Help! The Frosty Noble's Son Is in Love With Me!-Chapter 417: Don’t Come Any Closer—Anyone Who Does, I’ll Stab to Death
Their positions were different. For Mrs. Xiao, delaying others every day was enjoyable, and she wished her son would come back later so she could scold Li Hua a bit more.
For Xiao Shiqing, each day felt like a year, and he prayed in his heart for Li Hua to return soon.
That day, Xiao Shiqing wrote another letter to Li Hua.
—— My mother is becoming more unreasonable; only now do I understand what you previously said. She really is not an easy person to get along with. When you return, we need to discuss a strategy so she cannot continue to make mischief.
Before the letter was finished, the voice of a maid sounded outside the door.
"Mrs. Xiao."
Upon hearing the words "Mrs. Xiao," Xiao Shiqing’s heart involuntarily tightened, and he gripped the pen a bit harder.
"Li Hua, come out." Mrs. Xiao’s voice was as loud as a bell, ringing clearly through the door and into everyone’s ears.
Xiao Shiqing just wanted to find a place to hide.
His long-standing experience told him that whenever his mother came, it would surely be for nothing good, surely to pick a fight.
Moreover, he had no loyal servants by his side; those personal maids did not take him seriously, and guards could not enter the courtyard, leaving him utterly alone and helpless.
Though he had written a note for the maid beforehand, stating that he was unwell and needed rest.
But the maid obviously paid no heed to his words and directly reported him to his mother.
"Miss Li said she was unwell again, pretending to sleep inside to avoid seeing Madam, making us lie to Madam all day long. We are not the kind to be disregarded by our masters."
Mrs. Xiao indeed got angry upon hearing this and stepped forward to bang on the door loudly, "Li Hua, what do you mean? I asked you to make a few dishes for me. You made a mess yesterday, and now you’re unwilling to cook today? Come out and explain to me!"
Xiao Shiqing didn’t dare to go out; everyone seemed to want to kill him.
Seeing the door about to fall apart after being knocked a few times, Xiao Shiqing’s heart leapt into his throat, and he vowed that he must replace these doors with iron doors that couldn’t be opened no matter how hard they were knocked!
Such a fantasy, whether it could succeed was uncertain, but for now, being forced to go out promised no good days ahead.
But he could not abstain from going out.
When would Li Hua return?
Xiao Shiqing prayed for her immediate arrival to save him.
Unfortunately, no one could hear his prayers.
Seeing the door remained unyielding, Mrs. Xiao ordered someone to break it open, "Break this door down for me; it makes no sense to have places in my home where even I cannot enter!"
Too domineering! Xiao Shiqing was filled with suffocating despair.
In the end, the door was broken open, and Xiao Shiqing shrank to the head of the bed, covering himself with the quilt as if it were his last sanctuary.
"Li Hua, what do you mean? If you’re unwilling to serve me, just say so; what’s the point of hiding? Was it I who asked you to join the Xiao Family? Was it I who asked you to become the daughter-in-law of the Xiao Family? No, it was you who joined the Xiao Family without my consent and wanted to be the daughter-in-law. Now, when asked to follow some family rules, you’re unwilling? Which family’s daughter-in-law is like you, who has no respect for elders? Get up now!"
Xiao Shiqing didn’t dare to get up, for his mother was terrifying.
Mrs. Xiao laughed in anger at the sight, "Look at you, indeed a product of a small family, without any elegance of a grand household. Even if conferred as County Princess, you are not fit to sit at the top. You dare to dream of the position of Princely Heir’s wife of the Xiao Family; it’s simply daydreaming!"
Xiao Shiqing was jarred by the scolding, yes, what happened to his manly dignity? There was no reason why, having a different body, he should lose even his spirit.
Even though he was in a woman’s body, he couldn’t do anything openly, but couldn’t he do it secretly?
Always avoiding and letting his mother go further only ended in his suffering.
Just like in the barracks: the more cowardly you were, the more you were bullied. Once you rose in revolt and others knew your strength, they wouldn’t easily offend you next time.
In that instant, many thoughts flashed across Xiao Shiqing’s mind, each potentially improving his current situation.
However, thinking of dealing with his mother made Xiao Shiqing feel it was both ironic and ludicrous.
He would never have imagined having to employ every means to deal with his mother; it wasn’t an easy task because dealing with others can be ruthless, but dealing with one’s own mother, the balance is hard to strike.
Moreover, this was within the Xiao Mansion, in the rear courtyard—a woman’s domain—totally unfamiliar battleground, not where he could act as he pleased.
While he hadn’t figured out what to do, Mrs. Xiao had already spoken.
"Still not getting up, do I have to invite you to rise? Whose daughter sleeps till this hour?"
Before Xiao Shiqing could move, two strong women came forward and dragged him off the bed, so simply and rudely, leaving him no room to speak.
Why else would Mrs. Xiao come looking for Li Hua? Yesterday, after all, she still hadn’t learned to cook, so today they would continue.
With the drive as if she would keep learning until achieving it.
Xiao Shiqing grew a bit agitated, though he was now in a woman’s body, he still had a man’s heart! Enduring so much already was his limit, if he allowed his mother to continue ordering him around, by the time Li Hua returned, they’d be preparing his funeral!
Rebel once, maybe rebelling once would improve his current circumstances.
Thinking this, Xiao Shiqing no longer cared about Li Hua’s image nor the repercussions his resistance might have on her; he just knew he had reached his tolerance limit, and if he did not resist, he would go mad.
Thus, without a second thought, Xiao Shiqing pushed away the two women restraining him and rushed to the table to grab scissors.
The two women, caught off guard, were pushed away forcefully, and by the time they realized, he already had the scissors.
—— You are not allowed to come over here, anyone who does will be stabbed to death!
Though he couldn’t speak, Xiao Shiqing’s expression clearly conveyed that sentiment.
Upon raising the scissors, Xiao Shiqing immediately felt his heart lighten significantly, he should’ve done this earlier; this was true manliness!
But Mrs. Xiao merely froze for a moment before sneering, "Li Hua, what are you doing? Holding scissors against me? Who would you stab, me? Do you dare? Go on, do it, I dare you!"
Making a scene is a woman’s trick, one Mrs. Xiao had witnessed many times and didn’t take to heart.
If at this moment a man, reckless and unrestrained, acted so, Mrs. Xiao would undoubtedly be wary, as men differ from women, having a fiercer spirit, unlike women who depend on men to survive and generally have a softer temperament, not daring to bloodshed, unless thoroughly seasoned in back-court life.
Xiao Shiqing was stunned; even this doesn’t work?
Mrs. Xiao, seeing his reaction, determined that Li Hua was merely bluffing, and her face darkened further, "Take those scissors from her!"
Upon hearing this, the two women lunged; they had dealt with such situations many times, the back courtyard full of women making scenes; which had not been resolved by them?
In a few moves, they were about to subdue Xiao Shiqing, and as he realized his situation was dire, he understood that if caught, he’d face a miserable outcome. Having been a man who’d fought on the battlefield, what fear did he have to act?
Without hesitation, he swung with his scissors, and one woman’s hand was cut open, her scream piercing the room.
The other woman, seeing this, dared not act further.
Mrs. Xiao was also shocked, "Li Hua, have you lost your mind?! Daring to act violently in the Xiao Family, come, seize her for me!"
