The School Beauty Became My Live-in Maid to Pay Off Her Debts-Chapter 74 Indispensable

74: Chapter 74 Indispensable

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“My dear daughter, have you really set your heart on this man?”

In Xia Yubing’s estate, inside an archery range.

A beautiful matron clad in professional archery gear narrows one eye slightly and lifts her bow to aim at a distant target.

Her features bear a resemblance to Xia Yubing but carry a more mature charm, her carefully maintained face is devoid of any wrinkles.

This beautiful woman is Xia Yubing’s mother, Zhong Shuyu.

But looking so young, she seems more like a sister than a mother when standing next to Xia Yubing.

Her fingers elegantly twist, releasing an arrow that hits the target, scoring nine points. freewёbnoνel.com

Xia Yubing also raises her bow, aiming at the target, “Mom, I think I’ve said it many times already.”

She squints one eye and tilts her head, looking mischievously at the bullseye, “Your daughter can’t settle for anyone else but him.”

“My dear daughter, are you complaining about your nagging mother?”

“A little bit.”

“You can’t hurt your mother’s feelings like that.” Zhong Shuyu smiles enchantingly; even the corners of her eyes reveal no sign of aging.

Her gaze towards her daughter is filled with immense pride and indulgence.

“How about this, we make a bet, my dear daughter.

If your next arrow hits the ten-point ring, Mom will approve of your relationship.”

Xia Yubing tilts her chin up, “I would never bet on him, Mom.”

The bowstring is released, the arrow flies across tens of meters, and lands steadily in the center.

Ten points.

Zhong Shuyu lightly shakes her head and pulls her daughter into an embrace, “It seems like he has completely stolen my precious daughter’s heart, and that’s not necessarily a good thing.”

Xia Yubing, with a giggle, picks up her phone, showing off the wallpaper—a selfie with Lin Shuang.

“That’s not quite right, Mom.

Because my heart has always belonged to him; it was never ‘stolen’ in the first place.”

Zhong Shuyu playfully scratches her daughter’s waist, “I’m even getting a bit jealous of him, what should I do about that?”

“Well, Mom, you might have quite a bit of jealousy to deal with in the future.”

“You really won’t reconsider the young masters from the Qian Family and the Sun Family?”

Xia Yubing frowns slightly, “I’ve never even thought about it, Mom.

If we keep on this topic, I might get angry again, you know?”

Zhong Shuyu sighs softly, “My dear daughter, truly my own flesh and blood…

Back then, I also defied everyone’s objections and stubbornly chose to be with your father.”

“That’s why you should support me now.”

Xia Yubing waves her phone in front of her mother, “Isn’t he handsome?”

Zhong Shuyu also received this photo.

The first time she saw it, she thought that only such a handsome boy could be worthy of her daughter.

The two of them together are indeed a feast for the eyes.

What gorgeous grandchildren she would have in the future, she wondered?

But as a mother, one always frets over their child.

“Too handsome, and often, the really handsome ones are unreliable.”

“Don’t worry, Mom…

Your daughter has her own plans.”

“Alright, since you insist so much, I’ll go and convince your father.”

Xia Yubing blinks, “Even if Dad objects, it won’t make a difference, right?”

“You child…

let’s leave it at this then, I have a meeting to attend, so I’m heading out now.”

Zhong Shuyu hugs her daughter once more, touching cheek to cheek, then turns and walks out of the archery range.

The car is parked at the entrance, so Xia Yubing doesn’t go to see her off.

After her mother leaves, Xia Yubing stands there, her smile slowly fading.

She turns on the tablet sitting on the nearby table, which is playing a video.

In the video, Lin Shuang, dressed up as an old man, is princess-carrying two beautiful girls, laughing quite delightfully.

Xia Yubing turned off the video and hummed softly.

She didn’t comment on the video, instead, she started muttering to herself about something else.

“Claiming you won’t forget anything…

yet you can’t even remember what the number 823 stands for, huh?”

Xia Yubing picked up another arrow, placed it on the compound bow, and aimed at the distant target.

“Hubby, you’re really making someone feel a bit sad.”

She pouted her lips, imagining Lin Shuang’s face on the distant target and shot the arrow.

But this arrow completely missed the mark.

“Ah, really, I just can’t get mad at hubby, how can this be okay.”

Xia Yubing, acting like a little girl, stamped her feet on the wooden floor, making a crisp sound.

“Yixin, get the car ready, let’s go and settle the score with your future brother-in-law.”

Xia Yixin, who had been standing by, immediately responded, “Okay, Miss.”

Settle the score?…

Can you include mine as well, Miss!

Stand up for me!

I’m going to have a meeting at Xiao Lin Group later!

Wuuwuu.

At this moment, it was Sunday morning.

The little maid Tong Yao said early in the morning that she had to go to the library to look up some information and hurried off.

Seeing her vague explanation and her slightly blushing cheeks, Lin Shuang always felt it wasn’t anything serious.

It couldn’t be some super-enhanced version of a kidney-tonifying soup recipe, could it?

Seriously, don’t nourish any further.

If you keep nourishing the master, this little maid will be in danger herself!

With the little maid not around, Lin Shuang went out alone and jogged slowly along the scenic walkway of Huai River.

Rubber tracks had been laid along the river, with lots of greenery dotted around, making it quite comfortable to run and enjoy the breeze occasionally.

His phone rang, a message from Xia Yubing, “Hubby, where are you?”

“Jogging by the river, what’s up, student Xia Yubing?”

“No no no, when I ask where you are, you should say, ‘I am in your heart~'”

“Student Xia Yubing likes such cheesy love words?”

“It won’t be cheesy if hubby says them for me, right?” This sentence didn’t come from a message, but from a coy voice behind Lin Shuang.

Lin Shuang turned around and saw Xia Yubing tilting her little head, smiling flirtatiously at him.

She was wearing a white off-the-shoulder top, revealing her beautiful collarbone, and jeans.

Lin Shuang laughed and said, “Are you stalking me?”

“Of course not, I went to your home to look for you but you weren’t there, so I came out to try my luck, and I didn’t expect to bump into you just like that.”

Xia Yubing smiled slyly, like a cute little fox, “Maybe this is fate, hubby, our encounter must be destined.”

Lin Shuang nodded, “That love phrase sounds much more romantic than the previous one.”

Xia Yubing, with her hands behind her back, still smiling, walked elegantly towards him, “So, how about something even more romantic?”

Lin Shuang still didn’t know what the princess was up to today, “Like what?”

But as she got close, she suddenly quickened her pace, leaping forward, throwing herself into his arms.

Her arms wrapped around his neck, and her legs tightly wound around his waist.

Her whole body hung on him.

Lin Shuang took a couple of steps back from the force of the princess’s leap, instinctively holding her waist.

Just as he was about to say something, Xia Yubing covered his mouth.

“I got a bit jealous, hubby went to embrace other pretty girls, but didn’t come to hug Yubing.”

She pouted, “So, no talking, just hold me tight.”

Xia Yixin, standing not too far away, silently averted his gaze.

Is this what the Miss called settling the score?

Sure it’s not just handing it over on a silver platter?