Chapter 76: Little Black Chewed Up the Homework
Chi Chaoshen, now filled with doubt, turned to discuss with Chi Fengxiao.
But all he saw was his brother staring at Chi Qian with a “My treasure is so cute, my treasure is so brilliant” expression.
Anyone else would think Chi Qian was his biological daughter.
Chi Chaoshen instantly lost the mood to talk to this fool.
“Have you really thought this through?” Chi Lisen asked Chi Qian. “Once the move is made, there’s no taking it back.”
Chi Qian nodded firmly.
“Then we’ll do as you say,” Chi Lisen said.
Chi Qian tugged on his sleeve, whispering a few more words in his ear.
Chi Lisen slowly turned to look at Chi Chaoshen, his eyes faintly carrying disdain.
Chi Chaoshen: “?”
“All right, I understand,” Chi Lisen replied.
“Thank you, Grandpa.”
Chi Qian then asked softly, “Second Uncle, are you… disappointed?”
Chi Chaoshen’s gaze softened. “These things were yours to begin with. However you want to deal with them is fine. Besides, I think… you did very well.”
She had the backbone of the Chi family.
Chi Fengxiao added, “Qian Qian Treasure, don’t overthink it. Compared to this stuff, you should care more about the old man’s fortune. He’s got so much money you couldn’t spend it all even in your next life.”
Chi Lisen sneered. “So you’ve been coveting my fortune all this time?”
“Would it matter if I did? You wouldn’t give me any anyway.”
“As long as you know. The Chi family doesn’t feed freeloaders.”
Chi Qian, who had so far been a total freeloader: “?”
Why did that feel like shade aimed at her?
Still, the feeling of having everyone support her in whatever she chose to do was… enough to make her want to pull out a sword and shout to the heavens.
“Uncle, don’t be sad. At least you have one thing more than Grandpa’s wealth.”
Chi Fengxiao’s eyes lit up. “Is it my intelligence, or my handsomeness?”
“It’s your worries.”
“….”
This brat! One day without a beating and she’s already tearing the roof tiles off!
The two started chasing and bickering, Chi Chaoshen stuck in the middle with Chi Qian clinging to his hand for protection, leaving him smiling helplessly.
Chi Lisen, probably fed up with all the noise, suddenly asked Chi Qian: “Have you finished your summer homework? Bring it here for me to see.”
The air froze instantly.
That was a death sentence.
Chi Qian’s face turned delicate and pitiful. “Grandpa, I was just traumatized so badly by those kidnappers… I might be left with a psychological shadow.”
Chi Lisen snorted. “You look full of energy. Hardly like someone traumatized.”
“That’s all just a façade. Grandpa, don’t be fooled by how strong and carefree I seem. If a car hit me, I’d still die, you know.”
Chi Lisen: “…”
He was silent for a few seconds. “Be straightforward. Did you write it or not?”
Chi Qian’s eyes darted around—and then, suddenly inspired—
“Grandpa, I did write it! But my schoolbag was left behind with the kidnappers, and I couldn’t get it back!”
“Dad, Qian Qian did write it. She left it at my place, I just didn’t bring it back.”
“Dad, Qian Qian’s homework is at my place, I didn’t bring it with me.”
The two uncles and niece spoke almost at the same time.
The air froze again.
Chi Qian stared at her two uncles in despair.
The two uncles also looked at her, equally suffocated.
Chi Lisen turned the jade ring on his thumb, let out a cold chuckle, and his already stern and sharp face became even more imposing.
“So you two are really good uncles to her? Covering up for her one by one?”
Chi Fengxiao gave an awkward laugh. “No, really, Qian Qian’s homework is at my place. Second Brother must be mistaken.”
“Yes, I vaguely remember seeing Qian Qian’s workbook at home, so that’s why I said that,” Chi Chaoshen calmly added.
Chi Lisen narrowed his eyes, his gaze sweeping across the faces of his niece and the two uncles.
“Woof! Woof!” Suddenly Little Black’s barking came from outside.
