Chapter 125: The Imperial Uncle’s Green Hat
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“Let go, let go, let go right now!”
No one dared to touch Lu Chao Chao, because whenever someone tried, she only bit down harder.
“Wahh! Grandfather, Grandmother, Father, Mother, save me! Wahhh!” cried the pudgy boy, his voice tearing with despair. His face was pale as a sheet, all his earlier arrogance drained away.
Imperial Uncle Xiao was drenched in cold sweat.
“Doesn’t she have attendants? Make them separate her from him! My grandson, my grandson!”
“She came alone!” sobbed Madam Zheng, clutching her handkerchief as tears streamed down her face.
“My precious grandson, my precious grandson…” Madam Zheng’s earlier smugness had completely disappeared, replaced by deep anguish.
In stark contrast, Lu Chao Chao sniffed the foul air that reeked of feces and urine and gagged in disgust.
“Ugh!” A dry heave escaped her lips. The moment her mouth loosened, servants quickly pulled Xiao Yu Hang away from her bite.
“Ahh! My ear! My ear is going to fall off! Beat her to death, beat her to death!” Xiao Yu Hang screamed, his sobbing voice hoarse. He had lost control of his bowels in fright.
His ear dangled limply on one side, a gruesome sight. Though her teeth were still incomplete, Lu Chao Chao had bitten through the flesh of his ear with her sharp and tiny teeth.
“It hurts! It hurts so much! Grandfather, I’m going to die from the pain! Is my ear still there? Is it still there? Grandfather, have her beaten to death!” Xiao Yu Hang trembled all over at the sight of Lu Chao Chao, clearly traumatized by the encounter.
Both Imperial Uncle Xiao and Madam Zheng shed tears of heartbreak.
“Where is the imperial physician?! Hurry and take a look at my grandson!” Madam Zheng screeched, her voice sharp and cutting.
“Lu Chao Chao, how dare you harm my grandson! He only wanted to play with you! So what if he’s stronger than you? Why did you bite his ear off?! I’m going to the palace! I’ll see the emperor! I’ll see the Empress Dowager!” Madam Zheng’s voice was shrill with venomous anger.
Lu Chao Chao stood with her hands in her pockets, spitting out blood—not hers, but Xiao Yu Hang’s.
“Go ahead.”
Losing the fight and running to complain to the adults? Hmph. Shameless.
Lu Chao Chao wasn’t afraid of fighting. Her small, soft-looking fingers casually poked the table, leaving a hole in it. Startled by her own strength, she quickly covered the hole with a tea cup, trying to look innocent.
Back in the Cultivation World, she had risen from an orphan to a great power. Who could she possibly fear? Before coming to collect her debts, she had dismissed her guards on purpose. Bringing adults along would have ruined the fun—she couldn’t have a proper fight with them around.
She had heard Xiao Yu Hang’s approaching footsteps the moment he entered.
[Hehe…]
She touched her forehead. The wound there looked frightening but was barely a scratch. She smirked. Beating up the Xiao family’s precious treasure would hurt them far more than it hurt her. She felt a pang of regret, however, as she touched her teeth. If they had been fully grown, she could have torn his entire ear off.
The imperial physician arrived in a flurry. His face betrayed a hint of astonishment.
“It’s fortunate her teeth aren’t fully grown. If they were, the ear would have been completely bitten off,” he remarked.
[What a vicious child,] he thought.
“Even so… the ear…” The physician hesitated, deliberating his words.
“Even so, the ear cannot be fully restored. In the future… it’ll remain permanently damaged.” The ear would always hang limply.
Madam Zheng nearly fainted from grief. Clutching the physician’s sleeve tightly, she cried, “But the Xiao family is of royal blood! How can the heir be left with such a defect?! Physician, think of something!”
The imperial physician’s expression grew troubled.
“Ruined… ruined… Lu Chao Chao, you’ve ruined everything!” Madam Zheng wailed. “I’ll rip her face apart! I’ll kill her! She’s destroyed my grandson, destroyed him!” She lunged toward Lu Chao Chao, fury blinding her.
Imperial Uncle Xiao’s face contorted with rage, veins bulging on his forehead. Yet, despite his anger, he restrained himself. Lu Chao Chao was only a year and a half old; if he lost control, how could he maintain decorum?
