Xue Qi stood there in shock, with five bright red palm prints on his handsome left cheek. He turned his face to the side, maintaining the posture of being beaten, but a cold light suddenly appeared in his eyes.
"You beast, how can you treat your own wife? Even if you don't like her, you can't do this..." Old Mrs. Xue shouted angrily, gasping for breath because she was so angry.
Xue Qi was so shocked that he didn't say a word, but just stood there motionless.
The servants who were awakened gathered outside the door. When they saw this scene, they were all trembling with fear.
"You heartless fellow, you actually... I must teach you a lesson today!" Old Mrs. Xue was so angry that she raised her hand to slap him again.
When Mingxi saw this, she immediately got up from the ground, grabbed Grandma Xue's hand, and begged, "Grandma, don't blame him. I didn't want to sleep in the bed. Grandma, don't hit him!"
"Do you think I will believe it?" Mrs. Xue was so angry when she saw Mingxi was wronged but she insisted on defending Xue Qijing that she felt uncomfortable. "You like sleeping on the floor? If you like it, why don't you even have a quilt and a pillow?"
Mingxi tightly grasped Old Lady Xue's hand, bit her lip, and her eyes instantly turned red. Her voice was a little weak, "Because it's too hot in the summer, I don't like sleeping in a bed at all..."
Mrs. Xue looked at Mingxi with eyes full of pity, but at the same time she felt it was not worth it for her to defend him.
"She has no right to sleep in my bed. How can a lowly person have the right?" Xue Qijing suddenly gritted his teeth and glared at Mingxi slowly, then growled, "Han Mingxi, tell grandma about these things. Do you think that with grandma's help, you can turn over and become the young grandma of the Xue family? I tell you, it's wishful thinking! As long as I, Xue Qijing, am here, you will always be a dog that I keep by my side in the Xue family!"
Ming Xi's body froze, and then she tried to explain: "Master, I didn't tell Grandma, I didn't say anything, I really didn't!"
"Do you think I will believe it?" Xue Qijing's eyes flashed with a ferocious cold light, and his clenched fists made a "crunching" sound of bones clicking together.
"I..." Mingxi wanted to explain, but Old Lady Xue pushed her hard, and Mingxi fell to the ground in a mess.
"Today, if I don't teach you a lesson and beat to death this cold-blooded animal, I'm not your grandma!" After saying that, Old Lady Xue raised her heavy hand and slapped Xue Qijing.
Seeing this, Ming Xi hurriedly got up from the bed and ran to Xue Qijing to block him, "Grandma, don't hit him!"
"Pa..." A crisp sound was heard in the room again, followed by a dull "plop" sound.
Mingxi was dazed and dizzy after being slapped by Old Lady Xue. She lost her balance and fell heavily to the ground.
Old Mrs. Xue panicked and hurriedly supported Mingxi. She looked at her face which was swollen in an instant and said with a look of reproach: "Why are you so stupid? He was the one who bullied you, but you still protected him! You deliberately made me feel uncomfortable..."
Mingxi whimpered, the pain coming from both sides made her tears flow down, she complained a little dissatisfied: "Grandma, I told you that I like to sleep on the floor, but you didn't believe it. I just like to sleep on the floor... Why are you blaming the young master? My face hurts so much..."
"You..." Mrs. Xue didn't know what to say for a moment. She could only stare at Xue Qijing with resentment. She helped Mingxi up and said sternly, "From now on, you can only sleep on the bed. If you dare to sleep on the floor again, I will be angry!"
Mingxi glanced at Xue Qijing but did not answer.
Xue Qijing had a severe headache and he raised his hand to cover his forehead.
"Mingxi, go to bed!" Old Mrs. Xue ordered.
Mingxi stood there not daring to move and could only stare at Xue Qijing.
"Mingxi, are you trying to piss me off to death?" Old Mrs. Xue roared, and Mingxi was so scared that she immediately jumped onto the bed.
"Get down!" Xue Qijing's eyes turned cold and he shouted at Ming Xi in a low voice.
Mingxi jumped off the bed quickly after receiving the order.
Old Mrs. Xue curled her lips, stared at Xue Qi and said in shock: "If you dare to let her sleep on the floor again, I will make you sleep on the floor!"