Uncle Nan walked into the living room. “Sir, bad news—Little Black chewed up Little Miss’s homework notebooks!”
Shattered—like the heart of a fragile heroine who, after divorcing a domineering CEO, takes her unborn child and flees abroad.
Truly tragic!
Chi Qian: ???
Help!
Little Black, why did you have to act at this exact moment?!
I had already decided not to frame you!
Chi Lisen: “Heh.”
Chi Chaoshen and Chi Fengxiao looked at Chi Qian with helpless faces.
Chi Qian: QAQ
The butler Nan brought in the shredded notebooks.
Chi Qian took one glance and felt a tiny bit of comfort—the chewing job was thorough. You couldn’t even tell if anything had been written.
Little Black, one point for you.
But then…
Chi Lisen had the fragments pieced back together, and discovered not a single word had been written.
Chi Qian: “…” Grandpa, this is way too much.
“Chi Qian, go upstairs and reflect on your mistakes,” Chi Lisen ordered in a tone that brooked no refusal. “And write me a 100,000-character self-criticism. Hand it in after dinner.”
Chi Qian: “Say what now??!”
“100,000 characters.”
“Did I violate the heavenly laws or something?!” Chi Qian was on the verge of tears. “Grandpa, do you hate me now, wuwahhh!”
Her wailing gave Chi Lisen a headache. “Fine, one hundred characters.”
“…That’s still a lot.” Chi Qian looked pitiful. “Grandpa, I already know I was wrong. I swear I’ll reform myself, work hard at labor reform, and become a new person.”
Chi Lisen frowned slightly. Why did that sound so strange?
Butler Nan silently thought: this was exactly the kind of slogan the tragic heroine saw plastered on the prison wall after being framed by the CEO’s white-moonlight lover.
Chi Fengxiao coughed softly and whispered to Chi Qian, “Hurry up and go. If you keep dawdling, he really might make you write the 100,000 characters.”
Back when they made mistakes, they couldn’t get past the old man without at least a 5,000-character reflection essay, with plagiarism checks included.
The 100,000-character demand was clearly meant to scare Qian Qian.
Otherwise, he wouldn’t have reduced it to a hundred.
It was obvious he was letting her off easy.
Chi Qian whispered back, “Uncle, have you ever considered that just the act of writing itself is already enough to kill me?”
“Still not going up?” Chi Lisen’s brows knitted, his presence alone intimidating.
“…Oh.” Chi Qian drooped her head, dragging her feet toward the stairs, looking back three times with every step. “My treasure chest…”
Chi Lisen: “I’ll have it sent up later.”
That left Chi Qian with no more excuses. She had no choice but to obediently go upstairs to write her self-criticism.
After dealing with the two chests, Chi Lisen finally sat down and sipped his tea.
Then he got to the main point. “Did the kidnappers confess their motive for abducting Chi Qian?”
Chi Chaoshen grew serious. “They took the wrong person. Their actual target was Fengxiao.”
Chi Fengxiao pressed his lips together. “The police found contraband on them. They must have planned to use it on me, but Qian Qian ruined their plan.”
If it had been him today, the kidnappers would not have shown mercy.
Their objective was clear, and they had been well-prepared.
They just hadn’t counted on running into Chi Qian, who never played by the rules—a total… salted fish.
Chi Lisen: “Have you found out who was behind it?”
Chi Fengxiao: “An actor who had a personal grudge against me. He did something illegal in private, I caught him, and now he wants to drag me down with him.”
“Don’t worry, I know how to handle him. I won’t leave any loose ends.” His eyes flashed with cold determination.
No one in the Chi family was weak or easy to bully. Even if they seemed harmless on the surface, deep down they carried a streak of madness that others didn’t.
Chi Lisen slowly cleaned his glasses with a handkerchief.
“I’ll take care of this matter. On your own, you won’t be able to completely free yourself from it.”
“But—just this once. Don’t expect it again.”
Butler Nan was moved to tears: Sir was breaking his rules yet again for Little Miss! He had never seen Sir so protective before!
