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

Lu Jiawen smiled. "You misunderstood me. I did hide your cats, but I didn't mean to hurt them. I'll return the cats to you right now."

Lu Haojie looked at Wang Jiaming very vigilantly, as if he was some unforgivable villain.

The kitten was replaced by Lu Jiawen when Wang Jiaming and Lu Haojie were fighting and Jingjing was picking up something.

Lu Jiawen knew that Wang Jiaming had bad intentions and had always wanted to deal with Lu Haojie.

Therefore, Lu Jiawen has been paying close attention to the movements of Lu Haojie and Lu Jiawen, and sure enough, he discovered a clue.

When the Imperial College opened, Lu Haojie's brother Lu Haoran had helped his brother before, and this time he wanted to help him as well, which was considered as repaying Lu Haoran's life-saving grace to his brother.

It was just that Lu Haojie obviously didn't trust him, but he didn't care at all, because after all, they had just met, and no one would trust a stranger wholeheartedly after just meeting him for the first time. Lu Haojie's reaction was normal.

As Lu Jiawen spoke, he handed the kitten in the bag to Lu Haojie. Seeing what Lu Jiawen handed over, Lu Haojie hurriedly snatched it away. The familiar sound of grandma's cat's cry sounded in his ears again.

Lu Haojie opened the bag and saw two fluffy kittens meowing. The kittens probably knew it was dangerous, so they kept their mouths tightly shut and didn't meow until they heard Lu Haojie's voice. They were really human.

Jingjing already knew that Lu Jiawen didn't want to make things difficult for them, but to help them, so he took Lu Haojie's cat away.

Lu Haojie was very angry and wanted to rush up and beat Lu Jiawen up. Why didn't you tell them earlier that you were hiding? Why did you let them look for you for so long? How hateful!

Jingjing immediately stepped forward to block Lu Haojie.

"Haojie, wait a minute, don't be impulsive. He was the one who helped us. If he hadn't hidden the cat, we would have been severely punished by the teacher." Jingjing held Lu Haojie's hand.

"You're on his side too?" Lu Haojie was furious. It was clearly this guy's fault for secretly hiding his cat, which made him look for it for a long time. Jingjing also felt guilty. Why couldn't she beat him up?

But what Jingjing said was right. If Lu Jiawen hadn't put the cat away in advance, he would have faced some kind of punishment.

Xia Yingying spent a lot of time and money to send him to study in the Imperial College, but he didn't study hard and got into trouble instead.

Xia Yingying had already told him before he went to school to study hard and make progress every day.

He also made a solemn promise to Xia Yingying, but just a few days later, he broke his oath. Xia Yingying must be very disappointed in him.

Lu Haojie put down his outstretched fist dejectedly, turned aside and didn't look at Lu Jiawen, and said sorry to Lu Jiawen in a very arrogant manner.

The apology was said reluctantly, as if Lu Jiawen owed Lu Haojie hundreds of thousands of taels of silver.

"You're welcome." Lu Jiawen didn't care about Lu Haojie's tone and accepted it.

"Why do you want to help us? I have no relationship with you." Lu Haojie was not interested in Lu Jiawen's words and asked Lu Jiawen with a vigilant look.

Lu Jiawen smiled and explained to Lu Haojie and Jingjing.

"I can't help you thinking that. I'm studying in the Imperial Academy, but I'm really a good person. I'm helping you this time mainly because your elder brother also helped my elder brother in the Imperial Academy.

Wang Jiaming bullied me, and I can't stand him. Helping you is not only to repay your brother, but also for revenge."

Lu Jiawen did not try to be mysterious or pretend to speak in a profound way. Instead, he went straight to the point and told the story of how Lu Haoran helped his brother in the Imperial College.

Lu Haojie was stunned after hearing this.

Lu Haojie was silent. Lu Haoran had never told anyone in his family about this incident. It turned out that this incident happened to Lu Haoran in the Imperial College.

"You'd better not bring cats to the Imperial College in the future. Wang Jiaming will definitely keep chasing you. If he catches you again, he will definitely not let you go." Lu Jiawen warned Lu Haojie even more strictly.

"Please take good care of this cat. I'm going to go down first." After saying this, Lu Jiawen returned to his carriage.

"Haojie, let's not bring the cat here tomorrow. Just keep it at home." Jingjing said to Lu Haojie.

Although Lu Haojie was unwilling, he had no choice but to compromise in the face of the dire situation. However, he was caught by someone else and there was no way he could escape.

"Okay." Although Lu Haojie was very reluctant, he had no choice but to agree.

After Lu Jiawen left, the carriage suddenly became quiet.

After a while, they arrived at Jingjing's house. After Jingjing got off the carriage, Lu Haojie frowned.

Xia Yingying went to the backyard during her free time in the afternoon.

She still has two large boatloads of fruit that she hasn't processed yet, and she has to deal with it as soon as possible, otherwise they will all go bad.

Living in the backyard were the people who were brought back from the slave market two days ago.

When Xia Yingying arrived at the backyard, the women and men were discussing something in the yard.

"What on earth do you think my master wants to do by buying me back?"

"I heard that some wealthy families buy Nuli to watch them fight each other. Some people buy Nuli to dissect them and see what their structure looks like. They just want to abuse people."

"Mom and Dad, I don't want to die. I still want to live a good life."

"My lady is here, stop talking nonsense!"

The face of the person who was discussing just now turned extremely pale.

The people brought back had food and shelter in the backyard for the past few days, but they were always worried that they would be tortured to death by their master. So when Xia Yingying came, they all came out and knelt in the yard.

When Xia Yingying came over, the group of people immediately fell silent. The originally playful yard instantly turned into a huge coffin. It was quiet and silent. Every step that followed Xia Yingying's footsteps weighed heavily on everyone's heart.

"You should have rested enough today. I'll send someone to take you to the warehouse to work. Wash the fruits carefully, peel them, and then cut them into slices and place them on the wooden board to dry."

Xia Yingying didn't waste too much time talking to them, but told them clearly what they had to do.

Those people were very frightened when they saw Xia Yingying first, but when they heard that they were only asked to deal with the fruit, the fear gradually dissipated.

"If you work hard in the future, I will keep a portion of your earnings as redemption money for your indentures. I will leave a little money for you to use as pocket money. When your indentures are up, you can stay or leave, whichever you like."

As soon as Xia Yingying finished speaking, the group of people looked at each other. A steward had said the same thing to them just now, but they didn't take it seriously. Who knew if this was just a pie drawn up to make them work hard? But now this person is the master of this mansion. Could it be that they will really have a day of freedom?

Xia Yingying also knew that they would definitely not believe her just based on her words now. Only when she had enough salary and redeemed herself would they truly believe her. So Xia Yingying did not waste too much time talking about it.

After Xia Yingying finished speaking, Jin Yumantang immediately came forward to explain to those people.

"We need to make some fruits in our store. There are a lot of fruits, so we need to process them as quickly as possible. The wages will be settled every day. The more you do, the more wages you will get." "Please give me votes"