Pan Chun was stunned.
Mother, you really are a living King of Hell!
Fine, fine, fine. If I hammer the Male Lead to death, I'll have to repay it with the virtue I accumulated in my past life. Every deed has its reckoning.
"Mother... kiwwing people... is bad."
There would be karmic retribution. It would eat away at her blessings.
Xia Wanwan waved her hands. "We... can't... do bad things!"
Heaven is watching!
Liu Wan nodded. "So you understand that principle too!"
"Your punishment tonight is losing your serving of mashed meat."
Xia Wanwan's expression changed. Hah! I've been tricked!
But when evening came, Xia Wanwan's crestfallen little face lit up again.
Mother had prepared a chicken drumstick for her.
"You've grown teeth now. It's time to replace that mashed meat!"
Worried that she couldn't chew it, Liu Wan even shredded the drumstick into strips and fed them to her.
Xia Wanwan smiled so broadly that she looked like a little doll of good fortune, her eyes narrowing contentedly into crescent moons.
Delicious food! I can finally eat delicious food!
The snow outside the window melted, while the room stayed warm and cozy. Mother and daughter spent their days together in peaceful comfort.
Madam Li, however, couldn't swallow this insult. She took Xie Huaishan to the Charity Hall to complain.
After the newly hired Residence Physician set Xie Huaishan's bones, the Old Madam's eyes brimmed with fury.
"Liu Wan knows too much, and that little bastard is no good either. Neither of them can be allowed to live!"
Madam Li looked at her, hesitating before speaking. "Old Madam, if both Liu Wan and her daughter die, won't it arouse suspicion?"
That would cement the charge that Xie Jin'an had favored his concubine and mistreated his wife.
Even if he married