Oh my god, I became the vicious stepmother of four villains

"Mom is old now, there is no use for these things, you can keep them."

"Mom, this won't work. Everyone in our family has one." Xia Yingying said with a smile.

"Yingying, you choose first. After you've made your choice, I'll choose next."

Xia Yingying finally took the silver hairpin.

Although the workmanship of the silver hairpin was not very good, Xia Yingying liked the pattern on it very much. It was made in the shape of a cloud pattern.

Lu Ziren took the sword away. Although there were countless swords in his warehouse, since this one was given to him by the children, he would just keep it no matter how beautiful or ugly it was.

Song Ruyi took the pair of jade earrings away.

Xia Yingying placed the cloth tiger in Lu Yurou's hand.

Before, Lu Haojie used this stuffed tiger to coax Lu Yurou, but Lu Yurou always slapped it to the ground. Now when Xia Yingying handed the stuffed tiger to Lu Yurou, Lu Yurou took it obediently.

Lu Haojie couldn't help but said after seeing this scene, "How can my little sister be like this? When mom gave it to her, she took it, but when I gave it to her, she refused to take it. Does she not like me?"

He was so sincere to Lu Yurou, but Lu Yurou didn't appreciate it at all. This made Lu Haojie extremely sad.

He lowered his head, his two furry eyebrows were one higher than the other, looking a little funny.

Xia Yingying looked at Lu Haojie's lively expression and couldn't help but smile and said, "Haojie, Ah Rou was unhappy just now and lost her temper. She didn't accept the little tiger you gave her. If you give the little tiger to her now, she will definitely accept it."

"Really?" Lu Haojie stared at Xia Yingying in disbelief with his round eyes wide open.

"Of course it's true. Why would I lie to you?" Seeing Lu Haojie's cute look, Xia Yingying couldn't help but pinch the soft flesh on Lu Haojie's cheek.

Lu Haojie was still a little hesitant, but he still took the cloth tiger handed to him by Xia Yingying and put it in front of Lu Yurou.

"Little sister, brother will give you a tiger to play with." Lu Haojie said this, obviously lacking in confidence.

Lu Yurou was in Xia Yingying's arms at the moment, and it seemed that all her grievances had been vented. When she saw the cute little tiger coming from Lu Haojie, she immediately took it in her hand and shook it.

"See, I told you, Arou doesn't hate you, right?" Xia Yingying said to Lu Haojie.

"Yeah." Lu Haojie nodded, with a dull yet somewhat honest smile on his face.

Xia Yingying held Lu Yurou and sat in the flower hall for a while. Lu Yurou felt sleepy after playing enough and kept yawning. However, because Lu Yurou was afraid that Xia Yingying would suddenly disappear, she kept hugging Xia Yingying's neck tightly with both hands, as if she was hanging on Xia Yingying. Xia Yingying took Lu Yurou back to her room, and the others also prepared to go back to their rooms to wash up and go to bed.

Xia Yingying returned to the room, and Lu Yurou kept nodding her head until she finally settled down in the room. She tilted her head and leaned against Xia Yingying and fell into a deep sleep.

"Jixiang, fetch me some water so I can wash up."

After a while, Jixiang brought warm water over and prepared to help Lu Yurou wipe her body.

Xia Yingying took over the job and wiped Lu Yurou's body very gently. Lu Yurou lay between Xia Yingying and Lu Ziren's beds. After Xia Yingying covered Lu Yurou with a blanket.

Lu Ziren hasn't come back yet. Xia Yingying doesn't know what he is doing, but she doesn't ask much. Lu Ziren always knows what's going on, so there's no need for her to ask too much.

She washed up, lay down against the wall, closed her eyes, and prepared to sleep.

While Xia Yingying was coaxing Lu Yurou, Lu Ziren went to the study and ordered his men to work with the Spring Class to protect Liu Qingyao and anyone related to Liu Qingyao.

"Make sure to protect Liu Qingyao from the Hechun Class. Investigate carefully to see if there are any other people around Liu Qingyao. Take away all those who are related to her and send them to a nearby mountain villa. There are veterans who have retired from the battlefield. They have good martial arts skills. Even if someone is not sensible enough to cause trouble, let him see how powerful he is.

Send them to the manor and treat them well."

The Sixth Prince should have received the news by now that Xia Yingying and Liu Qingyao have a close relationship.

The Sixth Prince is a vicious and scheming person. If he wants to control Xia Yingying by starting with Liu Qingyao, there is a high possibility that Xia Yingying will be fooled.

Xia Yingying is a kind-hearted person who doesn't want to see people around her suffer.

Seeing Liu Qingyao suffering because of her, Xia Yingying must feel very guilty.

She was afraid that she would do something bad and unpredictable. He was her husband, and he had to take precautions.

"Old Li, in addition to this, there is one more thing I need you to do. Spread the information on this paper, find some brothers, and use another identity in another inn to hide your own identity. If someone matches the answer above, bring him to the general's mansion to see me."

"Yes, General." Li Guoliang didn't know what Lu Ziren was talking about, but he followed Lu Ziren's lead. As long as Lu Ziren asked him to do something, he would do his best.

After Lu Ziren explained everything, he left the study. However, his eyes were always on the book of secrets of love between husband and wife that he had wrapped inside the book of military strategy. Lu Ziren's eyes were like being electrocuted, and he immediately dodged and slammed the door, then left the study as if escaping.

When Lu Ziren returned to the room, there was only a very dim light left on in the room.

Lu Ziren felt warm in his heart, as if he was instantly illuminated by this light.

Lu Ziren walked to the bedside. Xia Yingying and Lu Yurou were already lying on the bed. Xia Yingying had her eyes closed but was not asleep, while Lu Yurou was already snoring softly.

After Lu Ziren washed up, he threw back the quilt and lay down on the bed.

At this moment, Lu Ziren's heart felt extremely calm. Lu Ziren turned around and looked in the direction of Xia Yingying.

There was a distance between him and Xia Yingying, and Lu Ziren felt a little depressed because he couldn't hug Xia Yingying to sleep.

Tonight, Lu Yurou stood between him and Xia Yingying, so even if Lu Ziren wanted to hug Xia Yingying to sleep, it would not be realistic, but Lu Ziren also had a way.

Lu Ziren moved towards Xia Yingying, and Lu Yurou was between Xia Yingying and him, but there was still some distance between them.

Lu Ziren was also afraid that he would crush Lu Yurou when he slept at night.

Lu Ziren's hand passed over Lu Yurou's body and directly rested on Xia Yingying's quilt.

In the past, Xia Yingying always slept with Lu Ziren in her arms, but now Lu Ziren was a little far away from her. Plus, there was no heater, so Xia Yingying felt a little cold. Although the quilt was the same, Xia Yingying still couldn't fall asleep.

Habit is a terrible thing.

When Lu Ziren put his hand on Xia Yingying, Xia Yingying felt it.

She moved and slowly opened her eyes, just in time to see Lu Ziren's bright, watery eyes through her peripheral vision in the dark night.

"Did I wake you up?" Lu Ziren asked apologetically. "Please vote"