Chapter 161 - Growing Wind Ears Year by Year

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Zhu Xiuxiu blinked. Before she could speak, Ji Youran ran back over. "What are you still doing here? Weren’t you going to check out the dowry properties for Xiaosuisui?" With Ji Youyuan’s interruption, Zhu Xiuxiu didn’t get a chance to tell Ji Youcheng about Xiaosuisui’s situation before they left the Pharmacy and went to look. As the owner of the Bright Moon Pavilion, he certainly didn’t hold back when it came to the dowry properties for his little niece. Good heavens, he had bought an entire street of shops with one stroke! When they returned to the Mansion, Ji Youcheng, cradling Xiaosuisui, ran straight to Madam Ji’s room. "Mother! I have to tell you, I’ve discovered a huge secret!" Madam Ji had only recently woken from her afternoon nap and had just sat down after freshening up. Hearing Ji Youcheng’s voice, she looked up at him. "Oh! And who might this be? Which family’s young lady is this, dressed as a man and trying to claim me as her mother?" Madam Ji teased Ji Youcheng good-naturedly. Ji Youcheng rubbed his nose sheepishly. Before he could speak, Madam Ji asked, "You’ve always been one who’d rather die than take off your veil. Why did you remove it today? Have all the young ladies and wives in the mansion been staring at you, utterly smitten?" Hearing Madam Ji’s teasing, Ji Youcheng perked up immediately. He joyfully lifted Xiaosuisui high into the air, exclaiming, "Mother! Let me tell you, I’ve discovered a huge secret! Our Xiaosuisui is a martial arts prodigy!" Madam Ji was speechless. Her eyelids twitched. "So, what does that have to do with you taking off your veil?" "Oh! Xiaosuisui took off my veil. I think she really likes to look at my face!" Everyone in the room was speechless. Xiaosuisui clapped her hands and chimed in, "Pretty! Third Uncle is so pretty, a feast for the eyes!" Madam Ji snapped, "Get me a feather duster! Who taught her this? She’s always spouting such nonsense!" Xiaosuisui casually ratted out Zhu Xiuxiu. "Third Aunt said Third Uncle is the most handsome man in the world, and that even just to get a couple more glimpses of Third Uncle, we should pamper him!" Ji Youcheng’s face flushed. He quickly turned to look at Zhu Xiuxiu, who was covering her face with a handkerchief. "I... When did I ever say that?" She had, in fact, said it, just not when the little darling was around! And when she did say such things, it was in private conversations with either Wang Dongxue or Huo Xing’Er! When on earth did the little girl overhear it? "If you didn’t say it, how would Suisui know all this?" Madam Ji continued, "And she repeated it so vividly! Third Daughter-in-law, I’ve told you before not to be so careless. Look at the example you’re setting for the child!" "Mother! I... I really didn’t say these things to the little girl." Zhu Xiuxiu felt that she couldn’t clear her name even if she had a hundred mouths. Feeling everyone’s suspicious gazes on her, Zhu Xiuxiu had no choice but to turn to Xiaosuisui. "Little darling, you tell us, when did Third Aunt say these things to you?" Xiaosuisui blinked. "Third Aunt didn’t tell me. She said it to First Aunt and Second Aunt." "See! See! I told you I didn’t tell her! She overheard it herself!" Zhu Xiuxiu exclaimed. Vindication at last! What a relief! Madam Ji glared at her. "Don’t you know to be more discreet when children are around? She hears everything you say!" Zhu Xiuxiu felt wronged. "But we were talking when she was asleep! And we were so far away from her. Does she have exceptionally sharp hearing or something? To think she could hear our conversation so clearly and remember it word for word!"

Chapter 161 - Growing Wind Ears Year by Year

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