confused look appeared on her face.

Amused by Qin’s words, Cheng Xiaoxiao rolled her eyes and wanted to ridicule Qin, but when she thought of how Qin was so pure, she decided not to destroy something so beautiful.

The reason Chu Jingshuo sent someone to teach Wan Xia was definitely because he wanted to train her into the most outstanding woman.

However, he did not expect that the young Wan Xia would be so disobedient at that time, yet the teacher was soft-hearted and kept covering up for her. Naturally, Chu Jingshuo would get another tutor to teach Wan Xia.

But, she was afraid that the matter of why the teacher left without bidding farewell was not simple.

Thinking of Chu Jingshuo’s attitude toward Wan Yun, Cheng Xiaoxiao could guess that the teacher who taught Wan Xia was likely to be dead.

“Later on, Miss did not like to go out anymore, and she would look out the window every day. There was only a bare tree outside the window. I wonder what Miss was staring at back then.”

Upon hearing Qin’s words, Cheng Xiaoxiao could easily imagine that scenario. After all, that Wan Xia sounded quite similar to Wan Xia in this age.

Although Wan Xia was faking her image in front of Cheng Xiaoxiao most of the time, she would still reveal her true self sometimes, and it was also those times that let Cheng Xiaoxiao feel her true nature.

“Oh, by the way, the Eighth Prince would come to visit Miss now and then at that time. At first, I thought that the Eighth Prince liked Miss, but as soon as I told her about this, she scolded me fiercely.”

There seemed to be a hint of grievance in Qin’s voice. Initially, she wanted the Persian cat to comfort her, but she did not expect to see the cat shooting her a look once again.

Just glaring at Qin was not enough, but Cheng Xiaoxiao also wanted to scold Qin like how Wan Xia did.

Qin must be blind to think that Chu Jingshuo liked Wan Xia. The way he looked at Wan Xia was so disdainful, and it was more like he was looking at a prostitute.

With such disrespect, there was no way he cared about Wan Xia.

“After Miss scolded me, she forbade me to say that again. Besides, she would always look upset each time I mentioned the Eighth Prince.”

As Qin seemed to feel pity, Cheng Xiaoxiao could not help but speak again.

“Why do you think that the Eighth Prince is a perfect match to Wan Xia?”

“Because they look perfect together. One is gentle, and the other is elegant. It is very pleasing just looking at them.”

When Qin was talking about that, she was holding her cheeks, her eyes shining as if she was imagining the scene of Chu Jingshuo and Wan Xia being together in her mind.

“Stop! Let’s talk about something else!”