A Cutie Spoiled by Her Seven Uncles
Chapter 19 Beautiful Paintings

Chapter 19: Chapter 19 Beautiful Paintings

"Yes, yes, and there are pretty pictures inside too!"

Pretty pictures?

Ji Youyuan’s hands shook with excitement and almost tore the book.

"What kind of pictures? What did you see?"

The little girl took the book from Ji Youyuan’s hands and flipped through it.

"This page has a handsome uncle drawn on it, and he’s not wearing any clothes!"

Ji Youyuan’s face got hot. Before he could say anything, the girl turned another page.

"This one has a pretty auntie, and she’s not wearing any clothes either!"

Ji Youyuan: "..."

The little girl kept flipping and was about to say that the pretty auntie and uncle were together and neither had any clothes on, when Ji Youyuan snatched the book back at once.

The old lady Ji gave her eldest son a glare, cold as anything, but didn’t say a word.

Ji Youyuan met his old mother’s scrutinizing gaze and rubbed his nose.

"This... this is a Pure Heart Sutra, all about training to forget yourself and reach a state of selflessness."

If you can really reach that selfless state, you’re nearly at the level of a Grandmaster.

Of course, the old lady Ji was nowhere near that stage, so she couldn’t see the words on the page anyway.

"Teach the child something else first!"

Saying this, the old lady reached out to gently pat the little girl’s head.

"Be good and learn from your uncle, or else I’ll have your third aunt come in and make you drink medicine!"

The little girl shivered and hurried over to hide next to her uncle.

"I’ll learn! Just don’t make third aunt give me medicine—I’m all better now."

The old lady nodded with a smile.

"Study well, listen to your uncle, and you won’t have to take medicine."

With that, she walked off smiling.

Funny thing is, what everyone thought was a serious injury that would take months to heal, the little girl actually bounced back in just over ten days.

The wounds on her body that were so deep they showed bone were all scabbed over now, and the lighter ones had vanished completely, not a mark in sight.

As soon as the old lady stepped outside, Zhu Xiuxiu took her arm and helped her into the house, looking all mysterious. "Ma! I got a secret to tell you."

Third son’s wife with a secret?

The old lady Ji was surprised. That girl had always been carefree and loud—if she wasn’t so easygoing, her third son wouldn’t have felt safe leaving her here with her mother, all in the name of "serving your mother-in-law."

No sooner had they married than he dropped her off, and called it looking after his mom.

"Has the third one got another maid?"

The third aunt hurriedly shook her head. "What’s that got to do with me if he did? I’m talking about Suisui, the lucky charm of our family."

Huh?

Might as well be raining red from the sky.

Come to think of it, Zhu Xiuxiu used to say, just like all the others, that Suisui was a bringer of bad luck.

"Didn’t you used to call her bad luck?"

"Wasn’t that just me listening to gossip?"

Besides,

Ever since Suisui came to our house, I’ve felt so bad for everything she went through!"

Zhu Xiuxiu hurried to explain herself.

"Now that you mention it, you’ve actually done pretty well!"

The old lady gave some rare approval, making Zhu Xiuxiu so happy she could burst. She couldn’t wait to spill what she’d seen in town.

"Hahaha..."

Good!

Good kick!

That’s what you get—do enough bad things and you’ll get what’s coming to you!"

Suisui was reading a primer with her uncle, learning characters, when she heard her grandma laughing, and cocked her little head in confusion.

"Did something really good happen to Grandma?"

Her uncle tapped the table and reminded her,

"Focus, focus—no distractions while learning!"

The little girl poked out her tongue and turned back to her lessons.

They kept at it until dusk, when Wang Dongxue slipped in without a sound, lit the candle, and slipped back out just as quietly.

The old lady Ji stood in the courtyard, looking somber. "Well?"

Seeing her eldest daughter-in-law come out, the old lady quickly asked,