LIGHTNOVELWORLD Volume 3 Chapter 17
17. Complex Feelings
“Miss, Miss!”
The noble girl’s attendant hurriedly ran over. He had also heard what she said.
“Wh-What did you just say?!”
“I said, I want to adopt this child on behalf of our family.”
The noble girl was referring to Xia Yi.
Clearly, this decision was made on a whim and hadn’t been discussed with anyone else.
As soon as these words came out, the attendant was completely dumbfounded.
“Miss, this… isn’t this a bit inappropriate?”
“What’s inappropriate about it?” The noble girl retorted, “Do you think we can’t even afford to raise a girl? Do you think she’ll eat our family into bankruptcy?”
“No, that’s not what I meant,” the attendant explained. “Didn’t you say you just wanted to come take a look at the Spring Breeze Orphanage? Why make such a sudden decision? Let’s not cause trouble and quickly return to the family. If we’re late, there will be consequences.”
“But she’s so cute. Didn’t you see her playing the role of the Silver Dragon Queen just now? Her temperament is different from everyone else’s. Bringing her back to be a mascot would be very useful.”
The noble girl completely ignored her attendant and had no intention of taking his words seriously.
Her gaze once again fell on Xia Yi.
“Little sister, you’re a child from this orphanage, right?” the noble girl said. “We want to adopt you. I’m very interested in you and want to invite you to our family. Our family can fulfill your every imagination of nobility.”
“…”
Xia Yi remained silent, her feelings complex.
“How about it?” The noble girl continued to press.
“I’m sorry, Miss, I’m Sister Martha from the Spring Breeze Orphanage. She’s not a child from our orphanage.”
Before Xia Yi could respond, Martha helped her out of the predicament.
“She’s not?” The noble girl frowned. “But I saw her performing the play together with the other children.”
Moreover, judging from her height, she wasn’t very old and was clearly a minor.
Martha explained, “She is Miss Xia Yi from the Lawrence family. In recent years, the Spring Breeze Orphanage has been receiving help from the Lawrence family… And this Miss Xia Yi, out of kindness, helped the children here perform the play and played the role of the Silver Dragon Queen.”
The noble girl was a bit surprised and asked her attendant in a low voice, “Have you heard of the Lawrence family?”
“Miss, I haven’t heard of them. They might be a small local family.”
“Is that so…”
The noble girl felt very disappointed.
The other party definitely wouldn’t take the initiative to introduce their identity. Xia Yi was the one who knew the other party’s family best.
“I am Xia Yi · Lawrence from the Lawrence family. Nice to meet you.” Xia Yi greeted her with noble etiquette.
After seeing Xia Yi take the initiative to greet her, the noble girl returned the courtesy. “Hello, Miss Xia Yi. I am Lia Schubert from the Schubert family.”
“The Schubert family?!”
Martha was a bit shocked and hurriedly covered her mouth.
Not only her, but the gazes of the others present towards Lia also carried reverence.
Because she was from one of the four great families of the Rhine Kingdom, the Schubert family.
The status of the four great families in the Rhine Kingdom went without saying… The reason why the Rhine Kingdom could hold the strongest voice among the many human countries and even become the representative of the human world was inseparable from the four great families of the Rhine.
In terms of influence, they had already surpassed the Rhine royal family.
Lia Schubert was the esteemed young lady of the Schubert family.
“Miss Xia Yi, there was some misunderstanding just now. I’m really sorry,” Lia smiled. “Your appearance is too cute, which made me have some thoughts. I hope you don’t mind too much.”
In the past, Lia was nominally her sister.
However, this sister had never called her brother.
After all, the two had no blood relation, and Wright’s background wasn’t particularly good.
She was very resistant to calling Wright, who was an adopted son, her brother.
However, at that time, Lia was still young, and Wright didn’t particularly mind such things… He also wouldn’t do something stupid like forcing the little Lia to call him brother. He was more focused on swordsmanship.
He felt that this sister must have disliked him.
It’s just that Lia, who was still a little loli back then, had now become a graceful young lady.
She was even taller than her.
This left Xia Yi speechless.
The most bizarre thing was that this sister wanted to take her back to the Schubert family again?
She didn’t even know what to say. Such a coincidence couldn’t even appear in a novel plot.
Of course, she was now presenting herself as being from the Lawrence family, so she would act accordingly.
“It’s really unexpected to be recognized by Miss Lia, but I’m afraid I can’t fulfill this request.” Xia Yi replied.
Lia was still staring intently at Xia Yi.
Feeling the atmosphere was a bit off, Martha stepped forward and stood in front of Xia Yi.
“Miss Lia, are you here to visit the Spring Breeze Orphanage? If possible, please allow me to guide you.”
“Alright.”
Lia nodded.
So, Martha led Lia away. She turned her head and gave Xia Yi a subtle hint with her eyes, telling her to leave quickly.
Xia Yi nodded and smiled at Martha, expressing her gratitude.
…
Martha took Lia on a tour of the Spring Breeze Orphanage. Lia even specifically sent her attendant away, telling him to wait for her at the entrance and not to disturb them.
“This… is where he used to live…”
Lia muttered to herself.
“Hmm, Miss Lia, who are you referring to?” Martha asked in confusion.
“It’s nothing, Sister Martha,” Lia changed the subject. “I mean, the performance just now was very interesting.”
“That’s the hero the children love the most. Speaking of which, Lord Sword Saint also comes from the Schubert family. He should be your elder brother, right?”
“Yes, he is my… brother.”
“Everyone loves Lord Sword Saint’s story.”
“It’s a pity, the story is fake.” Lia suddenly said.
“Fake?” Martha blinked. “Are you referring to Lord Sword Saint defeating the Silver Dragon Queen? This is the script the children decided to modify themselves. Everyone knows the real situation. Lord Sword Saint and the Silver Dragon Queen were evenly matched, but that’s already very impressive.”
“…”
Lia fell into silence.
This made Martha feel puzzled. Shouldn’t the Schubert family take pride in Lord Sword Saint?
“By the way, Sister Martha, is the Lawrence family currently sponsoring the Spring Breeze Orphanage?” Lia asked.
“Yes.”
“What’s their reason for sponsoring?”
Martha felt that this was Xia Yi’s secret, so she didn’t mention that it was related to Axiu. Instead, she told Lia, “It’s the Lawrence family’s decision. Maybe they are just kind-hearted. It’s been a few years now.”
“Oh.”
Lia started to become curious in her heart.
After the Schubert family stopped sponsoring the Spring Breeze Orphanage, another noble family had taken over this task?
…
“Miss, shall we go back now?”
Lia’s attendant saw his young mistress coming out at the entrance of the Spring Breeze Orphanage and hurriedly went up to greet her.
“Yes, let’s go back.”
“Great, let’s set off quickly!”
The attendant opened the carriage door.
Lia didn’t get on immediately but instructed her attendant, “I’m interested in the Lawrence family. Help me investigate them.”
“Understood, Miss. Shall I find an excuse to summon their family head and question him directly? With the authority of the Schubert family, they should tell us everything.”
“No, let’s keep it a secret,” Lia paused for a moment. “Especially that Xia Yi · Lawrence, I want her background thoroughly investigated.”