Help! The Frosty Noble's Son Is in Love With Me!-Chapter 422: It’s Over

"Mother criticizes the County Princess for shamelessly living at the Xiao Mansion, yet this cousin has stayed at the Pei Mansion for several years. This family’s business was earned by your son, has he ever said a word about it? Now that your son brought someone home, you nitpick and call them shameless. So what does this cousin count as? Isn’t it excessive to describe her as utterly brazen? Or is it that a governor can set a fire, but the common people cannot light a lamp?"

"One shouldn’t be so shameless. Right and wrong in the world aren’t determined by just you. If you weren’t Xiao Shiqing’s mother, you would be nothing today. So act reasonably and stop making a fuss until you find yourself with nothing, leaving you with nowhere to cry!"

Mrs. Xiao and Ji Nishang’s expressions were very striking, yet neither dared to retort.

Moreover, what he said was true, so how could they counter it?

Ji Nishang felt both ashamed and upset inside. She didn’t expect her cousin to see her this way, calling her shameless... It was too distressing.

Mrs. Xiao felt the same; no mother would feel comfortable being scolded by her son.

If the son could be controlled, it would be fine, but he can’t be easily controlled...

Xiao Shiqing’s expression quieted. Maybe he initially thought Li Hua was excessive, but later, he heard much more in her angry words.

Perhaps... these were her true feelings.

He indeed did flawlessly outside, but at home, he did nothing; had he done something, many things would not have happened.

These words were indeed Li Hua’s true feelings. She had wanted to say them in her previous life but did not have the courage.

In this life... she dared not say them initially, but wasn’t she forced?

She was always waiting for Xiao Shiqing to clarify his stance and solve the problem. Since he had done nothing, and her time was running out, she had to act herself.

Now it seemed that acting herself indeed worked.

"Someone, send Miss Ji away today. She’s too old to still be living with the Xiao Family and expects them to support her. No need for her to compensate for the clothes and food from the past few years. Once sent back, tell her family that one should not aim too high, or the higher you climb, the harder you fall. Take her away. I don’t want to see her. Go!"

Ji Nishang was first stunned, then entirely panicked. She looked at her aunt, tearless, her voice trembling, "Aunt..."

How could she return at her age? There wouldn’t be any good marriage prospects waiting for her, and she would surely be mocked by everyone. She didn’t want that...

Mrs. Xiao dared not speak for her anymore; she was too preoccupied with her own plight.

Ji Nishang was soon taken away, though her pitiful cries still echoed, no one paid attention.

After dealing with Ji Nishang, Li Hua wanted to send Xiao Shiqing, inhabiting her body, away. She had to send him away; she didn’t want to stay at the Xiao Mansion when she woke up.

Although Xiao Shiqing did not want to leave because he was worried that Li Hua might do something irreversible, unfortunately, he had no say now. Whatever others said was how it was. If "Xiao Shiqing" wanted to send him away, he had to go.

Strangely enough, before today, he couldn’t wait to escape the Xiao Family. Yet now that he could leave, he worried about everything.

He always felt that there was something off about Li Hua, though he couldn’t pinpoint exactly what.

After "Li Hua" was sent away, Li Hua left Mrs. Xiao to handle her own affairs.

Mrs. Xiao wanted to resist a bit more. In front of outsiders, she didn’t dare confront her son head-on. Now that there were no outsiders, she wanted to regain some maternal dignity.

However, her son didn’t even spare her a glance, leaving Mrs. Xiao deeply hurt.

This hurt made her fall ill.

Half of it was feigned, half real, because being scolded by her son made falling ill seem normal. It just wasn’t that severe, and Mrs. Xiao deliberately exaggerated it.

She wanted to make her son feel guilty and apologize. Even if she had gone too far this time, it was for his good. How could he speak to her like that in front of outsiders and servants? Where was her dignity?

She had to use this illness to regain something.

This trick had worked in the past, always effective, just not expected to fail this time.

Mrs. Xiao feigned illness for two days, but her son never looked at her.

If the real Xiao Shiqing had been there, he would have certainly visited his mother and shown some care. But unfortunately, wasn’t it Li Hua? How could she go to see Mrs. Xiao?

The person who tormented her to death in her last life.

Moreover, Li Hua was well aware of Mrs. Xiao’s tactics.

Initially, it might have been real sickness, but some medicine could cure it. Now it was likely all feigned.

No matter, now she still had the mood to feign illness. After a couple more days, she’d make her truly sick, more seriously than ever before.

She’s continuously preparing.

The soul exchange was not a simple matter. It defied norms, and adding her rebirth also defied norms. Two abnormal events happening to the same person came at a price.

It was because Xiao Shiqing entangled her life that she wanted to take a gamble, even if it shortened her life in this lifetime, just to avenge once, was worth it.

On the third day, Mrs. Xiao began wailing, saying her son was heartless, ignoring whether she lived or died, and declared she might as well bash her head to death.

This also alarmed other relatives of the Xiao Family, who were on good terms with Mrs. Xiao. They didn’t know what had happened, but seeing the Princely Heir truly not visit his sick mother, they also criticized him.

Mr. Xiao was away on business out of town, so he wasn’t involved in this matter.

Li Hua being criticized didn’t matter, as the disgrace was on Xiao Shiqing, not on her.

Meanwhile, after Xiao Shiqing was sent back to the County Princess Mansion, Mrs. Li was shocked by her niece’s injuries, but no matter how she asked, the niece didn’t say. She had no choice but to call a doctor to treat her niece.

Xiao Shiqing wanted to investigate something, but lacked the means. A County Princess was mightier than ordinary people, but it was challenging to pry into the Xiao Family’s affairs.

This period of days didn’t last long; after four or five days, Xiao Shiqing started to feel unwell, like his soul was detaching.

Was it time to switch back?

Before he could figure it out, he fainted.

On the other side, Li Hua didn’t faint. A man’s body was indeed hardier than a woman’s. She completed the necessary procedure, only feeling weak, not fainting, though she guessed Xiao Shiqing definitely fainted.

She just had to complete the last step to restore everything to its original state.

"Xiao Shiqing" finally went to see his sick mother.

Yet "sick" for so many days, Mrs. Xiao felt so aggrieved due to her son’s neglect that she almost wished to fall ill again.

During these days of enduring, she saw no action from her son, indicating he was angry but ultimately dared not harm her, as she was his mother.

Thinking this way, Mrs. Xiao’s old trouble acted up again, and she wanted to lash out.

When "Xiao Shiqing" entered the room, she sarcastically accused him of being unfilial.

"Xiao Shiqing" walked over to Mrs. Xiao, smiled slightly at her on the bed, "Mother, is it that a dog can’t change its habit of eating shit? You were upset for a long time after being scolded. How did you get better and forget the pain, starting to spread rumors of my unfilial behavior again? How does it benefit you to harm your son this way? Or, will you be satisfied only after you force your son to death? Then let me fulfill your wish!"

With that, "Xiao Shiqing" suddenly pulled out a short knife and stabbed it into his own chest.

A son committing suicide in front of his own mother...

Mrs. Xiao only managed a scream before her eyes rolled back, and she fainted.