The Slender Waist-Chapter 649 - 468 Heartbreak

Feng Yun and Pei Yao exchanged glances and quickly followed out. 𝐟𝕣𝕖𝐞𝐰𝕖𝚋𝐧𝗼𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝗰𝐨𝐦

In the yard, Amir and the sea calf stared each other down; you look at me, I look at you, neither moving an inch.

Seeing Ao Qi appear, Amir instinctively ran towards him.

"My husband, save me—"

At almost the same time, the sea calf also spotted Ao Qi.

It excitedly pounced towards Ao Qi.

Its two front claws spread wide, in the familiar position of affection it shared with Ao Qi.

But Amir didn’t know this.

She thought the sea calf was going to attack Ao Qi.

"Watch out!"

With a loud shout, not knowing where her courage came from, she spread her arms and flung herself onto Ao Qi, using her back to face the sea calf, ready to take the attack for Ao Qi...

Then she was hit hard by the oncoming sea calf, knocking Ao Qi staggering to the ground...

Thus, this was the scene Feng Yun and Pei Yao walked in on.

Amir lay sprawled on top of Ao Qi, with a guilty-looking sea calf behind her...

At this sight, the atmosphere turned oddly silent.

There was no sound around; Ao Qi felt a surge of blood to his head, his ears ringing.

He spread his hands behind him, not touching Amir’s body, and fumed with anger within the scrutinizing gaze of onlookers.

"Will you not get off?!"

Amir was a bit dazed from the fall, and she turned to look at the sea calf.

"I wasn’t bitten?"

Ao Qi looked at her with a cold face.

She glanced at the sea calf again, "It’s not a wild beast? It’s a domestic animal?"

Ao Qi was close to being driven mad by her.

Being gawked at by the servants was one thing, but to make a fool of himself in front of Feng Yun was worse than death; he wished he could hide in a crack in the ground. And there was the Young Madam, incessantly questioning the sea calf, filled with curiosity.

"What is it, a cat? A tiger? A leopard? What is it?"

"Can you please get off?"

Ao Qi clenched his back teeth and pushed hard against her shoulders.

"Get off and talk!"

Amir was taken aback, all of a sudden her eyes widened like big copper bells.

"You hit me? You actually hit me?"

Ao Qi: "When have I hit you?"

"You did. Mother and Aunt saw it."

Refusing to back down, Amir abruptly sat up, straddling Ao Qi.

"I came to save you, yet you lash out at me. You’re ungrateful, biting the hand that saved you, also, oh, ’grind the millstone to kill the donkey’. Yes, you grind the millstone to kill the donkey; I am that donkey..."

These were new phrases she had just learned, smoothly recited, but it made Pei Yao’s vision darken, nearly causing her to faint.

What kind of karma is this?

She was afraid the young couple’s argument would draw more people and turn into a bigger embarrassment, so she sternly reprimanded them.

"Get up! All this ruckus during New Year’s, what’s this behavior? Get up and change your clothes, come inside to talk."

Although Amir didn’t understand propriety, she knew she had to show respect to her mother-in-law. Seeing Pei Yao with a stern face, as if reaching the brink of anger, she quickly climbed off Ao Qi, humming lowly, and went to the side to stare at the sea calf.

The sea calf slowly approached Ao Qi, snuggling up to him.

Ao Qi embraced it, burying his face in the sea calf’s neck, crouching down, wishing the sea calf could carry him away in his embarrassment.

The sea calf seemed to understand his wishes, extending its tongue to lick him.

Amir, witnessing this frightening action, was once again astonished, her mouth agape.

"What, what is this?"

"Calf, let’s go eat," Ao Qi, having recovered, ignored Amir, gently stroking the sea calf’s head, and said with a tender smile, "Brother has brought you some tasty treats. Come on, let’s get them."

Brother...

Only in front of the sea calf could he be equals with Feng Yun.

The sea calf obediently followed Ao Qi.

Azuo and Ayou giggled and told Amir.

"It’s called the sea calf, Aunt raised this big cat, it doesn’t bite. Sister-in-law, are you a scaredy-cat?"

Amir turned stiffly, her gaze pivoting towards Feng Yun.

Feng Yun smiled, "Got scared, did you? Come on, let’s change your clothes, we’ll soon have the New Year’s Eve dinner."

Amir roaring and clawing in front of Ao Qi was because she knew he wouldn’t dare touch her, but she was much more behaved in front of Pei Yao and Feng Yun.

As the two walked shoulder to shoulder out of the garden, Feng Yun only then noticed Cui Zhi standing with two maidservants.

She always appeared the same.

Wan, pitiable, so indistinct in emotion.

"Princess," the maidservants bowed to Feng Yun.

And to Amir, they bowed as well, "Young Madam."

Cui Zhi also joined in the bowing.

Feng Yun’s gaze swept over the top of Cui Zhi’s head, laughing softly:

"No need for such formalities during the New Year. Go find some fun, all of you go play."