The old lady wore a stern expression.

"Where’s Qin Chun? Where on earth did Qin Chun go? Does she think I’m useless and dares to leave? She’s abandoned me!"

What?

Abandoned me?

She was all fierce and furious, but by the end, she sounded so unexpectedly aggrieved, making people want to laugh.

Dong Huiying tried hard to suppress her laughter.

But in her heart, she thought.

Old Lady Qin, she’s really an adorable old lady!

Old Lady Qin had no idea she was amusing a young one, or she would have exploded.

Actually, she felt quite aggrieved; she was too aggrieved. Those people were too good at spreading rumors, making up all sorts of nonsense without conscience. She’s lived most of her life now, having lived enough to the fullest, but Xiao Xuan is still young.

Her Xuanxuan has a long life ahead, and she can’t carry such a filthy reputation.

The more Old Lady Qin thought about it, the less she could sit still, so she decided to get out of bed and head back to the Qin Family Ancestral Land to find those troublemakers for revenge. She knew there was a sinister hand behind the persistent rumors in the city, and she had all those old troublemakers in mind.

Her eyes were reddened; Dong Huiying was startled.

"Hey, what’s the matter with you? Don’t be so reckless, please lie back down." People get old, and they must accept aging. Though Dong Huiying had spoken lightly before, this rage affecting the heart from a certain aspect also damaged the old lady’s vitality. After all, it’s necessary to be careful and nurture them.

There’s a saying ’old children,’ meaning the older a person gets, the more they resemble a child, reverting to a child-like disposition.

And so, when Dong Huiying stopped her, Old Lady Qin got furious. She almost burst out in rage, glaring and said, "Things were busy before, so I didn’t have time to settle scores with you. Don’t think that waving Your Majesty’s banner and having that girl Liu Chunfeng as your backer means I don’t dare to do anything to you!"

Dong Huiying: "???"

A face of confusion, utterly bewildered.

What’s the meaning of this?

Uh, suddenly recalling an incident, then came the awkwardness.

"Ahem, uh, Old Lady... you wouldn’t still be holding a grudge, would you?" She glanced at the old lady timidly.

Recalling back when, due to Resurgence, she diverted Zhi Chen and the others, then had a heart-to-heart with the old lady akin to ’handling affairs,’ before chopping the old lady unconscious.

At that time feeling despondent, the future unclear, thinking she wouldn’t survive, now...

"Ahem ahem ahem!"

That’s called awkward.

"Old Lady, Grandma Qin, I was wrong, yes, I was really wrong, please forgive me, will you?"

Old Lady Qin had an expression like ’Is your brain malfunctioning?’

Absurd, this girl was actually pretending to be sweet?

But upon closer thought, it seemed like it always was this way.

At that time, she thought Xuanxuan ran away from home because the family treated him badly, neglected him.

So when Xuanxuan brought these people to the villa, she was outwardly unfriendly but secretly kept an eye on them.

And during those days, she had also found trouble with Dong Huiying, like a wicked stepmother, always verbally attacking Dong Huiying.

At that time, Dong Huiying seemed to be like now. Not arguing, not competing, calm and collected, upholding her manners and fulfilling her filial duties.

In short, she remained extraordinarily composed, and as a result, the old lady often lurked in secret, feeling quite suffocated.