Chapter 105: Chapter 105: Surprise

Lu Xiao never expected Ares to use a phrase like “teach someone a lesson,” and she couldn’t help but laugh out loud.

Ares was really changing for the better. Compared to a few months ago, he seemed more at ease and more alive to her.

He was more like a whole person, someone with a full range of emotions who wasn’t afraid to express them. She thought this Ares was wonderful.

Seeing Lu Xiao laughing so happily and clearly not taking Li Hua’an’s garbage to heart, the knot of worry in Ares’s chest finally loosened. Infected by her smile, his own lips curved upwards, a hint of amusement glinting in his eyes.

However, Lu Xiao had guessed right.

After her call with Lu Xiao ended, Li Hua’an calmed down and realized she had lost her composure. She was supposed to be asking for a favor, so how had she managed to offend Lu Xiao after just a few sentences?

But when she calmed down and tried to contact Lu Xiao again, she discovered the call wouldn’t go through.

She knew she had been blocked.

Li Hua’an laughed in anger. She couldn’t believe Lu Xiao had actually dared to block her. How dare a mere female show her such disrespect? Did she have any manners at all!

Now that she couldn’t contact Lu Xiao, did that mean she couldn’t contact Lu Ge Wei either?

She was going to ask Lu Ge Wei just how she educated her child!

These past few days, Lu Ge Wei had been at her wit’s end because of Lu Xiao and Lu Yu.

She didn’t understand how Lu Xiao had, out of nowhere, been ennobled as a Merit Earl, becoming a female with a higher status than her in a single stroke.

What’s more, Lu Yu’s secret trip to the black market had made Admiral Clan dislike her even more.

All these things happening at once had left her mentally and physically exhausted.

And to top it all off, Li Hua’an just had to come and cause trouble, asking her right out of the gate how she educated her children. It was a direct hit to Lu Ge Wei’s rawest nerve.

“You’re just looking for a fight, aren’t you? How I raise my children is none of your business. Before you criticize me, why don’t you take a look in the mirror? Is your family’s upbringing so great? A male so young, and all he thinks about is how to seduce females!”

“That was years ago! Do you really need to bring that up? I called today to talk about Lu Xiao!” Li Hua’an felt she was the one who had been wronged by being blocked.

Hearing this, Lu Ge Wei’s heart skipped a beat. She had assumed Li Hua’an was calling to mock her for not raising Lu Yu well. Why had the topic shifted to Lu Xiao? “How did she offend you, for you to come running to me to complain?”

“Am I just complaining? I’m discussing the facts!” Li Hua’an would never admit that she couldn’t handle Lu Xiao and had come to Lu Ge Wei to tattle. That would be so humiliating. She was an Earl, after all!

“You know full well whether you are or not. If you have nothing else to say, I’m hanging up. I don’t have time to listen to your nonsense!”

“Wait, don’t hang up! The reason I called is that I want you to talk to Lu Xiao. I’m willing to pay 2 million for her to perform Spiritual Soothing on Nuo Yun. 2 million for one session isn’t a small amount.”

“What? You want Lu Xiao to do what?” Lu Ge Wei could hardly believe her ears. Li Hua’an actually wanted Lu Xiao to perform Spiritual Soothing on Nuo Yun? The nerve!

It was true that she didn’t like Lu Xiao, but that was a private family matter. Who did Li Hua’an think her daughter was? 2 million a session? She wouldn’t agree even for 20 million!

“She’s a therapist at the Fifth Research Institute to begin with. She can perform Spiritual Soothing Treatment on the S-Class males in the shelter. I offered to pay to hire her, and she was unhappy about it. And then she had the gall to demand 50 million. Just listen to her! Does she have any sense of propriety?”

Being questioned like that, Li Hua’an immediately voiced her dissatisfaction. In her view, Lu Xiao’s exorbitant demand of 50 million per session was outrageous. She had approached her in good faith, and this was the attitude she got? It was as if Lu Xiao didn’t respect her at all!

Lu Ge Wei, who had been annoyed by Li Hua’an’s words, was suddenly not angry anymore after hearing all this. How could she have forgotten? With a mouth like Lu Xiao’s, was there anyone she couldn’t infuriate?

“50 million a session? That’s practically a bargain. I bet you don’t know yet, but my Xiao Xiao is now a Merit Earl. You want to invite her to treat Nuo Yun? Is your status high enough for that?” Lu Ge Wei said this with a half-smile, and even the gloom that had been weighing on her heart for days dissipated quite a bit. She started wondering if she should go get a nice manicure to relax.

Li Hua’an, who had only heard that an S-Class male had recovered and been discharged from the shelter but didn’t know about Lu Xiao’s ennoblement by Her Majesty the Queen, was so shocked her jaw dropped. “When did that happen? How come I don’t know? Don’t tell me she was ennobled because a male was discharged from the S-Class Shelter after recovering?”

Hearing this, Lu Ge Wei was also surprised. “What did you just say? A male recovered and was discharged from the S-Class Shelter? What does that have to do with Lu Xiao?”

“Ha?” Li Hua’an scoffed. “Don’t tell me you didn’t know? It seems Lu Xiao really tells you nothing. If that weren’t the case, do you think I’d be asking her for help?”

Now Lu Ge Wei understood everything. She had originally thought Lu Xiao went to work at the Fifth Research Institute because she was bored out of her mind—a case of not being able to appreciate a good life and actively looking for trouble.

She never imagined that Lu Xiao would actually accomplish something so meritorious.

A male recovering and being discharged from the S-Class Shelter… With something so important, no wonder Lu Xiao received such an honor and became a Merit Earl in one fell swoop.

Soon enough, this news would surely spread throughout the Empire, and by then, Lu Xiao’s fame would only grow.

The thought that someone she disliked, even felt a little disdain for, had suddenly achieved such a remarkable feat made Lu Ge Wei’s feelings extremely complicated.

No wonder Admiral Clan, who usually didn’t interact much with young females, had suddenly wanted to introduce his most capable subordinate to Lu Xiao. It turned out there was a reason for everything.

The gloom that had just dissipated surged back up. Lu Ge Wei’s tone turned sour as she said, “If you ask me, people should have some self-awareness and not think so highly of their own status. My Xiao Xiao asking you for 50 million a session really isn’t much. Alright, I’m not wasting any more breath on you. I have other things to do!”

With that, Lu Ge Wei directly cut off the communication, leaving Li Hua’an fuming. Not only was the problem unsolved, but she had also been completely shown up. What a mess she’d made of things!

But now that she knew Lu Xiao had been ennobled as a Merit Earl by Her Majesty the Queen, there was nothing more she could do.

’Do I really have to fork over 50 million?’

’50 million is no small sum. And for Nuo Yun?’

’It’s really not worth it!’

’But I don’t want to treat Nuo Yun myself!’

’Forget it. If Nuo Yun can’t hold on and his Spirit Sea’s risk assessment reaches S-Class, he’ll be sent to the shelter. Then, Lu Xiao will have to treat him anyway, and it won’t cost me 50 million.’

’The only problem is, my original plan to have Nuo Yun marry into Duke Green’s family will probably fall through.’

’After all, what respectable female would want a husband with such a high Spirit Sea risk level? As for becoming a side husband or main husband, he can forget about it.’

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