Help! The Frosty Noble's Son Is in Love With Me!-Chapter 421: "I" Am Nothing but a Coward

Li Hua spared no one, castigating both Mrs. Xiao and Ji Nishang, and she didn’t let Xiao Shiqing off either.

Earlier, calling him brainless was just an appetizer, nowhere near satisfying.

Now she was ready to go full throttle!

She looked at "Li Hua."

"I am ashamed, letting you endure so much hardship. I never imagined that the Xiao Family was such a place full of malice and schemes. They disguised themselves too well before, and I didn’t understand my own family’s nature, leading you to live there and suffer so much pain for no reason. Even if I left people to protect you, you were still hurt all over. Today, I will get you out of the Xiao Family. From now on, I will stop looking for you. Although I love you, with such a vicious mother and a cousin who is just as vile, being close to you would only harm you. Even if I marry you, there’s no telling when I go out for work, and she might harm you at home with no evidence of your death. With such a mother, I can’t even protect the woman I love; I’m a coward, a failure! I am the kind of person who doesn’t deserve or have the right to marry the woman I love!"

Mrs. Xiao: "..."

Ji Nishang: "..."

Xiao Shiqing: "..."

A three-pronged attack, listeners almost spat blood!

Li Hua doesn’t care what they feel after listening; the opportunity was fleeting, and she spoke as she pleased.

"Once you’re out, find someone like Heir Pei to marry. Now I see it clearly, that kind of man is truly capable, marrying whoever he likes. His family is kind; initially, the Young Madam Pei was just a lonely young woman, yet his family accepted her and treated her well. In comparison, the Xiao Family is a veritable fire pit. Not that you fear it; if I had a choice, I wouldn’t choose to be born into such a family, one with such filthy methods behind the scenes."

"Enough, stop saying these things!" Mrs. Xiao was collapsing from her son’s words.

There are many ways to defeat a person, but the most lethal is attacking what she treasures most. Xiao Shiqing was Mrs. Xiao’s pride; now, her pride was terribly attacking her; she couldn’t take it.

One insult after another calling her vicious, but who was she doing all this for? Her meticulously nurtured son was repaying her this way?

Xiao Shiqing couldn’t handle it either, "Li... just stop talking, please."

Mrs. Xiao’s originally collapsing heart, upon hearing "Li Hua’s" voice, immediately targeted her with all hostility, "It’s all because of you, you vixen. If it weren’t for your sowing discord, would we have reached today’s circumstances? It’s all your fault, I’ll tear your mouth apart and see how you continue your nonsense!"

Then, Mrs. Xiao lunged at "Li Hua."

"Li Hua" was caught off guard and got her hair and face grabbed, the feeling of tearing instantly flooded in, the pain almost brought tears; instinctively she fought back. Sadly, how could her body compete with Mrs. Xiao’s? She was horribly suppressed.

Slapping and hair-pulling, it was quite the scene.

Li Hua watched, amused, without stepping in to help.

Help for what? Let Xiao Shiqing see how the person he’s defending deals with this.

Ji Nishang wished she could go up and help her aunt but didn’t dare to make a move with her cousin watching. Despite her image being a bit at risk, she didn’t want to show her unruly side in front of her cousin. Besides, her cousin was fuming; everyone present had been scolded by him. She didn’t know when she’d get caught up in his wrath; avoiding was better than rushing headlong into trouble.

Li Hua waited until it was getting unbearable before stepping up to pull Mrs. Xiao off; she had no choice; after all, it was her body being attacked, she had to protect it.

"Enough, you shrew! Till when will you continue this tantrum? Keep up your antics, and I’ll lodge a complaint before the emperor, reporting how you abuse the County Princess he personally granted the title to! Let’s see how he punishes you, vicious woman!"

Mrs. Xiao stumbled back, thrown by her son, ending up sitting on the ground, deciding not to get up, crying and wailing on the floor. "I can’t go on, I can’t live anymore. Having a son who puts his wife before his mother, wanting to report me to the emperor! Go ahead, let the world see how you fight against your mother for your wife. I can’t continue like this..."

Going on and on about not being able to live, yet never seeming to actually die.

Just putting on an act.

Li Hua didn’t even bother to look at her.

"You could go out and tell everyone bad things about your son, say how he disregards elders, is a waste who can’t even protect the one he loves. You could go and report me to the emperor too, have him strip me of titles and lock me in prison; then everyone would be at ease!"

At this, Mrs. Xiao was rendered speechless in her crying.

A person who defaults on others is sure of the other’s lack of options. But if the other turns rogue as well, there’s nothing to be done.

Of course, Mrs. Xiao dared not go around disparaging her son; he was her lifelong pride, her lifelong reliance. Crushing her son, what would she gain? Were she bold enough to do so, her reputation would forfeit everything the Xiao Family held dear.

"Why aren’t you going? Go on, make a scene! If you’re going to stir things up, stir up enough to ruin us all, give us all a bad name! Why wouldn’t you? Aren’t you from a reputable background? Marrying into a place like the Xiao Family, living in luxury every day, what more do you lack? Every day you wish for everyone to heed your commands, and just a whiff of insubordination has you exacting revenge. Where’s your refined upbringing? Living like a shrew every day, don’t you find it shameful?"

Mrs. Xiao, ashamed and upset after being berated, felt a mix of embarrassment and fear, unable to utter a word.

The feeling of being scolded by a woman differs greatly from being scolded by a man. By a woman, there is anger and a wish to retaliate, since as fellow women, one’s limits are somewhat known.

Yet when scolded by a man, the natural power disparity softens one’s resolve; even as the mother, she didn’t dare to push back against her son.

If it blew up, if her son became unruly, it would ultimately be her regretting it. 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

Mrs. Xiao already feared; she wondered what her son, seemingly a little crazy today, might do foolish afterward.

Li Hua saw the fear in Mrs. Xiao’s eyes and inwardly sneered; realizing fear now is too late.

Making a fuss, she wouldn’t easily let up.

"Only foolish women want to control their sons, wanting them to follow orders blindly. A truly wise mother doesn’t meddle in her son’s decisions, only unerringly trusts him, assists him, never holds him back at crucial moments! For a truly capable man, he knows right from wrong, knows what to do and when, decides for himself, allowing no one else dominion. Otherwise, one day, he’ll be doomed by a senseless woman!"

Mrs. Xiao was scolded as foolish, inwardly furious but dared not speak.

Xiao Shiqing was scolded for being indecisive, feeling indescribable inside.

Ji Nishang thought herself lucky to have avoided a crisis, only to catch her cousin’s sharp gaze.

She felt a shiver down her spine.