When he saw that Di Ling Yan had not been hurt, the man’s worried expression naturally cleared up. This shouldn’t have been anything special; however, that following smile was a thorn, poking holes into Gu Ya’s heart who stood at the opposite end.

  “Ling Yan, how can you sneak away alone like that?” Heavenly sternly lectures her despite his gentle gesture of caressing that little head, “Next time you mustn’t leave those maids behind, do you understand?”


  Pouting her little mouth until its a balloon: “But I don’t like having so many people following me around, they won’t even let me go to the toilet by myself…”


  The man could only shake his head helplessly after hearing that: “If you don’t like too many people following then I can withdraw some of the maids away. However, you must keep some around.”


  “What about when I’m in the toilet?”


  “I will let them know to wait at the door, okay?” Crouching down to be at eye level with the young girl, “Grandpa’s enemies are many, it’s not safe for you to be wandering around alone. What if someone sneaks inside and no one could save you? Don’t worry, those maids are very powerful, they can protect you for sure.”


  “Thank you, Grandpapa.” Throwing herself at the man’s leg, she hugs him wholeheartedly while smiling brightly, which instantly brought joy to the old grandfather.

  “Gu Ya, why are you here?”When Heavenly finally stood back up and looked around, he was immediately alarmed to discover the woman standing across from them.

  Gu Ya felt especially sad and bitter inside over that question. Am I that insignificant in his eye that he only now noticed me? I can’t even be compared to a two year old child?

  “Monarch, I’m here to see Ling Yan. She’s so cute, i like her very much.” Gu Ya’s gaze then fell upon the little pipsqueak who immediately squirmed away into the man’s arm.

  Wrinkling her little nose, Di Ling Yan grew especially unhappy at the outreached hand from the lady: “You lie, if you like me then why do you want me to eat those pastries? I refused once already, yet you kept insisting I accept it.”


  Heavenly’s handsome face instantly darkend into a grim look as he locked onto the woman, his eyes sharp like a sword.

  That brought some serious trouble to Gu Ya. She did not expect the pipsqueak to call her out over that exchange so she got quite white. Stumbling back a few steps: “Monarch, I really did not, I only wanted to offer Ling Yan some snacks, i didn’t meant to…”


  “Humph!” Ling Yan proudly huffs a grunt, “I told you Mother won’t let me eat too many sweets, you clearly want me to have a tooth cavity. Grandpapa, I don’t like her, she wants me to get a tooth ache.”


  In her panic, Gu Ya frantically tried to defend herself some more only to be shut down by that gaze. To say her heart felt a despairing chill was no underststatement.

  “Gu Ya, ” Heavenly lowered his tone into frosted ice, “Ling Yan is the Monarch Manor’s little young miss, you are to address her as Young Miss from hereonforward. In addition…” He pauses for a moment, “Ling Yan doesn’t like you, so, you do not need to come to the estate as often anymore.”


  Ling Yan doesn’t like you, so, you do not need to come to the estate as often anymore…


  This sentence rocked the woman’s heart, sending thundering booms across her mind until she’s stiff as a rock, those eyes full of disbelief.

  Because of this little girl’s words, he actually… refuse me entry?

  What magic does this girl have to make the monarch pamper her like so?

  “What are you standing around for, leave!” Heavenly’s harsh voice echoed across the air, sending another traumatic shock into Gu Ya’s head.