Chapter 278: Threatening Her

Chapter 278: Threatening Her

Lu Shuangshuang was secretly delighted, putting on a show as she waited for Su Youyue to apologize.

Unexpectedly, after observing her for a moment, Su Youyue said indifferently, "Regardless of what Cousin has learned, I advise you to keep it to yourself."

Lu Shuangshuang's expression froze.

Was Su Youyue threatening her?

How dare she?

Su Youyue seemed oblivious to the change in Lu Shuangshuang's face. Her gaze moved over her, cold and piercing.

She wasn't a naive teenager who still held idealistic expectations about family. To her, those who were kind to her received double kindness in return, and those who wronged her faced her unyielding wrath. That was all there was to it.

Clearly, in just one day, Lu Shuangshuang had been categorized as one of the latter in Su Youyue's eyes.

The fact that she could still speak civilly with her was purely out of familial courtesy.

She believed she had already spoken quite politely.

Lu Shuangshuang's anger flared up: "What does Cousin mean by this? What did I say?"

"You know very well what you said," Su Youyue replied calmly, lowering her eyes. "Su Rong is my sister, now and forever. Anyone who wants to bully her must first ask if I agree."

Hearing this pointed tone, Lu Shuangshuang's face flushed with anger. How could Su Rong be her sister when she, Lu Shuangshuang, was the blood-related cousin! She seemed to have discovered Su Rong's identity but chose to side with her instead. Was she out of her mind?

But then, Su Youyue flicked her fingers, sending a silver needle whizzing through the air, embedding itself seven inches deep into the bed frame behind Lu Shuangshuang.

Hearing the sound, Lu Shuangshuang turned around, her pupils constricting. She suddenly realized that Su Youyue was not just an ordinary girl like herself but someone capable of killing!

What did this mean? She had only insulted Su Rong a few times. Did Su Youyue want her dead?

Frightened and angry, Lu Shuangshuang suppressed her urge to argue and forced a smile. "Cousin, what are you doing? I don't know anything. Besides, I'm not the type to spread rumors. Rest assured, Cousin."

"Better be so," Su Youyue said, returning to the gentle demeanor she had shown upon first meeting Lu Shuangshuang. "Cousin just recovered from a near-drowning incident; you should rest well. I won't accompany you these few days."

With that, she turned and left.

Watching her depart, Lu Shuangshuang clenched her fists and pounded the quilt angrily.

"Who would have thought she's such a venomous woman!"

Just as Lu Shuangshuang finished cursing, her father arrived. She always acted sweetly in front of him, and today was no exception. Thinking he had come to comfort her after the drowning incident, she put on a pitiful face and pouted.

However, her usually gentle father scolded her harshly and warned her to keep quiet about Su Rong's identity.

Lu Shuangshuang was furious but could only meekly agree with her father.

When Xiao Wangshi returned and learned the whole story, she also scolded her daughter for being impulsive. "You still don't know how the Su family treats that little wildling. Rushing to insult her was like kicking an iron plate!"

Despite her words, she never expected the Su family to value Su Rong so much.

In her view, Su Rong was merely a low-born wildling unworthy of being treated like a lady. The Su family was too soft-hearted, wasting money on outsiders instead of keeping it within the family, especially for her own son, Xiaobao.

Unbelievable that the Su family was as soft-hearted as Old Grandfather Lu had been!

Nevertheless, Xiao Wangshi knew they needed to lie low for a while. She instructed her daughter not to cause any more trouble.

Lu Shuangshuang felt helpless but consoled herself that once her brother became the young master of the Su family, she could drive Su Youyue and Su Rong out after the old matriarch and Zhenyun died.

Over the next two days, Lu Shuangshuang appeared more subdued and even pretended to apologize to Su Rong.

Out of politeness, Su Rong accepted the apology. Despite her sensitive nature, she was easily appeased and soon forgot about Lu Shuangshuang's insults, dismissing them as a slip of the tongue.

However, as soon as Lu Shuangshuang turned away, she remembered something else. When Xiao Wangshi overheard that Su Rong was not the third miss of the Su family, she had investigated her background.

It wasn't hard to find out, given that anyone in the palace would know about a concubine, even a minor one. At that time, they had uncovered everything about Su Rong's identity.

That family surnamed Zhu had moved to Yanjing for business eight years ago.

Finding them wouldn't be difficult...

A sinister smile crept across Lu Shuangshuang's face.

If she could get the Zhu family to learn that their sister was living as a noble lady in the Su family, enjoying luxuries, surely someone would expose Su Rong's true identity!

Getting rid of Su Rong sooner meant more money for Xiaobao in the future!

Lu Shuangshuang beckoned Hongxiu and gave her instructions.

Another six or seven days passed, and the spring atmosphere in Yanjing grew stronger.

After sending medicine twice to Xie Yuan, Su Youyue decided to visit him personally that day.

On the way, she encountered Lu Shuangshuang playing with Lu Suoxing, also known as Lu Xiaobao.

"Where are you going, Cousin?"

Noticing Su Youyue's more elaborate attire, Lu Shuangshuang became excited.

Perhaps Su Youyue was attending some high-society gathering.

Since Xiaobao would inherit the Su family, she planned to stay in Yanjing and marry a local aristocrat. Meeting these people now would be beneficial.

Su Youyue, feeling no warmth towards her cousin, replied calmly, "I have a private meeting with the young lady of Jinghai Hou's mansion today."

Lu Shuangshuang sensed the growing coldness in her attitude and suspected she might be making excuses to avoid taking her along. Smiling, she said, "Cousin is going to the Hou's mansion? That's great. Could you give Xiaobao and me a ride? We're planning to go shopping on the street."

"No," Su Youyue replied directly.

Her refusal was so straightforward and decisive that it left everyone from the Lu family stunned.

Lu Shuangshuang felt both embarrassed and angry that she had been given no face at all.

She wanted to ask why, but suddenly, Lu Xiaobao, who was beside her, became furious and charged at Su Youyue's legs. "Bad woman!"

An eight-year-old boy is not too small; his charge was like that of a half-grown calf. He was close to Su Youyue, and in the blink of an eye, he was almost upon her.

At that moment, only Jin'er was by Su Youyue's side. Seeing him rush over, Jin'er quickly stepped in front of her mistress to block him but was immediately knocked down by the boy, her palms scraping against the stones, causing her immense pain.

Unexpectedly, when Lu Xiaobao saw that he had hit a servant girl instead of Su Youyue, he immediately raised his fists to strike Su Youyue.

Just as his rock-hard fist was about to land on Su Youyue, a hand suddenly grabbed his collar and lifted him into the air.

"Xiaobao!" Lu Shuangshuang, who had been watching the scene unfold, suddenly panicked.

Su Youyue, who had just reached for her whip, froze and looked behind her.

"Xie Yuan..."