My Husband is the Emperor : I Woke Up With a Husband

The maid Qing looked at her with expression of smugness. The maid thought with Xie Hue Lin as her mistress, Li Lian was lower than her which explained her impolite behavior to Li Lian even when she knew Li Lian was the daughter of the master and mistress in the house, who didn’t care nor like Li Lian either.

"It isn’t up to you to accept me or not, maid." Li Lian’s smile dropped from her lips. She walked toward the maid to make sure their voice only heard to each other.

"I may not be someone from this house but I could assure you I have my way to make you leave this house. Don’t think Hue Lin could help you," Li Lian looked down on the woman with cold eyes and she placed her hand to the shoulder of the maid. "I’m the eldest daughter. The master and mistress of this house may not like me but my grandmother do. Would you like to live in the street after loosing your job? I will tell you this secret that I can make my words to reality."

Li Lian had spoken to the maid with a light tone that was enough to deliver her point to the maid’s head and had the maid to look at her with a careful expression.

"Do you understand?" Li Lian raised her eyebrow. In the past she hadn’t use the pressuring tone to taunt the maid which had the maid the gut to trample over her but receiving Li Lian’s words now, woke the maid to realize that Li Lian could actually put her words into action.

"Yes, young lady," said the maid after bowing to her. If Li Lian was still the same old her who was kind and speak gently, the maid wouldn’t be afraid but after hearing Li Lian’s threaten, she knew how the woman meant every of her words.

"Terrific," Li Lian smiled at the woman, "here is the invitation," Li Lian placed the invitation to the maid’s hand to enter the house with Violet who was holding Li Lian’s gift.

Li Lian walked inside the house, her shoes clinking inside where she noticed all eyes were on her. Placing a sweet smile, Li Lian walked in to see her parents standing beside Xie Hue Lin. They stared at her, expression in disbelief in Li Lian’s shamelessness to enter house with a smile on her lips.

Li Lian, who noticed her parents walked down on the floor and stopped in front of them. "Mr. and Mrs. Xie good evening, and you too Hue Lin. I hope everyone is in a good health. It had been a very long time since we met again."

"You-" Mr. Xie began for Mrs. Xie turn to give her husband a look and remind her of how the guests eyes were all on them.

"Come with us," Mrs. Xie said, holding herself from glaring at Li Lian even though she was as angered as Mr. Xie to find Li Lian had walked in the house.

Li Lian saw them turning their back on her where Xie Hue Lin couldn’t help but to smile to look forward how Li Lian would once again meet their parent’s anger and grow thorns on her heart.

However, Li Lian didn’t move and she brought her hands for cross, "No."

The single word had the three people to whip their heads on her. Mr. and Mrs. Xie looked at her with wide eyes. "What did you say?" asked Mrs. Xie flabbergasted by her reply but Li Lian didn’t feel she had to recite her reply she said earlier.

"You are still young Mrs. Xie with a perfectly healthy ears. You heard me." With the word, Li Lian cued Violet before they walk to the stairs they were about to step on and the couple looked at each other with a confused expression. It was only until Li Lian had reached the top of the staircase did they snapped out from their surprise to chase for her.

"Come back here, where are you going!" demanded Mr. Xie as Li Lian stopped in time for the three people to also stop. As the second floor was empty from guests, Mr. and Mrs. Xie didn’t restrain themselves from telling.

"I forgot to tell this Mr. and Mrs. Xie, I have no obligation to follow your order or instruction. Well, excuse me." Li Lian continued to walk along with Violet, turning for her back to face the couple who were gobsmack from her words. Throughout her stay in Xie Mansion with her parents, Li Lian had always been the daughter who was polite with her words, following their instruction but her kindness was taken advantage of in the past and she wasn’t angelic enough to deal with their baseless words and mocking.

"Stop it!" Mrs. Xie raised her voice, shouting. "Stop your steps, this is our house!"

Li Lian didn’t bother herself with the shouting and she opened one room to then enter. A wide smile blessed Li Lian’s lips when she entered and Violet who saw the people chasing her, closed the door with her leg right when Mr. Xie was about to enter, having the man to bump his nose to the hard door.

"Grandmother," Li Lian came to the chair where the old woman who was reading a book with a reading eyeglasses to close the book and pushed herself to stand from the chair. Preventing the elderly woman from raising in a hurry, Li Lian walked faster to the woman, holding her hand before hugging as Senior Mrs. Xie pulled Li Lian to her embrace.

"Oh my dear!" Senior Mrs. Xie rejoiced when she felt Li Lian’s back which was warm, confirming the fact that her granddaughter was still alive and well. When she pulled away from Li Lian, "Let me look at you," Senior Mrs. Xie confirmed that there was no wound or scar on Li Lian’s face to then hug her again. The sadness in the woman’s face was erased with a joyful expression. "Thank god, do you know how worried I was? Are you still hurt?"

"I’ve finished my rehabilitation two months ago, how are you grandmother? I’m sorry to come later, I should have visited you earlier." Li Lian was touched by her grandmother’s kindness who were hugging her with a very gentle and careful embrace.

Meanwhile, Violet leaned on the door preventing Mr. Xie to push open the door. Then she felt how there was an extra weight to note that the wife of the man must have helped.

"That’s not necessary as long as you are here now," Senior Mrs. Xie rubbed her forehead. "Was it hard to come here?"

"No, it was a smooth journey." Li Lian said before adding, "I met Hue Lin, Mr. and Mrs. Xie, they were in a good health. Did they took good care of you grandmother?" asked Li Lian for Senior Mrs, Xie to smile sadly when she noticed how Li Lian had called her parents in honorifics.

"Of course they do, they can’t do anything to me. Where are you living now?" asked the old woman as she offered Li Lian a seat.

"I live in a very good house," replied Li Lian. She wished to tell the truth of her marriage to the elderly woman but with the three people who would soon come to the room, Li Lian decide to break the news in the future. "Everyone had been kind to me."

"I am very glad to hear that." Senior Mrs. Xie hold her hands together, massaging her fingers carefully. "You have grown thin today you have to eat more. I heard that you will come and prepared all of your favorite dishes in the party. You have to eat well."

"It is your birthday grandmother, you should have choose your favorite food," Li Lian shifted her eyes to notice there was her song playing on her grandmother’s phone which was paused.

Senior Mrs. Xie who noticed where her eyes looked at and the elderly woman spoke with a wide smile, "The song you sang is very beautiful, I can tell you have put much time creating it. I was worried about you but I am very happy to know that you are doing well from your song. It reminds me back to the time where you often sing for me," their eyes met and Li Lian could see the nostalgia the woman had which she also felt. "Congratulation, I am very proud of you." 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶

As they were talking, Violet thought it was time to let the persistent people behind the door to enter and took a right step away from the door. As she had moved without a warning, Xie Hue Lin, Mr. and Mrs. Xie who had been pushing the door felt themself pushed to the ground, collapsing to look like a fallen slack of dominos.

"Heaven!" Senior Mrs. Xie shouted in surprised, standing up from her seat when she saw her son, daughter-in-law, and granddaughter had fallen to the ground face first. "Are you three alright? What were you doing?"

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