After saying that, he pushed Mingxi to the bed, covered her with a blanket, and turned to leave, but turned back to warn her at the door, "I don't check the room regularly. If I find Mingxi still sleeping on the floor, I will never let you go! Also, if you don't want to sleep in the same bed with her, great, the floor has been checked and it's clean, you can sleep there!"
After saying this, Mrs. Xue walked out of the room happily.
Xue Qi was shocked, his facial expression twitched, and then he roared loudly towards the sky in anger.
He is so angry!
Mingxi was so frightened that she immediately stood up and tried to get out of bed, but Xue Qijing yelled, "You still want me to be slapped by grandma, don't you?"
Mingxi's body froze, and she quickly apologized, "I'm sorry, I got beaten because of me, I'm sorry!"
Xue Qijing stepped to the bedside, grabbed Mingxi's collar, and roared in a low voice: "I warn you, if you dare to mention these things in front of grandma again, I will make you live a life worse than death!"
"I didn't..." Mingxi wanted to explain. She didn't tell Mrs. Xue a word, and she didn't know how she knew.
"Also, from today on, when my grandma is at Xue's house, you will pretend to be the young grandma. Remember, it's just a pretense. If she is not at Xue's house, she will be your maid again!"
Mingxi lowered her head and nodded vigorously.
Xue Qijing sneered, then fell on the bed, pulled the quilt over himself, closed his eyes and fell asleep.
Mingxi tried her best to sleep on the edge of the bed, with her back to Xue Qijing, curled up in a ball, but she couldn't fall asleep.
Why is it colder to sleep on the bed than on the floor? Tears dripped onto the pillow one by one, and finally the pillow was wet...
Early in the morning, Xue Qijing went to work in a hurry without having breakfast. Ming Xi also drank a sip of milk and hurried out.
Old Mrs. Xue propped her chin up with both hands listlessly, looked at Xue Qiwei, and said with a lack of confidence: "Baby kiss, dear kiss, baby will never recognize me as your grandmother again!"
Xue Qiwei took a bite of the sandwich and smiled, "Grandma, you think too much. I'm just angry, it will be fine after a while!"
"Really?" Old Mrs. Xue continued to speak weakly, but when she thought of what happened last night, she was furious, "Humph, who told him to be so rude to Mingxi? He actually asked her to sleep on the floor. I'm so pissed!"
Xue Qiwei's eyes darkened when he heard this, but it only lasted for a moment, and he immediately returned to his playful smile, "Grandma, you are angry and sad, don't be angry!"
"But whenever I think of Mingxi curled up on the floor, I feel sad!" Old Mrs. Xue's eyes turned red, and she pouted, saying dissatisfiedly, "He even said in front of me that Mingxi was a dog he kept by his side. When I think of this, my heart is chilled!"
Xue Qiwei drank a mouthful of milk nonchalantly, and then said: "Grandma, I have something to do, so I'm going out. You can take your sword to the yard, treat all the flowers and grass as my brother, and cut them into pieces. That will make you feel much better! Grandma, good bey!"
Xue Qiwei hugged Old Mrs. Xue and then quickly walked out the door.
"Welcome to Toro Chocolate!" Qi Qi was squatting under the counter sorting boxes of packaged chocolates. When he heard footsteps, he greeted them enthusiastically.
However, when she stood up, she saw a pitiful face. She was slightly stunned and exclaimed: "Mingxi, why are you here?"
"Qiqi!" Mingxi lowered her head, not daring to look at her.
"What's wrong?" Qiqi pulled Mingxi into the lounge and asked with concern.
"Qiqi, I want to find a job. Can you help me find a few jobs with more flexible working hours?" Mingxi looked at Qiqi pitifully, with a pleading look on her face.
Qi Qi was puzzled, "Why are you looking for so many jobs? Are you short of money again?"
Mingxi lowered her head again, not knowing where to start.
"Hey, you heartless person, you only come to me when you need help, but when you have nothing to do, you can't even see my shadow, hum..." Qiqi pouted and pretended to be angry. What a joke, she disappeared for a month, causing her to doubt whether her friendship with him had deteriorated.