CHAPTER 414: CHAPTER 415: WHAT KIND OF PERSON IS MY MOTHER?

Li You’an fell silent for a moment upon hearing this, his gaze turning to Xiaosuisui as he asked, "May I ask, sir, is the child you are holding the Eldest Princess?"

Ji Youzhi nodded. Xiaosuisui also looked at him.

Li You’an asked, "Is she your esteemed sister’s daughter?"

Ji Youzhi looked at Li You’an in confusion. Li You’an’s gaze remained fixed on Xiaosuisui.

Xiaosuisui replied, puzzled, "He’s my Seventh Uncle. How could I not be his sister’s child?"

As soon as Xiaosuisui said this, Li You’an stared at her intently.

"I wonder, has the Princess inherited Miss Ji Xi’Er’s special abilities?"

Xiaosuisui widened her eyes. Special abilities? "What special abilities does my mother have?"

Ji Youzhi also exclaimed, "My sister had special abilities? My mother said that among all her children’s abilities, only my sister was the most ordinary. She couldn’t do anything well; being lazy was her top quality!"

Indeed, in the eyes of Old Madam Ji, Ji Xi’Er was exceptionally lazy: too lazy to read, too lazy to practice martial arts, too lazy to learn needlework... In short, when it came to anything that required using her brain, his sister was exceedingly lazy!

"An eidetic memory and the ability to read ten lines at a glance!"

Is that all? Ji Youzhi said nothing more. Xiaosuisui also silently lowered her head and began to play with her fingers.

Seeing their reactions, Li You’an sighed inwardly. It seems she didn’t inherit them after all. Disappointed, he left.

"My mother... what kind of person was she?" Xiaosuisui mumbled to herself, her mood suddenly souring.

"A very, very lazy person!" Ji Youzhi blurted out. After saying this, he suddenly felt several intense gazes on him.

Ji Youzhi suddenly felt it was improper to speak of someone’s mother that way, so he quickly corrected himself. "She was very lazy when she was young and didn’t like studying. Everyone in our family is very skilled, except for her; she didn’t learn a thing."

Xiaosuisui pouted. "My mother was lazy when she was little, but what about when she grew up? Was she still lazy then?"

Ji Youzhi patted her small head. He wanted to tell the truth but chose to speak tactfully. "Your Seventh Uncle and Eighth Uncle were separated from your mother when we were very young. So, I don’t know what happened after she grew up!"

Xiaosuisui responded with a soft "Oh" and said no more. When Xiao Er began serving the dishes, she perked up and started eating happily.

Food was the sustenance of her joy, and so the little glutton Xiaosuisui was back.

In a private room at the far end of Li Ji Restaurant, two middle-aged men—one dark-skinned and thin, the other fair-skinned and fat—were conspiring.

The fat one was a fair-skinned, burly man; the thin one was a lean, dark-complexioned old man.

"News just came in. We have the cloth," the fair, fat man whispered.

"Was it destroyed according to plan?" the thin, dark-complexioned man asked in a low voice.

The fair, fat man shook his head. "There wasn’t time. We had to confirm if it was the bolt of cloth we’d planted, so our men needed to reach a safe location to verify. Afterwards, people started snooping around, and our men were almost exposed several times."

The thin, dark-complexioned man thought for a moment and said, "Send word. If it comes to it, find a place and throw the bolt of cloth into the water."

The fair, fat man’s face lit up. "That’s easy! I’ll see to it at once!"

With that, he stood up to leave. But just as he was about to go, he paused and added, "The Gu-bug in Xie Yingying’s body... it will need to be soothed with medicine in a few days. However, recently I’ve noticed suspicious individuals lurking around the Xie Estate. I haven’t dared to enter the Xie Estate rashly! Please, Sir, for the sake of our great undertaking, devise a plan!"