My Senior Sisters Are Not Human! - Chapter 121 - Chapter 121
The Xuanqing Empire, Sheng’an City, Imperial Capital.
Chang’an District, Chang’an Tower.
Early in the morning, Su Yuxi, who was ready to formally take up the position of Chief Financial Officer of the Empire on Monday, was sitting at her desk, reviewing the national financial statements sent by the finance ministry for the past three years.
Standing by the side, Xia Zhi hesitated for a few seconds before speaking, “Princess, at least during the Spring Festival, you should rest. You’ve just arrived and already started working; it might exhaust you.”
“No big deal.” Su Yuxi, expressionless, browsed through the Empire’s financial revenues and expenditures. “What needs to be done should be done early, and preparations should also be made early. I’ve already prepared to show the finance ministry’s troublemakers who’s in charge on Monday.”
“But you didn’t rest on the plane either.”
Su Yuxi glanced at Xia Zhi and asked, “Is the tea ready?”
Xia Zhi pursed her lips, refraining from further advice, looking at the “Waking of Insects” outside the window, shrugging helplessly.
(T/N; The “Waking of Insects” (惊蛰, jīngzhé) is one of the 24 solar terms in the traditional Chinese lunisolar calendar. This solar term signifies the end of winter and the beginning of warmer weather, a time when hibernating insects awaken due to the rising temperatures.)
Neither the Chang’an King nor the Queen could persuade the Princess. How could they, her subordinates, do so? Unless the Crown Prince personally persuaded her, she wouldn’t rest.
“Should I secretly call the Crown Prince?”
As Xia Zhi had this thought, Su Yuxi suddenly put down the report in her hand, and her previously relaxed eyebrows furrowed tightly.
The phone on the desk vibrated a few times.
“Princess, are you alright?” Xia Zhi quickly asked, thinking something might be wrong with her health again.
Just as she was about to call Lichun, Su Yuxi raised her hand to stop her actions, saying, “Xia Zhi, step out for a moment.”
The sensible Xia Zhi turned towards the window overlooking the outside. After confirming Su Yuxi was fine, she obediently left the room.
Su Yuxi stood up straight, picked up the phone on the desk, put on wireless earphones, and unlocked the screen. The screen displayed red warning words.
Su Yuxi had disabled facial recognition warnings from Xia Yushuang. So, when a new woman appeared in the surveillance, it would immediately send a warning. This meant… a new woman had entered her brother’s bedroom!
Closing the warning, Su Yuxi bit her lip and looked at the screen: an unfamiliar blonde woman was sitting and chatting with her brother on the bed!
Su Yuxi’s eyes widened suddenly. Another woman?
Who was she?
Why was she in her brother’s room?
Why was she inviting her brother to sit next to her?
Her brother declined… That’s good.
What was she going to do by standing up?
Was anyone else at the door? Who was she talking to?
Since the surveillance had no sound, Su Yuxi could only guess what she was saying by the movement of her lips.
“Is she a teacher?”
Su Yuxi bit her left thumb. Why would a teacher appear in her brother’s home? Home visit?
There’s no such thing as a home visit in university!
Watching the woman walk out and her unlucky brother fix the wardrobe door, Su Yuxi regretted not secretly arranging a few “students” at Sky University.
Wait!
Could this blonde woman be someone her brother met at the freshmen’s party organized by the seniors?
Thinking about this, Su Yuxi involuntarily widened her eyes, staring fixedly at her brother walking out of the bedroom.
I no longer know everything about my brother like I used to!
With this thought in mind, she whispered with a hint of grievance, “It’s over… My brother cheated on me.”
Standing by the window, Xia Zhi’s eyes twitched. She immediately erased the princess’s voice from her mind—she knew nothing!!!
Su Yuxi closed the surveillance video and immediately contacted Cold Cicada, “Investigate the details of this woman for me!”
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Due to the presence of Kristia, this time Xia Yushuang did not stop Su Yuchen from cooking. However, she only allowed him to do things like choosing vegetables, avoiding dangerous tasks like chopping.
She cared for Su Yuchen like a mother caring for her cub.
While squatting in front of the trash can, Su Yuchen occasionally stumbled. In front of Xia Yushuang, ‘misfortunes’ kept happening. Occasionally, he glanced at Xia Yushuang’s slender legs as she prepared lunch for three people.
The fair and slender legs under her cropped pants, the ankles without socks, were a delicate white tinged with red. Along with her occasional graceful steps, her feet, one size larger than Kristia’s, were also quite cute.
Outside the kitchen, Kristia, sitting on the sofa, occasionally glanced outside, lost in thought.
The rare silence created a prickling feeling on Su Yuchen’s back. The apparent calmness was fake, all fake!
The brewing storm was the real thing!
Kristia’s unexpected visit was surprising, but he guessed it might be related to the ‘Lost Array.’ However, how to reconcile her relationship with Xia Yushuang was the top priority.
“Not done peeling yet?”
“Done, done.” Su Yuchen hastily handed over the peeled onions, and Xia Yushuang handed him some garlic, saying, “You need to be quicker. How can a young person like you have shaky hands?”
“I don’t want to,” Su Yuchen mumbled, starting to peel the garlic.
“Yuchen~” Kristia turned around, looking at Su Yuchen squatting on the floor. “Can you cook?”
“Yes.”
“Then why did you hire a maid?” Kristia asked with a playful smile. “I remember the current maids earns a five-figure salary monthly. Can’t you spend that money yourself?”
Thud!
As the knife forcefully cut the onion, Xia Yushuang retorted without looking back, “Is improving personal living standards also within the scope of your home visits? Teacher Yufei, you are meddling too much.”
“Do you admit you’re the maid?” Kristia asked, still smiling.
“I’m his mom!”
Thud!
Su Yuchen plopped down on the floor. “It’s not like that, not like that…”
Xia Yushuang glanced at him. “Isn’t it? Apart from bathing, I wash your clothes, tidy the house, and cook for you… Am I not your mother?”
Squatting again, Su Yuchen shook his head. “It’s different. I don’t want you to be my mom.”
A playful glint flashed in Xia Yushuang’s icy blue eyes. She was happy to take care of Su Yuchen like a mother, but if he really saw her as a mother, she would be very angry.
Who wants to be seen as a mother by someone they like?
So, Su Yuchen’s answer was very satisfying to her.
Kristia raised an eyebrow, feeling her words had backfired.
“Oh, by the way,” Kristia suddenly spoke to Su Yuchen, “I brought fruits when I came.”
She took out a golden-yellow grapefruit from her storage card, smiling ambiguously as she said, “It’s a red-fleshed grapefruit. Would you like to eat it, Yuchen~?”
“You’re very good at peeling grapefruits.”
Thud!
Su Yuchen once again plopped down on the floor.