“Stop her!” he ordered, signaling the servants to hold Madam Zheng back.
Lu Chao Chao remained calm as ever, her demeanor exuding the confidence of someone who knew adults cared too much about appearances.
[So noisy over a little fight,] she thought. [If it were up to me, we’d settle this with fists.]
But she was satisfied. She had gotten even.
“You injured my grandson, the heir of the Xiao family. This matter cannot end here! I’ll go to the palace and demand justice from His Majesty!” snarled Imperial Uncle Xiao, glaring at her as if she were already dead.
Lu Chao Chao wiped her bloodied lips with a finger, unbothered by his threats. Adults… they were all the same.
“Go ahead. Wahh, I’m so scared,” she mocked, hugging herself as if trembling with fear, her exaggerated theatrics only adding fuel to the fire.
Infuriated, Imperial Uncle Xiao sneered coldly.
“Do you think your family’s connections will save you? Your father’s position won’t protect you for long!”
At the mention of her father, Lu Chao Chao suddenly remembered her uncle. Panic briefly crossed her face.
“You can’t bully my Daddy!” she yelled, her expression turning serious, her small fists clenched in protest.
“Hmph! Marquis Zhongyong’s household will pay for this insult. The child’s debt is the father’s to bear—it’s only natural,” Imperial Uncle Xiao replied with a sinister grin, clearly intent on revenge.
“Daddy didn’t even offend you!” Lu Chao Chao retorted, her fury unmistakable. Her bright eyes burned with indignation.
Ignoring her outburst, Madam Zheng clung to her grandson, sobbing uncontrollably, calling him her “little heart” over and over. Xiao Ming Yao, however, glared at Lu Chao Chao, his gaze filled with unbridled malice.
“Very well. You dare harm the Xiao family’s heir? Not even the emperor can shield you now,” he declared. As a man with ties to all levels of society, Xiao Ming Yao had countless ways to deal with her.
Lu Chao Chao, however, remained unfazed.
“But you won’t get the chance,” she said with a grin. The blood around her mouth and the eerie smile she gave made her look downright sinister.
“You… shameless brat! If you don’t learn your place, someone will teach you soon enough!” Xiao Ming Yao growled, his voice trembling with rage.
While he had seen his son raise a hand against Lu Chao Chao, he hadn’t stopped him. Why should he? The Xiao family’s position ensured his son could strike anyone, even a prince, without fear of punishment. What was Lu Chao Chao compared to that?
Lu Chao Chao tilted her head, her smile deepening. Those who knew her would have fled the moment they saw that expression.
“Uncle, you aren’t Xiao family blood,” she said in her childish, clear voice, staring straight at Xiao Ming Yao.
Madam Zheng’s eyelids fluttered, a flicker of unease crossing her face.
“Nonsense!” roared Xiao Ming Yao, his voice thunderous. “You dare spread such lies? Should I sew your mouth shut?”
“Come! Sew this brat’s mouth shut! She injured Yu Hang and insulted a noblewoman—stitch her mouth and send her back to the Lu family!” he ordered, his eyes gleaming with cruelty.
An old nanny approached with a needle, her expression vicious.
Yet Lu Chao Chao remained utterly unafraid. She turned to Imperial Uncle Xiao and calmly said, “His birthmark is proof.”
“Your son… he has a birthmark,” she said, pointing at Xiao Ming Yao’s right shoulder.
“Her cousin has the same birthmark,” she added, gesturing at Madam Zheng.
“But Grandpa doesn’t,” she finished.
Xiao Ming Yao’s face paled as he turned toward his father. Imperial Uncle Xiao’s expression had gone cold, his calm gaze now locked on Madam Zheng with murderous intent barely concealed beneath its surface.
Xiao Ming Yao and Xiao Yu Hang shared a distinctive red birthmark on their right shoulders—a mark Imperial Uncle Xiao himself did not possess.
Smiling smugly, Lu Chao Chao pulled a green hat out of her pocket and waved it.
“How fitting…” she said with mock sincerity.
Imperial Uncle Xiao!!!
Holy…. XD
Did she bring that with her lol