Lu Qiji rode back to Lu Mansion, where a chubby little rascal of seven or eight came running over. He fawningly took the reins from her and said in a small voice, "Sis, you finally came back?"
"Lu Tianyu, what are you sneaking around for?"
"Sis, Father and Mother had a fight..." Lu Tianyu glanced around before lowering his voice.
"Hm? Do you know what it was about?" Lu Qiji asked.
Father was broad-minded, Mother virtuous, and their relationship was excellent. They rarely even raised their voices at each other, much less quarreled. Naturally, the matter aroused her curiosity.
"I heard Mother wants to bring someone back, but Father won't let her. Sis, who does Mother want to bring back? It's only one person—why not just bring them back? Why would Father disagree? Oh, Father also said Grandfather disagreed. How did even Grandfather hear about this? Isn't he competing for the position of heir? How does he have time to meddle in such trivial matters?"
Lu Qiji's black eyes turned violet, and her purple hair grew even more bewitching, as if the goddess of flowers had descended to earth in all her breathtaking beauty.
"Lu Tianyu, shut up." Lu Qiji's voice turned cold. "You're not to say things like that again."
"Sis, what's wrong?" Lu Tianyu was terribly nervous. He felt a chill run down his spine, and even his calves began to tremble. "Why are you angry? I didn't say it. Father and Mother did—"
"No matter who said it, you are never to repeat it, much less spread it around." The violet in Lu Qiji's eyes flashed and vanished, and her voice softened considerably as she said sternly, "If I hear you saying it again, I'll whip you."
Lu Tianyu feared nothing under heaven or earth. The only