Reborn as a Weak Beauty Pampered by All

Chapter 1586: Chapter 1279

"Don’t worry, big brother. If Xiao Qing acts brainlessly again, I’ll consider her not my granddaughter."

Old Master Zhou spoke these words seriously, without any ambiguity.

Upon hearing this, Elder Xi turned his gaze to Zhou Yaqing: "What are your thoughts now?"

"I..." Zhou Yaqing opened her mouth, but couldn’t say the rest for a long while.

After quietly observing her for a moment, Elder Xi spoke: "A girl should have self-respect and self-love to earn others’ respect. You knew Comrade Luo Yanqing had a family and yet indulged in your feelings for him. What were you thinking?"

Biting her lip, Zhou Yaqing avoided Elder Xi’s gaze. She was afraid, afraid he’d discern her inner thoughts through her eyes. After a while, she said: "I don’t know."

"You do know!"

Elder Xi’s gaze was calm as a still lake, but when he looked at Zhou Yaqing, it felt as though he could pierce through all her secrets.

"You saw Comrade Luo Yanqing was good-looking and had a promising career, so you cast aside your dignity and the Zhou family’s reputation, hoping to be with him.

Xiao Qing, yearning for beauty isn’t wrong, as everyone likes beautiful things. But liking something doesn’t mean you have to possess it, especially when you like a person and not an object.

Moreover, the person you like is already married. Even if you have your heart set on him and countless fantasies, you shouldn’t cross moral boundaries to become a third party, disrupting someone else’s marriage."

At this point, Elder Xi paused, but his gaze never left Zhou Yaqing.

"Though I may be an old fool, I understand when it comes to relationships, two people suffice. Adding a third is unnecessary. Everyone has only one heart; two people who mutually like each other naturally have only each other in their hearts. If someone interferes, it’s an immoral act, deserving of public scorn!

You were a smart little girl growing up, yet now you’ve done something foolish in love, which surprises me greatly."

Zhou Yaqing’s head was almost hanging down to her chest, as she twisted her fingers helplessly, her flushed cheeks fiery hot.

"Today, Comrade Luo Yanqing’s spouse hit you, and frankly speaking, you deserved it. If you bore the Xi surname, I wouldn’t have waited for his spouse to act; I’d be the first to bring down a cane on your head to make you wake up."

The tone was steady, neither rushed nor slow, but as Zhou Yaqing listened, her tears fell in large drops.

With a sigh, Elder Xi said: "Enough, think things through before you speak or act in the future. Otherwise, you might really be taught a lesson in life like today, as Comrade Luo Yanqing’s spouse warned."

At this moment, neither the Zhou family nor the other members of the Xi family made a sound.

"I’m going back to my room to rest."

Without caring what the others in the living room thought, Elder Xi stood up, leaned on his cane, and left the room.

After a short pause, Old Master Zhou said to Old Lady Zhou: "Let’s go back."

"Hmm."

Old Lady Zhou nodded.

"Uncle, aunt, won’t you stay a bit longer?"

Seeing the elderly Zhou couple rise, Xi Guobang and Xu Dan stood to accompany them, and upon hearing his words, Old Master Zhou shook his head: "No."

...

After seeing the Zhou family off, Xi Guobang and Xu Dan returned to the living room.

"Lili is really impressive!"

Xu Dan smiled, her eyes shining brightly: "I just love that decisive and straightforward little girl!" At nearly a decade older than Kang Li, Xu Dan had cared for her like a little girl since they met, always getting along well during their encounters.

"Aunt Kang is great, Zhou Yaqing deserved the slap."

Hearing Xi Jingyu say this, Xu Dan raised an eyebrow: "How do you know? I recall you kids were all upstairs playing at the time!"

"It’s not like there isn’t a window upstairs."

He had seen the scene in the yard through a window.

At that moment, he nearly shouted, "Aunt Kang rocks!"

"You don’t feel Aunt Kang was wrong to hit someone?"

Xu Dan asked with a smile.

"What was wrong?" Xi Jingyu snorted, pouting: "Zhou Yaqing was digging up dirt in front of Aunt Kang and did it so ’refreshingly’; if she didn’t deserve to be hit, who else would?"

Xi Chenyu nodded his little head beside her.

Seeing her little son like this, Xu Dan couldn’t help but laugh: "You understand?"