Liu Fanyin stood still, looking in the direction of the study in a daze.
"Madam?" Mrs. Zhang came closer, with a worried look on her face, "You..."
Liu Fanyin was silent for a long time and then said softly, "Come over with me and take a look."
"Yes." Mrs. Zhang lowered her head and followed her towards the study.
"Miss!" Manager Zhou hurriedly rushed to the two of them, with a flattering smile on his face, and his tone suddenly rose, "Master is really busy. It's really inappropriate for Miss to go over like this."
Liu Fanyin stared at him, half-squinting her eyes, and whispered, "I have already seen that woman, why should Manager Zhou stop her?"
Hearing this, Manager Zhou paused, subconsciously scratched the bridge of his nose, and whispered, "Woman...what woman?"
Liu Fanyin closed her eyes, suppressed the impatience in her eyes, and said calmly, "Grandma Zhang."
After receiving the order, Granny Zhang took two steps forward, raised her palm high, and slapped him hard.
Manager Zhou was shaken, he covered the left side of his face in disbelief and lost his reaction.
"It's just because you've been staying in this house for a long time that the young lady spares you a little respect. She gives you too much good grace. Do you really think that she is a half-master?"
Mrs. Zhang snorted coldly and shouted loudly, "You are a housekeeper after all. You don't understand any rules. Who allowed you to stand in front of the master?"
Manager Zhou felt aggrieved and pursed his lips. Just as he was about to say something, he heard movement behind him.
The door to the study room was opened, Liu Fanyin slowly opened his eyes, and saw the gloomy face of his biological father.
"...Why are you back?" Seeing Liu Fanyin, a trace of guilt flashed across Mr. Liu's face. He coughed twice and asked with a straight face, "I just came home, what are you doing?"
Liu Fanyin looked at him with a sarcastic look and said in a bad tone, "Didn't dad write a letter asking his daughter to come back and see her mother off for the last time?"
Master Liu's eyes flashed with confusion, and he asked in a deep voice, "When will I..."
Before he finished speaking, there was another noise in the study. The woman walked out slowly, her eyes timid, "Master, I wrote a letter to Ayin in your name. I was thinking about the death of my sister. Ayin He is her only child and should be given away."
After hearing this, Mr. Liu's brows relaxed and his eyes were filled with a smile, "It's Ying Niang. I've been so busy these days that I don't have the time to take care of so much."
The woman smiled charmingly, her eyes were as tender as water, and she moved her eyes to Liu Fanyin, her smile became softer, "Ayin, can you have breakfast? I just made the soup, you..."
Liu Fanyin's eyes turned cold, the corners of his mouth raised slightly, and he said lightly, "Who do you think you are? You can call me by my maiden name?"
"Shut up!" Mr. Liu became furious and shouted, "You rebellious girl, why don't you apologize to Yingniang!"
"Master..." Yingniang took his arm and patted his chest with her bare hands to calm him down. With a smile on her face, she comforted him softly, "Ayin doesn't recognize me, Master, don't blame him."
Immediately, he looked at Liu Fanyin with a smile and said softly, "Ayin, this is the first time we meet. My name is Peng Xiuying. I always heard your name in the past, but now I have met you in person."
Liu Fanyin's eyes dimmed for a moment, then suddenly became normal, and whispered, "I don't care who you are, get out of Liu's house."
"Bastard!" Mr. Liu was trembling with anger, his eyes were rounded, and he looked particularly scary, "You have learned all your etiquette and rules from a dog's belly. When did the Liu family become the place where you talk?"
"Where are dad's etiquette and rules?" Liu Fanyin sneered, raised her finger and pointed at Peng Xiuying, speaking louder, "My mother's body is still cold, but you hugged the beauty and kissed me in the house. She was still wearing a peach-colored dress. To my mother Where!"
"Who allowed you to talk to me like this!" Mr. Liu shouted and immediately walked down the steps to show Liu Fanyin how good he was.
"Master!" Peng Xiuying used all her strength to hold him, with an anxious look on her face, "It's my fault for wearing the wrong clothes, so why bother with the child?"
"She is a mother, is she considered a child?" Mr. Liu puffed his beard and glared angrily, and said loudly, "I think that just because she married into a high-ranking family, she will become angry and will rebel if she doesn't get what she wants!"
Liu Fanyin was not afraid of him and still raised her chin, as if she wanted to confront him to the end.
Peng Xiuying pulled Master Liu back with a smile full of flattery, "Ayin, I didn't think carefully about these clothes and made them improperly. Don't take it to heart. I'll change it right away."
"Don't go!" Mr. Liu grabbed her wrist, glared and shouted, "I want to see who is in charge of this family."
"Master!" Peng Xiuying looked back at him and winked at him.
When Mr. Liu saw this, he loosened his hold on her thin wrist and began to feel embarrassed on his face.
Peng Xiuying took out her hand and smoothed things over with a smile, "Master and Ayin have not seen each other for so long, so they must have a lot to say. I will go down and change my clothes first, and make tea before I come to see you."
After saying that, Peng Xiuying smiled tenderly at Liu Fanyin, lifted up her skirt, and hurried to the backyard.
After Peng Xiuying left, Mr. Liu's expression softened a bit. He pushed the study door sideways and said in a deep voice, "Get out of here!"
After saying that, he went into the house on his own.
"Madam..." Mrs. Zhang hesitated and whispered, "Do you want me to go look for Madam..."
"No, mother doesn't need to worry about such a trivial matter." Liu Fanyin's eyes darkened slightly and her tone turned cold, "I would like to hear what he has to say."
Liu Fanyin took a deep breath, slowly walked up the three short steps and entered the study.
In the house, Mr. Liu sat in front of the desk with a gloomy expression. Dozens of account books were placed on the desk, which was in disarray.
Liu Fanyin walked slowly into the room, sat down on the chair farthest from him, and whispered, "What do you want to say, dad?"
Mr. Liu held his forehead and saw her talking to him like this. He suddenly became angry and asked through gritted teeth, "Is this how you usually serve your mother-in-law?"
"Whether a daughter's attitude is good or bad depends on the person." Liu Fanyin lowered his eyes, slid his fingertips across his sleeves, and said softly, "Dad, you might as well explain why that woman appeared in our home."
"Why do I bother to explain to you what I do?" Mr. Liu snorted coldly, with a sharp look in his eyes, "Ying Niang is my newly married stepmother. According to the rules, if you don't want to call her mother, you should call her Aunt Peng. "
"Stepmother?" Liu Fanyin's heart trembled. After a while, she sneered, looking at her biological father in front of her with unspeakable disappointment, "Dad, my mother has only been away for a few days, and you are so impatient that you married your stepmother in a hurry. room?"
When Mr. Liu heard this, he became angry and stood up, slapping the table and saying, "I am your father, and you are not allowed to make irresponsible remarks on what I do!"
Liu Fanyin looked up at him, thinking of her mother who was still in the coffin, and couldn't help but feel a little sad in her heart. (End of chapter)
