TSWPF -Chapter 373 Bedwetting

A tiger fallen to the plains is bullied by dogs…

Who would have thought that one day, she, Cui Cuicui, would be lectured by a mere maid? How ridiculous.

A trace of darkness flashed through Cui Cuicui’s eyes. She clenched He Xianhui’s hand tightly and glared at her, telling her to stop crying.

Perhaps her gaze was too cold and frightening. He Xianhui shivered, pursed her little lips, and dared not cry anymore.

She felt that her mother was very scary.

Cui Cuicui glanced at her youngest daughter again. Seeing that she had stopped crying, she raised her head and apologized to Li Qingling, saying that her daughter had disturbed her.

Li Qingling gently waved her hand and said nothing.

Seeing this, Xichun coldly escorted Cui Cuicui and her three daughters to the door.

When she heard the loud bang of the door closing behind her, Cui Cuicui’s face darkened completely. She squeezed her daughters’ hands hard and whispered for them to cry loudly.

The two girls looked at her in confusion, not understanding what she meant.

How stupid.

They don’t cry when they should, and cry desperately when they shouldn’t.

Cui Cuicui ground her teeth, squeezed their hands again, and whispered for them to cry—loudly.

Perhaps because their hands hurt from being pinched, the two girls finally burst into tears.

Cui Cuicui closed her eyes tightly, forced out a few tears, then lowered her head and led her daughters home.

On the way, someone met them and curiously asked what had happened.

Cui Cuicui raised her head, her eyes red, and gently shook her head.

“These two children are ignorant. They insisted on touching the County Magistrate’s wife’s little cat, but she wouldn’t allow it…”

As if she had said something inappropriate, she quickly stopped, gave a bitter smile, and said, “It’s the children’s fault.”

After that, she pulled her daughters along and walked away with her head lowered.

All the way home, she kept repeating this sentence. Only after returning to the He residence did she raise her head and smile.

She was waiting for Li Qingling to be condemned by others.

“Alright, stop crying. Mother will have someone buy you a kitten.”

Hearing this, the two girls lifted their heads and looked at Cui Cuicui with tearful eyes, bargaining with her.

Cui Cuicui had always been generous with her daughters. Whatever they wanted, she usually satisfied them.

“Alright, I’ll buy it, I’ll buy it…”

Once she agreed, the two girls immediately wiped away their tears, hugged her legs, and giggled happily.

Seeing how happy they were, the gloom in Cui Cuicui’s heart eased a little.

For nothing else, just for her daughters, she had to support this family.

…

Rumors spread extremely fast.

Not long after Cui Cuicui returned home, the story that she had been bullied by the County Magistrate’s wife quickly spread throughout Ninghua County.

When Hu Juanjuan heard about it, she angrily scolded those who spread rumors and hurried over to find Li Qingling.

“Madam, did Cui Cuicui come to see you?” she asked as soon as she arrived.

Li Qingling looked at her in confusion and nodded. “Yes. Is something wrong?”

Hearing this, Hu Juanjuan slammed the table angrily.

“I knew it was her behind this!”

“What happened? Why are you so angry?” Li Qingling poured her a cup of tea and pushed it over.

Hu Juanjuan was furious and thirsty. She gulped down the tea before explaining the rumors outside.

After listening, Li Qingling showed no reaction.

Nianxia, however, was furious and cursed Cui Cuicui angrily.

So that was why Cui Cuicui had come for no reason—it was all planned.

It was truly outrageous.

After Nianxia finished scolding, Li Qingling poured her another cup of tea.

“Have some tea and moisten your throat.”

“Madam, how can you be so calm? Aren’t you angry?” Nianxia stomped her foot and pouted.

If Cui Cuicui were in front of her, she would scold her to death.

How dare she slander Madam? Did she think they were dead?

Hu Juanjuan also looked at Li Qingling, unable to understand why she wasn’t angry.

Li Qingling smiled faintly.

“If I get angry, wouldn’t I be falling into Cui Cuicui’s trap?”

She didn’t care about such rumors. If she did, she would have been driven mad long ago.

“The innocent will prove themselves. You two, don’t be angry.”

