Chapter 160: The Young General and the Handsome Monarch (13)

Wei Xiaorui, dressed in a white dress, looked up at Lord Wei with tear-filled, watery eyes.

Aunt Yue immediately chimed in, "Xiaorui, you were born to a concubine; if Madam doesn't like you, then so be it. Alas..."

This was the daughter born to him by his favorite concubine, and Lord Wei's heart instantly softened. He reprimanded Madam Wei, "Congliu, a mother must treat everyone equally. You keep putting food in A-si's bowl; how are others supposed to eat?"

Congliu was Madam Wei's given name.

Lord Wei widened his eyes, looking very stern.

Madam Wei lowered her head, her brows heavy with sorrow.

In the end, she merely let out a soft acknowledgment.

Aunt Yue possessed exquisite and enchanting looks, making Madam Wei look aged beyond belief by comparison.

Wei Jingyu was just about to speak when he heard his younger sister slam her chopsticks down onto the table.

A-si pressed her lips into a thin line, glaring fiercely at Wei Xiaorui.

She had finally figured it out—so they were looking down on her!

What was wrong with her own mother putting food in her bowl?

Pointing at the table full of dishes, she said with utmost seriousness, "With all this food, are you not full? My brother and I have spent years fighting on the battlefield. This is only our first day back, yet you're already picking on me. By what right do you do that?"

The young girl was dressed in brocade robes, her hair tied up high.

Resembling a young martial hero, she currently had her eyes widened and her small face set in a stern expression.

A tiny dimple showed as she pursed her lips.

Wei Xiaorui's tears instantly fell with a patter.

Watching Xiaorui's appearance with greedy sympathy, the system immediately chimed in: *A-si, go up there and punch her to death! She and her mother were just bullying you guys!*

Upon hearing this, A-si turned even more serious.

The look she cast at Wei Xiaorui could only be described as ferocious.

"Sister... I-I wasn't looking down on you... I was just... just..."

Before Wei Xiaorui could finish, she heard the young girl give an "ah" of realization.

"I get it, you just want to eat my food, right?" A-si blinked her eyes. "Well, here you go."

A-si pushed her own rice bowl, piled high with food, right in front of Wei Xiaorui.

She lifted a tender, white finger and gently tapped the table, where a scattering of debris lay—

—the chopsticks she had snapped in half with sheer force moments earlier.

A-si raised her eyes, her dark pupils locking onto Wei Xiaorui across the table.

With an impatient press of her lips, she said indifferently, "Eat up."

Wei Xiaorui didn't dare say another word, and even Aunt Yue was startled by A-si's act of snapping chopsticks with a single strike of her palm.

Trembling all over, she leaned against Lord Wei in abject terror.

Lord Wei opened his mouth, just about to dish out a scolding, when he heard Wei Jingyu say calmly, "Father, a gentleman does not speak while eating or resting."

Lord Wei closed his mouth.

However, A-si tilted her head, deep in thought. Watching Aunt Yue, who was clinging to Lord Wei and trembling continuously, she softly asked, "Brother, is that woman Lord Wei's concubine?"

She couldn't even bring herself to call him father.

A-si's voice was very soft, yet it stood out clearly around the dining table.

Wei Jingyu handed a new pair of chopsticks to A-si, placed a morsel of food into both her bowl and Madam Wei's, and then replied, "That's right, that woman is Father's concubine."

Hearing them refer to her as "that woman" one after another, Aunt Yue turned pale with humiliation.

A-si picked up her chopsticks and took a bite of her food.

"Hmm... a concubine, isn't that just a servant? Why is she allowed to eat at the table with us?"

The young girl wore an utterly innocent and puzzled expression, yet as Wei Jingyu looked at her, she covertly blinked.

Wei Jingyu restrained the urge to ruffle his sister's hair and calmly stated, "You are quite right. But our father is deeply infatuated with Aunt Yue. Still, she's merely a servant; having one more person for an extra meal isn't something our Wei family can't afford."