Lady Meilin is seduced by her green tea brother-in-law everyday-Chapter 347: Another fire to put out.

"I gave her a bath and put her to bed." Chi Lian told him as she waited for the fridge door to open so that she could get Rose’s favorite ice cream.

There was another fire which she needed to put out.

Muyang followed her. "The butler told me that she was crying. Why was she crying? I knew that I should have been the one to come over. Honey, you are very nice and loving but too strict when..."

Mei Mei turned around and glared at him.

Muyang shut his mouth. He could hear those "danger, danger, danger" alarms going off in his mind. He changed his words. "Honey, you are very nice and loving but too strict when it comes to openly spoiling the children. We should have taken her out for ice cream and pancakes."

She snorted. He was probably going to say she was too strict when it came to her words. She had scared him into changing his words.

Chi Lian got the vanilla bean ice cream, she was searching for and at the same time dodged Chi Mimi who was chasing Noodles out of the fridge.

She followed the girl and cat, climbed the stairs and went up to Mei Mei’s music room. Rose and Mingzhe were inside. Jun Yi as well. She was playing the piano while Jun Jie and Jun Lei put on a comedic ballroom dance. They were both fighting to take the lead.

Muyang cleared his throat. "Everyone that is not named after a flower should step out now."

Mingzhe was the first to stand up. He picked up Jun Yi like a doll and carried her out. Jun Jie and Jun Lei followed and Muyang also stepped out. He closed the door.

Chi Lian approached Rose who was sitting near the window at a table in the corner. On the table were two glasses of whiskey. Mingzhe had been drinking from his and he finished his drink.

Rose’s glass was full. She had not sipped one drop of the alcoholic beverage.

Chi Lian pushed the glass away and placed the ice cream on the table. She opened it and placed two spoons inside. "I gave your sister a bath and put her to bed. Should I do the same for you?"

Rose’s right hand wrapped around the handle of the fat childish spoon that was facing her way. "Gross mom, I am almost forty."

"Who says forty year olds cannot be bathed by their parents?" Chi Lian asked her. "When you gave birth to both of your children, it was me and your grandmother that bathed you because you didn’t want maids and strangers doing it."

"That was different. I was practically an invalid." Rose mumbled.

"Tch!" Chi Lian rolled her eyes. "You are my first child. Even when you are one hundred, as long as you need it, I will give you a bath, dress you up and put you to bed. And when I am old and my hands cannot work anymore, I hope that once in a while, you will clean and change me."

Rose gasped.

Chi Lian laughed. "Okay I am joking, I will have a robot butler for that. I don’t want to hear your whiny voice going....."mom, you peed again, I just changed you!!." 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

She was mimicking Rose’s teenage voice which she had used often when her very supportive parents, Muyang and Chi Lian embarrassed her at school or in front of her boyfriends.

Rose laughed and enjoyed her ice cream. "I sound nothing like that."

"Anymore." Chi Lian finished for her. "That is exactly what you sounded like as a teenager. That was the voice you used when your father wore a crop top and shorts to make a point."

Rose’s face twisted as she burst into laughter. Her father Muyang had not been a fun of the way she dressed at sixteen. The crop tops and short shorts had not pleased him, especially when they went out for dinner and a few boys looked at her for a little too long.

The following day, when she had friends over, he came downstairs to meet them in a crop top and short shorts. Not only did he sit with her friends that were mortified but he promised to start picking her up from school in such outfits.

"I never wore crop tops or tiny shorts after that." Rose sighed.

Chi Lian nodded. "He was over the top but his strategy worked. And I rewarded him very handsomely that night."

Rose twisted her face. "Eww, gross mom. No child wants to know about the bedroom affairs of her parents. Why must you traumatize me like that?"

Chi Lian drew the spoon from her mouth and grinned. "Because I love you. Someday when I am dead, you will think about this and miss me. And then you will cry for dear old mum because you want to talk to her or hug her but she will no longer be around. You better let me traumatize you while you still have a chance."

Rose rolled her eyes. "You say this every time you want me to try out one your hot pepper recipes. You have got to stop stepping into the kitchen. Leave new recipes to aunt Manchu and Madam Feng,"

Chi Lian raised the right side of her mouth and growled. "Cheese cake lady..."

Rose rolled her eyes. Her mother had found a new frenemy in madam Feng.

"She is always standing on the opposite side of whatever I am supporting." Chi Lian pouted. "If I didn’t like her cakes, we would not be friends."

Rose raised her eyebrows. "So you are friends."

"No..." Chi Lian denied sullenly.

Rose sighed. She decided to drop it because her mother would not admit to liking madam Feng even under torture. It was better to talk about something else. "Is Mei Mei alright? Psychologically...the fire."

"She will be fine." Chi Lian assured Rose. "Her crying was more about disbelief and being overwhelmed than riding through artificial flames. Now that she has won the derby, I hope that she can win a few more championships and retire whenever she sees the need to. This time, she will retire honorably. I have less to worry about now that her life is on track.

But, I have more than one child to worry about. Let’s talk about you. How are you my beautiful Rose flower? I noticed a familiar face in the stands during the race. Say the word and Mingzhe will have them rounded up and put on the first plane back to the Russian empire."