Though she was touched by their concern, she felt it was unnecessary.

Getting angry only harms oneself.

After thinking it over, Hu Juanjuan and Nianxia felt she was right.

Wasn’t Cui Cuicui spreading rumors just to make her angry?

If Li Qingling got angry, her goal would be achieved.

“As expected of Madam—you see things more clearly than us,” Hu Juanjuan said with a smile.

“But Madam, are you really going to ignore the rumors and let them spread?”

People loved exaggerating. Who knew how distorted it might become?

She became worried again.

Li Qingling gently patted her hand.

“Don’t worry. The rumors won’t last long.”

Hearing this, Hu Juanjuan frowned.

“Won’t this affect my lord?”

Li Qingling froze.

In the past, she would have ignored it, knowing it would pass in a few days.

But now, her status was different.

She was no longer the penniless Li Qingling—she was the County Magistrate’s wife.

Her actions affected not only herself, but also Liu Zhimou.

It seemed she couldn’t let this develop freely.

She sighed softly and said she would find a way to correct the rumors.

“That’s the right thing to do,” Hu Juanjuan agreed happily.

“Cui Cuicui bullies the weak and fears the strong. If you don’t teach her a lesson, she’ll keep bullying you.”

After ruling Ninghua County for so many years, she deserved a lesson.

With He Dianshi in prison, she should have kept her head down. Yet she still dared to provoke the County Magistrate’s wife.

She must be crazy.

Li Qingling nodded.

Since that was the case, she would teach her a lesson.

She was not someone to be trifled with.

She also couldn’t understand Cui Cuicui’s thinking. After seeing her methods before, how dare she provoke her again?

Had she found a powerful backer?

“Madam, what are you going to do?” Hu Juanjuan asked.

Li Qingling frowned slightly and beckoned to Nianxia.

“Go spread the story about how Cui Cuicui came to see me.”

Nianxia widened her eyes.

“Just that? Is it really that simple?”

Li Qingling nodded.

“Yes. That’s enough. The simpler it is, the more believable.”

“Alright,” Nianxia replied and hurried off.

Hu Juanjuan admired Li Qingling even more.

This young woman was far more mature in both action and thought.

Truly worthy of being the County Magistrate’s wife.

With the matter settled, Hu Juanjuan relaxed and teased her.

Looking at Diandian lying in Li Qingling’s arms, she smiled.

“Diandian is interesting. It doesn’t cling to its mother, but to you instead.”

She had never seen such a clever cub.

It seemed to understand human speech.

Whenever they talked about it, it would perk up its little ears.

Li Qingling chuckled and rubbed Diandian’s back.

“It’s naughty. It just likes to play with me.”

Hearing this, Diandian raised its little head and looked at her with watery eyes, as if protesting.

When was it naughty?

Hu Juanjuan laughed.

This little rascal was adorable.

When praised, it squinted happily.

When criticized, it raised its head to protest.

Her own four children talked about Diandian every day.

Even she found it lovable.

Li Qingling smiled and scratched its chin.

“Who wet the bed this morning, hmm?”

Diandian clung to her so much that it refused to sleep in the backyard at night and insisted on sleeping with her.

Liu Zhimou had protested many times and thrown it out.

Last night, she softened and let it stay.

Unexpectedly, it wet the bed.

This “glorious deed” made Liu Zhimou’s face turn dark, and he scolded it severely.

It was so wronged.

Sometimes she felt like she had raised a son.

When Diandian heard this, it drooped instantly.

It lay on her legs, covering its ears with its paws.

It wasn’t listening…

How could the king of the forest wet the bed?

So embarrassing…

And the male master had scolded it and banned it from sleeping with them.

So pitiful…

“Diandian sleeps with you?” Hu Juanjuan exclaimed in shock.

“And it wet the bed?”

Li Qingling nodded with a smile.

“It insisted on staying last night. I couldn’t help it.”

Thinking of Liu Zhimou’s dark face, she laughed even more.

“When he found out this morning, his face was so black!”

Hu Juanjuan imagined it and burst out laughing.

She felt that my lord wasn’t angry about the bedwetting—

He was angry that Diandian had stolen Madam’s attention.